How to buy W. R. Berkley stock in Canada

W. R. Berkley is an insurance - property & casualty business based in the US. W. R. Berkley shares (WRB) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars.

Its last market close was $58.57 – a decrease of 3.6% over the previous week. W. R. Berkley employs 8,329 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $13.2 billion.

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W. R. Berkley stock price (NYSE: WRB)

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W. R. Berkley stocks at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-18.

Latest market close	$58.57
52-week range	$45.36 - $64.86
50-day moving average more info button	$60.39
200-day moving average more info button	$56.52
Wall St. target price	$63.93
PE ratio more info button	14.8766
Dividend yield more info button	$0.307 (0.54%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$3.89

Is it a good time to buy W. R. Berkley stock?

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W. R. Berkley price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $58.57 from 2024-12-20

1 week (2024-12-13)	-3.60%
1 month (2024-11-22)	-5.94%
3 months (2024-09-20)	1.95%
6 months (2024-06-21)	-27.23%

1 year (2023-12-22)	-16.58%
2 years (2022-12-22)	26.90%
3 years (2021-12-22)	76.78%
5 years (2019-12-20)	111.40%

Is W. R. Berkley stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing W. R. Berkley stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of W. R. Berkley's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

W. R. Berkley's P/E ratio

W. R. Berkley's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 15x. In other words, W. R. Berkley shares trade at around 15x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the stock or simply that they're under-valued.

W. R. Berkley's PEG ratio

W. R. Berkley's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.4541. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into W. R. Berkley's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the stock prices of multiple high-growth companies.

W. R. Berkley's EBITDA

W. R. Berkley's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $1.9 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a W. R. Berkley's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

W. R. Berkley financials

Revenue TTM	$13.2 billion
Operating margin TTM	15.61%
Gross profit TTM	$4.8 billion
Return on assets TTM	3.6%
Return on equity TTM	20.54%
Profit margin	11.96%
Book value	$22.11
Market Capitalization more info button	$22.1 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

W. R. Berkley stock dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 28.05% of net profits

Recently W. R. Berkley has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), W. R. Berkley shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In W. R. Berkley's case, that would currently equate to about $0.307 per share.

While W. R. Berkley's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that W. R. Berkley may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

W. R. Berkley's most recent dividend payout was on 26 December 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their stocks by 15 December 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have W. R. Berkley's stocks ever split?

W. R. Berkley's stocks were split on a 3:2 basis on 10 July 2024 . So if you had owned 2 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 3 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your W. R. Berkley stocks – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 33.3% lower stock price could have impacted the market appetite for W. R. Berkley stocks, which in turn could have impacted W. R. Berkley's stock price.

W. R. Berkley stock price volatility

Over the last 12 months, W. R. Berkley's stocks have ranged in value from as little as $45.3564 up to $64.8648. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta."

Beta is a measure of a stocks volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while W. R. Berkley's is 0.621. This would suggest that W. R. Berkley's stocks are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

W. R. Berkley overview

W. R. Berkley Corporation, an insurance holding company, operates as a commercial lines writers worldwide. It operates in two segments, Insurance and Reinsurance & Monoline Excess. 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; specialized 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, this segment offers cyber risk solutions; crime and fidelity insurance products; medical professional coverages; workers' compensation insurance products; general insurance; personal lines insurance solutions, including home, condo/co-op, auto, and collectibles; automobile, law enforcement, public officials and educator's legal, and employment practices liability, as well as incidental medical and property and crime insurance products; at-risk and alternative risk insurance program management services; professional liability; energy and marine risks; and provides insurance products to the Lloyd's marketplace.

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Frequently asked questions

What percentage of W. R. Berkley is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 24.268% of W. R. Berkley stocks are held by insiders and 69.329% by institutions. How many people work for W. R. Berkley?
Latest data suggests 8,329 work at W. R. Berkley. When does the fiscal year end for W. R. Berkley?
W. R. Berkley's fiscal year ends in December. Where is W. R. Berkley based?
W. R. Berkley's address is: 475 Steamboat Road, Greenwich, CT, United States, 06830 What is W. R. Berkley's ISIN number?
W. R. Berkley's international securities identification number is: US0844231029 What is W. R. Berkley's CUSIP number?
W. R. Berkley's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 084423102

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