WTW vs. CB, MFC, SLF, PUK, RYAN, CRBG, PFG, AEG, EQH, and EG
Should you be buying Willis Towers Watson Public stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Willis Towers Watson Public include Chubb (CB), Manulife Financial (MFC), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Prudential (PUK), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Aegon (AEG), Equitable (EQH), and Everest Group (EG). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
Willis Towers Watson Public vs.
Willis Towers Watson Public (NASDAQ:WTW) and Chubb (NYSE:CB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, dividends and profitability.
93.1% of Willis Towers Watson Public shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Chubb shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Willis Towers Watson Public shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Chubb shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Chubb received 684 more outperform votes than Willis Towers Watson Public when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.86% of users gave Chubb an outperform vote while only 46.67% of users gave Willis Towers Watson Public an outperform vote.
Chubb has higher revenue and earnings than Willis Towers Watson Public. Willis Towers Watson Public is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chubb, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Chubb has a net margin of 16.63% compared to Willis Towers Watson Public's net margin of -0.99%. Willis Towers Watson Public's return on equity of 20.02% beat Chubb's return on equity.
In the previous week, Chubb had 26 more articles in the media than Willis Towers Watson Public. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Chubb and 9 mentions for Willis Towers Watson Public. Chubb's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Willis Towers Watson Public's score of 0.73 indicating that Chubb is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Willis Towers Watson Public currently has a consensus price target of $356.30, suggesting a potential upside of 20.08%. Chubb has a consensus price target of $307.53, suggesting a potential upside of 7.24%. Given Willis Towers Watson Public's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Willis Towers Watson Public is more favorable than Chubb.
Willis Towers Watson Public has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chubb has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Willis Towers Watson Public pays an annual dividend of $3.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Chubb pays an annual dividend of $3.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Willis Towers Watson Public pays out -736.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chubb pays out 18.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Willis Towers Watson Public has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years and Chubb has increased its dividend for 31 consecutive years. Chubb is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Chubb beats Willis Towers Watson Public on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:WTW) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
