W.R. Berkley Corp (WRB) stock expected to decline by -3.96%: What’s driving the pessimism?

A share price of W.R. Berkley Corp [WRB] is currently trading at $72.89, down -0.31%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The WRB shares have gain 1.52% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -0.53%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

W.R. Berkley Corp [NYSE: WRB] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on May 22, 2025, when Goldman downgraded its rating to a Neutral but kept the price target unchanged to $76 for it. Previously, Wells Fargo downgraded its rating to Equal Weight on April 09, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $69. On April 01, 2025, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Neutral but maintained its price target of $74 on the stock. Morgan Stanley started tracking the stock assigning a Equal-Weight rating and suggested a price target of $65 on December 05, 2024. Goldman upgraded its rating to a Buy but $69 remained the price target by the analyst firm on November 25, 2024. Barclays started tracking with a Underweight rating for this stock on September 05, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $56. In a note dated July 01, 2024, TD Cowen initiated an Buy rating and provided a target price of $103 on this stock.

W.R. Berkley Corp experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $50.77 and $76.38. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $70 within the next 12 months. W.R. Berkley Corp [NYSE: WRB] shares were valued at $72.89 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -3.96% based on the average WRB price forecast.

Analyzing the WRB fundamentals

Trailing Twelve Months sales for W.R. Berkley Corp [NYSE:WRB] were 13.93B which represents 8.92% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 1.0% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.17%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.16%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.12%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.04, Equity is 0.21 and Total Capital is 0.06. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.32.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 72.49 points at the first support level, and at 72.09 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 73.23, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 73.57.

Ratios To Look Out For

To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for W.R. Berkley Corp [NYSE:WRB] is 0.40. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.99, the price to book ratio is 3.10 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 16.90.

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