Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company operates as an advisory, broking, and solutions company worldwide. Its Human Capital and Benefits segment provides actuarial support, plan design, and administrative services for traditional pension and retirement savings plans; plan management consulting, broking, and administration services for health and group benefit programs; and benefits outsourcing services. This segment also offers advice, data, software, and products to address clients' total rewards and talent issues. The company's Corporate Risk and Broking segment provides risk advice, insurance brokerage, and consulting services in the areas of property and casualty, financial lines, transport, and facultative. Its Investment, Risk and Reinsurance segment offers capital markets-based products to insurance and reinsurance companies; software and technology, risk and capital management, products and pricing, financial and regulatory reporting, financial and capital modeling, merger and acquisition, outsourcing, and business management services; investment advice and solutions to pension funds and institutional investors; wholesale insurance broking services to retail brokers; and portfolio and underwriting, and capital markets and advisory services. The company's Benefit Delivery and Administration segment provides primary medical and ancillary benefit exchange, and outsourcing services to active employees and retirees across the group and individual markets. This segment delivers health savings and flexible spending accounts, health reimbursement arrangements, and other consumer-directed accounts. The company was formerly known as Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company and changed its name to Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company in January 2016. Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company was founded in 1828 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.
Industry, Sector and Symbol
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Industry Insurance agents, brokers, & service
Sub-IndustryN/A
SectorFinance
SymbolNASDAQ:WLTW
CUSIPN/A
Phone44-20-3124-6000
Debt
Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.42
Current Ratio2.68
Quick Ratio2.68
Price-To-Earnings
Trailing P/E Ratio18.67
Forward P/E Ratio16.51
P/E Growth1.37
Sales & Book Value
Annual Sales$8.20 billion
Price / Sales2.55
Cash Flow$15.0559 per share
Price / Cash10.55
Book Value$77.62 per share
Price / Book2.05
Profitability
EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$8.51
Net Income$568 million
Net Margins5.37%
Return on Equity9.69%
Return on Assets3.05%
Miscellaneous
Employees43,000
Outstanding Shares131,840,000
Market Cap$20,933.55
Willis Towers Watson (NASDAQ:WLTW) Frequently Asked Questions
What is Willis Towers Watson's stock symbol?
Willis Towers Watson trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "WLTW."
How often does Willis Towers Watson pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Willis Towers Watson?
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 1.51%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 28th. View Willis Towers Watson's Dividend History.
How will Willis Towers Watson's stock buyback program work?
Willis Towers Watson announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback plan on Tuesday, February 27th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $400,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.
How were Willis Towers Watson's earnings last quarter?
Willis Towers Watson PLC (NASDAQ:WLTW) announced its earnings results on Monday, May, 7th. The financial services provider reported $2.71 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.63 by $0.08. The financial services provider earned $2.27 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.17 billion. Willis Towers Watson had a net margin of 5.37% and a return on equity of 9.69%. Willis Towers Watson's quarterly revenue was down 1.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $3.71 earnings per share. View Willis Towers Watson's Earnings History.
When is Willis Towers Watson's next earnings date?
What price target have analysts set for WLTW?
15 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Willis Towers Watson's stock. 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 twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Willis Towers Watson.
What is the consensus analysts' recommendation 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."
Who are some of Willis Towers Watson's key competitors?
Some companies that are related to Willis Towers Watson include KERING S A/ADR (PPRUY), Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC), AON (AON), Arthur J Gallagher & Co (AJG), AXA Equitable (EQH), Brown & Brown (BRO), Erie Indemnity Company Class A (ERIE), Ashmore Group (AJMPF), Fanhua (FANH), CorVel (CRVL), AA (AATDF), Health Insurance Innovations (HIIQ), Crawford & Company Class B (CRD.B), Crawford & Company Class A (CRD.A) and eHealth (EHTH).
Who are Willis Towers Watson's key executives?
Willis Towers Watson's management team includes the folowing people:
- Mr. John J. Haley, CEO & Exec. Director (Age 68)
- Mr. Michael J. Burwell CPA, Chief Financial Officer (Age 54)
- Mr. Todd J. Jones, Head of Corp. Risk & Broking (Age 53)
- Ms. Julie Jarecke Gebauer, Head of Human Capital & Benefits (Age 57)
- Mr. Gene H. Wickes, Head of Benefits Delivery & Admin. (Age 66)
Has Willis Towers Watson been receiving favorable news coverage?
News headlines about WLTW stock have been trending somewhat positive on Friday, according to Accern Sentiment. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Willis Towers Watson earned a news sentiment score of 0.12 on Accern's scale. They also gave news coverage about the financial services provider an impact score of 47.15 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.
Who are Willis Towers Watson's major shareholders?
Willis Towers Watson's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Clarkston Capital Partners LLC (0.73%), 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%) and Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC (0.01%). 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.
Which major investors are selling Willis Towers Watson stock?
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.
Which major investors are buying Willis Towers Watson stock?
WLTW stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Clarkston Capital Partners LLC, Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Callahan Advisors LLC, Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund, Atria Investments LLC and Exane Derivatives. 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.
How do I buy shares of 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.
What is Willis Towers Watson's stock price today?
One share of WLTW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $158.84.
How big of a company is Willis Towers Watson?
Willis Towers Watson has a market capitalization of $20.93 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.
How can I contact Willis Towers Watson?
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]
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