Jump Financial LLC Sells 7,227 Shares of Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW)

Jump Financial LLC cut its holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW - Free Report) by 89.6% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 843 shares of the company's stock after selling 7,227 shares during the period. Jump Financial LLC's holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public were worth $264,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. SkyView Investment Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 2.2% in the third quarter. SkyView Investment Advisors LLC now owns 2,560 shares of the company's stock worth $754,000 after purchasing an additional 54 shares during the period. World Investment Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Willis Towers Watson Public in the 3rd quarter worth $39,999,000. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB bought a new stake in Willis Towers Watson Public during the third quarter valued at about $630,000. Tidal Investments LLC lifted its position in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 6.0% in the third quarter. Tidal Investments LLC now owns 10,282 shares of the company's stock valued at $3,028,000 after acquiring an additional 583 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Franklin Resources Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 25.9% in the third quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 24,273 shares of the company's stock worth $7,103,000 after acquiring an additional 4,988 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 93.09% of the company's stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

WTW has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Barclays boosted their price target on Willis Towers Watson Public from $302.00 to $316.00 and gave the stock an "underweight" rating in a report on Friday, April 11th. Jefferies Financial Group dropped 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. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their price target on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $380.00 to $345.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, January 14th. UBS Group raised shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and increased their price objective for the company from $344.00 to $395.00 in a report on Tuesday, March 18th. Finally, Evercore ISI raised Willis Towers Watson Public from an "in-line" rating to an "outperform" rating and lifted their target price for the stock from $357.00 to $373.00 in a report on Wednesday, January 8th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have issued a hold rating, seven have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Willis Towers Watson Public presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $351.55.

Willis Towers Watson Public Trading Up 1.7 %

Shares of Willis Towers Watson Public stock traded up $5.29 on Friday, reaching $311.65. The company had a trading volume of 121,990 shares, compared to its average volume of 573,302. The firm has a market cap of $30.90 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -311.56, a P/E/G ratio of 2.95 and a beta of 0.68. 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 firm's 50-day moving average price is $324.76 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $317.72. Willis Towers Watson Public Limited has a 1 year low of $248.09 and a 1 year high of $344.14.

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 analysts' consensus estimates of $3.27 by ($0.14). The firm had revenue of $2.22 billion for 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 was down 5.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $3.13 EPS. As a group, research analysts predict that Willis Towers Watson Public Limited will post 17.32 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Willis Towers Watson Public Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, April 15th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 31st were paid a $0.92 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 31st. This represents a $3.68 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.18%. This is an increase from Willis Towers Watson Public's previous quarterly dividend of $0.88. Willis Towers Watson Public's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -736.00%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Willis Towers Watson Public

In other news, insider Julie Jarecke Gebauer sold 3,384 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Friday, February 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $335.77, for a total transaction of $1,136,245.68. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 74,417 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $24,986,996.09. The trade was a 4.35 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Company insiders own 0.32% of the company's stock.

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.