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. 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 of this dividend 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 minted shares were distributed 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) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 22nd. The insurance provider reported $0.85 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.67 by $0.18. The insurance provider had revenue of $1.68 billion for 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%. W. R. Berkley's revenue was up 4.6% compared to the same quarter last year. 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 12 month price objectives for W. R. Berkley's shares. 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 twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.5%. 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.

Media headlines about WRB stock have trended extremely negative on Sunday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of 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 -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the insurance provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for W. R. Berkley.

W. R. Berkley saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 2,950,000 shares, an increase of 15.7% from the December 31st total of 2,550,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,300,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.3 days. Approximately 2.0% of the shares of the company 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Scout Investments Inc. (0.17%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.10%), PhiloSmith Capital Corp (0.08%), Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP (0.06%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.05%) and Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (0.03%). 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, State of Michigan Retirement System, Sciencast Management LP, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC and Clarus Wealth Advisors. 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, Strs Ohio, Cerebellum GP LLC, New York State Teachers Retirement System, AE Wealth Management LLC, Diversified Trust Co and Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd. 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 $72.07.

W. R. Berkley has a market capitalization of $13.24 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]