Unveiling Key Insights on RNR – What Investors Must Know

By Harris Dyer • Wednesday, January 29 15:12 • Permanent Link

One of the losers of today's trading session was RenaissanceRe. Shares of the Property & casualty insurance company plunged -8.3%, and some investors may be wondering if its price of $237.61 would make a good entry point. Here's what you should know if you are considering this investment:

RenaissanceRe has moved 13.2% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 25.2%
RNR has an average analyst rating of hold and is -16.68% away from its mean target price of $285.18 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $70.98
RenaissanceRe has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 3.3 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $35.17 and its forward P/E ratio is 6.8
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 1.18 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 4.74
RenaissanceRe is part of the Finance sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 20.04 and an average P/B of 1.86
RNR has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 495.3% and gross profit margins of 0.4%
The company has a free cash flow of $1.04 Billion, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides reinsurance and insurance products in the United States and internationally. The company operates through Property, and Casualty and Specialty segments. The Property segment writes property catastrophe excess of loss reinsurance and excess of loss reinsurance to insure insurance and reinsurance companies against natural and man-made catastrophes, including hurricanes, earthquakes, typhoons, and tsunamis, as well as winter storms, freezes, floods, fires, windstorms, tornadoes, explosions, and acts of terrorism; and other property class of products, such as proportional reinsurance, property per risk, property reinsurance, binding facilities, and regional U.S. multi-line reinsurance. The Casualty and Specialty segment writes various classes of products, such as directors and officers, medical malpractice, and professional indemnity; automobile and employer's liability, casualty clash, umbrella or excess casualty, workers' compensation, and general liability; financial and mortgage guaranty, political risk, surety, and trade credit; and accident and health, agriculture, aviation, cyber, energy, marine, satellite, and terrorism. It distributes products and services primarily through intermediaries. The company invests in and manages funds. RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Pembroke, Bermuda.

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