Cantor Fitzgerald Forecasts WTW FY2025 Earnings

Key Points

• Cantor Fitzgerald has issued their FY2025 earnings estimate for Willis Towers Watson, predicting $16.73 per share, which is below the consensus estimate of $17.32 per share.
• The current average rating for Willis Towers Watson stock is "Moderate Buy" with a price target of approximately $364.55.
• Willis Towers Watson reported a last quarterly EPS of $2.86, exceeding expectations and showing a 1.40% net margin for the period.

Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company (NASDAQ:WTW - Free Report) - Analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald issued their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Willis Towers Watson Public in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, August 13th. Cantor Fitzgerald analyst R. Tunis anticipates that the company will earn $16.73 per share for the year. Cantor Fitzgerald currently has a "Neutral" rating and a $355.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Willis Towers Watson Public's current full-year earnings is $17.32 per share. Cantor Fitzgerald also issued estimates for Willis Towers Watson Public's FY2026 earnings at $18.95 EPS.

WTW has been the topic of a number of other reports. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their target price on Willis Towers Watson Public from $387.00 to $369.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, July 10th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods decreased their target price 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. Barclays decreased their target price on Willis Towers Watson Public from $316.00 to $305.00 and set an "underweight" rating on the stock in a report on Monday, July 7th. Morgan Stanley boosted their target price on Willis Towers Watson Public from $335.00 to $345.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a report on Monday. Finally, Citigroup began coverage on Willis Towers Watson Public in a report on Wednesday, August 13th. They set a "neutral" rating and a $351.00 target price on the stock. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have issued a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Willis Towers Watson Public currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $362.92.

Willis Towers Watson Public Stock Performance

Shares of WTW stock traded up $0.25 during trading on Friday, reaching $335.72. 405,958 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 653,354. The company has a quick ratio of 1.90, a current ratio of 1.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.58. The stock has a market capitalization of $32.75 billion, a PE ratio of 229.95, a PEG ratio of 2.63 and a beta of 0.67. Willis Towers Watson Public has a twelve month low of $280.86 and a twelve month high of $344.14. The firm's fifty day moving average price is $310.58 and its 200-day moving average price is $316.73.

Willis Towers Watson Public (NASDAQ:WTW - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 31st. The company reported $2.86 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.65 by $0.21. Willis Towers Watson Public had a return on equity of 21.60% and a net margin of 1.40%.The company had revenue of $2.26 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.23 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $2.55 EPS. The business's revenue was down .2% compared to the same quarter last year.

Insider Transactions at Willis Towers Watson Public

In other Willis Towers Watson Public news, CFO Andrew Jay Krasner sold 1,600 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $315.75, for a total transaction of $505,200.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 11,982 shares in the company, valued at $3,783,316.50. This represents a 11.78% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. 0.32% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in WTW. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 4.7% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 1,368 shares of the company's stock worth $429,000 after acquiring an additional 61 shares during the last quarter. Townsquare Capital LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 337.8% in the fourth quarter. Townsquare Capital LLC now owns 6,869 shares of the company's stock worth $2,152,000 after acquiring an additional 5,300 shares during the last quarter. Guggenheim Capital LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 13.6% in the fourth quarter. Guggenheim Capital LLC now owns 2,471 shares of the company's stock worth $774,000 after acquiring an additional 295 shares during the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 143.0% in the fourth quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 2,406 shares of the company's stock worth $754,000 after acquiring an additional 1,416 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board lifted its holdings in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 4.1% in the fourth quarter. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board now owns 86,474 shares of the company's stock worth $27,087,000 after acquiring an additional 3,422 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 93.09% of the company's stock.

About Willis Towers Watson Public

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.