W.R. Berkley Corporation (WRB) Stock

About W.R. Berkley Corporation

W.R. Berkley Corporation is led by CEO William Robert Berkley Jr., employs 8,606 people, headquartered in Greenwich, US, publicly traded since 1973.

W.R. Berkley Corporation (WRB) stock trades at $72.28 with a market capitalization of $26.91B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 14.11, price-to-book of 2.63, price-to-sales of 1.43. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $62.87 and $78.96, and currently trades 8.5% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 0.58%.

On profitability, W.R. Berkley Corporation generates a return on equity (ROE) of 19.55%, above the typical market average, return on capital employed of 13.73%, an operating margin of 15.87%, a net profit margin of 10.71%.

In its most recent fiscal year, W.R. Berkley Corporation reported annual revenue of $14.7B, net profit of $1.8B, revenue has compounded at 12.7% a year over the last five years, profit at 27.4% a year. Profit growing faster than revenue points to expanding margins.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28 — a conservative balance sheet with little leverage risk, a current ratio of 1.39, total assets of $44.1B, $2.5B in cash and equivalents.

WRB has a beta of 0.28 (less volatile than the overall market).