NASDAQ:WLTW - Willis Towers Watson Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Willis Towers Watson declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 24th. Stockholders of record on Saturday, June 30th will be given a dividend of $0.60 per share on Monday, July 16th. This represents a $2.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.51%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 28th. View Willis Towers Watson's Dividend History.

Willis Towers Watson declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback program on Tuesday, February 27th 2018, which permits the company to buyback $400,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Willis Towers Watson PLC (NASDAQ:WLTW) posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, May, 7th. The financial services provider reported $2.71 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.63 by $0.08. The financial services provider earned $2.27 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.17 billion. Willis Towers Watson had a net margin of 5.37% and a return on equity of 9.69%. The business's revenue was down 1.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $3.71 EPS. View Willis Towers Watson's Earnings History.

Willis Towers Watson is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August, 2nd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Willis Towers Watson.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Willis Towers Watson's shares. Their forecasts range from $150.00 to $195.00. On average, they anticipate Willis Towers Watson's share price to reach $172.8333 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings 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 2 sell ratings, 4 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

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News headlines about WLTW stock have trended somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Willis Towers Watson earned a news impact score of 0.09 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media stories about the financial services provider an impact score of 46.32 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future.

Willis Towers Watson's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Bank of Montreal Can (0.11%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.05%), Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (0.03%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.01%) and Atria Investments LLC (0.00%). Company insiders that own Willis Towers Watson stock include Anna C Catalano, Brendan R Oneill, Carl Aaron Hess, Jeffrey W Ubben, Joseph Gunn, Julie Jarecke Gebauer, Matthew Furman, Michael J Burwell, Nicolas Aubert, Paul D Thomas, Roger F Millay, Susan Dorrance Davies 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 Bank of Montreal Can, Retirement Systems of Alabama and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC. Company insiders that have sold Willis Towers Watson company stock in the last year include Brendan R Oneill, Jeffrey W Ubben, Joseph Gunn and Roger F Millay. View Insider Buying and Selling for Willis Towers Watson.

WLTW stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund and Atria Investments LLC. Company insiders that have bought Willis Towers Watson stock in the last two years include Michael J Burwell and Susan Dorrance Davies. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WLTW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $158.78.

Willis Towers Watson has a market capitalization of $20.77 billion and generates $8.20 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $568 million in net income (profit) each year or $8.51 on an earnings per share basis. Willis Towers Watson employs 43,000 workers across the globe.

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]