W. R. Berkley Corporation
WRB
NYSE57.42
W. R. Berkley Corporation
NYSE:WRB
RECENT
PRICE
57.42
P/E
RATIO
12.44
(PEG:-0.52)
P/E RATIO
RELATIVE
TO S&P
0.59
DIV
YLD
1.24%
High:
Low:
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Legends
Stock price
0.62 Beta (1.0 Market)
0
0
0
0
0
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0
0
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% total return 06/23:
Stock
S&P
1y.
0
0
3y.
0
0
5y.
0
0
0
Percent shares traded:
0
0
0
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2021
2021
2022
Fiscal year
12.51
1.62
3.53
0.07
13.08
1.75
3.41
0.09
12.54
0.75
3.92
0.13
12.28
0.86
0.79
0.08
14.11
1.34
1.20
0.15
16.40
1.26
1.99
0.14
18.10
1.66
2.06
0.60
19.74
1.64
2.49
0.17
23.35
2.26
2.41
0.63
24.31
1.80
2.93
0.21
27.78
2.18
2.89
0.67
26.14
1.95
2.12
0.67
27.08
2.25
2.00
0.89
27.73
2.38
3.79
1.08
28.88
1.89
5.63
0.30
34.18
3.69
7.63
1.28
40.43
4.98
9.07
0.85
Revenue per share
Earnings per share
Free Cash Flow per sh
Dividends per share
0.10
7.73
0.07
8.41
0.21
8.11
0.08
9.97
0.15
11.06
0.14
12.75
0.13
13.96
0.21
14.24
0.15
15.95
0.23
16.48
0.18
18.29
0.41
19.26
0.17
19.08
0.21
21.23
0.14
22.51
0.24
23.98
0.19
24.32
CAPEX per share
Book Value per share
431
425
376
361
335
314
308
304
288
279
276
281
285
286
280
277
277
Comm.Shares outs.(m)
- -
- -
- -
6.0
0.35
0.81%
14.4
0.67
1.16%
12.4
0.18
0.75%
8.8
0.43
1.25%
11.1
0.68
0.99%
10.0
0.67
3.59%
11.5
0.67
0.92%
9.0
0.49
3.11%
12.9
0.64
0.89%
11.6
0.52
2.65%
15.6
0.66
2.20%
14.8
0.59
2.69%
17.8
0.74
2.54%
26.4
0.88
0.60%
13.6
0.45
2.57%
13.3
0.63
1.28%
Avg. annual P/E ratio
P/E relative to S&P500
Avg. annual div. yield
Capital Structure (31/12/22 | Q4)
Total liabilities
$27,113 m.
Total assets
$33,861 m.
Long-term debt
- -
Cash and equiv.
$1,449 m.
Goodwill $186 m.
Retained earnings $10,161 m.
Common stock 277 m. shares
Market Capitalisation
$15,867 m. (as of 5/6/23)
5,156
- -
5,583
- -
6,011
- -
6,719
- -
6,785
- -
7,666
- -
7,343
- -
7,719
- -
7,933
- -
8,099
- -
9,481
- -
11,217
- -
Revenue (m)
Operating margin
88
395
103
511
103
500
89
649
85
504
86
602
113
549
131
641
113
682
135
531
130
1,022
56
1,381
Depreciation (m)
Net profit (m)
23.8%
7.7%
27.3%
9.1%
27.7%
8.3%
31.8%
9.7%
31.1%
7.4%
32.7%
7.9%
28.4%
7.5%
20.1%
8.3%
19.8%
8.6%
24.4%
6.6%
19.6%
10.8%
19.5%
12.3%
Income tax rate
Net profit margin
- -
1,744
4,008
- -
2,115
4,306
- -
2,032
4,336
- -
2,456
4,590
- -
2,185
4,600
- -
2,488
5,047
- -
2,497
5,411
- -
2,790
5,438
- -
2,626
6,075
- -
2,725
6,311
- -
3,267
6,653
3,212
- -
6,748
Working capital (m)
Long-term debt (m)
Equity (m)
2.6%
3.4%
9.8%
3.0%
4.1%
11.9%
2.9%
4.0%
11.5%
3.4%
5.0%
14.1%
2.7%
4.0%
10.9%
3.0%
4.4%
11.9%
2.7%
3.8%
10.1%
3.1%
3.9%
11.8%
3.0%
3.8%
11.2%
2.3%
3.0%
8.4%
3.6%
4.4%
15.4%
4.4%
5.5%
20.5%
ROIC
Return on capital
Return on equity
Working Capital
2021
2021
2022
Cash assets
2,998
2,195
2,075
Receivables
5,123
5,470
193
Inventory
- -
- -
- -
Other
(8,121)
(7,980)
- -
Current assets
- -
- -
3,251
Acc. Payable
426
515
- -
Debt due
- -
- -
- -
Other
(426)
(515)
39
Current liab.
- -
- -
39
89.0%
129.5%
89.0%
36.9%
64.0%
49.1%
89.5%
29.0%
72.0%
60.7%
88.5%
34.4%
69.4%
39.7%
65.7%
39.7%
60.2%
49.0%
54.8%
30.1%
84.1%
27.3%
65.2%
22.6%
Plowback ratio
Div.&Repurch. to FCF
W. R. Berkley Corporation (US) started trading on October 5, 1973 (cik: 0000011544), operates in the Financial Services sector (Insurance—Property & Casualty industry), has 7,681 full-time employees, and is led by Mr. William Robert Berkley Jr.. W. R. Berkley Corporation, an insurance holding company, operates as a commercial lines writer in the United States and internationally. It operates in two segments, Insurance and Reinsurance & Monoline Excess. The Insurance segment underwrites commercial insurance business, including premises operations, commercial automobile, property, products liability, and general and professional liability lines. It also provides workers' compensation insurance products; accident and health insurance and reinsurance products; insurance for commercial risks; specialty environmental products for contractors, consultants, and property owners and facilities operators; specialized insurance coverages for fine arts and jewelry exposures; umbrella and excess liability coverage products; and liquor liability and inland marine coverage for small to medium-sized insureds. In addition, this segment offers directors and officers, and surety risk products, as well as products for technology, and life sciences and travel industries; cyber risk solutions; casualty, group life, and crime and fidelity related insurance products; personal lines insurance solutions, including home, condo/co-op, auto, and collectibles; automobile, law enforcement, public officials and educator's legal, and employment practices liability, as well as incidental medical insurance products; and at-risk and alternative risk insurance program management services. The Reinsurance & Monoline Excess segment provides other insurance companies and self-insureds with assistance in managing their net risk through reinsurance on a portfolio basis through treaty reinsurance or on an individual basis through facultative reinsurance. W. R. Berkley Corporation was founded in 1967 and is based in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Annual rates
(avg rate of change)
Past
5 y.
Past
10 y.
Revenues
10.06%
7.43%
Cash flow
47.15%
18.47%
Earnings
28.00%
16.31%
Dividends
59.26%
74.23%
Book value
5.61%
5.11%
Insider trading
Type
Shares
Date
Talisman Jonathan
Small
4
01/20/23
Talisman Jonathan
Small
1
12/23/22
Talisman Jonathan
Small
1
09/29/22
Berkley William R Jr
InKind
4,172
08/15/22
Berkley William R Jr
Award
99,374
08/15/22
Fiscal Year Ends
Quarterly Revenue (m)
Full fiscal year
I
II
III
IV
2020
1,832
1,943
2,035
2,288
8,099
2021
2,162
2,297
2,437
2,585
9,481
2022
2,920
2,513
2,724
2,980
11,137
Fiscal Year Ends
Earnings per share
Full fiscal year
I
II
III
IV
2020
(0.02)
0.26
0.54
1.13
1.91
2021
0.82
0.85
0.93
1.05
3.65
2022
2.13
0.65
0.73
1.38
4.88
Fiscal Year Ends
Quarterly dividends paid
Full fiscal year
I
II
III
IV
2020
0.07
0.08
0.08
0.08
0.30
2021
0.08
- -
0.48
0.71
1.27
2022
0.08
- -
0.57
0.19
0.85