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

RLI Corp. (NYSE:RLI) – Analysts at Zacks Research decreased their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of RLI in a report issued on Wednesday, February 12th. Zacks Research analyst T. De now expects that the insurance provider will post earnings of $3.09 per share for the year, down from their prior forecast 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 subject of a number of other research reports. Jefferies Financial Group cut RLI from a “buy” rating to an “underperform” rating and dropped their target price for the stock from $95.00 to $61.00 in a report on Monday, January 27th. Royal Bank of Canada dropped their target price on RLI from $88.00 to $80.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a report on Friday, January 24th. JMP Securities restated a “market perform” rating on shares of RLI in a report on Thursday, January 23rd. StockNews.com cut RLI from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Monday, January 27th. Finally, Compass Point dropped their price objective on RLI from $185.00 to $82.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Monday, January 27th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $82.80.

RLI Price Performance

Shares of RLI stock opened at $75.16 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of $6.89 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.07 and a beta of 0.46. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07, a quick ratio of 0.38 and a current ratio of 0.34. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $78.75 and a 200-day moving average price of $79.24. RLI has a one year low of $67.53 and a one year high of $91.14.

RLI (NYSE:RLI) last announced 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 Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in RLI. Golden State Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of RLI in the 4th quarter worth $31,000. V Square Quantitative Management LLC acquired a new position in RLI during the 3rd quarter valued at about $32,000. Versant Capital Management Inc increased its position 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 buying an additional 71 shares in the last quarter. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. increased its position in RLI by 76.9% during the 3rd quarter. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 230 shares of the insurance provider’s stock valued at $36,000 after buying an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. Finally, SBI Securities Co. Ltd. acquired a new position in RLI during the 4th quarter valued at about $56,000. 77.89% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at RLI

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

RLI Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 20th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 28th will be given a dividend of $0.15 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 28th. This is a positive change from RLI’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.15. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.80%. RLI’s payout ratio 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.