W. R. Berkley Corporation WRB
At closeNov 3, 2026, 4:00 PM EST
After hours · Nov 3, 4:00 PM ET
- YTD
- +7.13%
- 1 year
- +4.65%
- Market cap
- 27.89B
- Revenue (ttm)
- 14.87B
- Profit margin
- 12.53%
- EPS (ttm)
- 4.73
- Shares out
- 371.23M
- P/E ratio
- 15.88
- Forward P/E
- 15.49
- Dividend
- 0.40 (0.53%)
- Ex-dividend date
- Sep 20, 2026
- YTD return
- +7.13%
- 1-year return
- +4.65%
- Volume
- 1.54M
- Avg volume
- 2.57M
- Open
- 75.00
- Previous close
- 75.16
- Day's range
- 74.31 – 75.63
- 52-week range
- 62.87 – 78.96
- Beta
- 0.22
- Analysts
- Hold
- Price target
- 69.18 (-7.9%)
- Earnings date
- Jan 25, 2027
2Y +17.53 (+30.47%)
Key statistics
- Enterprise value
- 28.44B
- PEG ratio
- 4.95
- Price / sales
- 1.88
- Price / book
- 2.97
- Dividend yield
- 0.53%
- Payout ratio
- 8.03%
- Revenue growth
- -0.80%
- Free cash flow
- 0
- Total cash
- 3.90B
- Total debt
- 3.10B
- Return on equity
- 0.00%
- Short % of float
- 0.02%
- 50-day average
- 70.61
- 200-day average
- 69.25
Analyst view
Consensus: hold
- Target (low)
- 51.00
- Target (mean)
- 69.18
- Target (high)
- 83.00
- Strong buy0
- Buy2
- Hold9
- Sell4
- Strong sell3
Next earnings
Jan 25, 2027
Expected Jan 25, 2027. Consensus EPS estimate 1.21.
Financials — quick view
Earnings
| Report date | Quarter ending | EPS estimate | EPS reported | Surprise | Surprise % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 2027 | Dec 30, 2026 | 1.20 | — | — | — |
| Oct 19, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 | 1.15 | 1.17 | +0.02 | +1.74% |
| Jul 20, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | 1.08 | 1.27 | +0.19 | +17.59% |
| Apr 21, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | 1.13 | 1.30 | +0.17 | +15.04% |
| Jan 26, 2026 | Dec 31, 2025 | 1.13 | 1.13 | 0.00 | 0.00% |
| Oct 20, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | 1.11 | 1.10 | -0.01 | -0.90% |
Upgrades / downgrades
| Date | Firm | Action | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2026 | Cantor Fitzgerald | main | Neutral | Neutral |
| Oct 20, 2026 | Wells Fargo | main | Underweight | Underweight |
| Oct 20, 2026 | Evercore ISI Group | main | Underperform | Underperform |
| Oct 20, 2026 | Mizuho | main | Neutral | Neutral |
| Oct 12, 2026 | Wells Fargo | main | Underweight | Underweight |
| Oct 7, 2026 | Mizuho | main | Neutral | Neutral |
About W. R. Berkley Corporation
W. R. Berkley Corporation, an insurance holding company, operates as a commercial line writer worldwide. The company operates through Insurance and Reinsurance & Monoline Excess segments. The Insurance segment underwrites commercial insurance business, including excess and surplus lines, admitted lines, and specialty personal lines. This segment also provides accident and health insurance and reinsurance products; insurance for commercial risks; casualty and specialty environmental products; insurance coverages for fine arts and jewelry exposures; excess liability and inland marine coverage for small to medium-sized insureds; and commercial general liability, umbrella, professional liability, directors and officers, commercial property, and surety products, as well as products for technology, and life sciences and travel industries. In addition, it offers cyber risk solutions; crime and fidelity insurance products; medical professional coverages; workers' compensation insurance products; management liability and general insurance products; personal lines insurance solutions, including home, condo/co-op, auto, fine arts and collectibles, liability, collector vehicle, and recreational marine; law enforcement, public officials and educator's legal, and employment practices liability, as well as incidental medical, property, and crime insurance products; at-risk and alternative risk insurance program management services; professional liability; energy and marine risks; and insurance products to the Lloyd's marketplace. The Reinsurance & Monoline Excess segment provides treaty and facultative reinsurance solutions; property and casualty reinsurance products; facultative reinsurance products include automatic, semi-automatic, and individual risk assumed reinsurance; and turnkey products, such as cyber, employment practices liability insurance, liquor liability insurance and violent events. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Insurance - Property & Casualty
- Country
- United States
- Website
- berkley.com
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Insider holders
| Insider | Relation | Latest transaction | Date | Shares held |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUGOSTINI CHRISTOPHER L | Director | Stock Award(Grant) | Jun 2, 2026 | 109,859 |
| BAIO RICHARD MARK | Chief Financial Officer | Stock Award(Grant) | Aug 2, 2026 | 249,678 |
| BERKLEY WILLIAM R | Officer, Director and Beneficial Owner | Stock Award(Grant) | Jun 2, 2026 | 91,001,500 |
| BERKLEY WILLIAM ROBERT JR | Chief Executive Officer | Stock Award(Grant) | Jun 2, 2026 | 72,974,900 |
| BLAYLOCK RONALD E | Director | Stock Award(Grant) | Jun 2, 2026 | 147,943 |
| FARRELL MARY C | Director | Stock Award(Grant) | Jun 2, 2026 | 160,973 |
Institution ownership
| Holder | % held | Shares | Value | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co Ltd | 15.83% | 58,780,450 | 4.42B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Blackrock Inc. | 5.91% | 21,934,626 | 1.65B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 5.03% | 18,690,969 | 1.40B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 3.92% | 14,550,971 | 1.09B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| State Street Corporation | 3.81% | 14,126,628 | 1.06B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 2.23% | 8,268,721 | 621.31M | Jun 29, 2026 |
Fund ownership
| Holder | % held | Shares | Value | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund | 2.39% | 8,866,248 | 666.21M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund | 2.05% | 7,618,198 | 572.43M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Mid-Cap Index Fund | 1.63% | 6,050,140 | 454.61M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Fidelity Concord Street Trust-Fidelity 500 Index Fund | 1.03% | 3,817,691 | 286.86M | Aug 30, 2026 |
| Eaton Vance Growth Trust-Eaton Vance Atlanta Capital SMID-Cap Fund | 0.96% | 3,580,233 | 269.02M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 0.81% | 3,017,152 | 226.71M | Sep 29, 2026 |