Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company operates as an advisory, broking, and solutions company worldwide. Its Human Capital and Benefits segment provides actuarial support, plan design, and administrative services for traditional pension and retirement savings plans; plan management consulting, broking, and administration services for health and group benefit programs; and benefits outsourcing services. This segment also offers advice, data, software, and products to address clients' total rewards and talent issues. The company's Corporate Risk and Broking segment provides risk advice, insurance brokerage, and consulting services in the areas of property and casualty, financial lines, transport, and facultative. Its Investment, Risk and Reinsurance segment offers capital markets-based products to insurance and reinsurance companies; software and technology, risk and capital management, products and pricing, financial and regulatory reporting, financial and capital modeling, merger and acquisition, outsourcing, and business management services; investment advice and solutions to pension funds and institutional investors; wholesale insurance broking services to retail brokers; and portfolio and underwriting, and capital markets and advisory services. The company's Benefit Delivery and Administration segment provides primary medical and ancillary benefit exchange, and outsourcing services to active employees and retirees across the group and individual markets. This segment delivers health savings and flexible spending accounts, health reimbursement arrangements, and other consumer-directed accounts. The company was formerly known as Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company and changed its name to Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company in January 2016. Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company was founded in 1828 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.
Industry, Sector and Symbol
Industry Insurance agents, brokers, & service
Sub-IndustryN/A
SectorFinance
Phone44-20-3124-6000
Debt
Price-To-Earnings
Sales & Book Value
Annual Sales$8.51 billion
Profitability
Miscellaneous
Employees43,000
OptionableOptionable
Willis Towers Watson (NASDAQ:WLTW) Frequently Asked Questions
What is Willis Towers Watson's stock symbol?
Willis Towers Watson trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "WLTW."
How often does Willis Towers Watson pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Willis Towers Watson?
Willis Towers Watson declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 27th. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.60 per share on Tuesday, January 15th. This represents a $2.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.42%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 28th. View Willis Towers Watson's Dividend History.
How will Willis Towers Watson's stock buyback program work?
Willis Towers Watson declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase program on Tuesday, February 27th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $400,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.
How were Willis Towers Watson's earnings last quarter?
Willis Towers Watson PLC (NASDAQ:WLTW) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 7th. The financial services provider reported $4.00 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $4.06 by $0.06. The financial services provider earned $2.37 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.38 billion. Willis Towers Watson had a net margin of 8.16% and a return on equity of 12.44%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 10.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $2.21 earnings per share. View Willis Towers Watson's Earnings History.
When is Willis Towers Watson's next earnings date?
What price target have analysts set for WLTW?
15 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for Willis Towers Watson's stock. Their forecasts range from $160.00 to $195.00. On average, they anticipate Willis Towers Watson's stock price to reach $176.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Willis Towers Watson.
What is the consensus analysts' recommendation for Willis Towers Watson?
15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Willis Towers Watson in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings, 9 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Willis Towers Watson.
Has Willis Towers Watson been receiving favorable news coverage?
Media stories about WLTW stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Willis Towers Watson earned a daily sentiment score of 1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days.
Who are some of Willis Towers Watson's key competitors?
Some companies that are related to Willis Towers Watson include KERING S A/ADR (PPRUY), Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC), AON (AON), Arthur J Gallagher & Co (AJG), AXA Equitable (EQH), Brown & Brown (BRO), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Ashmore Group (AJMPF), Fanhua (FANH), eHealth (EHTH), CorVel (CRVL), AA (AATDF), Health Insurance Innovations (HIIQ), Crawford & Company (CRD.B) and Crawford & Company (CRD.A).
Who are Willis Towers Watson's key executives?
Willis Towers Watson's management team includes the folowing people:
- Mr. John J. Haley, CEO & Exec. Director (Age 69)
- Mr. Michael J. Burwell CPA, Chief Financial Officer (Age 55)
- Mr. Todd J. Jones, Head of Corp. Risk & Broking (Age 54)
- Ms. Julie Jarecke Gebauer, Head of Human Capital & Benefits (Age 58)
- Mr. Gene H. Wickes, Head of Benefits Delivery & Admin. (Age 67)
Who are Willis Towers Watson's major shareholders?
Willis Towers Watson's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.60%), Longview Partners Guernsey LTD (4.70%), Harris Associates L P (3.71%), Cantillon Capital Management LLC (1.90%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.38%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.12%). Company insiders that own Willis Towers Watson stock include Adam Garrard, Brendan R Oneill, Jeffrey W Ubben, Joseph Gunn, Julie Jarecke Gebauer, Michael J Burwell, Nicolas Aubert, Paul D Thomas, Roger F Millay and Todd J Jones. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Willis Towers Watson.
Which major investors are selling Willis Towers Watson stock?
WLTW stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Harris Associates L P, D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., Pzena Investment Management LLC, Epoch Investment Partners Inc., Squarepoint Ops LLC, Prana Capital Management LP, PGGM Investments and UBS Oconnor LLC. Company insiders that have sold Willis Towers Watson company stock in the last year include Adam Garrard, Joseph Gunn, Julie Jarecke Gebauer, Nicolas Aubert and Todd J Jones. View Insider Buying and Selling for Willis Towers Watson.
Which major investors are buying Willis Towers Watson stock?
WLTW stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Geode Capital Management LLC, Mackenzie Financial Corp, California Public Employees Retirement System, Hallmark Capital Management Inc., Northern Trust Corp, Honeywell International Inc. and Royal London Asset Management Ltd.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Willis Towers Watson.
How do I buy shares of 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.
What is Willis Towers Watson's stock price today?
One share of WLTW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $169.56.
How big of a company is Willis Towers Watson?
Willis Towers Watson has a market capitalization of $22.03 billion and generates $8.51 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $695 million in net income (profit) each year or $9.73 on an earnings per share basis. Willis Towers Watson employs 43,000 workers across the globe.
What is Willis Towers Watson's official website?
How can I contact Willis Towers Watson?
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]
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