NASDAQ:WLTW - Willis Towers Watson Stock Price, Forecast & News

Willis Towers Watson trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "WLTW."

Willis Towers Watson announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 12th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 31st will be given a dividend of $0.65 per share on Wednesday, January 15th. This represents a $2.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.22%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 30th. View Willis Towers Watson's Dividend History.

Willis Towers Watson announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase plan on Tuesday, February 27th 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $400,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Willis Towers Watson PLC (NASDAQ:WLTW) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 6th. The financial services provider reported $4.90 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $4.85 by $0.05. The financial services provider earned $2.69 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.65 billion. Willis Towers Watson had a return on equity of 13.99% and a net margin of 11.55%. Willis Towers Watson's revenue for the quarter was up 13.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $4.00 EPS. View Willis Towers Watson's Earnings History.

Willis Towers Watson is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 6th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Willis Towers Watson.

9 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Willis Towers Watson's stock. Their forecasts range from $210.00 to $240.00. On average, they anticipate Willis Towers Watson's stock price to reach $229.78 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Willis Towers Watson.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Willis Towers Watson in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings, 5 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Willis Towers Watson.

News stories about WLTW stock have trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Willis Towers Watson earned a media sentiment score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Willis Towers Watson.

Willis Towers Watson saw a decrease in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,170,000 shares, a decrease of 10.0% from the January 15th total of 1,300,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 563,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.1 days. Approximately 0.9% of the company's stock are sold short. View Willis Towers Watson's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Willis Towers Watson investors own include Mastercard (MA), AT&T (T), AON (AON), Mcdonald's (MCD), Procter & Gamble (PG), UnitedHealth Group (UNH), Wells Fargo & Co (WFC), Intel (INTC), Boeing (BA) and CVS Health (CVS).

Willis Towers Watson's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Longview Partners Guernsey LTD (5.18%), State Street Corp (4.38%), Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (3.29%), First Eagle Investment Management LLC (2.35%), Cantillon Capital Management LLC (1.83%) and FMR LLC (1.60%). Company insiders that own Willis Towers Watson stock include Adam Garrard, Anna C Catalano, Anne Donovan Bodnar, Joseph Gunn, Julie Jarecke Gebauer, Nicolas Aubert and Todd J Jones. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Willis Towers Watson.

WLTW stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, First Eagle Investment Management LLC, FMR LLC, Citigroup Inc., UBS Oconnor LLC, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, AQR Capital Management LLC and SG Americas Securities LLC. Company insiders that have sold Willis Towers Watson company stock in the last year include Anna C Catalano, Anne Donovan Bodnar, Joseph Gunn and Nicolas Aubert. View Insider Buying and Selling for Willis Towers Watson.

WLTW stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, Westfield Capital Management Co. LP, Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, Rothschild & Co. Asset Management US Inc., DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, Credit Suisse AG, Johnson Investment Counsel Inc. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Willis Towers Watson.

Shares of WLTW can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WLTW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $213.67.

Willis Towers Watson has a market capitalization of $27.47 billion and generates $9.04 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $1.04 billion in net income (profit) each year or $10.96 on an earnings per share basis. Willis Towers Watson employs 43,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Willis Towers Watson.

The official website for Willis Towers Watson is http://www.willistowerswatson.com/.

Willis Towers Watson's mailing address is C/O WILLIS GROUP LIMITED 51 LIME STREET, LONDON X0, EC3M 7DQ. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 44-20-3124-6000 or via email at [email protected]