NYSE:WRB - W. R. Berkley Stock Price, Forecast & News

W. R. Berkley trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "WRB."

W. R. Berkley announced a dividend on Friday, November 8th. Investors of record on Friday, November 22nd will be paid a dividend of $0.11 per share on Wednesday, December 11th. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 21st. View W. R. Berkley's Dividend History.

W. R. Berkley shares split on the morning of Wednesday, April 3rd 2019. The 3-2 split was announced on Thursday, February 21st 2019. The newly created shares were issued to shareholders after the closing bell on Tuesday, April 2nd 2019. An investor that had 100 shares of W. R. Berkley stock prior to the split would have 150 shares after the split.

W. R. Berkley Corp (NYSE:WRB) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 22nd. The insurance provider reported $0.85 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.67 by $0.18. The insurance provider earned $1.68 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.67 billion. W. R. Berkley had a net margin of 8.82% and a return on equity of 10.60%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 4.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.84 EPS. View W. R. Berkley's Earnings History.

W. R. Berkley is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 4th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for W. R. Berkley.

7 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for W. R. Berkley's stock. Their forecasts range from $56.00 to $80.00. On average, they expect W. R. Berkley's share price to reach $68.12 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.1%. View Analyst Price Targets for W. R. Berkley.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for W. R. Berkley in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 3 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for W. R. Berkley.

News articles about WRB stock have been trending somewhat positive on Sunday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. W. R. Berkley earned a daily sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the insurance provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for W. R. Berkley.

W. R. Berkley saw a increase in short interest in the month of November. As of November 29th, there was short interest totalling 3,430,000 shares, an increase of 12.1% from the November 14th total of 3,060,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,250,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.7 days. Currently, 2.4% of the shares of the company are short sold. View W. R. Berkley's Current Options Chain.

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W. R. Berkley's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (3.60%), Boston Partners (1.17%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.68%), Millennium Management LLC (0.44%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.38%) and Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.36%). Company insiders that own W. R. Berkley stock include James G Shiel and Mark Ellwood Brockbank. View Institutional Ownership Trends for W. R. Berkley.

WRB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Boston Partners, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Scout Investments Inc., Carillon Tower Advisers Inc., Pictet Asset Management Ltd., First Quadrant L P CA, Gamco Investors INC. ET AL and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for W. R. Berkley.

WRB stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including California Public Employees Retirement System, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Millennium Management LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Bfsg LLC and State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D. View Insider Buying and Selling for W. R. Berkley.

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

One share of WRB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $69.56.

W. R. Berkley has a market capitalization of $12.78 billion and generates $7.69 billion in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $640.75 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.67 on an earnings per share basis. W. R. Berkley employs 7,448 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About W. R. Berkley.

The official website for W. R. Berkley is http://www.wrberkley.com/.

W. R. Berkley's mailing address is 475 STEAMBOAT ROAD, GREENWICH CT, 06830. The insurance provider can be reached via phone at 203-629-3000 or via email at [email protected]