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

RLI Corp. (NYSE:RLI) – Equities research analysts at William Blair upped their FY2025 earnings estimates for shares of RLI in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, October 21st. William Blair analyst A. Klauber now anticipates that the insurance provider will post earnings of $3.33 per share for the year, up from their prior 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 announced its quarterly earnings data 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. RLI had a net margin of 19.02% and a return on equity of 17.16%. The company had revenue of $510.22 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $444.75 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.31 EPS.

RLI has been the subject of a number of other reports. Truist Financial set a $62.00 target price on shares of 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 note on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of 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 assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $72.80.

RLI Price Performance

Shares of NYSE RLI opened at $61.49 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $5.65 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.14 and a beta of 0.60. The company has a quick ratio of 0.35, a current ratio of 0.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06. The company has a 50 day moving average of $65.37 and a 200 day moving average of $70.16. RLI has a twelve month low of $59.01 and a twelve month high of $91.14.

RLI Dividend Announcement

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

Institutional Investors Weigh In On RLI

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd grew its position 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 acquiring an additional 365 shares during the period. 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 grew its position 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 acquiring an additional 186 shares during the period. Finally, Hantz Financial Services Inc. grew its position 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 acquiring an additional 401 shares during the period. 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.