W. R. Berkley

WRB · NYSE

$73.15−$0.93 (−1.26%)TodayMarket closed ·
Prev close $74.08

About WRB

W.R. Berkley Corp. is an insurance holding company, which engages in the property casualty insurance business. The company is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut and currently employs 8,804 full-time employees. The company operates through two segments of the property casualty insurance business: Insurance and Reinsurance & Monoline Excess. Its Insurance businesses underwrite commercial insurance business, including excess and surplus lines, admitted lines and specialty personal lines throughout the United States, as well as insurance business in Asia, Australia, Canada, Continental Europe, Mexico, Scandinavia, South America and the United Kingdom. Its Insurance segment consists of business units, including Acadia Insurance, Admiral Insurance, Berkley Accident and Health, Berkley Agribusiness, and others. Berkley Accident and Health underwrite accidents and health insurance and reinsurance products. Its Reinsurance & Monoline Excess offers reinsurance business on a facultative and treaty reinsurance in the Asia Pacific region, Australia, Continental Europe, South Africa and the United Kingdom.

Employees
8,804
Headquarters
Greenwich, Connecticut
Listed
Oct 19, 1973
Sector
Financials
Industry
Insurance

WRB key statistics

Market cap
27.23B
Price-earnings ratio
15.21
Dividend yield
1.76%
Average volume
2.49M
Volume
4.06M
Open price
$73.95
High today
$74.50
Low today
$72.91
52 Week high
$78.96
52 Week low
$62.87

W. R. Berkley (WRB) at a glance

W. R. Berkley (WRB) last traded at $73.15, with a market cap of 27.23B, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.21 and a dividend yield of 1.76%.

Today the stock has traded between $72.91 and $74.50. The current price is 0.3% above the day's low and 1.8% below its high.

Volume so far is 4.06M shares, above the average of 2.49M shares a day.

Over the past year W. R. Berkley has ranged from $62.87 to $78.96, and now sits 64% of the way up that range.

W. R. Berkley met or beat analyst EPS estimates in 6 of the last 8 quarters. In Q3 FY26 it reported $1.17 per share against an estimate of $1.16.

The average analyst price target is $69.64, 4.8% below the current price, from 15 recent ratings.

Analyst ratings

Latest rating from each analyst over the past 12 months

20%of 15 analyst ratings say Buy
  • Buy20.0%
  • Hold46.7%
  • Sell33.3%
Price target · 21 analystsAvg $69.64
Low
$51.45
Now
$73.15
High
$87.15

WRB earnings

Earnings per share, reported against the analyst estimate

Beat the estimate in 6 of the last 8 quarters, by 8.1% on average.

  1. Q4 FY24: reported $1.13 per share against an estimate of $0.9653
  2. Q1 FY25: reported $1.01 per share against an estimate of $0.9936
  3. Q2 FY25: reported $1.05 per share against an estimate of $1.04
  4. Q3 FY25: reported $1.10 per share against an estimate of $1.11
  5. Q4 FY25: reported $1.13 per share against an estimate of $1.14
  6. Q1 FY26: reported $1.30 per share against an estimate of $1.16
  7. Q2 FY26: reported $1.27 per share against an estimate of $1.10
  8. Q3 FY26: reported $1.17 per share against an estimate of $1.16

WRB news

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  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    W. R. Berkley Corporation Reports Third Quarter 2026 Results

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    W. R. Berkley Corporation to Announce Third Quarter 2026 Earnings on October 19, 2026

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    W. R. Berkley Corporation Declares Regular Quarterly Cash Dividend

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    W. R. Berkley Corporation Forms Berkley Meridian

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    W. R. Berkley Corporation Names Christopher L. Moede President of Berkley Risk

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    W. R. Berkley Corporation Announces Senior Executive Appointments

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    W. R. Berkley Corporation Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results

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