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. Investors of record on Saturday, June 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.60 per share on Monday, July 16th. This represents a $2.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.52%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 28th. View Willis Towers Watson's Dividend History.

Willis Towers Watson announced that its board has authorized a stock buyback program on Tuesday, February 27th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $400,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Willis Towers Watson PLC (NASDAQ:WLTW) issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May, 7th. The financial services provider reported $2.71 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.63 by $0.08. The financial services provider earned $2.27 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.17 billion. Willis Towers Watson had a net margin of 5.37% and a return on equity of 9.69%. The firm's revenue was down 1.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $3.71 earnings per share. 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 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Willis Towers Watson's shares. Their predictions 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 9.7% 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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Media stories about WLTW stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. Accern identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than twenty 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 closest to one being the most favorable. Willis Towers Watson earned a coverage optimism score of 0.17 on Accern's scale. They also gave news coverage about the financial services provider an impact score of 46.50 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future.

Willis Towers Watson's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Bank of Montreal Can (0.11%), 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 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 $157.56.

Willis Towers Watson has a market capitalization of $20.84 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]