Zacks Research Issues Pessimistic Estimate for RLI Earnings

RLI Corp. (NYSE:RLI) – Research analysts at Zacks Research cut their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for RLI in a research note issued on Wednesday, February 12th. Zacks Research analyst T. De now anticipates that the insurance provider will earn $3.09 per share for the year, down from their prior estimate of $3.11. The consensus estimate for RLI’s current full-year earnings is $3.09 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for RLI’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.78 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $0.74 EPS.

RLI has been the topic of several other reports. StockNews.com cut RLI from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Monday, January 27th. Jefferies Financial Group cut RLI from a “buy” rating to an “underperform” rating and dropped their price objective for the company from $95.00 to $61.00 in a research report on Monday, January 27th. JMP Securities reissued a “market perform” rating on shares of RLI in a research report on Thursday, January 23rd. Royal Bank of Canada dropped their target price on RLI from $88.00 to $80.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, January 24th. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods dropped their target price on RLI from $100.50 to $100.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, January 10th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $82.80.

RLI Trading Down 1.2 %

RLI stock opened at $75.16 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07, a current ratio of 0.34 and a quick ratio of 0.38. RLI has a one year low of $67.53 and a one year high of $91.14. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.89 billion, a PE ratio of 20.07 and a beta of 0.46. The business’s fifty day moving average is $78.75 and its 200 day moving average is $79.24.

RLI (NYSE:RLI) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, January 22nd. The insurance provider reported $0.41 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.05 by ($0.64). RLI had a return on equity of 16.63% and a net margin of 19.53%.

Institutional Trading of RLI

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. raised its stake in RLI by 0.8% during the 3rd quarter. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. now owns 7,879 shares of the insurance provider’s stock valued at $1,221,000 after purchasing an additional 66 shares during the period. Klein Pavlis & Peasley Financial Inc. raised its stake in RLI by 1.2% during the 3rd quarter. Klein Pavlis & Peasley Financial Inc. now owns 5,757 shares of the insurance provider’s stock valued at $892,000 after purchasing an additional 68 shares during the period. Versant Capital Management Inc raised its stake in RLI by 53.8% during the 4th quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 203 shares of the insurance provider’s stock valued at $33,000 after purchasing an additional 71 shares during the period. OneDigital Investment Advisors LLC raised its stake in RLI by 2.6% during the 3rd quarter. OneDigital Investment Advisors LLC now owns 3,723 shares of the insurance provider’s stock valued at $577,000 after purchasing an additional 95 shares during the period. Finally, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System raised its stake in RLI by 0.9% during the 3rd quarter. Louisiana State Employees Retirement System now owns 11,500 shares of the insurance provider’s stock valued at $1,782,000 after purchasing an additional 100 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 77.89% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at RLI

In related news, Director Michael J. Stone sold 400 shares of RLI stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, December 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $84.78, for a total transaction of $33,910.00. Following the sale, the director now owns 429,622 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $36,421,205.05. This trade represents a 0.09 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, insider Jeffrey D. Fick bought 2,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, January 24th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $72.13 per share, for a total transaction of $144,260.00. Following the purchase, the insider now directly owns 142,061 shares in the company, valued at $10,246,859.93. This trade represents a 1.43 % increase in their position. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Insiders have purchased 11,200 shares of company stock valued at $805,774 over the last quarter. 5.09% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

RLI Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 20th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 28th will be paid a $0.15 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 28th. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.80%. This is an increase from RLI’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.15. RLI’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 15.49%.

RLI Company Profile

RLI Corp., an insurance holding company, underwrites property and casualty insurance. Its Casualty segment provides commercial and personal coverage products; and general liability products, such as coverage for third-party liability of commercial insureds, including manufacturers, contractors, apartments, and mercantile.