What is Zacks Research’s Forecast for RLI FY2025 Earnings?

RLI Corp. (NYSE:RLI) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research lifted their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of RLI in a report released on Monday, November 17th. Zacks Research analyst Team now anticipates that the insurance provider will post earnings per share of $3.34 for the year, up from their previous estimate of $3.30. The consensus estimate for RLI’s current full-year earnings is $3.08 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for RLI’s Q3 2026 earnings at $0.59 EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $0.60 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $2.97 EPS.

RLI (NYSE:RLI) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October 20th. The insurance provider reported $0.83 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.62 by $0.21. The company had revenue of $509.26 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $444.75 million. RLI had a net margin of 19.02% and a return on equity of 16.51%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.31 earnings per share.

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

RLI Stock Down 0.1%

RLI stock opened at $63.19 on Tuesday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $62.97 and a 200 day simple moving average of $68.19. 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 has a 1-year low of $57.75 and a 1-year high of $91.14. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.80 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.59 and a beta of 0.61.

Institutional Trading of RLI

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in RLI by 1.6% in the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 9,138,072 shares of the insurance provider’s stock valued at $595,985,000 after acquiring an additional 148,019 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp lifted its holdings in shares of RLI by 3.3% in the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 8,750,315 shares of the insurance provider’s stock worth $570,696,000 after acquiring an additional 279,983 shares during the last quarter. Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of RLI by 117.0% in the first quarter. Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC now owns 5,226,797 shares of the insurance provider’s stock worth $419,869,000 after buying an additional 2,817,616 shares during the period. Neuberger Berman Group LLC lifted its stake in shares of RLI by 106.6% in the 1st quarter. Neuberger Berman Group LLC now owns 2,750,738 shares of the insurance provider’s stock valued at $220,967,000 after acquiring an additional 1,419,212 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its stake in shares of RLI by 97.8% in the 1st quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 1,861,984 shares of the insurance provider’s stock valued at $149,569,000 after acquiring an additional 920,799 shares during the last quarter. 77.89% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

RLI Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 19th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 28th will be given a dividend of $0.16 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 28th. This represents a $0.64 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.0%. RLI’s payout ratio is presently 16.80%.

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.