RLI Corp. (RLI)
Financials · NYQ
Price as at 1 Oct 2026, 06:13 UTC. Quotes are delayed.
Fundamentals
Valuation and ratings
RLI Corp. trades at $55.31, which is 144% below the $134.73 our fair value estimate puts on the business. On that measure alone it screens as undervalued, though a valuation model is an argument rather than a measurement, and the market is frequently right about why something is cheap.
Our moat model scores it 71 out of 100, which is a wide moat. A moat is a structural reason competitors cannot take the profits away, and it matters more to a long holding period than any single quarter's numbers do.
It changes hands at 12.9 times earnings. Be careful reading that in isolation: for a cyclical business a low P/E arrives at the top of the cycle, when profits are peaking and about to fall, which is exactly when the shares look cheapest and are not.
RLI dividend history
Dividends per share by year
| Year | Total per share | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | $2.52 | 3 |
| 2025 | $2.63 | 4 |
| 2024 | $2.57 | 4 |
| 2023 | $1.54 | 4 |
| 2022 | $4.01 | 4 |
| 2021 | $1.50 | 4 |
| 2020 | $0.975 | 4 |
| 2019 | $0.955 | 4 |
| 2018 | $0.935 | 4 |
| 2017 | $1.29 | 4 |
| 2016 | $1.40 | 4 |
Split-adjusted amounts in the listing currency, grouped by the calendar year of the ex-dividend date, from the filed record. Growth and streak figures compare complete years only.
RLI earnings and analyst estimates
Recommendation mix, 8 published ratings
Estimates are the published analyst consensus and move often. An earnings date is scheduled, not certain, and a share tends to reprice most violently on the day itself.
About RLI Corp.
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.
Company profile, industry and headcount are as reported by our data provider and can lag a company's own filings by a reporting period. The annual report is the authority.
RLI passes 6 of our 30 screens today
Each screen prints the exact criteria it used, and the circumstances in which it is wrong.
Super investor ownership
9 of the funds we track reported a position in their latest SEC 13F filing. Largest first:
- John Rogers, ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC$148.83M · 1.5% of book
- Thomas Gayner, MARKEL GROUP INC.$141.45M · 1.1% of book
- Cliff Asness, AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC$53.56M · 0.0% of book
- Arrowstreet Capital, ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP$41.93M · 0.0% of book
- Two Sigma, TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP$35.83M · 0.0% of book
A word of warning on reading these figures: a 13F reports the market value of a holding, so a fund that traded nothing at all still appears to have sold when the price fell. We found 102 companies where the standard reading gives the opposite answer. Only the share count is honest.
Politician trades in RLI
Trades in RLI disclosed by members of Congress and executive-branch officials, latest first:
- Byron Donalds · HouseSell · $1,001 - $15,000 · traded 21 Jan 2025 · disclosed 10 Feb 2025
- Byron Donalds · HouseSell · $1,001 - $15,000 · traded 16 Jan 2025 · disclosed 10 Feb 2025
- Byron Donalds · HouseSell · $1,001 - $15,000 · traded 16 Jan 2025 · disclosed 10 Feb 2025
- Byron Donalds · HouseSell · $1,001 - $15,000 · traded 16 Jan 2025 · disclosed 10 Feb 2025
A disclosure reports a value band, not an amount, and is due up to 45 days after the trade; some arrive later. Every filer we track, each with their own page, is on the Congress trading tracker.
Common questions
Is RLI Corp. (RLI) undervalued?
Against our fair value estimate of $134.73, RLI at $55.31 is 144% below fair value. That is one model's answer, not a recommendation. It is built from normalized earning power with growth capped deliberately low, which understates companies whose value is mostly future growth.
Which funds own RLI?
9 of the institutions we track reported a position in RLI in their most recent SEC 13F filing. A 13F is filed up to 45 days after quarter end, so it tells you what a fund held then, not what it holds now.
What is RLI's P/E ratio?
RLI trades at 12.9 times earnings. A low P/E is not automatically cheap: on a cyclical company it is usually a warning that earnings are at a peak.
Does RLI Corp. (RLI) pay a dividend?
Yes. RLI Corp. yields 1.18% at the current share price. It has paid $4.68 per share over the trailing twelve months. It has paid a dividend in each of the last 39 complete calendar years. A dividend is declared by the board and can be cut at any time; a yield is a fact about the current price, not a promise.
When does RLI report earnings next?
RLI Corp. is scheduled to report on 19 Oct 2026. Companies move earnings dates, so read it as scheduled rather than certain.
Where does SteadyShares get its RLI data?
Fundamentals for RLI come from company filings and exchange data, as listed on NYQ; institutional ownership comes from SEC 13F filings. The share price shown was last refreshed on 1 Oct 2026, 06:13 UTC and is delayed. Our data quality score for this company is 96/100, which is the share of the inputs behind our scores that were actually available rather than assumed. Metrics we do not hold are left out of the page rather than estimated.
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Data from company filings, exchange quotes and SEC EDGAR 13F disclosures. Quotes are delayed. Metrics we do not have are left out rather than estimated. Educational information, not financial advice.