QBE Insurance (QBE) Stock Price, Fundamentals & Analysis

What QBE does

QBE Insurance (QBE) is a stock listed on the ASX in the Financial Services sector, specifically in the Insurance - Property & Casualty industry. The company underwrites general insurance and reinsurance risks across the Australia Pacific, North America, and internationally. It offers commercial and domestic property, agriculture, public/product liability, motor and motor casualty, professional indemnity, workers' compensation, accident, health, financial and credit, and other insurance products, as well as marine, energy and aviation insurance products. QBE also manages Lloyd's syndicates and provides investment management services. The company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

Key numbers explained

• 22.93 AUD is the current share price, representing the latest trading value of one QBE share on the ASX.
• The trailing P/E ratio of 11.4 compares the share price to the company's last 12 months of earnings per share (2.02 USD), showing how much investors pay per dollar of recent earnings.
• The forward P/E ratio of 11.6 uses expected future earnings, giving a sense of valuation based on what analysts anticipate.
• 4.84% is the dividend yield, meaning the annual dividend payment represents 4.84% of the current share price.
• The ex-dividend date of Aug 24, 2026 is the cutoff: you must own the stock before this date to receive the next dividend.
• 53% of earnings are paid out as dividends, indicating the portion of profit returned to shareholders.
• 0.12 is the beta, a measure of volatility relative to the market; a beta below 1 suggests the stock tends to move less than the overall market.
• 34.26B AUD is the market capitalisation, the total value of all outstanding shares.

What to watch

Investors tracking QBE may look at how its price-to-book ratio of 2.1 compares with peers such as Computershare (CPU), Macquarie Group (MQG), WAM Capital (WAM), WAM Leaders (WLE), L1 Long Short Fund (LSF), Commonwealth Bank (CBA), and Bank of Queensland (BOQ). The 8.3% year-over-year revenue growth and 11.1% profit margin are useful for assessing operational performance. The 10.6% price change over the last 52 weeks and the 18.57 – 25.83 52-week range show recent price movement. The next earnings date is Aug 14, 2026, and the ex-dividend date is Aug 24, 2026.