Consider This Before Taking a Position in W.R. Berkley (WRB)

By Blake Campbell • Friday, April 21 10:33 • Permanent Link

W.R. Berkley sank -9.7% this morning, compared to the S&P 500's day change of 0.0%. Today's losers may turn out to be tomorrow's winners, so be sure to check the stock's fundamentals before making an investment decision:

W.R. Berkley has logged a -6.8% 52 week change, compared to -3.3% for the S&P 500
WRB has an average analyst rating of buy and is -27.51% away from its mean target price of $78.91 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $4.9, which brings its trailing Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio to 11.7. The Finance sector's average P/E ratio is 14.34
The company's forward earnings per share (EPS) is $5.68 and its forward P/E ratio is 10.1
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 2.2 in contrast to the Finance sector's average P/B ratio is 1.57
The company's free cash flow for the last fiscal year was $2,515,920,000.00 and the average free cash flow growth rate is 23.4%

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