67,135 Shares in Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW) Purchased by Sone Capital Management LLC

Sone Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW - Free Report) during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund purchased 67,135 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $21,029,000. Willis Towers Watson Public comprises about 2.7% of Sone Capital Management LLC's investment portfolio, making the stock its 3rd biggest position. Sone Capital Management LLC owned 0.07% of Willis Towers Watson Public as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. WBI Investments LLC bought a new position in Willis Towers Watson Public in the fourth quarter valued at about $1,230,000. Tidal Investments LLC raised its position in Willis Towers Watson Public by 249.2% in the fourth quarter. Tidal Investments LLC now owns 35,901 shares of the company's stock valued at $11,246,000 after purchasing an additional 25,619 shares during the last quarter. Snowden Capital Advisors LLC raised its position in Willis Towers Watson Public by 34.9% in the fourth quarter. Snowden Capital Advisors LLC now owns 2,202 shares of the company's stock valued at $692,000 after purchasing an additional 570 shares during the last quarter. Siemens Fonds Invest GmbH raised its position in Willis Towers Watson Public by 380.9% in the fourth quarter. Siemens Fonds Invest GmbH now owns 5,280 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,750,000 after purchasing an additional 4,182 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public in the fourth quarter worth $11,611,000. 93.09% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Willis Towers Watson Public Trading Up 0.3%

Shares of Willis Towers Watson Public stock traded up $0.95 on Friday, hitting $309.02. 372,316 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 584,260. Willis Towers Watson Public Limited has a one year low of $248.09 and a one year high of $344.14. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.66, a current ratio of 1.98 and a quick ratio of 1.72. The company has a fifty day moving average of $317.65 and a two-hundred day moving average of $319.35. The company has a market capitalization 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 results 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). The company had revenue of $2.22 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.29 billion. Willis Towers Watson Public had a negative net margin of 0.99% and a positive return on equity of 20.02%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 5.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $3.13 earnings per share. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Willis Towers Watson Public Limited will post 17.32 earnings per share for the current year.

Willis Towers Watson Public Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, July 15th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 30th will be paid a $0.92 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Monday, June 30th. This represents a $3.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.19%. Willis Towers Watson Public's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -736.00%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Willis Towers Watson Public news, insider Julie Jarecke Gebauer sold 3,384 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on 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 of the company's stock, valued at $24,986,996.09. This trade represents a 4.35% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. 0.32% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods reduced their price objective on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $371.00 to $366.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, April 28th. UBS Group raised shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from $344.00 to $395.00 in a research note on Tuesday, March 18th. Barclays boosted their price objective on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $302.00 to $316.00 and gave the stock an "underweight" rating in a research note on Friday, April 11th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group reduced their price objective on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $373.00 to $371.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, April 11th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has given a hold rating, seven have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Willis Towers Watson Public presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $356.30.

Willis Towers Watson Public Company Profile

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.