William Blair Comments on RLI’s FY2025 Earnings (NYSE:RLI)

RLI Corp. (NYSE:RLI) – William Blair upped their FY2025 EPS estimates for RLI in a report issued on Tuesday, October 21st. William Blair analyst A. Klauber now expects that the insurance provider will post earnings of $3.33 per share for the year, up from their previous forecast of $3.18. The consensus estimate for RLI’s current full-year earnings is $3.08 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for RLI’s Q1 2026 earnings at $0.89 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.82 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.70 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.72 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $3.13 EPS.

RLI (NYSE:RLI) last issued its earnings results on Monday, October 20th. The insurance provider reported $0.83 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.62 by $0.21. RLI had a net margin of 19.02% and a return on equity of 17.16%. The company had revenue of $510.22 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $444.75 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.31 earnings per share.

A number of other research analysts also recently issued reports on RLI. Truist Financial set a $62.00 price objective on shares of RLI and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, October 3rd. Wall Street Zen raised shares of RLI from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, July 26th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of RLI in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $72.80.

RLI Stock Down 0.5%

Shares of NYSE RLI opened at $61.19 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.35, a current ratio of 0.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06. RLI has a 52 week low of $59.01 and a 52 week high of $91.14. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $65.25 and its 200 day moving average is $70.08. The company has a market cap of $5.62 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.06 and a beta of 0.60.

RLI Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 19th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 29th were issued a dividend of $0.16 per share. This represents a $0.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, August 29th. RLI’s payout ratio is 18.34%.

Institutional Trading of RLI

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd boosted its holdings in shares of RLI by 7,300.0% during the 2nd quarter. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd now owns 370 shares of the insurance provider’s stock valued at $27,000 after buying an additional 365 shares in the last quarter. Clarity Asset Management Inc. bought a new stake in shares of RLI during the 2nd quarter valued at $28,000. Chung Wu Investment Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of RLI during the 2nd quarter valued at $29,000. Golden State Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of RLI by 100.0% during the 1st quarter. Golden State Wealth Management LLC now owns 372 shares of the insurance provider’s stock valued at $30,000 after buying an additional 186 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Hantz Financial Services Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of RLI by 3,645.5% during the 2nd quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 412 shares of the insurance provider’s stock valued at $30,000 after buying an additional 401 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 77.89% of the company’s stock.

About RLI

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.