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As of close of business last night, W.R. Berkley Corp’s stock clocked out at $66.28, up 1.59% from its previous closing price of $65.24. In other words, the price has increased by $1.59 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.64 million shares were traded. WRB stock price reached its highest trading level at $66.54 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $65.08.
Ratios:
To gain a deeper understanding of WRB’s stock, we examine its different ratios. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.36 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.36.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Morgan Stanley on December 05, 2024, initiated with a Equal-Weight rating and assigned the stock a target price of $65.
On November 25, 2024, Goldman Upgraded its rating to Buy which previously was Neutral but kept the price unchanged to $69.
On September 05, 2024, Barclays started tracking the stock assigning a Underweight rating and target price of $56.Barclays initiated its Underweight rating on September 05, 2024, with a $56 target price.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, WRB now has a Market Capitalization of 25135097856 and an Enterprise Value of 25109448704. As of this moment, W.R.’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 15.21, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 13.93. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.98. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.84 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 3.00. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.841 whereas that against EBITDA is 10.451.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for WRB is 0.47, which has changed by 0.13635838 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.08572841 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, WRB has reached a high of $65.46, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $49.78. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 7.83%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 14.06%.
Shares Statistics:
It appears that WRB traded 1.76M shares on average per day over the past three months and 1691120 shares per day over the past ten days. A total of 380.07M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 289.35M. Insiders hold about 23.70% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 69.18% stake in the company. Shares short for WRB as of 1741910400 were 8079875 with a Short Ratio of 4.59, compared to 1739491200 on 7165169. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 8079875 and a Short% of Float of 2.71.
Dividends & Splits
With its trailing 12-month dividend rate of 0.31, WRB has a forward annual dividend rate of 0.36. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0047516865The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.62. The current Payout Ratio is 7.19% for WRB, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-03-03 with an ex-dividend date of 1740960000. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2024-07-11 when the company split stock in a 3:2 ratio.
