W. R. Berkley Corporation (WRB)

Financial Services
Insurance - Property & Casualty
United States
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Price
$76.39
▼ -2.07 (-2.64%)
Market Cap
$28,974,174,208
Shares: 399,734,000
P/E
13.32
P/B: 2.79
ROE
20.92%
Current Ratio: 47.97
Fundamentals Score
73 (POSITIVE)

Company Overview

W. R. Berkley Corporation, an insurance holding company, operates as a commercial line writer worldwide. The company 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; 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.

Headquarters: 475 Steamboat Road, Greenwich, CT, 06830, United States  |  Employees: 8606  |  Website: berkley.com
Key Contacts
IR / Phone: 203 629 3000
Exchange: NYQ
Industry: Insurance - Property & Casualty
Quick Financial Snapshot
Revenue$13,638,752,000
Net Income$1,756,115,000
Free Cash Flow$3,572,745,000
Book Value / Share$21.03

Balance Sheet & Liquidity

Total Liabilities$32,159,829,000
Total Equity$8,395,111,000
Debt / Equity0.34
Current Ratio47.97
Interest Coverage17.84
Working Capital$31,407,004,000

Valuation Metrics

Core multiples and valuation signals — useful to compare vs peers.

P/E (TTM)13.32
Industry P/EN/A
Forward P/E17.56
P/B2.79
Price / Sales1.72
P / FCF6.55
EV / EBITDA10.92
Graham Number$45.56
DCF (placeholder)
Notes: red items typically indicate expensive multiples relative to fundamentals. Use the "Compare with industry" tool for context.

EPS (Annual)

Financial Performance

Revenue vs Net Income

Free Cash Flow (annual)

Profitability & Efficiency

Gross Margin 22.89%
Operating Margin 16.60%
Net Margin 12.88%
ROIC 4.40%
Asset Turnover 0.34

Automated Fundamental Signals (Score: 73)

Passed
  • EPS shows upward trend
  • EPS CAGR 36.62%
  • Price CAGR 16.76%
  • P/FCF 6.55
  • P/B Ratio 2.79
  • Debt/Equity ratio
  • Operating Margin 16.6%
  • Positive Free Cash Flow
  • CapEx intensity
  • Current Ratio
  • Interest Coverage
  • Debt/EBITDA
  • Return on Tangible Assets
  • Low reliance on intangibles
Failed
  • ROIC 4.4%
  • Gross Margin 22.9%
  • Price below Graham Number
  • DCF valuation (Fairly valued)

Price Chart (Candlestick)

Technical Analysis (Score: 75)

RSI (14)55.09
SMA 5073.45
SMA 20068.51
MACD1.28
Signal BULLISH
RSI 55.1, SMA trend bullish, momentum 28.9%.

Governance & Management

Governance scores: Audit: 9 | Board: 10 | Compensation: 1 | Shareholder Rights: 9
Executive Team
NameTitle
Mr. William Robert Berkley Executive Chairman of the Board (1945)
Mr. William Robert Berkley Jr. President, CEO & Director (1972)
Mr. Richard Mark Baio Executive VP & CFO (1969)
Mr. James Gerald Shiel Executive Vice President of Investments (1960)
Ms. Lucille T. Sgaglione Executive Vice President (1950)
Mr. Philip Stanley Welt CPA Executive VP & Secretary (1960)
Ms. Karen A. Horvath Vice President of Investor Relations (—)
Mr. A. Scott Mansolillo Senior VP & Chief Compliance Officer (—)
Governance data last updated: 10/1/2025

Latest News

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Yahoo • Oct 15, 2025 • Neutral

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Will W.R. Berkley Pull Off a Surprise This Earnings Season?
Yahoo • Oct 15, 2025 • Neutral

WRB's third-quarter results are likely to reflect strong premium growth, higher investment income and disciplined underwriting.

Unveiling W.R. Berkley (WRB) Q3 Outlook: Wall Street Estimates for Key Metrics
Yahoo • Oct 15, 2025 • Neutral

Beyond analysts' top-and-bottom-line estimates for W.R. Berkley (WRB), evaluate projections for some of its key metrics to gain a better insight into how the business might have performed for the quarter ended September 2025.

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