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VRSK

Defensive

Verisk Analytics, Inc.

Industrials·Consulting Services·β 0.82Yield: Mid (1-3%)

Verisk Analytics, Inc. engages in the provision of data analytics and technology solutions to the insurance industry in the United States and internationally. The company offers underwriting solutions, including forms, rules, and loss costs services that provides policy language, prospective loss costs, policy writing and rating rules, and underwriting solutions for risk selection and segmentation, pricing, and workflow optimization; underwriting data and analytics solutions, which provides property and auto specific rating, and underwriting information solutions; catastrophe modelling and risk solutions; life insurance solutions for transforming current workflows in life insurance underwriting, claim insights, policy administration, unclaimed property/equity, compliance and fraud detection, and actuarial and portfolio modelling; specialty business solutions, which provides full end-to-end management of insurance and reinsurance business; and international underwriting solutions.

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Held by 0 AI ETFs

None of the tracked AI ETFs currently hold this name.

Signal performance

Each tracked ETF's moves on this stock, grouped by fund. Returns are measured from the signal date to the latest close — hypothetical, no commissions or slippage.

Buy signals2
Win rate50% (1/2)
Avg buy return+0.26%
AIEQno longer held4 signals

AIEQ · Exit · 1d

VRSK’s high ROE of 324.28% and PBR of 100.89 present a complex fundamental picture, where significant profitability relative to equity coexists with a very high market valuation relative to book value. The IBM Watson NLP system, central to AIEQ’s methodology, likely detected a souring of sentiment given VRSK's current price of $174.99, which sits at 54% of its 52-week high and follows a 90-day return of -19.2%. This decline in market perception, captured from news, filings, and social posts, would have influenced the daily ranking for this broad market, fundamentals plus sentiment hybrid fund. Consequently, on 2026-05-30, the output to EquBot's risk overlay led to the complete removal of Verisk Analytics from AIEQ's portfolio, consistent with the fund's high-turnover rebalancing frequency.

weight 0.180% → 0 (exited)·stock down 7.0% in the 30 days before

May 30·entry $183.97·now $182.00

-1.07%
since May 30

AIEQ · Weight decrease · 2d

The gradual, consecutive reduction in VRSK’s weight within AIEQ, notably from 0.1700% to 0.1600% on May 15, reflects the fund's strategy of responding to shifts in market perception. Trading at $162.55, near its 52-week low and having posted substantial price declines over multiple periods, the stock likely generated a persistent stream of deteriorating sentiment signals that IBM Watson’s NLP engine identified across various data sources. Despite VRSK’s 324.28% return on equity, this sustained negative market sentiment, rather than an abrupt event, triggers EquBot’s risk overlay to incrementally scale back exposure through daily rebalances. Such a measured offload, for a broad market industrial stock experiencing prolonged underperformance, aligns precisely with AIEQ’s high-turnover, fundamentals-plus-sentiment hybrid approach.

weight 0.180% → 0.160% (-0.020 pp)·stock down 8.8% in the 30 days before

May 15·entry $162.55·now $182.00

+11.97%
since May 15

AIEQ · Accumulation · 5d

The AI is likely accumulating VRSK gradually due to its extremely high ROE of 324.28%, signaling exceptional profitability and efficient capital deployment, despite its notably high PBR. This incremental approach allows the AI to mitigate market impact and continuously assess the stock's performance against its underlying algorithms. For retail investors, this highlights the importance of scrutinizing companies with unusual financial metrics like extreme ROE, understanding their sustainability and competitive moats, even if traditional valuation ratios initially appear stretched.

weight 0.160% → 0.200% (+0.040 pp)·stock down 1.3% in the 30 days before

May 3·entry $178.68·now $182.00Fresh

+1.86%
since May 3

AIEQ · Weight increase · 2d

The AI fund likely increased VRSK's weight due to its exceptional 324.28% ROE and solid revenue growth, signaling superior capital efficiency and strong profitability despite a high PBR. This suggests the algorithm prioritizes robust earnings power and quality over traditional value metrics. Retail investors should recognize that AI funds can justify adding to seemingly expensive stocks when advanced profitability demonstrates powerful intrinsic value, emphasizing a deeper look at return metrics beyond just price-to-book or price-to-earnings.

weight 0.160% → 0.180% (+0.020 pp)·stock down 2.8% in the 30 days before

Apr 30·entry $184.49·now $182.00Fresh

-1.35%
since Apr 30

Sell signals show what the stock did after the AI exited. A negative number means the AI's exit was well-timed.