Truist Securities Maintains Buy Rating for Verisk Analytics: Here's What You Need To Know

Truist Securities has decided to maintain its Buy rating of Verisk Analytics VRSK and raise its price target from $270.00 to $275.00.

Shares of Verisk Analytics are trading up 0.92% over the last 24 hours, at $245.71 per share.

A move to $275.00 would account for a 11.92% increase from the current share price.

About Verisk Analytics

Verisk Analytics Inc is a data analytics provider offering decision support and risk-management solutions to the financial industry. The company's predictive analytics are used in rating applications, underwriting, claims, catastrophe and weather risk assessment, global risk assessment, natural resources intelligence, economic forecasting, and other related fields. Its segment includes Insurance; Energy and Specialized Markets and Financial Services. The company generates maximum revenue from Insurance segment.

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