RLI Corp. (RLI)

New York Stock Exchange
USD
US7496071074
17 March 1980  –  13 March 2025

Performance

Annualized Return
18.46%
Sharpe Ratio
0.76
Maximum Drawdown
-68.72%
Created with Highcharts 11.4.7Cumulative ReturnZoom3m6mYTD1y5yAll17 Mar 198013 Mar 2025All ▾198419881992199620002004200820122016202020241982198219881988199419942000200020062006201220122018201820242024-50000%0%+ 50000%+ 100000%+ 150000%+ 200000%+ 250000%+ 300000%

Metrics

Metric RLI Corp.
Initial Balance $10,000
Final Balance $20,552,486
Returns   [View more details]
Month-To-Date -2.22%
Year-To-Date -9.55%
3M -10.03%
6M 2.71%
Annual Return (3Y) 19.15%
Annual Return (5Y) 18.8%
Annual Return (All) 18.46%
Risk   [View more details]
Annual Volatility 27.21%
Max Drawdown -68.72%
Sharpe Ratio 0.76
Sortino Ratio 1.15
Adjusted Sortino (S/√2) 0.81

  • Initial balance: The amount of starting capital used to invest in the asset or portfolio. In this case, we're starting with a $10,000 investment on March 1980.
  • Final balance: The amount of capital we've accrued over time as of March 2025.
  • Annual return: Also known as annualized return, or CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate), measures how much an investment has increased on average each year, during a specific time period. The time period in this case is approximately 45 year(s). Even a small difference in return can have a big impact on the final balance over a long period of time.
  • Annual volatility: Basically indicates how much, in percentage points, the investment can deviate from its annual return, under most circumstances. An investment with an annual return of 5% and an annual volatility of 10% would indicate returns from approximately -5% to 15% most of the time. A lower volatility is usually preferred to ensure more steady returns over time.
  • Best year: The best performance attained over its lifetime in a given year.
  • Worst year: The worst performance undergone over its lifetime in a given year.
  • Max drawdown: The largest percentage drop from a peak to a trough of an asset or portfolio, before a new peak is attained. Maximum drawdown is an indicator of downside risk over a specified time period.
  • Sharpe Ratio: The Sharpe ratio measures the performance of an investment compared to a risk-free asset, after adjusting for its risk. A Sharpe Ratio above 1 is considered good.
  • Sortino Ratio: The Sortino Ratio is a variation of the Sharpe ratio that only penalizes the investment for negative volatility/outcomes, and not for positive volatility. A Sortino Ratio above 1 is considered good.
  • Adjusted Sortino Ratio: Sortino Ratio/√2. To allow for comparing the Sortino ratio to the Sharpe ratio, we multiply the risk measure of the Sortino ratio by the square root of 2 (which is the same as dividing the Sortino ratio by the square root of 2).
  • Ulcer Index: The Ulcer Index (UI) is a technical indicator that measures downside risk in terms of both the depth and duration of price declines.
  • Gain to Pain Ratio: The sum of all returns divided by the absolute value of the sum of all negative returns. In essence, the GPR shows the ratio of net returns to the losses incurred in getting those returns.

Annualized Returns

Created with Highcharts 11.4.7Annualized ReturnsRLI Corp.Annual Return 1yAnnual Return 3yAnnual Return 5yAnnual Return 10yAnnual Return 20yAnnual Return0%5%10%15%20%25%
Annual Return 1y Annual Return 3y Annual Return 5y Annual Return 10y Annual Return 20y Annual Return
RLI Corp. 6.28 19.15 18.8 17.43 17.15 18.46

Annual Returns

Created with Highcharts 11.4.7Annual ReturnsRLI Corp.19801982198419861988199019921994199619982000200220042006200820102012201420162018202020222024-100%-50%0%50%100%150%
Year RLI Corp.
1980 54.7%
1981 -36.25%
1982 89.64%
1983 -4.73%
1984 35.81%
1985 130.25%
1986 8.53%
1987 -42.3%
1988 -15.76%
1989 19.27%
1990 80.22%
1991 18.23%
1992 57.21%
1993 10.42%
1994 -19.54%
1995 58.67%
1996 37.63%
1997 53.35%
1998 -14.57%
1999 4.41%
2000 35.16%
2001 2.96%
2002 26.46%
2003 36.75%
2004 13.24%
2005 22.48%
2006 16%
2007 3.44%
2008 10.62%
2009 -9.56%
2010 13.84%
2011 65.74%
2012 -2.15%
2013 59.16%
2014 10.02%
2015 36.88%
2016 11.04%
2017 1.11%
2018 19.37%
2019 33.56%
2020 18.73%
2021 11.19%
2022 24.8%
2023 6.23%
2024 31.26%
2025 -9.55%

RLI Corp. had 37 positive years and 9 negative years. That's a positive ratio of 80%.

Monthly Returns

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YTD
1980 - - 4.1% 28.4% 9.5% -4% -3% -15.4% 17% 21.9% -0.8% -5.3% 54.7%
1981 -22.7% 3% -7.2% -4.6% -0% -0% 1.5% -14.2% -7.6% 2.2% 0% 9.9% -36.3%
1982 -0% -2% 9.1% 10.5% -5.7% 6% 0% -1.9% 5.8% 1.8% 28.5% 18.2% 89.6%
1983 -1.2% 10.6% 0% 7.6% 19% -10% -17.8% 13.7% -6% -8.4% -3.5% -2.4% -4.7%
1984 3.7% 1.2% 4.6% 1.1% -3.2% 3.3% -2.2% 6.9% 0% 13.9% -0% 2.8% 35.8%
1985 16.3% 22.7% -3.2% 25% 9.5% 1% 6.3% -9.7% -2.5% -1.7% 20.7% 8.6% 130.3%
1986 17.1% 15.8% 1% 8.2% -3.1% -1.8% -6.1% 13.4% -14.5% 2.3% -3.8% -14.1% 8.5%
1987 10% 25.6% 2.6% -6.4% -17.1% -7.8% 7.2% 0% -12.9% -40.2% -6.5% 9% -42.3%
1988 -0% 1.3% 8.5% -8.4% -9% 9.4% -6.6% -2.8% 0.6% -0% -13.2% 6% -15.8%
1989 1.7% 16.1% -2.2% -2.9% -3% -6.6% 13.3% 2.9% -1.7% -5.9% 17.2% -7.2% 19.3%
1990 1.5% 15.9% 2.1% 16.3% 2.1% 15.5% 0% -13.9% -13.1% 10% 13.7% 16.9% 80.2%
1991 -5.2% 9.5% 7.8% -3.9% -4.8% -7% -1.8% 9.4% 4.3% 5% 0% 5.5% 18.2%
1992 12.9% 8% -0.7% -6.3% 5.4% 3.1% 5% -1.8% 2% 9.1% 3.9% 7% 57.2%
1993 4.1% 8.8% -8.1% -1% 3% 1% -0.9% -2.4% -0.9% 1% 2.5% 4% 10.4%
1994 -9.4% 2.6% -1.9% -6.8% -1.7% -0.5% 6.4% -2.7% -2% -2.3% -3.6% 1.4% -19.5%
1995 3.7% 6.5% 4% 5.9% 4.1% 11.7% 1.1% -2.2% 0.6% 4.5% 2.7% 5.3% 58.7%
1996 1% 1% -2.4% -8.1% 2.2% 5.5% -2.6% 4.7% 5.7% 6.3% 14.9% 6% 37.6%
1997 4.9% -1.4% -6.8% 1.6% -1.5% 15.3% 2.9% 1% 19.3% -7.8% 5.3% 14.7% 53.4%
1998 -0.5% 5.2% 4.2% 0.5% -3.9% -2.1% 4% -25.4% 21.2% -13.8% 10.5% -7.4% -14.6%
1999 0.4% -11.8% -0.2% 8.8% 16.9% 4.6% -4.5% -9.3% -0.8% 1% 2.1% 0.4% 4.4%
2000 -8.1% -4.6% 12.9% -4.1% 13.2% -3.6% 0.7% 10% 1% 1.5% 2.6% 12.1% 35.2%
2001 1.3% -7.2% -2% -2.1% 3.2% 9.2% -6.2% 6% -7.9% -1.8% -3.1% 16.3% 3%
2002 1.8% 8.1% 5.1% 11.4% -6.7% -4.8% 3% 6.9% -3.8% 4.4% -13.9% 16.2% 26.5%
2003 -1% -6.1% 4% 10% 0.1% 11.6% -1.6% 1.9% 0.5% 2.1% 7.7% 4.1% 36.8%
2004 8.5% -1.6% -3.2% -10% 3.5% 1.8% 0.8% 0.5% 2.2% 1.3% 9.5% 0.5% 13.2%
2005 4.5% -0.4% -3.6% 3.5% 2% 2.3% 6.7% -3.2% 1.1% 16.2% -2.9% -4.1% 22.5%
2006 9.6% -3.5% 9.4% -13.4% -4.6% 2.7% -1.9% 3.4% 4.3% 6.7% 2% 2.7% 16%
2007 -1.9% 1.3% -1.7% 1.4% 3.2% -1.8% 3.7% 3.7% -5% 2.6% 2.5% -4% 3.4%
2008 -2.2% -5.9% -4.7% -3.2% 6.5% -2.3% 10.4% 2.4% 11.5% -7.6% 1.6% 5.8% 10.6%
2009 -7.6% -13.3% 3% -4.3% -2.4% -3.2% 10.7% 6.9% 0.6% -5.3% 0.9% 6.7% -9.6%
2010 -3.4% 3.6% 7.5% 1.7% -5% -4.2% 5.7% -5.5% 8.5% 1.4% 1% 3% 13.8%
2011 2.5% 7.1% 0.4% 2.8% 2.2% 2.8% 2% 1.1% 0.6% 10.6% 18.1% 2.8% 65.7%
2012 -2.1% -1.4% 2.3% -3.9% -2.8% 2.3% -5.6% -0.6% 5.2% 2.3% 2.3% 0.3% -2.2%
2013 6.7% 0.4% 4.2% -0% 5.4% 1.8% 8% -4.6% 12% 8.1% 10.4% -3.5% 59.2%
2014 -14.4% 4% 2.6% -2.7% 4.4% 2.7% -6.6% 5% -3.2% 14.6% -1.2% 7.6% 10%
2015 -5% 3.5% 8.3% -5.3% -1.2% 5.6% 7.5% -5% 2.7% 13.7% 7.2% 1.7% 36.9%
2016 -4% 6.2% 6.5% -7% 7% 4% -0.9% 4.4% -3.7% -18.5% 15.6% 5.2% 11%
2017 -5.9% -1% 2.7% -4.7% -2.6% -1.7% 6.3% -7.1% 7.2% 3% 4.4% 1.6% 1.1%
2018 5.9% -4.7% 4.3% -0.2% 4.1% 0.8% 13% 3.6% 2.1% -5.9% 5.9% -9% 19.4%
2019 -4.3% 7.2% 1.7% 13.4% 5.9% -0.2% 5.2% 2.1% 1.5% 4.8% -4.9% -1.5% 33.6%
2020 3.3% -13.4% 9.4% -17.2% 9.1% 4% 7.3% 7% -10.7% 3.6% 11.8% 8.8% 18.7%
2021 -7.1% 8.1% 6.9% -0.1% -4.9% -0.8% 3.6% 1.2% -8.2% 8% -3.1% 9.1% 11.2%
2022 -6.5% -2.9% 9% 3.8% 5.8% -3.7% -5.7% 0% -6.7% 27.1% 5.8% 0.9% 24.8%
2023 0.9% 4.5% -3.6% 4.6% -10.6% 10.2% -2.2% -1% 3.3% -2% 5.3% -1.8% 6.2%
2024 2.4% 7.8% 1.4% -4.8% 3.7% -3.6% 7% 2.5% 0.6% 0.6% 18.4% -6.3% 31.3%
2025 -11% 3.9% -2.2% - - - - - - - - - -9.6%
Pos 53.5% 64.4% 64.4% 45.5% 56.8% 56.8% 60.5% 56.8% 59.1% 70.5% 71.4% 73.3% 80.4%
Avg 0% 3.1% 2.1% 0.8% 1.3% 1.6% 1.7% -0.2% 0.7% 2% 4.6% 3.4% 22%

Other Return Metrics

Metric RLI Corp.
Cumulative Return 205424.86%
Enh Ann Return 21.05%
Best Year 130.25%
Worst Year -42.3%
Best Month 28.48%
Worst Month -40.18%
Best Day 17.98%
Worst Day -17.96%
Win Ratio (Yearly) 80.43%
Win Ratio (Quarterly) 64.09%
Win Ratio (Monthly) 60.45%
Win Ratio (Daily) 52.22%

Annual Volatility

Created with Highcharts 11.4.7Annual VolatilityRLI Corp.Annual Volatility 1yAnnual Volatility 3yAnnual Volatility 5yAnnual Volatility 10yAnnual Volatility 20yAnnual Volatility0%5%10%15%20%25%30%35%
Annual Volatility 1y Annual Volatility 3y Annual Volatility 5y Annual Volatility 10y Annual Volatility 20y Annual Volatility
RLI Corp. 20.84 23.43 29.32 26.37 26.35 27.21

Sharpe Ratio

Created with Highcharts 11.4.7Sharpe RatioRLI Corp.Sharpe Ratio 1ySharpe Ratio 3ySharpe Ratio 5ySharpe Ratio 10ySharpe Ratio 20ySharpe Ratio00.20.40.60.81
Sharpe Ratio 1y Sharpe Ratio 3y Sharpe Ratio 5y Sharpe Ratio 10y Sharpe Ratio 20y Sharpe Ratio
RLI Corp. 0.4 0.87 0.73 0.74 0.73 0.76

3-Year Rolling Sharpe Ratio

The rolling Sharpe Ratio gives a clue about the continued consistency or stability of the risk-adjusted returns.

Created with Highcharts 11.4.73-Year Rolling Sharpe RatioRLI Corp.19841988199219962000200420082012201620202024-2-10+ 1+ 2

Drawdown Periods

Simply said, a drawdown is the "pain" period experienced by an investor between a peak (new highs) and subsequent valley (a low point before moving higher). In the table below are the fifth largest drawdowns encountered for the portfolio/asset in question.

RLI Corp.

Start Valley End Days Drawdown
1986-04-29 1988-11-16 1992-02-05 2108 -68.72%
1980-11-26 1981-09-08 1982-12-21 755 -50.25%
1998-07-21 2000-03-13 2000-12-21 884 -39.31%
1983-05-31 1983-12-07 1985-01-31 611 -38.32%
2008-09-23 2009-03-09 2011-02-01 861 -34.42%

The RLI Corp. took approximately 35 months on average to recover from a major drawdown. The longest drawdown lasted 70 months.

Underwater plot

The underwater plot shows you the drawdown periods on a chart. Whereas the performance chart usually gives you a positive viewpoint, the underwater plot gives you a pessimistic viewpoint. It helps you to visualize downtrends that occurred and how long it took for the portfolio's value to rebound to hit a new high after suffering a loss.

Created with Highcharts 11.4.7UnderwaterRLI Corp.19841988199219962000200420082012201620202024-80%-60%-40%-20%0%

Other Risk Metrics

Metric RLI Corp.
Sharpe Ratio 0.76
Sortino Ratio 1.15
Adjusted Sortino (S/√2) 0.81
Calmar Ratio 0.27
Omega Ratio 1.16
Gain to Pain Ratio 0.16
Ulcer Index 0.21
Kelly Criterion 7.3%
Skew 0.38
Kurtosis 11.35
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