TTM
13.7%
YoY change
-0.73pp
Trough year (FY2001)
-7.8%
Peak year (FY1987)
98.7%
Latest annual
15.9%
Operating Margin history chart for W. R. Berkley (WRB) from 2016 to 2025
Latest: 15.9%
Operating Margin change chart for W. R. Berkley (WRB) from 2016 to 2025
Latest: -0.73pp
Operating Margin history table for W. R. Berkley (WRB) from 1985 to 2025
| FY2025 | 15.9% | -0.73pp | ||
| FY2024 | 16.6% | +2.16pp | ||
| FY2023 | 14.4% | -0.95pp | ||
| FY2022 | 15.4% | +1.83pp | ||
| FY2021 | 13.6% | +4.87pp | ||
| FY2020 | 8.7% | -2.09pp | ||
| FY2019 | 10.8% | +0.24pp | ||
| FY2018 | 10.6% | +0.91pp | ||
| FY2017 | 9.6% | -2.07pp | ||
| FY2016 | 11.7% | +1.55pp | ||
| FY2015 | 10.2% | -2.47pp | ||
| FY2014 | 12.6% | +1.72pp | ||
| FY2013 | 10.9% | -1.15pp | ||
| FY2012 | 12.1% | +1.60pp | ||
| FY2011 | 10.5% | -2.84pp | ||
| FY2010 | 13.3% | +4.66pp | ||
| FY2009 | 8.6% | +1.70pp | ||
| FY2008 | 6.9% | -12.62pp | ||
| FY2007 | 19.5% | +1.22pp | ||
| FY2006 | 18.3% | +2.91pp | ||
| FY2005 | 15.4% | +1.27pp | ||
| FY2004 | 14.2% | +0.67pp | ||
| FY2003 | 13.5% | +3.37pp | ||
| FY2002 | 10.1% | +17.91pp | ||
| FY2001 | -7.8% | -10.09pp | ||
| FY2000 | 2.3% | +7.03pp | ||
| FY1999 | -4.7% | -8.70pp | ||
| FY1998 | 4.0% | -92.54pp | ||
| FY1997 | 96.5% | +87.12pp | ||
| FY1996 | 9.4% | +1.29pp | ||
| FY1995 | 8.1% | -88.58pp | ||
| FY1994 | 96.7% | +0.51pp | ||
| FY1993 | 96.2% | -0.42pp | ||
| FY1992 | 96.6% | -1.44pp | ||
| FY1991 | 98.0% | -0.04pp | ||
| FY1990 | 98.1% | +0.03pp | ||
| FY1989 | 98.1% | -0.22pp | ||
| FY1988 | 98.3% | -0.42pp | ||
| FY1987 | 98.7% | +0.10pp | ||
| FY1986 | 98.6% | +1.02pp | ||
| FY1985 | 97.6% | — |
- FY202515.9%-0.73pp
- FY202416.6%+2.16pp
- FY202314.4%-0.95pp
- FY202215.4%+1.83pp
- FY202113.6%+4.87pp
- FY20208.7%-2.09pp
- FY201910.8%+0.24pp
- FY201810.6%+0.91pp
- FY20179.6%-2.07pp
- FY201611.7%+1.55pp
- FY201510.2%-2.47pp
- FY201412.6%+1.72pp
- FY201310.9%-1.15pp
- FY201212.1%+1.60pp
- FY201110.5%-2.84pp
- FY201013.3%+4.66pp
- FY20098.6%+1.70pp
- FY20086.9%-12.62pp
- FY200719.5%+1.22pp
- FY200618.3%+2.91pp
- FY200515.4%+1.27pp
- FY200414.2%+0.67pp
- FY200313.5%+3.37pp
- FY200210.1%+17.91pp
- FY2001-7.8%-10.09pp
- FY20002.3%+7.03pp
- FY1999-4.7%-8.70pp
- FY19984.0%-92.54pp
- FY199796.5%+87.12pp
- FY19969.4%+1.29pp
- FY19958.1%-88.58pp
- FY199496.7%+0.51pp
- FY199396.2%-0.42pp
- FY199296.6%-1.44pp
- FY199198.0%-0.04pp
- FY199098.1%+0.03pp
- FY198998.1%-0.22pp
- FY198898.3%-0.42pp
- FY198798.7%+0.10pp
- FY198698.6%+1.02pp
- FY198597.6%—
Operating Margin values are taken from W. R. Berkley's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About Operating Margin at W. R. Berkley (WRB)
According to W. R. Berkley's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is 13.7%. Operating margin is operating income divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar left after cost of goods sold and operating expenses (SG&A, R&D), but before interest and taxes. It isolates how profitable the core business is before financing and tax decisions, so it is comparable across companies with different capital structures.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
As of the 2025 fiscal year, W. R. Berkley (WRB) reported operating margin of 15.87% – contracted 0.7 percentage points year-over-year.
1987 marks the peak operating margin at 98.69%, with the historical low of -7.80% recorded in 2001.
W. R. Berkley Operating Margin by Year
W. R. Berkley Operating Margin 2025: 15.9%
W. R. Berkley operating margin in 2025 was 15.87%, contracted 0.7 percentage points from 2024.
W. R. Berkley Operating Margin 2024: 16.6%
2024's operating margin for W. R. Berkley came in at 16.60%, expanded 2.2 percentage points from 2023.
W. R. Berkley Operating Margin 2023: 14.4%
W. R. Berkley posted operating margin of 14.45% in 2023, contracted 1.0 percentage points from 2022.
W. R. Berkley Operating Margin 2022: 15.4%
In 2022, W. R. Berkley reported operating margin of 15.40%, expanded 1.8 percentage points from 2021.
W. R. Berkley Operating Margin 2021: 13.6%
W. R. Berkley operating margin in 2021 was 13.57%.
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