WRB
W. R. Berkley Corporation
WRB's fundamentals are mixed: earnings per share grew 21%, while its operating margin held steady at 16%. At 16x earnings, it's trading in line with its usual 15x. Analysts expect earnings growth.
WRB Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Healthy | |
| N/A | |
| N/A |
WRB's profitability is currently healthy, and its revenue is stable. Free cash flow and net leverage aren't meaningful measures for financial services companies like WRB.
WRB PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 14x | $66.55 | -14% |
| Fair | 15x | $72.25 | -6.4% |
| Current | 16x | $77.15 | — |
| Forward | 16x | $77.15 | — |
| Expensive | 20x | $94.93 | +23% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
WRB's PE is in its expensive range at 16.3x. On analysts' estimates for next year's earnings, today's price would be 16.2x, in its fair range.
WRB Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Growth | |
| Growth | |
| Weakening | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect earnings and revenue growth for WRB, but weaker profitability.
WRB Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $4.77 | +0.9% |
| Q3 2024 | $3.90 | +18% |
| Q2 2024 | $3.81 | +26% |
| Q1 2024 | $3.75 | +45% |
| Q4 2023 | $3.37 | +2.4% |
| Q3 2023 | $3.30 | +6.8% |
| Q2 2023 | $3.03 | -4.1% |
| Q1 2023 | $2.59 | -22% |
| Q4 2022 | $3.29 | +35% |
WRB's earnings per share have climbed steadily: $4.73 over the past year, up 21% from the year before, and higher year over year for nine quarters in a row.
WRB Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $3.7B | -0.8% |
| Q2 2026 | $3.7B | +1.2% |
| Q1 2026 | $3.7B | +4% |
| Q4 2025 | $3.7B | +1.5% |
| Q3 2025 | $3.8B | +11% |
| Q2 2025 | $3.7B | +11% |
| Q1 2025 | $3.5B | +8.9% |
| Q4 2024 | $3.7B | +14% |
WRB's revenue has held roughly level: $3.7B last quarter, about level with the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 15% | -1.8 points |
| Q2 2026 | 15% | +1.3 points |
| Q1 2026 | 17% | +1.5 points |
| Q4 2025 | 15% | -4.5 points |
| Q3 2025 | 17% | +3.3 points |
| Q2 2025 | 14% | -0.5 points |
| Q1 2025 | 15% | -2.4 points |
| Q4 2024 | 20% | +4.3 points |
WRB's operating margin was 15% last quarter, down 1.8 points from the same quarter a year ago.
WRB Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $731.3M | -36% |
| Q2 2026 | $800M | +14% |
| Q1 2026 | $667.9M | -10% |
| Q4 2025 | $995.1M | +23% |
| Q3 2025 | $1.1B | -8.1% |
| Q2 2025 | $703.8M | -20% |
| Q1 2025 | $743.8M | -0.3% |
| Q4 2024 | $810M | +16% |
WRB's free cash flow was $3.2B over the past year, down 6% from the year before. Free cash flow isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like WRB.
WRB Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -0.1% | -467K shares |
| 1 year | -2.2% | -8.9M shares |
| 3 years | -5.9% | -24.7M shares |
| 5 years | -7.4% | -31.4M shares |
WRB has 391M diluted shares, down 2.2% from a year ago, with $631M in buybacks over the past year.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $21.1M |
| Q2 2026 | $111.5M |
| Q1 2026 | $302.4M |
| Q4 2025 | $196.4M |
| Q3 2025 | $24.6M |
| Q2 2025 | — |
| Q1 2025 | $49.2M |
| Q4 2024 | $67.4M |
WRB spent $631M buying back its own shares over the past year, about four times what it spent the year before.
WRB Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -0.9x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2026 | -1.1x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2026 | -1.0x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2025 | -1.1x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2025 | -1.0x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2025 | -0.9x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2025 | -0.7x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2024 | -0.8x | Net Cash |
WRB has more cash than debt. Net leverage isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like WRB.
WRB Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 63.4 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 73.6 | Neutral |
WRB's weekly RSI is 63 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 74 (neutral).
WRB PE vs Financial Services Sector
| Metric | WRB | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 16x | 13x | 25% above |
| PE % | 66 | 63 | 3 pts above |
WRB is trading at 16x earnings, a 25% premium to the Financial Services sector's median of 13x.
WRB Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $72.8 | 5.9% above |
| 20 week MA | $71.7 | 7.5% above |
| 50 week MA | $69.5 | 11% above |
| 100 week MA | $69.3 | 11% above |
| 200 week MA | $59.3 | 30% above |
WRB is in an uptrend: it's above all five of its weekly moving averages, and 30% above its 200-week average.
WRB Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $30.5 | $29.4 | -3.6% |
| 2021 | $29.4 | $35.6 | +21% |
| 2022 | $35.6 | $49.0 | +37% |
| 2023 | $49.0 | $47.2 | -3.7% |
| 2024 | $47.2 | $59.0 | +25% |
| 2025 | $59.0 | $70.6 | +20% |
| 2026 YTD | $70.6 | $77.2 | +9.3% |
WRB has finished higher in four of the last six years. It's up 9.3% so far in 2026.