W.R. Berkley Corp (NYSE: WRB) is 11.81% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $49.78 and a high of $76.38 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The WRB stock was last observed hovering at around $70.29 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -4.86%.
Currently trading at $65.43, the stock is 0.06% and 4.30% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.85 million and changing -6.91% at the moment leaves the stock 11.55% off its SMA200. WRB registered 14.90% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 14.48%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $62.7296 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $59.0339.
The stock witnessed a 5.24% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 12.79%, and is -8.19% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.21% over the week and 2.45% over the month.
W.R. Berkley Corp (WRB) has around 8606 employees, a market worth around $24.81B and $13.64B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 15.01 and Fwd P/E is 13.76. Profit margin for the company is 12.88%. Distance from 52-week low is 31.44% and -14.34% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (15.41%).
with sales reaching $3.02B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 5.15% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 8.15% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 9.13% in year-over-year returns.
W.R. Berkley Corp (WRB) Top Institutional Holders
1155.0 institutions hold shares in W.R. Berkley Corp (WRB), with institutional investors hold 86.34% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 380.07M, and float is at 289.35M with Short Float at 2.79%. Institutions hold 66.27% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 24.04 million shares valued at $1.89 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 8.9642% of the WRB Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 15.82 million shares valued at $1.24 billion to account for 5.8704 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are MORGAN STANLEY which holds 13.32 million shares representing 4.9423% and valued at over $1.05 billion, while STATE STREET CORP holds 3.7748 of the shares totaling 10.17 million with a market value of $799.41 million.
W.R. Berkley Corp (WRB) Insider Activity
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