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. 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 1.24%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 30th. View Willis Towers Watson's Dividend History.

Willis Towers Watson declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase program on Tuesday, February 27th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $400,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Willis Towers Watson PLC (NASDAQ:WLTW) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 6th. The financial services provider reported $4.90 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.85 by $0.05. The financial services provider earned $2.69 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates 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 for the quarter was up 13.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm 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 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Willis Towers Watson's shares. Their forecasts range from $210.00 to $240.00. On average, they expect Willis Towers Watson's stock price to reach $229.78 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 9.7% 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 articles about WLTW stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Willis Towers Watson earned a media sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news 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 the month of 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 daily volume of 563,900 shares, the days-to-cover 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 $209.50.

Willis Towers Watson has a market capitalization of $26.94 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]