Verisk Analytics Inc (VRSK) is expecting 17.40% growth in the next quarter: What can investors do to maximize their returns?

Verisk Analytics Inc (NASDAQ: VRSK) on Tuesday, soared 1.59% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $268.11. Within the past 52 weeks, VRSK’s price has moved between $215.32 and $273.70.

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Industrials Sector giant saw their annual sales surged by 2.58% over the last five years. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of 15.17%. With a float of $142.34 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $143.31 million.

The firm has a total of 7500 workers. Let’s measure their productivity.

Verisk Analytics Inc (VRSK) Insider Activity

Observing investor behavior towards Consulting Services industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of Verisk Analytics Inc is 0.24%, while institutional ownership is 92.22%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Jun 17 ’24, was worth 52,462. In this transaction Chief Financial Officer of this company sold 200 shares at a rate of $262.31, taking the stock ownership to the 16,608 shares. Before that another transaction happened on May 16 ’24, when Company’s Chief Executive Officer sold 1,000 for $248.19, making the entire transaction worth $248,190. This insider now owns 57,163 shares in total.

Verisk Analytics Inc (VRSK) Earnings and Forecasts

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 15.17% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 12.58% during the next five years compared to 3.24% growth over the previous five years of trading.

Verisk Analytics Inc (NASDAQ: VRSK) Trading Performance Indicators

Verisk Analytics Inc (VRSK) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 1.09 was reported for the most recent quarter. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 14.21. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 46.06.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 5.36, a number that is poised to hit 1.64 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 7.36 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Verisk Analytics Inc (VRSK)

Analysing the last 5-days average volume posted by the [Verisk Analytics Inc, VRSK], we can find that recorded value of 0.79 million was lower than the volume posted last year of 0.86 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 60.70%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 3.97.

During the past 100 days, Verisk Analytics Inc’s (VRSK) raw stochastic average was set at 97.62%, which indicates a significant increase from 90.39% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 11.32% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 18.95% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $251.36, while its 200-day Moving Average is $240.96. Now, the first resistance to watch is $273.78. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $275.19. The third major resistance level sits at $277.73. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $269.82, it is likely to go to the next support level at $267.28. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $265.87.

Verisk Analytics Inc (NASDAQ: VRSK) Key Stats

Market capitalization of the company is 38.86 billion based on 142,675K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 2,681 M and income totals 614,600 K. The company made 704,000 K in profit during its latest quarter, and 219,600 K in sales during its previous quarter.