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W R Berkley Corp

Insurance - Property & Casualty · United States

USD 69.920.2% daily changeQuote 2026-10-06 · USD
Market cap (USD)
US$25.96B
Trailing P/E
14.36x
Forward P/E
14.38x
Quarterly revenue growth
1.2%
Trailing net margin
12.9%
Indicated dividend yield
0.6%

Snapshot 2026-10-06 · Latest financial period 2026-06-30 · Yahoo Finance. Quotes may be delayed; reporting periods can differ.

Next earnings: 2026-10-19 (provider estimate, not issuer-confirmed).

Company background

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.

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Q1 2026

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WRB Stock: EPS Beats by 15% — Q1 2026 Earnings Analysis

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MetricWRBW. R. Berkley CorporationSnapshot 2026-10-06Financial period: 2026-06-30CINFCincinnati Financial CorporationSnapshot 2026-10-06Financial period: 2026-06-30LLoews CorporationSnapshot 2026-10-06Financial period: 2026-06-30Peer medianSimilar-size peers only
Market capMarket value, converted to USDUS$25.96BUS$24.96BUS$21.71BUS$23.34Bn=2
Forward P/EProvider forward earnings estimate14.38x17.95x36.63x27.29xn=2
Revenue growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter1.2%31.6%3.9%17.8%n=2
Trailing P/ETrailing twelve-month earnings14.36x7.68x13.02x10.35xn=2
Price / bookPrice / positive book equity per share2.76x1.50x1.14x1.32xn=2
EV / salesEnterprise value / trailing revenue————
Earnings growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter15.0%85.5%15.6%50.5%n=2
Gross marginTrailing twelve months————
Net marginTrailing twelve months12.9%23.8%9.0%16.4%n=2
Return on equityProvider trailing return; positive equity only20.2%21.5%9.3%15.4%n=2
Free cash flow marginTrailing free cash flow / revenue————
Dividend yieldIndicated annual dividend / price0.6%2.3%0.2%1.3%n=2
Earnings payoutProvider trailing dividend payout7.6%17.1%3.1%10.1%n=2
Current ratioCurrent assets / current liabilities————
BetaProvider historical market sensitivity0.270.530.500.52n=2

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