A new trading day began on Tuesday, with W.R. Berkley Corp (NYSE: WRB) stock price up 1.18% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $57.53. WRB’s price has ranged from $44.10 to $61.96 over the past 52 weeks.
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A company in the Financial sector has jumped its sales by 9.76% annually for the last half of the decade. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 23.83%. With a float of $298.06 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $384.82 million.
In an organization with 8329 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 79.72%, operating margin of 8.41%, and the pretax margin is 15.49%.
W.R. Berkley Corp (WRB) Insider Updates
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Insurance – Property & Casualty Industry. The insider ownership of W.R. Berkley Corp is 21.68%, while institutional ownership is 71.13%.
W.R. Berkley Corp (WRB) Performance Highlights and Predictions
In its latest quarterly report, released on 9/30/2024, the company reported earnings of 0.97 per share, which was $0.1 higher than the consensus estimate of $0.26. In terms of return on equity, this company recorded -19.55% in contrast with 50.0% return on Investment (trailing twelve months). Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.08 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 23.83% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 13.00% during the next five years compared to 17.88% growth over the previous five years of trading.
W.R. Berkley Corp (NYSE: WRB) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are W.R. Berkley Corp’s current performance indicators. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.68. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 6.44.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 3.90, a number that is poised to hit 1.00 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 4.33 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of W.R. Berkley Corp (WRB)
Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 1.43 million. That was inferior than the volume of 1.8 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 20.64%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.08.
During the past 100 days, W.R. Berkley Corp’s (WRB) raw stochastic average was set at 64.45%, which indicates a significant increase from 22.36% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 25.96% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 23.87% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $58.32, while its 200-day Moving Average is $55.51. However, in the short run, W.R. Berkley Corp’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $58.46. Second resistance stands at $58.72. The third major resistance level sits at $59.20. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $57.72, it is likely to go to the next support level at $57.24. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $56.98.
W.R. Berkley Corp (NYSE: WRB) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 22.15 billion, the company has a total of 380,551K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 12,143 M while annual income is 1,381 M. The company’s previous quarter sales were 3,400 M while its latest quarter income was 365,630 K.
