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W. R. Berkley Corporation (WRB)

Financial Services | Insurance - Property & Casualty | Greenwich, United States | NYSE
73.97 USD +0.17 (0.230%) ⇧ (Oct. 15, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★★⯪☆Dividends:★★★☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 10:14 a.m. EDT

The long-term outlook remains solid, driven by a remarkable nine-year cumulative gain of over 350% and a robust return on equity exceeding 20%. The business has demonstrated resilience with seven positive years versus just two negative ones, avoiding any multi-year structural decline. However, the short-term picture is clouded by recent operational headwinds; Q2 revenue missed expectations, and the stock has underperformed its moving averages recently. The valuation appears fair-to-expensive given the lack of immediate growth acceleration, trading at a premium to book value without a clear catalyst to justify further expansion. On the income front, the company has aggressively increased payouts, yet the current yield sits below typical inflation targets, suggesting the capital allocation is prioritizing growth over immediate shareholder cash returns. The options market reflects this tension: traders are buying insurance against a drop to the mid-$60s while betting on a ceiling around $75, indicating a wait-and-see approach until the next earnings report clarifies the path forward.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.070741
AutoETS0.074461
AutoARIMA0.074464
AutoTheta0.094084

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 47%
H-stat 3.10
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.006
Excess Kurtosis 1.06
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-09-20
Last Dividend Date 2026-09-20
Debt to Equity Ratio 31.527
Revenue per Share 37.823
Market Cap 27,459,700,736
Trailing P/E 15.19
Forward P/E 15.14
Beta 0.27
Profit Margins 12.94%
Website https://www.berkley.com

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 10:14 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a range-bound outcome with a distinct skew toward downside protection. While call volume is concentrated near the money (around the $72-$75 strikes), put open interest is significantly heavier at lower strikes ($64.50, $67.00), creating a 'floor' effect. This suggests traders expect volatility but view a drop below $65 as the primary risk, while upside potential is capped by the heavy call wall at $74.50.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.15% 2.72% 2.36% 2.36%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-09-21 0.100000 0.145370
2026-06-23 0.600000 0.870070
2026-02-23 0.090000 0.126761
2025-12-15 1.090000 1.577424
2025-09-22 0.090000 0.122599
2025-06-23 0.590000 0.798160
2025-03-03 0.080000 0.125530
2024-12-16 0.580000 0.971362
2024-09-23 0.330000 0.574513
2024-06-24 0.413333 0.766946
2024-03-01 0.073333 0.133026
2023-12-15 0.406667 0.868699
2023-09-22 0.406667 0.939763
2023-06-23 0.073333 0.188970
2023-03-08 0.066667 0.153587
2023-01-12 0.333333 0.684649
2022-12-16 0.066667 0.138793
2022-09-23 0.066667 0.156642
2022-06-24 0.400000 0.881964
2022-03-08 0.057778 0.145691
2021-12-06 0.502222 1.435649
2021-09-14 0.057778 0.181895
2021-06-24 0.280000 0.852157
2021-03-09 0.053333 0.161855
2020-12-14 0.053333 0.187177
2020-09-14 0.053333 0.187939
2020-06-22 0.053333 0.207935
2020-03-10 0.048889 0.174299
2019-11-21 0.382222 1.268623
2019-09-18 0.048889 0.152948
2019-06-17 0.271111 0.938461
2019-03-13 0.044444 0.181070
2018-11-27 0.192593 0.838495
2018-09-18 0.192593 0.822891
2018-06-14 0.044444 0.199254
2018-06-08 0.148148 0.638487
2018-03-13 0.041481 0.194226
2017-11-29 0.189630 0.934308
2017-09-19 0.041481 0.215515
2017-06-13 0.189630 0.931860
2017-03-13 0.038519 0.178992
2016-11-29 0.038519 0.209006
2016-11-09 0.148148 0.878271
2016-09-16 0.186667 1.118610
2016-06-13 0.038519 0.234111
2016-03-11 0.035556 0.224806
2015-11-27 0.035556 0.215520
2015-09-03 0.035556 0.222720
2015-06-11 0.035556 0.235667
2015-03-17 0.032593 0.215099
2014-12-16 0.296296 1.993221
2014-11-28 0.032593 0.210569
2014-09-08 0.032593 0.227840
2014-06-06 0.032593 0.242507
2014-03-17 0.029630 0.243905
2013-11-29 0.029630 0.228365
2013-09-06 0.029630 0.245703
2013-06-07 0.029630 0.240851
2013-03-27 0.026667 0.204874
2012-12-20 0.296296 2.554276
2012-11-30 0.026667 0.226418
2012-09-10 0.026667 0.239301
2012-06-08 0.026667 0.234990
2012-03-19 0.023704 0.223155
2011-12-02 0.023704 0.241185
2011-09-08 0.023704 0.266315
2011-06-10 0.023704 0.250316
2011-03-17 0.020741 0.233258
2010-12-02 0.020741 0.258783
2010-09-08 0.020741 0.265456
2010-06-10 0.020741 0.255758
2010-03-17 0.017778 0.233739
2009-12-10 0.017778 0.243510
2009-09-10 0.017778 0.235574
2009-06-10 0.017778 0.259969
2009-03-17 0.017778 0.276374
2008-12-10 0.017778 0.212995
2008-09-10 0.017778 0.253918
2008-06-11 0.017778 0.232291
2008-03-17 0.014815 0.184845
2007-12-12 0.014815 0.161605
2007-09-12 0.014815 0.171529
2007-06-13 0.014815 0.154228
2007-03-15 0.014815 0.155862
2006-12-13 0.011852 0.114418
2006-09-13 0.011852 0.114944
2006-06-14 0.011852 0.129242
2006-03-16 0.011852 0.101199
2005-12-14 0.009877 0.103869
2005-09-15 0.009877 0.136395
2005-06-14 0.009877 0.139515
2005-03-22 0.009877 0.149112
2004-12-13 0.009218 0.154183
2004-09-15 0.009218 0.163359
2004-06-14 0.009218 0.167182
2004-03-17 0.009218 0.167703
2003-12-11 0.009218 0.207774
2003-09-17 0.009218 0.206183
2003-06-13 0.008779 0.197080
2003-03-21 0.008779 0.231907
2002-12-11 0.007901 0.230881
2002-09-17 0.007901 0.272060
2002-06-13 0.007609 0.236462
2002-03-20 0.007609 0.231824
2001-12-12 0.007609 0.243550
2001-09-17 0.007609 0.323400
2001-06-13 0.007609 0.297023
2001-03-19 0.007609 0.284168
2000-12-13 0.007609 0.324005
2000-09-14 0.007609 0.431558
2000-06-14 0.007609 0.608219
2000-03-17 0.007609 0.825440
1999-12-15 0.007609 0.620003
1999-09-15 0.007609 0.559170
1999-06-11 0.007609 0.508585
1999-03-17 0.007609 0.502442
1998-12-14 0.007023 0.360886
1998-09-16 0.007023 0.374983
1998-06-11 0.007023 0.259098
1998-03-17 0.007023 0.256673
1997-12-12 0.006438 0.264263
1997-09-16 0.006243 0.272923
1997-06-11 0.005853 0.266677
1997-03-17 0.005853 0.293410
1996-12-12 0.005072 0.251188
1996-09-16 0.005072 0.300554
1996-06-12 0.005072 0.299688
1996-03-25 0.005072 0.276574
1995-12-15 0.004682 0.239391
1995-09-26 0.004682 0.265916
1995-06-14 0.004682 0.341621
1995-03-23 0.004682 0.322133
1994-12-13 0.004292 0.328356
1994-09-22 0.004292 0.305553
1994-06-13 0.004292 0.274998
1994-03-23 0.004292 0.295300
1993-12-13 0.003902 0.277789
1993-09-22 0.003902 0.218588
1993-06-11 0.003902 0.259751
1993-03-24 0.003902 0.215642
1992-12-14 0.003512 0.203986
1992-09-22 0.003512 0.230792
1992-06-11 0.003512 0.274836
1992-03-24 0.003512 0.263762
1991-12-10 0.003121 0.285671
1991-09-13 0.003121 0.323183
1991-06-11 0.003121 0.275820
1991-03-22 0.003121 0.283981
1990-12-17 0.002861 0.289438
1990-09-13 0.002861 0.325886
1990-06-13 0.002861 0.255041
1990-03-26 0.002861 0.297261
1989-12-15 0.002601 0.218560
1989-09-13 0.002601 0.249199
1989-06-12 0.002601 0.319972
1989-03-27 0.002601 0.333304
1988-12-16 0.002341 0.305071
1988-09-13 0.002341 0.321414
1988-06-13 0.002341 0.351204
1988-04-08 0.002341 0.374983
1987-12-21 0.001821 0.294759
1986-12-19 0.001561 0.228610
1986-09-15 0.001561 0.208731
1986-06-16 0.001040 0.110930
1986-04-03 0.001387 0.150024
1985-12-20 0.001387 0.249942
Additional Data
dividendYield 0.54
exDividendDate 2026-09-21
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.37
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.00501355
lastDividendValue 0.1
lastDividendDate 2026-09-21
dividendDate 2026-09-30

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.004344821
Address1 475 Steamboat Road
All Time High 78.96
All Time Low 0.039018
Ask 0.0
Ask Size 400
Audit Risk 10
Average Analyst Rating 3.4 - Hold
Average Daily Volume10 Day 2,144,770
Average Daily Volume3 Month 2,490,420
Average Volume 2,490,420
Average Volume10Days 2,144,770
Beta 0.271
Bid 68.53
Bid Size 200
Board Risk 10
Book Value 24.968
City Greenwich
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 1
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 73.97
Current Ratio 0.406
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 75.83
Day Low 73.945
Debt To Equity 31.527
Display Name W. R. Berkley
Dividend Date 1,790,726,400
Dividend Yield 0.54
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,792,440,000
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,792,440,000
Earnings Growth 0.15
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.127
Earnings Timestamp 1,792,440,000
Earnings Timestamp End 1,792,440,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,792,440,000
Ebitda 2,580,506,880
Ebitda Margins 0.17322999
Enterprise To Ebitda 10.835
Enterprise To Revenue 1.877
Enterprise Value 27,959,320,576
Eps Current Year 4.93389
Eps Forward 4.88594
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 4.87
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,789,948,800
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 20
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 203 769 4098
Fifty Day Average 69.7504
Fifty Day Average Change 4.2196045
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.06049578
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 0.4344821
Fifty Two Week High 78.96
Fifty Two Week High Change -4.989998
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.06319653
Fifty Two Week Low 62.87
Fifty Two Week Low Change 11.100002
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.17655483
Fifty Two Week Range 62.87 - 78.96
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 120,231,000,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 0.54
Float Shares 243,543,479
Forward Eps 4.88594
Forward P E 15.139359
Free Cashflow 3,045,504,768
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 8,804
Fullday Change -0.47000122
Fullday Change Percent -0.6353944
Fullday Price 73.5
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.43785998
Gross Profits 6,522,393,088
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.26361
Held Percent Institutions 0.76163
Implied Shares Outstanding 371,227,529
Industry Insurance - Property & Casualty
Industry Disp Insurance - Property & Casualty
Industry Key insurance-property-casualty
Ir Website http://ir.wrberkley.com/
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,789,948,800
Last Dividend Value 0.1
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,720,656,000
Last Split Factor 3:2
Long Business Summary 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.
Long Name W. R. Berkley Corporation
Market us_market
Market Cap 27,459,700,736
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_254504
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 1,928,020,992
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 25,120,966,887
Number Of Analyst Opinions 17
Open 75.03
Operating Cashflow 3,602,895,872
Operating Margins 0.16385001
Overall Risk 9
Payout Ratio 0.076
Peg Ratio 4.86
Phone 203 629 3000
Pre Market Change -0.47000122
Pre Market Change Percent -0.6353944
Pre Market Price 73.5
Pre Market Time 1,792,149,230
Previous Close 73.8
Price Eps Current Year 14.992228
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 2.9625921
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 1.8434151
Profit Margins 0.12943
Quick Ratio 0.249
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key hold
Recommendation Mean 3.38889
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.169998
Regular Market Change Percent 0.23035
Regular Market Day High 75.83
Regular Market Day Low 73.945
Regular Market Day Range 73.945 - 75.83
Regular Market Open 75.03
Regular Market Previous Close 73.8
Regular Market Price 73.97
Regular Market Time 1,792,094,402
Regular Market Volume 1,800,755
Return On Assets 0.03561
Return On Equity 0.20207001
Revenue Growth 0.012
Revenue Per Share 37.823
Sand P52 Week Change 0.16207206
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 9
Shares Outstanding 371,227,529
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0353
Shares Short 13,102,697
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 15,177,596
Short Name W.R. Berkley Corporation
Short Percent Of Float 0.0559
Short Ratio 3.59
Source Interval 15
State CT
Symbol WRB
Target High Price 83.0
Target Low Price 51.0
Target Mean Price 69.05882
Target Median Price 70.0
Total Cash 3,898,912,000
Total Cash Per Share 10.033
Total Debt 3,103,180,032
Total Revenue 14,896,102,400
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.37
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.00501355
Trailing Eps 4.87
Trailing P E 15.188912
Trailing Peg Ratio 4.4549
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 68.98535
Two Hundred Day Average Change 4.9846497
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.07225664
Type Disp Equity
Volume 1,800,755
Website https://www.berkley.com
Zip 6,830