The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Friday, August 14, 2026

Subject of the day

RLI

Concerning the House

RLI Corp., an insurance holding company, provides property, casualty, and surety insurance products. Its Casualty segment provides commercial excess, personal umbrella, general liability, transportation, and management liability coverages; professional liability and workers' compensation for office-based professional coverages; commercial automobile liability and physical damage insurance to local, intermediate and long haul truckers, public transportation entities, and other specialty commercial automobile risks; incidental related insurance coverages; inland marine coverages; directors and officers liability insurance, fiduciary liability and coverages, employment practice liability, public and private businesses risk, and home business insurance products. This segment also offers coverages for security guards and environmental liability for underground storage tanks, contractors and asbestos, and environmental remediation specialists; and professional liability coverages for errors and omission coverage for small to medium-sized design, technical, computer, and miscellaneous professionals. The company's Property segment offers commercial property insurance, such as fire, wind, difference in conditions, earthquake, flood, and collapse coverages; insurance for office buildings, apartments, condominiums, and industrial and mercantile structures; and cargo, hull, protection and indemnity, marine liability, inland marine, homeowners' and dwelling fire, and other property insurance products. Its Surety segment provides commercial surety bonds for medium and large-sized businesses; small bonds for businesses and individuals; and bonds for small to medium-sized contractors. The company offers reinsurance coverages. It markets its products through branch offices, wholesale and retail brokers, carrier partners, and underwriting and independent agents. RLI Corp. was incorporated in 1965 and is headquartered in Peoria, Illinois.

United States · www.rlicorp.com

The Long Run

FY 2010–2025 · 16 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$1.51B+6.6%
Net income$345.78M+36.4%
Cash from ops$560.22M+14.8%
Quotation

$63.99

+1.06 (+1.7%)

52w hi$65.65
52w lo$45.75
Vol305.15K
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score +0.35

Short+0.19
Medium+0.43
Long+0.53

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

RLI Corp.

Financial Services · Insurance - Property & Casualty

Market cap$5.87B
Enterprise value$5.86B
Trailing P/E13.44x
Forward P/E23.74x
EV / EBITDA10.26x
P / S (ttm)2.97x
Profit margin22.2%
Return on equity25.2%
Revenue growth+15.2%
Earnings growth+35.8%
Debt / equity18.19
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX0.18
Corr SPX0.12
Annual vol24.5%
Annual ret-3.6%
Sharpe-0.15
Max DD-47.2%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.35
Sector+0.09
Technical+0.19
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$63.63$64.21$63.08$63.99305.15K
Aug 12$62.98$64.05$62.65$62.93533.70K
Aug 11$63.23$64.33$62.86$63.94572.90K
Aug 10$63.62$64.44$63.00$63.58600.00K
Aug 7$63.51$65.65$63.26$64.231.02M