Verisk Analytics Inc (NASDAQ:VRSK) shares, rose in value on Friday, March 07, with the stock price up by 1.73% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $300.48.
Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $295.36. The PE ratio was 44.81 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $306.10, and the low was $217.34. On the whole, VRSK has fluctuated by 3.03% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of Verisk Analytics Inc currently standing at about $42.15 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for in April. The company’s Forward Dividend Ratio is 1.56, with its dividend yield at 0.52%.
Projections by analysts suggest varying estimates for the company’s quarterly revenue. Analysts have estimated the company’s revenue for the quarter at 3.07B, with a low estimate of 745.83M and a high estimate of 755M. Wall Street analysts also predicted that the company’s y-o-y revenues would reach 749.89M.
Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that VRSK’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a 100% Buy on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 100% Buy while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 100% Buy.
The stock’s technical analysis shows that the PEG ratio is about 4.56, with the price of VRSK currently trading nearly 1.75% and 5.05% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 59.19, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 2.14% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 2.17%. Furthermore, Verisk Analytics Inc (VRSK)’s beta value is 0.90, and its average true range (ATR) is 6.67.
A comparison of Verisk Analytics Inc (VRSK) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. VRSK showed an intraday change of 1.73% in last session, and over the past year, it grew by 26.39%%.
Data on historical trading for Verisk Analytics Inc (NASDAQ:VRSK) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 741.82K. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 140.41 million shares outstanding.
Nearly 0.26% of Verisk Analytics Inc’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 92.91% of the company’s shares. The stock has risen by 9.09% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the VRSK stock heading into the next quarter.
