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UVE Q3 Earnings Beat Estimates on Lower Losses & Premium Growth
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NYSE · WRB
W. R. Berkley Corporation
Financial Services · Insurance - Property & Casualty
$73.86
Up+$0.76 (+1.04%)
Updated Oct 31, 2026, 10:59 AM
SID Score
7.0/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
58/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 26.35B
- P/E ratio
- 14.45
- Dividend yield
- 3.29%
- 52-week range
- $62.87 – $77.45
- Volume
- 2.55M
- Avg. volume
- 2.97M
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WRB price history
1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
Prices through Oct 30, 2026
WRB closed at $73.86 after 21 trading sessions, up 7.07% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $73.86
- Period change
- +7.07%
- Period low
- $68.98
- Period high
- $75.55
Daily close
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| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2026 | $74.50 | $74.85 | $73.5201 | $73.86 | 2.55M |
| Oct 29, 2026 | $72.33 | $73.11 | $72.14 | $73.10 | 2.19M |
| Oct 28, 2026 | $72.08 | $72.485 | $71.36 | $71.63 | 2.04M |
| Oct 27, 2026 | $73.33 | $73.76 | $71.73 | $72.38 | 2.09M |
| Oct 26, 2026 | $73.52 | $74.19 | $73.44 | $73.79 | 2.22M |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $75.06 | $75.545 | $73.10 | $73.33 | 2.98M |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $74.96 | $75.875 | $74.62 | $75.55 | 1.75M |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $73.27 | $74.34 | $72.80 | $74.34 | 2.69M |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $73.71 | $74.50 | $72.91 | $73.15 | 4.06M |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $74.62 | $75.44 | $73.37 | $74.08 | 3.43M |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $73.82 | $75.46 | $73.69 | $75.42 | 2.85M |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $75.03 | $75.83 | $73.945 | $73.97 | 1.95M |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $73.55 | $74.14 | $72.71 | $73.80 | 2.02M |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $73.26 | $73.735 | $72.7501 | $73.55 | 2.29M |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $72.34 | $73.23 | $72.34 | $72.90 | 1.33M |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $71.94 | $72.57 | $71.675 | $71.91 | 1.76M |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $70.01 | $72.4998 | $70.01 | $72.05 | 2.24M |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $69.99 | $70.54 | $69.61 | $69.73 | 2.22M |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $69.75 | $70.87 | $69.475 | $69.65 | 3.08M |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $68.87 | $69.98 | $68.68 | $69.77 | 2.32M |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $68.83 | $69.315 | $68.36 | $68.98 | 2.24M |
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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.
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- $75.88
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| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2026 | Cantor Fitzgerald | Neutral | — |
| Oct 20, 2026 | Evercore ISI Group | Underperform | — |
| Oct 20, 2026 | Wells Fargo | Underweight | — |
| Oct 20, 2026 | Mizuho | Neutral | — |
| Oct 12, 2026 | Wells Fargo | Underweight | — |
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W. R. Berkley (WRB) Stock Slips As Q3 Earnings Lean On Underwriting Quality
W. R. Berkley entered this Q3 2026 report with a strong reputation as a disciplined specialty insurer and a stock that had already outpaced the broader insurance group on valuation metrics. After the release, however, the share price slipped about 1% to US$73.16, a muted reaction to what was in fact another quarter of tight underwriting and solid profitability. The headline this time is insurance fundamentals. The combined ratio came in at 90.8%, and operating earnings reached roughly the...
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