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$68.57 +0.02 (+0.03%)
Closing price 07/24/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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WRB vs. ACGL, CINF, AFG, AXS, BRK.B, CB, FAF, HCI, KNSL, and PGR

Should you be buying W.R. Berkley stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of W.R. Berkley include Arch Capital Group (ACGL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), American Financial Group (AFG), Axis Capital (AXS), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Chubb (CB), First American Financial (FAF), HCI Group (HCI), Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL), and Progressive (PGR). These companies are all part of the "ins - prop&caslty" industry.

W.R. Berkley vs. Its Competitors

Arch Capital Group (NASDAQ:ACGL) and W.R. Berkley (NYSE:WRB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

89.1% of Arch Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.8% of W.R. Berkley shares are held by institutional investors. 4.2% of Arch Capital Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.3% of W.R. Berkley shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Arch Capital Group presently has a consensus price target of $113.60, suggesting a potential upside of 29.09%. W.R. Berkley has a consensus price target of $71.75, suggesting a potential upside of 4.64%. Given Arch Capital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Arch Capital Group is more favorable than W.R. Berkley.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Arch Capital Group
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53
W.R. Berkley
1 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.08

Arch Capital Group has higher revenue and earnings than W.R. Berkley. Arch Capital Group 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
Arch Capital Group$17.44B1.89$4.31B$9.769.02
W.R. Berkley$13.64B1.91$1.76B$4.3115.91

Arch Capital Group has a net margin of 20.72% compared to W.R. Berkley's net margin of 12.32%. W.R. Berkley's return on equity of 19.22% beat Arch Capital Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Arch Capital Group20.72% 15.79% 4.54%
W.R. Berkley 12.32%19.22%4.05%

In the previous week, W.R. Berkley had 14 more articles in the media than Arch Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for W.R. Berkley and 15 mentions for Arch Capital Group. Arch Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat W.R. Berkley's score of 0.94 indicating that Arch Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Arch Capital Group
12 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
W.R. Berkley
14 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Arch Capital Group has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, W.R. Berkley has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Arch Capital Group beats W.R. Berkley on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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WRB vs. The Competition

MetricW.R. BerkleyINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$26.00B$56.93B$12.31B$21.15B
Dividend Yield0.53%1.99%5.53%3.58%
P/E Ratio15.6217.0519.0627.76
Price / Sales1.912.6726.2258.49
Price / Cash17.4529.1621.8423.00
Price / Book3.112.962.274.67
Net Income$1.76B$4.66B$998.01M$993.85M
7 Day Performance-0.28%0.12%0.88%1.48%
1 Month Performance-4.43%0.55%4.39%5.79%
1 Year Performance30.68%23.20%540.85%11.41%

W.R. Berkley Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WRB
W.R. Berkley
4.1589 of 5 stars
$68.57
+0.0%
$71.75
+4.6%
+31.2%$26.00B$13.64B15.628,606Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
ACGL
Arch Capital Group
4.9457 of 5 stars
$90.59
+3.1%
$113.60
+25.4%
-8.7%$33.95B$17.44B9.287,200Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume
CINF
Cincinnati Financial
4.5985 of 5 stars
$149.26
+1.3%
$155.25
+4.0%
+23.2%$23.33B$10.97B16.285,624Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
AFG
American Financial Group
4.6702 of 5 stars
$128.34
+1.6%
$140.00
+9.1%
+1.0%$10.74B$8.24B13.488,700Positive News
AXS
Axis Capital
4.3712 of 5 stars
$98.89
+2.8%
$108.25
+9.5%
+33.8%$7.78B$6.04B9.811,876Upcoming Earnings
BRK.B
Berkshire Hathaway
0.6514 of 5 stars
$476.73
+0.2%
$520.00
+9.1%
+11.3%$1.03T$371.43B12.71392,400
CB
Chubb
4.9744 of 5 stars
$280.18
+0.8%
$307.13
+9.6%
+4.0%$112.28B$55.75B13.4843,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
FAF
First American Financial
4.4155 of 5 stars
$56.37
-3.0%
$74.50
+32.2%
+4.4%$5.80B$6.13B37.3319,038Trending News
Earnings Report
Buyback Announcement
Gap Up
HCI
HCI Group
4.6619 of 5 stars
$141.49
+1.8%
$181.25
+28.1%
+56.7%$1.63B$750.05M13.68530Positive News
KNSL
Kinsale Capital Group
1.9552 of 5 stars
$490.16
+2.2%
$491.88
+0.4%
+27.4%$11.43B$1.59B28.20470News Coverage
Earnings Report
PGR
Progressive
4.7346 of 5 stars
$247.46
+1.0%
$284.82
+15.1%
+14.9%$145.06B$75.37B16.6966,308

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