Zacks Research Has Strong Forecast for RLI FY2025 Earnings

RLI Corp. (NYSE:RLI) – Zacks Research lifted their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of RLI in a report released on Friday, November 7th. Zacks Research analyst Team now anticipates that the insurance provider will post earnings of $3.30 per share for the year, up from their prior forecast of $3.07. The consensus estimate for RLI’s current full-year earnings is $3.08 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for RLI’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.71 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.71 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $2.95 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $0.79 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $0.73 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $2.98 EPS.

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. 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. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of RLI in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised RLI from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, July 26th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, RLI presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $72.80.

RLI Trading Up 2.4%

NYSE RLI opened at $62.11 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of $5.70 billion, a PE ratio of 16.30 and a beta of 0.61. RLI has a 12 month low of $57.75 and a 12 month high of $91.14. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $63.56 and its 200-day moving average price is $68.67. The company has a current ratio of 0.35, a quick ratio of 0.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05.

RLI (NYSE:RLI) last released its earnings results on Monday, October 20th. The insurance provider reported $0.83 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.62 by $0.21. The business had revenue of $510.22 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $444.75 million. RLI had a return on equity of 16.51% and a net margin of 19.02%.During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.31 earnings per share.

RLI Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 19th. Investors of record on Friday, August 29th were paid 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 dividend payout ratio is 16.80%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On RLI

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Hsbc Holdings PLC boosted its position in shares of RLI by 255.2% in the 1st quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 11,321 shares of the insurance provider’s stock worth $909,000 after purchasing an additional 8,134 shares in the last quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC increased its position in RLI by 105.5% during the 1st quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC now owns 253,074 shares of the insurance provider’s stock valued at $20,329,000 after buying an additional 129,901 shares in the last quarter. Alaska Permanent Fund Corp raised its stake in RLI by 100.0% in the first quarter. Alaska Permanent Fund Corp now owns 41,476 shares of the insurance provider’s stock valued at $3,070,000 after buying an additional 20,738 shares during the last quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. boosted its holdings in RLI by 100.0% in the first quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. now owns 13,224 shares of the insurance provider’s stock worth $1,062,000 after acquiring an additional 6,612 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. grew its stake in shares of RLI by 112.2% during the first quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. now owns 3,871 shares of the insurance provider’s stock worth $311,000 after acquiring an additional 2,047 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 77.89% of the company’s stock.

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.