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 given 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 1.30%. 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 share repurchase plan 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 repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Willis Towers Watson PLC (NASDAQ:WLTW) issued its quarterly 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 analysts' expectations of $2.65 billion. Willis Towers Watson had a return on equity of 13.99% and a net margin of 11.55%. Willis Towers Watson's revenue for the quarter was up 13.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $4.00 EPS. 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 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for Willis Towers Watson's stock. 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 14.6% 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 coverage about WLTW stock has been trending negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Willis Towers Watson earned a coverage optimism score of -2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Willis Towers Watson.

Willis Towers Watson saw a increase in short interest during the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 1,450,000 shares, an increase of 23.9% from the January 30th total of 1,170,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 584,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.5 days. Currently, 1.1% of the shares of the stock 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 purchased 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 $200.52.

Willis Towers Watson has a market capitalization of $25.78 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]