Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW) Shares Purchased by Headlands Technologies LLC

Headlands Technologies LLC increased its stake in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW - Free Report) by 1,020.0% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 5,085 shares of the company's stock after purchasing an additional 4,631 shares during the period. Headlands Technologies LLC's holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public were worth $1,227,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Schechter Investment Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public during the third quarter valued at approximately $502,000. Fidelis Capital Partners LLC increased its holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public by 11.2% during the fourth quarter. Fidelis Capital Partners LLC now owns 1,098 shares of the company's stock valued at $265,000 after buying an additional 111 shares during the last quarter. Deutsche Bank AG increased its holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public by 7.7% during the third quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 259,505 shares of the company's stock valued at $54,226,000 after buying an additional 18,657 shares during the last quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC increased its holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public by 1,736.9% during the fourth quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 56,465 shares of the company's stock valued at $13,619,000 after buying an additional 53,391 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Seed Wealth Management Inc. purchased a new stake in Willis Towers Watson Public during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $204,000. 93.09% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Willis Towers Watson Public Trading Down 2.3 %

Shares of Willis Towers Watson Public stock traded down $5.97 during trading on Friday, hitting $250.95. The stock had a trading volume of 770,664 shares, compared to its average volume of 441,884. The firm's fifty day simple moving average is $269.96 and its 200-day simple moving average is $251.68. The stock has a market cap of $25.66 billion, a PE ratio of 25.17, a PEG ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 0.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.55, a current ratio of 1.89 and a quick ratio of 1.45. Willis Towers Watson Public Limited has a 12 month low of $195.29 and a 12 month high of $278.86.

Willis Towers Watson Public (NASDAQ:WTW - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, April 25th. The company reported $3.29 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.21 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $2.34 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.37 billion. Willis Towers Watson Public had a net margin of 10.88% and a return on equity of 16.31%. The business's revenue was up 4.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $2.84 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Willis Towers Watson Public Limited will post 16.27 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Willis Towers Watson Public Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, April 15th. Investors of record on Sunday, March 31st were paid a $0.88 dividend. This represents a $3.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.40%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, March 27th. This is an increase from Willis Towers Watson Public's previous quarterly dividend of $0.84. Willis Towers Watson Public's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 35.31%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on WTW. Roth Mkm increased their price objective on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $275.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 7th. BMO Capital Markets raised shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from an "underperform" rating to a "market perform" rating and increased their price objective for the stock from $236.00 to $298.00 in a research note on Monday, February 12th. Truist Financial upped their target price on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $275.00 to $310.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 7th. Piper Sandler upped their target price on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $297.00 to $303.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Friday. Finally, Evercore ISI upped their target price on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $290.00 to $295.00 and gave the stock an "in-line" rating in a research report on Friday. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $293.43.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CFO Andrew Jay Krasner sold 1,100 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $272.13, for a total value of $299,343.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 4,170 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,134,782.10. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. 0.22% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Willis Towers Watson Public 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.