WRB · W. R. Berkley Corp
Price
Snapshot
50 fields · last close| Market Cap | $27.23B |
| P/E | 13.12 |
| Float | 273.2M |
| Beta | 0.25 |
| Volatility | 6.2% |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Insurance |
| Cap tier | Large cap |
| Macro sensitivity | Low |
| Clavix score | 85 |
| Price | 69.41 |
| Change | −0.13% |
| Prev Close | 69.50 |
| Open | 68.69 |
| Day Low | 68.56 |
| Day High | 69.85 |
| Avg Vol | 2 |
| Avg $ Vol | $112.5M |
| 52W High | 78.96 |
| 52W Low | 62.87 |
| 52W Pos | 40.6% |
| From High | −12.09% |
| From Low | +10.40% |
| Max DD 1Y | −19.02% |
| Spread | 0.10% |
| Liquidity | Normal |
| SMA 20 | +0.08% |
| SMA 50 | −2.35% |
| SMA 200 | +0.16% |
| RSI (14) | 48.8 |
| Vol 30D | 18.6% |
| Vol 90D | 21.8% |
| 1Y Range | 63–79 |
| Daily bars | 506 |
| Perf Week | +1.70% |
| Perf Month | −3.58% |
| Perf Quarter | +4.81% |
| Perf Half Y | −0.10% |
| Perf Year | −3.85% |
| Perf YTD | +0.07% |
| Prev Day | −0.13% |
| Clavix | A- |
| Debt / Eq | 0.29 |
| Curr Ratio | 16.71 |
| Int Cover | 13.6× |
| FCF Margin | 23.4% |
| Rev Growth | +3.0% |
| Profit | Profitable |
| Leverage | Low |
| Sector rank | 6 / 31 |
What WRB does
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.
Clavix risk grade
regraded every trading dayWRB grades A-, 85 of 100. Steadiest on Macro Resilience (70), most exposed on News Sentiment (65, steady). 3 of the 4 weighted dimensions sit above the Insurance median. Ranks 6 of 31 in Insurance by Clavix score.
How rough the ride is
| WRB | Insurance median | |
|---|---|---|
| Betavs the overall market · lower is steadier | 0.25 | 0.49 |
| Volatilityannualized | 6.2% | 12.4% |
| Max drawdown, past yearworst peak-to-trough fall | −19.0% | — |
| Typical daily movemedian absolute daily change | 0.80% | — |
| Days beyond ±3%of the last 252 sessions | 114% | — |
How its days are spread
Daily returns over the last 252 sessions in 1% bins. Moves beyond ±6% land in the end bins.
52-week range
The bar runs from the lowest to the highest close of the last 252 sessions; the marker is the latest close.
Drawdown from the 1-year peak
Percent below the running high over the last 12 months. Zero is a fresh high.
Market sensitivity
| WRB | Insurance median | |
|---|---|---|
| Beta to the markethow much it swings with the S&P 500 · lower is safer | 0.25 | 0.49 |
| Macro sensitivityrate, dollar and credit exposure bucket | Low | Low74% of 31 |
Where it sits on the macro scale
Low means rates, the dollar and credit spreads barely move it. Very High means they drive a large share of its swings. The counts are how many Insurance names sit in each bucket.
Where it ranks in its sector
Rank by Clavix score within the sector. Right is the top of the sector.
Price performance
| WRB | |
|---|---|
| 1 week | +1.7% |
| 1 month | −3.6% |
| Year to date | +0.1% |
| 1 year | −3.8% |
Context for the rank, not itself a risk measure.
Recent coverage, scored
| WRB | |
|---|---|
| Articles scoredthe most recent scored coverage, up to 30 | 30since 23 Jul |
| Average score0 most bearish, 100 most bullish | 59 |
| Bullish · bearisharticles above 60 · below 40 | 17 · 5 |
| Directionarticles whose tone is improving vs worsening | 17 ↑ 5 ↓ |
Where the article scores land
Each bar is a 10-point band of article scores. Below 40 reads bearish, above 60 bullish.
Balance sheet, against the sector
The shaded band is the middle half of the 31 Insurance names Clavix covers; the tick is the sector median.
Growth
| WRB | |
|---|---|
| Revenue growthyear over year | +3.0% |
Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade. Why
0–100, higher is safer. The tick on each bar is the Insurance median. Click a dimension for the evidence behind it. Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade.
Against Insurance
31 companies| Metric | WRB | Sector spread | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beta | 0.25 | 0.49 | |
| Volatility | 6.2% | 12.4% | |
| P/E | 13.12 | 12.68 | |
| Debt / equity | 0.29 | 0.42 | |
| Current ratio | 16.71 | 0.89 | |
| FCF margin | 23.4% | 19.8% | |
| Interest coverage | 13.6× | 10.8× |
Recent news
most recent scored articles · the chip is the article’s score · click to openW.R. Berkley's strict approach to selecting which risks to insure, combined with its focus on specialty lines (niche or complex coverage areas), may help it keep strong profit margins as insurance prices come down across the industry.
A short analysis piece argues that W.R. Berkley's strict approach to choosing which risks to insure, combined with its focus on specialty lines, could help keep its profit margins healthy even as insurance prices broadly come down. No specific results, actions, or new information from the company are reported.
Zacks Research raised its full-year 2026 earnings per share estimate for W.R. Berkley to $4.80 in a report issued Thursday, August 27th.
W. R. Berkley launched Berkley Meridian, a new specialty insurance unit that brings together two of its existing businesses, Verus Specialty Insurance and Vela Insurance Services, under shared leadership with Marlo M. Morrison appointed as president. The stock trades at $69.18, down 4.13% over the past month but up 84.68% over three years.
Eighteen research firms covering W.R. Berkley have an average price target of $70.94. Their consensus rating is “Reduce,” with six sell ratings, nine hold ratings, and three buy ratings.
Nearest peers by size
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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