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 declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 20th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.11 per share on Wednesday, March 25th. This represents a $0.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.56%. View W. R. Berkley's Dividend History.

Shares of W. R. Berkley 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 market closes 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) released its earnings results on Tuesday, January, 28th. The insurance provider reported $0.71 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.72 by $0.01. The insurance provider earned $1.72 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.71 billion. W. R. Berkley had a net margin of 8.63% and a return on equity of 10.73%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 6.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.03 earnings per share. View W. R. Berkley's Earnings History.

W. R. Berkley is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 28th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for W. R. Berkley.

7 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for W. R. Berkley's stock. Their forecasts range from $56.00 to $82.00. On average, they expect W. R. Berkley's stock price to reach $67.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 14.8%. 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, 2 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for W. R. Berkley.

Press coverage about WRB stock has trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. W. R. Berkley earned a media sentiment score of 0.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the insurance provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for W. R. Berkley.

W. R. Berkley saw a drop in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,680,000 shares, a drop of 9.2% from the January 15th total of 2,950,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,310,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.0 days. Approximately 1.8% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View W. R. Berkley's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to W. R. Berkley include Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Progressive (PGR), Allstate (ALL), Travelers Companies (TRV), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), Markel (MKL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Cna Financial (CNA), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), First American Financial (FAF), Old Republic International (ORI), Hanover Insurance Group (THG), Axis Capital (AXS) and Assured Guaranty (AGO).

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W. R. Berkley's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (4.49%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (3.92%), First Eagle Investment Management LLC (3.74%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.49%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.31%) and Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.30%). 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, Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, First Eagle Investment Management LLC, Principal Financial Group Inc., American International Group Inc. and Scout Investments Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for W. R. Berkley.

WRB stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Street Corp, Geode Capital Management LLC, Madison Asset Management LLC, Marshall Wace North America L.P., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Renaissance Technologies LLC. 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 $78.65.

W. R. Berkley has a market capitalization of $14.45 billion and generates $7.90 billion in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $681.94 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.03 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]