Nomura Holdings Inc. bought a new stake in Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW - Free Report) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 3,321 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,040,000.
A number of other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in Willis Towers Watson Public during the fourth quarter worth about $484,210,000. FMR LLC increased its position in Willis Towers Watson Public by 52.4% in the fourth quarter. FMR LLC now owns 3,682,939 shares of the company's stock worth $1,153,644,000 after buying an additional 1,266,484 shares during the period. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. increased its position in Willis Towers Watson Public by 77.5% in the fourth quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 2,788,542 shares of the company's stock worth $873,483,000 after buying an additional 1,217,714 shares during the period. Wellington Management Group LLP increased its position in Willis Towers Watson Public by 6,676.1% in the fourth quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 988,430 shares of the company's stock worth $309,616,000 after buying an additional 973,843 shares during the period. Finally, Janus Henderson Group PLC increased its position in Willis Towers Watson Public by 6,286.4% in the fourth quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 862,869 shares of the company's stock worth $270,284,000 after buying an additional 849,358 shares during the period. 93.09% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In other Willis Towers Watson Public news, insider Julie Jarecke Gebauer sold 3,384 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $335.77, for a total value of $1,136,245.68. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 74,417 shares in the company, valued at $24,986,996.09. This trade represents a 4.35% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Corporate insiders own 0.32% of the company's stock.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
Several equities research analysts have weighed in on WTW shares. Barclays increased their target price on Willis Towers Watson Public from $302.00 to $316.00 and gave the stock an "underweight" rating in a research report on Friday, April 11th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods lowered their price target on Willis Towers Watson Public from $371.00 to $366.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a report on Monday, April 28th. UBS Group raised shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and upped their price objective for the stock from $344.00 to $395.00 in a report on Tuesday, March 18th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group decreased their target price on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $373.00 to $371.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Friday, April 11th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has given a hold rating, seven have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $356.30.
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Willis Towers Watson Public Price Performance
Shares of NASDAQ:WTW traded up $0.95 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $309.02. 372,316 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 585,610. Willis Towers Watson Public Limited has a 52 week low of $248.09 and a 52 week high of $344.14. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.66, a quick ratio of 1.72 and a current ratio of 1.98. The company's fifty day simple moving average is $317.65 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $319.36. The company has a market cap of $30.64 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -309.02, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.95 and a beta of 0.73.
Willis Towers Watson Public (NASDAQ:WTW - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 24th. The company reported $3.13 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $3.27 by ($0.14). Willis Towers Watson Public had a negative net margin of 0.99% and a positive return on equity of 20.02%. The business had revenue of $2.22 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.29 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $3.13 EPS. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 5.0% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Willis Towers Watson Public Limited will post 17.32 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Willis Towers Watson Public Announces Dividend
The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, July 15th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 30th will be given a dividend of $0.92 per share. The ex-dividend date is Monday, June 30th. This represents a $3.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.19%. Willis Towers Watson Public's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is -736.00%.
Willis Towers Watson Public Profile
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Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company operates as an advisory, broking, and solutions company worldwide. It operates through two segments: Health, Wealth & Career and Risk & Broking. The company offers strategy and design consulting, plan management service and support, broking and administration services for health, wellbeing, and other group benefit program, including medical, dental, disability, life, voluntary benefits and other coverages; actuarial support, plan design, and administrative services for pension and retirement savings plans; retirement consulting services and solutions; and integrated solutions that consists of investment discretionary management, pension administration, core actuarial, and communication and change management assistance services.
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