Shares of Verisk Analytics Are Skyrocketing - Can This Trend Continue?

After this morning's 8.1% surge to $204.35 per share, Verisk Analytics might just keep moving past its target price of $198.21. With an average analyst rating of buy, and target prices from $167.0 to $220.0, the stock's next move is anyone's guess.

Verisk Analytics has an average level of shares sold short, at 8.4% of its total share float. The stock's short ratio (also called days to cover) is 10.23. The company's insiders own 0.71% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests.

Institutional investors own 101.3% of Verisk Analytics's shares, which indicates they have a high level of confidence in the company.

Institutions Invested in Verisk Analytics

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2022-12-31 Vanguard Group, Inc. (The) 12% 17,321,853 $3,539,807,195
2022-12-31 Blackrock Inc. 9% 12,708,014 $2,596,946,146
2022-12-31 Massachusetts Financial Services Co. 5% 7,271,394 $1,485,945,689
2022-12-31 State Street Corporation 4% 6,459,556 $1,320,042,538
2023-03-31 Parnassus Investments, LLC 3% 4,492,835 $918,133,277
2022-12-31 FMR, LLC 3% 4,129,510 $843,885,998
2022-12-31 Geode Capital Management, LLC 3% 3,771,337 $770,691,556
2022-12-31 Morgan Stanley 3% 3,765,708 $769,541,242
2022-12-31 JP Morgan Chase & Company 2% 3,182,442 $650,347,921
2022-12-31 T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 2% 2,827,459 $577,805,371
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