W.R. Berkley (WRB) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

W. R. Berkley Corporation, an insurance holding company, operates as a commercial lines writers worldwide. It operates in two segments, Insurance and Reinsurance & Monoline Excess. The Insurance segment underwrites commercial insurance business, including excess and surplus lines, admitted lines, and specialty personal lines. This segment also provides accident and health insurance and reinsurance products; insurance for commercial risks; casualty and specialty environmental products; specialized insurance coverages for fine arts and jewelry exposures; excess liability and inland marine coverage for small to medium-sized insureds; and commercial general liability, umbrella, professional liability, directors and officers, commercial property, and surety products, as well as products for technology, and life sciences and travel industries. In addition, this segment offers cyber risk solutions; crime and fidelity insurance products; medical professional coverages; workers' compensation insurance products; general insurance; personal lines insurance solutions, including home, condo/co-op, auto, and collectibles; automobile, law enforcement, public officials and educator's legal, and employment practices liability, as well as incidental medical and property and crime insurance products; at-risk and alternative risk insurance program management services; professional liability; energy and marine risks; and provides insurance products to the Lloyd's marketplace. The Reinsurance & Monoline Excess segment provides treaty and facultative reinsurance solutions; property and casualty reinsurance; facultative reinsurance products include automatic, semi-automatic and individual risk assumed reinsurance; and turnkey products such as cyber, employment practices liability insurance, liquor liability insurance and violent events. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $69.57 to $70.31
• 50-Day Range: $67.79 to $74.23
• 52-Week Range: $55.80 to $76.38
• Volume: 2.11 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.24 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $26.55 billion
• P/E Ratio: 15.95
• Dividend Yield: 0.51%
• Price Target: $72.54
• Consensus Rating: Hold

W.R. Berkley Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

W.R. Berkley scored higher than 96% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 95th out of 936 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

W.R. Berkley has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.15, and is based on 3 buy ratings, 9 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

W.R. Berkley has been the subject of 8 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 8.78%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for W.R. Berkley are expected to grow by 8.78% in the coming year, from $4.33 to $4.71 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of W.R. Berkley is 15.95, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 28.45.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of W.R. Berkley is 15.95, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 19.54.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

W.R. Berkley has a PEG Ratio of 2.42. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

W.R. Berkley has a P/B Ratio of 2.85. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.20% of the outstanding shares of W.R. Berkley have been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

W.R. Berkley has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.5, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in W.R. Berkley has recently decreased by 16.02%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

W.R. Berkley has a dividend yield of 0.51%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

W.R. Berkley has been increasing its dividend for 23 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of W.R. Berkley is 8.20%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, W.R. Berkley will have a dividend payout ratio of 7.64% next year. This indicates that W.R. Berkley will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• Environmental Score: -0.50

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.20% of the outstanding shares of W.R. Berkley have been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

W.R. Berkley has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.5, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in W.R. Berkley has recently decreased by 16.02%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.26

News Sentiment

W.R. Berkley has a news sentiment score of 1.26. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.97 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 19 news articles for W.R. Berkley this week, compared to 18 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

6 people have searched for WRB on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 50% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, W.R. Berkley insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

23.00% of the stock of W.R. Berkley is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

68.82% of the stock of W.R. Berkley is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

WRB Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have WRB shares performed this year?

W.R. Berkley's stock was trading at $58.52 at the start of the year. Since then, WRB stock has increased by 19.6% and is now trading at $70.0090.

How were W.R. Berkley's earnings last quarter?

W.R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE:WRB) posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July, 21st. The insurance provider reported $1.05 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.03 by $0.02. The insurance provider had revenue of $3.10 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.10 billion. W.R. Berkley had a net margin of 12.32% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 18.83%.
Read the conference call transcript.

When did W.R. Berkley's stock split?

W.R. Berkley shares split before market open on Wednesday, July 10th 2024.The 3-2 split was announced on Wednesday, June 12th 2024. The newly created shares were payable to shareholders after the closing bell on Tuesday, July 9th 2024. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 150 shares after the split.

Does W.R. Berkley have any subsidiaries?

W.R. Berkley subsidiaries include these companies: Intrepid Insurance Company, American Mining Insurance Company, Garnet Captive Services, 120dB Films Capital LLC, 120dB Films Lending LLC, 34 Leadenhall Street Limited, 52 Lime Street Management Limited, and more.

Who are W.R. Berkley's major shareholders?

Top institutional shareholders of W.R. Berkley include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.74%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.16%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.92%) and Legal & General Group Plc (0.55%).
View institutional ownership trends.

How do I buy shares of W.R. Berkley?

Shares of WRB stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of W.R. Berkley own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that W.R. Berkley investors own include Chevron (CVX), Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY), McKesson (MCK), Comcast (CMCSA), Charles Schwab (SCHW), Edwards Lifesciences (EW) and Yum! Brands (YUM).

Company Calendar

• Record date for 6/30 Dividend: 6/23/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 6/30 Dividend: 6/23/2025
• Dividend Payable: 6/30/2025
• Last Earnings: 7/21/2025
• Today: 8/12/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/20/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: INS - PROP&CASLTY
• Sub-Industry: Property & Casualty Insurance
• Current Symbol: NYSE:WRB
• CIK: 11544
• Web: www.wrberkley.com
• Phone: (203) 629-3000
• Fax: 203-629-3073
• Employees: 8,606
• Year Founded: 1967

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for W.R. Berkley: $71.75
• High Price Target: $80.00
• Low Price Target: $60.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +2.5%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.08
• Research Coverage: 12 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $4.39
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 15.95
• Forward P/E Ratio: 16.17
• P/E Growth: 2.44
• Net Income: $1.76 billion
• Net Margins: 12.32%
• Pretax Margin: 15.84%
• Return on Equity: 18.83%
• Return on Assets: 4.01%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.31
• Current Ratio: 0.37
• Quick Ratio: 0.37

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $13.64 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.95
• Cash Flow: $3.89 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 17.98
• Book Value: $22.06 per share
• Price / Book: 3.17

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 379,290,000
• Free Float: 292,056,000
• Market Cap: $26.55 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.39