Verisk Analytics downgraded to Equal Weight from Overweight at Barclays

Barclays analyst Manav Patnaik downgraded Verisk Analytics (VRSK) to Equal Weight from Overweight with an unchanged price target of $310. The firm prefers the “cyclical leverage” of Gartner (IT) over Verisk at this point. The latter has little revenue and margin upside in 2025, the analyst tells investors in a research note. Barclays says Verisk ‘s positive catalysts are “waning” and that it prefers the growth acceleration stories for Thomson Reuters (TRI) and Gartner to start the year.