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. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st will be paid 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 1.25%. 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 approved a share buyback program on Tuesday, February 27th 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $400,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are typically an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Willis Towers Watson PLC (NASDAQ:WLTW) announced its earnings results on Thursday, February, 6th. The financial services provider reported $4.90 earnings per share (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 the consensus estimate of $2.65 billion. Willis Towers Watson had a return on equity of 13.99% and a net margin of 11.55%. The company's revenue was up 13.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $4.00 earnings per share. 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 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Willis Towers Watson's shares. Their forecasts range from $210.00 to $240.00. On average, they expect Willis Towers Watson's share price to reach $229.78 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.2% 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 this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Willis Towers Watson earned a news sentiment score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Willis Towers Watson.

Willis Towers Watson saw a decline in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,170,000 shares, a decline of 10.0% from the January 15th total of 1,300,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 563,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.1 days. Approximately 0.9% of the shares of the company 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 many different of institutional and retail 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 Geode Capital Management LLC (1.62%). 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 Capital International Investors, Capital Research Global Investors, Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, First Eagle Investment Management LLC, FMR LLC, Man Group plc, Citigroup Inc. and UBS Oconnor 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Janus Henderson Group PLC, 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 and Johnson Investment Counsel 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 $208.44.

Willis Towers Watson has a market capitalization of $26.80 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]