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 dividend on Friday, November 8th. Shareholders 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.

Shares of W. R. Berkley 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 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 for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.67 by $0.18. The insurance provider earned $1.68 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.67 billion. W. R. Berkley had a return on equity of 10.60% and a net margin of 8.82%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 4.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.84 earnings per share. 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 analysts have issued 1-year target prices for W. R. Berkley's stock. 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 twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.2%. 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, 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 been trending extremely negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. W. R. Berkley earned a news impact score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the insurance provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. 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 short sold. 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%), PhiloSmith Capital Corp (0.08%), Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP (0.06%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.05%), Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (0.03%) and Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.02%). 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, PhiloSmith Capital Corp, Sciencast Management LP, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Clarus Wealth Advisors and Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP. View Insider Buying and Selling for W. R. Berkley.

WRB stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Exchange Traded Concepts LLC, Polianta Ltd, Cerebellum GP LLC, AE Wealth Management LLC, Diversified Trust Co, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Convergence Investment Partners LLC and Squar Milner Financial Services 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 $71.09.

W. R. Berkley has a market capitalization of $13.06 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]