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BERKLEY W R CORP WRB
BERKLEY W R CORP (WRB) earns a Piotroski F-score of 4/9 (mixed financial health). It pays a dividend yielding 2.75% (safety: safe). FY2025 revenue was $14.7B at a 12.1% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Analyst price target
Recent analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-27 | UBS | Neutral (main) |
| 2026-07-21 | Wells Fargo | Underweight (main) |
| 2026-07-21 | Truist Securities | Buy (main) |
| 2026-07-21 | Mizuho | Neutral (main) |
| 2026-07-16 | B of A Securities | Underperform (down) |
| 2026-07-10 | Evercore ISI Group | Underperform (main) |
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How it ranks in Finance, Insurance & Real Estate · percentile among 1129 companies
Percentile vs other Finance, Insurance & Real Estate companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 4/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Sector peers · similar-size Finance, Insurance & Real Estate companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WRB | BERKLEY W R CORP | 4/9 | — | 14.3 | +7.8% |
| CNA | CNA FINANCIAL CORP | 7/9 | — | 10.2 | +5% |
| MKL | MARKEL GROUP INC. | 5/9 | — | 11.4 | +4.7% |
| RNR | RENAISSANCERE HOLDINGS LTD | 6/9 | — | 5.1 | +9.9% |
| CINF | CINCINNATI FINANCIAL CORP | 5/9 | — | 11.9 | +11.4% |
| EG | EVEREST GROUP, LTD. | 4/9 | — | 8.8 | +1.2% |
| L | LOEWS CORP | 6/9 | — | 14 | +5.4% |
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About BERKLEY W R CORP
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.
FAQ
Is WRB financially healthy?
BERKLEY W R CORP's Piotroski F-score is 4/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak).
Does WRB pay a dividend, and is it safe?
Yes. BERKLEY W R CORP pays a dividend yielding about 2.75% with a 39.4% payout ratio, rated “safe” for safety.
How profitable is WRB?
In FY2025, BERKLEY W R CORP had a net margin of 12.1% and a return on equity of 18.3%.
Is WRB overvalued or undervalued?
BERKLEY W R CORP trades at about 15.7× trailing earnings — above its 10-year norm (10-year range 6.4×–16.2×, median 13.5×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for WRB?
The average Wall-Street price target for BERKLEY W R CORP is $69.29, about 0.6% below the recent price, from 17 analysts (consensus: hold).
Is WRB a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on BERKLEY W R CORP: a Piotroski F-score of 4/9, a P/E of about 14.3×, a dividend yield of 2.75%. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.