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. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 22nd will be given 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 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, October, 22nd. The insurance provider reported $0.85 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.67 by $0.18. The insurance provider had revenue of $1.68 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.67 billion. W. R. Berkley had a return on equity of 10.60% and a net margin of 8.82%. The firm's revenue was up 4.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company 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, January 28th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for W. R. Berkley.

W. R. Berkley will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, January 28th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

7 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for W. R. Berkley's shares. Their forecasts range from $56.00 to $80.00. On average, they anticipate W. R. Berkley's share price to reach $68.12 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.2%. 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.

Media coverage about WRB stock has been trending somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. W. R. Berkley earned a daily sentiment score of -1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the insurance provider a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for W. R. Berkley.

W. R. Berkley saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,950,000 shares, an increase of 15.7% from the December 15th total of 2,550,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,290,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.3 days. Currently, 2.0% of the company's stock are sold short. View W. R. Berkley's Current Options Chain.

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W. R. Berkley's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Scout Investments Inc. (0.17%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.05%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.02%), Butensky & Cohen Financial Security Inc. (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.01%) and Polianta Ltd (0.01%). 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 Scout Investments Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, Sciencast Management LP, Clarus Wealth Advisors, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and IFP Advisors 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 Polianta Ltd, Cerebellum GP LLC, AE Wealth Management LLC, Diversified Trust Co, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, 6 Meridian and Raymond James Trust N.A.. 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 $70.36.

W. R. Berkley has a market capitalization of $12.92 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]