W. R. Berkley Corporation is set to report fiscal first-quarter 2026 earnings after the market closes on Monday, July 20. Analysts expect the commercial property and casualty insurer to post a profit of $1.09 per share, up 3.8% from $1.05 per share in the same quarter last year. The company has beaten Wall Street's bottom-line estimates in three of the past four quarters. For the full fiscal year ending in December, analysts forecast earnings of $4.67 per share, a 7.9% increase from $4.33 in fiscal 2025, with further growth to $4.81 per share expected in fiscal 2027. W. R. Berkley recently declared a $0.50-per-share special cash dividend, raised its regular quarterly dividend by 11.1% to $0.10 per share, and restored its share repurchase authorization to 25 million shares. The stock has a consensus Hold rating from 20 analysts, with a mean price target of $67.53 and a Street-high target of $78, implying a potential upside of 12.6%.
W. R. Berkley CorpArticle reports expected earnings rise and analyst estimates, but no actual results or material news; stock has Hold rating and modest upside.