W.R. BerkleyWRB
About: W.R. Berkley is an insurance holding company with a host of subsidiaries that primarily underwrite commercial casualty insurance. The firm specializes in niche products that include various excess and surplus lines, workers' compensation insurance, self-insurance consulting, reinsurance, and regional commercial lines for small and midsize businesses.
Employees: 8,606
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
229% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 125 | Existing positions closed: 38
55% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $10.4M | Put options by funds: $6.69M
32% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 336 | Existing positions reduced: 254
9% more funds holding
Funds holding: 781 [Q3] → 855 (+74) [Q4]
8% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $14.4B [Q3] → $15.5B (+$1.1B) [Q4]
1.66% more ownership
Funds ownership: 66.8% [Q3] → 68.46% (+1.66%) [Q4]
0% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 12 [Q3] → 12 (+0) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
7 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
7 analyst ratings
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Meyer Shields 71% 1-year accuracy 80 / 113 met price target | 9%downside $65 | Market Perform Maintained | 22 Apr 2025 |
Wells Fargo Elyse Greenspan 50% 1-year accuracy 58 / 116 met price target | 2%downside $70 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 22 Apr 2025 |
Barclays Alex Scott 39% 1-year accuracy 37 / 94 met price target | 13%downside $62 | Underweight Maintained | 11 Apr 2025 |
Jefferies Yaron Kinar 53% 1-year accuracy 10 / 19 met price target | 7%downside $66 | Hold Maintained | 11 Apr 2025 |
Truist Securities Mark Hughes 57% 1-year accuracy 35 / 61 met price target | 12%upside $80 | Buy Maintained | 3 Apr 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 18 articles about WRB published over the past 30 days









