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Quarterly report 2026-Q2
added 07-31-2026

W. R. Berkley Corporation Financial Ratios 2025-2007 | WRB

Brief overview of W. R. Berkley Corporation's financial ratios

The comparison uses the five latest available annual observations between 2021 and 2025.

Market valuation is represented by P/E 16.02x (median 19.08x), P/B 2.94x (median 3.21x), P/CF 7.96x (median 9.81x). Multiples are on average 16% below their own medians. Shares look cheaper than their recent historical valuation.

The inverse P/E implies an earnings yield of 6.2%. This is not a dividend yield, but current earnings relative to market price.

The latest available business-quality ratios are ROE 18.3%, ROA 4%. Business quality is high on return ratios, supporting the ability to create value.

The PEG ratio is 3.4x; investors pay a high price per unit of expected growth.

For this sector, valuation ratios are useful only alongside capital adequacy, reserves and credit-portfolio quality.

Overall picture

W. R. Berkley Corporation's high-quality returns come with historically restrained multiples. Price appears more cautious than current business efficiency.

Annual Financial Ratios W. R. Berkley Corporation

2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007

P/E

16.0 14.2 25.1 20.0 21.0 21.4 17.4 15.2 16.3 13.7 12.3 9.7 10.7 10.9 12.2 2.7 3.4 4.6 -

P/S

1.9 1.8 2.9 2.5 2.3 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.3 0.2 0.3 -

EPS

4.5 4.4 3.4 3.3 3.7 1.9 3.6 3.4 2.9 4.9 4.1 5.1 3.7 3.7 2.8 3 1.9 1.7 -

EV (Enterprise Value)

60.3 B 55.1 B 63 B 53.2 B 45.3 B 31.3 B 31.3 B 28.4 B 26.8 B 25.7 B 22.6 B 22.7 B 20.7 B 20.5 B 18.4 B 14.4 B 14.3 B 157 M -952 M

EBITDA per Share

-0.12 -0.43 -0.05 0.13 0.33 0.51 0.41 - - - - - - - - 0.56 0.49 0.52 -

EV/EBITDA

-1253.6 -323.1 -3022.3 952.4 184.0 - - - - - - - - - - 173.4 180.8 1.9 -

PEG

0.18 0.13 - - - -1.06 3.4 1.02 -1.57 0.66 -0.62 0.26 -13.25 0.35 -1.94 - - - -

P/B

2.9 3.0 4.6 4.1 3.2 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.6 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.2 0.3 0.3 - -

P/CF

8.0 6.8 11.8 10.7 9.8 7.0 10.4 17.1 15.0 10.3 7.6 9.0 7.1 8.8 7.7 2.6 3.3 0.8 -

ROE %

18.34 20.92 18.52 20.46 15.37 8.41 11.23 11.69 10.07 11.85 10.87 14.03 11.44 11.78 9.83 12.06 8.59 - -

ROA %

4.04 4.33 3.71 4.08 3.19 1.86 2.56 2.57 2.26 2.58 2.32 2.99 2.43 2.53 2.14 2.55 1.78 - -

Current Ratio

1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 0.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.3 1.3 - -

DSO

- - - - - - - 193.3 186.2 187.8 195.9 195.2 207.7 218.2 108.6 - - - -

All numbers in USD currency

Quarterly Financial Ratios W. R. Berkley Corporation

2026-Q2 2026-Q1 2025-Q3 2025-Q2 2025-Q1 2024-Q4 2024-Q3 2024-Q2 2024-Q1 2023-Q4 2023-Q3 2023-Q2 2023-Q1 2022-Q4 2022-Q3 2022-Q2 2022-Q1 2021-Q4 2021-Q3 2021-Q2 2021-Q1 2020-Q4 2020-Q3 2020-Q2 2020-Q1 2019-Q4 2019-Q3 2019-Q2 2019-Q1 2018-Q4 2018-Q3 2018-Q2 2018-Q1 2017-Q4 2017-Q3 2017-Q2 2017-Q1 2016-Q4 2016-Q3 2016-Q2 2016-Q1 2015-Q4 2015-Q3 2015-Q2 2015-Q1 2014-Q4 2014-Q3 2014-Q2 2014-Q1 2013-Q4 2013-Q3 2013-Q2 2013-Q1 2012-Q4 2012-Q3 2012-Q2 2012-Q1 2011-Q4 2011-Q3 2011-Q2 2011-Q1 2010-Q3 2010-Q2

EPS

1.16 1.31 1.29 1.01 1.05 - 0.92 0.93 1.1 - 0.83 0.88 1.07 - 0.83 0.65 2.13 - 0.94 1.28 0.83 - 0.82 0.38 -0.02 0.62 0.87 1.14 0.95 0.69 0.85 0.95 0.88 1.22 1.29 0.87 1.01 1.26 1.8 0.89 0.97 0.89 1.24 0.99 0.94 0.87 1.48 1.41 1.31 0.97 1.01 0.85 0.86 1.22 0.74 0.79 0.98 0.85 0.55 0.58 0.82 0.64 0.73

EBITDA per Share

-0.1 -0.04 - - -0.02 - - - -0.2 - - - 0.04 - 0.17 - 0.09 - 0.37 - 0.12 - 0.52 0.34 0.13 - 0.22 0.27 0.14 - 0.4 0.3 0.15 - 0.62 0.36 0.15 - 0.56 0.38 0.25 - 0.53 0.34 0.15 - 0.5 0.4 0.19 - 0.59 0.37 0.15 - 0.48 0.35 0.16 - 0.41 - 0.23 0.44 0.29

ROE %

19.42 19.51 18.56 18.13 19.49 14.81 19.63 20.47 19.92 14.23 17.84 21.62 20.38 16.14 19.75 16.14 19.72 11.11 13.52 10.72 7.04 3.46 5.43 5.74 8.18 11.23 11.70 11.95 11.70 11.78 12.21 12.22 10.93 10.15 10.32 11.69 11.84 11.93 11.28 10.23 10.75 19.33 19.35 20.14 21.39 14.14 14.73 13.78 12.54 11.53 12.37 11.55 11.40 20.57 19.69 19.28 18.83 9.90 9.38 10.44 2.92 2.45 2.99

ROA %

4.26 4.28 4.03 3.81 4.04 3.03 3.95 4.06 3.96 2.79 3.48 4.39 4.21 3.35 4.13 3.44 4.21 2.38 2.91 2.33 1.54 0.76 1.21 1.30 1.87 2.56 2.64 2.67 2.58 2.57 2.68 2.69 2.42 2.26 2.28 2.56 2.57 2.58 2.43 2.19 2.29 4.09 4.10 4.26 4.53 2.99 3.12 2.91 2.65 2.43 2.62 2.45 2.43 4.40 4.21 4.12 4.03 2.13 2.02 2.23 0.63 0.53 0.63

Current Ratio

1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 - 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3

All numbers in USD currency

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