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W. R. Berkley (WRB) Competitors

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$71.71 +0.43 (+0.60%)
As of 04/30/2025 03:58 PM Eastern

WRB vs. TRV, ALL, ACGL, MKL, CINF, ERIE, FNF, CNA, ORI, and AXS

Should you be buying W. R. Berkley stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of W. R. Berkley include Travelers Companies (TRV), Allstate (ALL), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), Markel Group (MKL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), CNA Financial (CNA), Old Republic International (ORI), and AXIS Capital (AXS). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.

W. R. Berkley vs.

Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV) and W. R. Berkley (NYSE:WRB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.

In the previous week, Travelers Companies had 15 more articles in the media than W. R. Berkley. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Travelers Companies and 24 mentions for W. R. Berkley. Travelers Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat W. R. Berkley's score of 1.08 indicating that Travelers Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Travelers Companies
26 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
W. R. Berkley
17 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

82.4% of Travelers Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.8% of W. R. Berkley shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Travelers Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.0% of W. R. Berkley shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

W. R. Berkley has a net margin of 12.88% compared to Travelers Companies' net margin of 10.77%. W. R. Berkley's return on equity of 20.83% beat Travelers Companies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Travelers Companies10.77% 19.06% 3.83%
W. R. Berkley 12.88%20.83%4.27%

Travelers Companies presently has a consensus price target of $267.32, indicating a potential upside of 1.13%. W. R. Berkley has a consensus price target of $68.39, indicating a potential downside of 4.63%. Given Travelers Companies' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Travelers Companies is more favorable than W. R. Berkley.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Travelers Companies
3 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.19
W. R. Berkley
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

Travelers Companies received 253 more outperform votes than W. R. Berkley when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.80% of users gave Travelers Companies an outperform vote while only 50.52% of users gave W. R. Berkley an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Travelers CompaniesOutperform Votes
593
52.80%
Underperform Votes
530
47.20%
W. R. BerkleyOutperform Votes
340
50.52%
Underperform Votes
333
49.48%

Travelers Companies pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. W. R. Berkley pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Travelers Companies pays out 24.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. W. R. Berkley pays out 7.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Travelers Companies has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years and W. R. Berkley has raised its dividend for 23 consecutive years.

Travelers Companies has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, W. R. Berkley has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Travelers Companies has higher revenue and earnings than W. R. Berkley. Travelers Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than W. R. Berkley, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Travelers Companies$47.01B1.27$5.00B$18.3714.39
W. R. Berkley$13.95B1.95$1.76B$4.3116.64

Summary

Travelers Companies beats W. R. Berkley on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WRB vs. The Competition

MetricW. R. BerkleyFire, marine, & casualty insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$27.20B$49.07B$11.11B$18.97B
Dividend Yield0.45%2.34%5.79%4.03%
P/E Ratio16.4311.4421.9932.71
Price / Sales1.956.1226.0827.84
Price / Cash17.6516.8117.6017.53
Price / Book3.712.272.654.47
Net Income$1.76B$4.16B$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.65%1.20%1.35%2.26%
1 Month Performance0.70%-0.13%-0.66%-2.86%
1 Year Performance39.75%21.13%536.11%5.48%

W. R. Berkley Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WRB
W. R. Berkley
4.685 of 5 stars
$71.71
+0.6%
$68.39
-4.6%
+39.7%$27.20B$13.95B16.438,190Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
TRV
Travelers Companies
4.7622 of 5 stars
$249.90
-2.3%
$267.32
+7.0%
+24.6%$56.66B$47.01B11.6432,500Positive News
ALL
Allstate
4.7013 of 5 stars
$186.95
-4.0%
$219.27
+17.3%
+16.6%$49.55B$64.12B11.0054,500Earnings Report
ACGL
Arch Capital Group
4.9568 of 5 stars
$89.79
-3.0%
$114.88
+27.9%
-3.1%$33.74B$16.93B8.025,200Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Positive News
Gap Down
MKL
Markel Group
3.5631 of 5 stars
$1,719.07
-2.8%
$1,702.20
-1.0%
+24.2%$21.85B$16.75B8.6420,900Short Interest ↑
Positive News
CINF
Cincinnati Financial
4.6192 of 5 stars
$127.72
-3.4%
$147.40
+15.4%
+20.3%$20.00B$11.34B8.805,150Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
ERIE
Erie Indemnity
1.8098 of 5 stars
$395.17
-3.8%
N/A-6.3%$18.25B$3.86B36.976,040Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
FNF
Fidelity National Financial
4.4196 of 5 stars
$59.57
-3.6%
$71.60
+20.2%
+29.4%$16.38B$13.36B12.8128,300Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
Positive News
CNA
CNA Financial
3.7744 of 5 stars
$46.74
-2.5%
$50.50
+8.0%
+9.5%$12.63B$14.00B13.286,100Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
ORI
Old Republic International
4.7284 of 5 stars
$36.72
-2.9%
$43.00
+17.1%
+25.8%$9.08B$8.23B13.969,500Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
AXS
AXIS Capital
4.678 of 5 stars
$92.11
-2.6%
$106.75
+15.9%
+56.9%$7.24B$6.02B7.462,080Earnings Report
Positive News

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