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Fair Value for W. R. Berkley (WRB)

See growth priced into W. R. Berkley (WRB): reverse DCF, implied rate vs history and analysts, FCF view. Free intrinsic value calculator for education.

Analysis
Capital Return

How this company returns cash to shareholders — buybacks, dividends, and stock splits.

Fair value (multi-method)

Four independent methods triangulate what WRB is worth. The headline is the Forward-DCF intrinsic value at a normalized growth rate; the margin of safety compares it to the current price.

Estimated fair value (Forward DCF)

$1,124.57

Margin of safety
+93.57% vs current price $72.36

Method range

$26.19 – $1,124.57

median $67.83

Methods lean overvalued

Valuation methods

Each method’s implied fair value per share and its upside versus the current price. Missing methods (no analyst coverage, negative earnings, etc.) are shown as “—”.

  • Forward DCF$1,124.57
  • Exit multiple$65.74
  • Analyst target$69.91
  • Graham number$26.19

Stock price

$72.36

EPS (TTM)

$4.87

5Y EPS CAGR

28.9%

Fair value @ hist. growth

$1,124.57

This analysis is for informational purposes only and is not financial advice. Scenario prices and DCF-style figures depend on your assumptions and data from public filings and estimates. They are not forecasts of future returns.

Implied EPS growth

-5.1%

per year over your projection horizon

Discount vs DCF

Margin of safety 93.6% vs hist-growth DCF

Historical 5Y CAGR

28.9%

Your model implies

-5.1%

Next-year analyst consensus

-1.4%

Model inputs

Move sliders to test how the reverse DCF reacts. Historical-growth markers show where the company has actually grown over the last cycle.

Discount rate (cost of equity proxy)6.1%
Terminal growth2.50%
Projection years10 yr

Sensitivity — implied growth vs your assumptions

Each cell shows the per-share growth rate the market would need to justify the current price at that combination of discount rate (rows) and terminal growth (columns). Your selected inputs are highlighted.

Row axis: discount rate. Column axis: terminal growth.Terminal g →↓ Discount1.5%2.0%2.5%3.0%3.5%
5.0%-6.4%-7.5%-8.9%-10.6%-12.8%
5.1%-6.0%-7.1%-8.4%-10.0%-12.1%
6.1%-3.3%-4.2%-5.1%-6.3%-7.6%
7.1%-1.0%-1.7%-2.4%-3.3%-4.3%
8.1%1.1%0.5%-0.1%-0.8%-1.6%
Color≤ historical CAGRModerate premiumHigh premium (≥ 15pp above hist)Your inputs

Historical multiples

Each bar is the trailing five-year range (low left, high right). Filled portion runs from low to today; the dot marks today; the small tick marks the five-year median. Low, median, and high are listed under each bar.

P/EToday15.7· at high
5Y low13.3
Median14.5
5Y high15.7
P/SToday1.9· at high
5Y low1.6
Median1.7
5Y high1.9
EV/EBITDAToday11.9· at high
5Y low10.9
Median11.2
5Y high11.9

Net debt

$300M

Total debt − cash

Beta

0.29

Vs market benchmark

Annual diluted EPS

Per-share earnings by fiscal year — last 5 years anchor the CAGR reference above.

Scale: 1.05 to 4.45 EPS; horizontal line at 0. Fiscal years with no row in the database are omitted.

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Capital Return

How this company returns cash to shareholders — buybacks, dividends, and stock splits.