WTW vs. AJG, AON, BRO, MMC, CB, MFC, SLF, PUK, CRBG, and RYAN
Should you be buying Willis Towers Watson Public stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Willis Towers Watson Public include Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG), AON (AON), Brown & Brown (BRO), Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC), Chubb (CB), Manulife Financial (MFC), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Prudential Public (PUK), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), and Ryan Specialty (RYAN). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Willis Towers Watson Public vs. Its Competitors
Willis Towers Watson Public (NASDAQ:WTW) and Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE:AJG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and risk.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has higher revenue and earnings than Willis Towers Watson Public. Willis Towers Watson Public is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Willis Towers Watson Public has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. had 10 more articles in the media than Willis Towers Watson Public. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. and 13 mentions for Willis Towers Watson Public. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.'s average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Willis Towers Watson Public's score of 1.36 indicating that Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Willis Towers Watson Public pays an annual dividend of $3.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Willis Towers Watson Public pays out -736.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. pays out 37.6% 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 Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Willis Towers Watson Public is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Willis Towers Watson Public presently has a consensus price target of $356.30, indicating a potential upside of 16.20%. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has a consensus price target of $319.29, indicating a potential upside of 0.88%. Given Willis Towers Watson Public's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Willis Towers Watson Public is more favorable than Arthur J. Gallagher & Co..
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has a net margin of 14.39% compared to Willis Towers Watson Public's net margin of -0.54%. Willis Towers Watson Public's return on equity of 20.53% beat Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.'s return on equity.
93.1% of Willis Towers Watson Public shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.5% of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Willis Towers Watson Public shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. beats Willis Towers Watson Public on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:WTW) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
