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

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

Willis Towers Watson declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 12th. Stockholders 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 dividend 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 stock 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 purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Willis Towers Watson PLC (NASDAQ:WLTW) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 31st. The financial services provider reported $1.31 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.30 by $0.01. The financial services provider had revenue of $1.99 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.98 billion. Willis Towers Watson had a return on equity of 13.01% and a net margin of 10.07%. The business's revenue was up 7.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.32 earnings per share. View Willis Towers Watson's Earnings History.

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

Willis Towers Watson will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 6th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

10 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Willis Towers Watson's stock. Their forecasts range from $164.00 to $240.00. On average, they anticipate Willis Towers Watson's share price to reach $214.78 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Willis Towers Watson.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Willis Towers Watson in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings, 7 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 articles about WLTW stock have trended somewhat negative on Monday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Willis Towers Watson earned a news impact score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage 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 company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Willis Towers Watson.

Willis Towers Watson saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,300,000 shares, an increase of 18.2% from the December 31st total of 1,100,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 542,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.4 days. Currently, 1.0% of the company's stock are sold short. View Willis Towers Watson's Current Options Chain.

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Willis Towers Watson's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.14%), Strs Ohio (0.12%), Cookson Peirce & Co. Inc. (0.11%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.07%), Arizona State Retirement System (0.04%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%). 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 Strs Ohio, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Cookson Peirce & Co. Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, AE Wealth Management LLC, Wealthfront Advisers LLC, Raub Brock Capital Management LP and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC. Company insiders that have sold Willis Towers Watson company stock in the last year include Adam Garrard, 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 Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Arizona State Retirement System, Chesley Taft & Associates LLC, Callahan Advisors LLC, Cerebellum GP LLC, Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. 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 $207.87.

Willis Towers Watson has a market capitalization of $26.73 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.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]