Roth Capital Has Optimistic Outlook of WTW FY2025 Earnings

Key Points

• Roth Capital has raised its FY2025 earnings per share forecast for Willis Towers Watson to $17.30, up from a previous estimate of $16.85, aligning closely with the consensus estimate of $17.32.
• The stock has a current trading price of $324.50, with a market capitalization of $31.65 billion, and institutional investors own 93.09% of the company's shares.
• A recent quarterly earnings report showed WTW earned $2.86 per share, exceeding expectations, despite revenue showing a slight year-over-year decrease.

Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company (NASDAQ:WTW - Free Report) - Stock analysts at Roth Capital lifted their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Willis Towers Watson Public in a research note issued on Monday, August 4th. Roth Capital analyst H. Fong now forecasts that the company will earn $17.30 per share for the year, up from their prior estimate of $16.85. The consensus estimate for Willis Towers Watson Public's current full-year earnings is $17.32 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Willis Towers Watson Public's Q4 2025 earnings at $8.00 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $3.54 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $3.78 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $8.86 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $19.90 EPS.

WTW has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their price target on Willis Towers Watson Public from $387.00 to $369.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, July 10th. Jefferies Financial Group reduced their price objective on 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. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods reduced their price objective on 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. Finally, Barclays reduced their price objective on Willis Towers Watson Public from $316.00 to $305.00 and set an "underweight" rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, July 7th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $367.11.

Willis Towers Watson Public Stock Up 1.2%

WTW stock opened at $324.50 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.58, a current ratio of 1.90 and a quick ratio of 1.89. Willis Towers Watson Public has a fifty-two week low of $271.01 and a fifty-two week high of $344.14. The stock has a market capitalization of $31.65 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 222.26, a PEG ratio of 2.76 and a beta of 0.67. The business's fifty day moving average price is $306.58 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $316.36.

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

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its position in 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 purchasing an additional 61 shares during the last quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN boosted its position in Willis Towers Watson Public by 28.9% in the fourth quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 46,279 shares of the company's stock worth $14,496,000 after purchasing an additional 10,367 shares during the last quarter. Aster Capital Management DIFC Ltd purchased a new position in Willis Towers Watson Public in the fourth quarter worth $246,000. Federated Hermes Inc. boosted its position in Willis Towers Watson Public by 7,321.4% in the fourth quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 102,786 shares of the company's stock worth $32,197,000 after purchasing an additional 101,401 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cerity Partners LLC boosted its position in Willis Towers Watson Public by 2.7% in the fourth quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 17,173 shares of the company's stock worth $5,304,000 after purchasing an additional 448 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 93.09% of the company's stock.

Insider Activity at Willis Towers Watson Public

In other news, CFO Andrew Jay Krasner sold 1,600 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $315.75, for a total transaction of $505,200.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 11,982 shares in the company, valued at $3,783,316.50. The trade was a 11.78% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. 0.32% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Willis Towers Watson Public Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, July 15th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 30th were issued a dividend of $0.92 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 30th. This represents a $3.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.1%. Willis Towers Watson Public's payout ratio is currently 252.05%.

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.

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