Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW) Competitors

Chubb (NYSE:CB) and Willis Towers Watson Public (NASDAQ:WTW) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CB or WTW?

Chubb received 682 more outperform votes than Willis Towers Watson Public when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.14% of users gave Chubb an outperform vote while only 45.54% of users gave Willis Towers Watson Public an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Chubb	Outperform Votes 728 63.14%	Underperform Votes 425 36.86%
Willis Towers Watson Public	Outperform Votes 46 45.54%	Underperform Votes 55 54.46%

Which has better valuation and earnings, CB or WTW?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Chubb	$56.01B	2.08	$9.27B	$22.72	12.82
Willis Towers Watson Public	$9.93B	3.36	-$98M	-$1.00	-334.69

Which has more risk and volatility, CB or WTW?

Chubb has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Willis Towers Watson Public has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CB or WTW?

83.8% of Chubb shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of Willis Towers Watson Public shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Chubb shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Willis Towers Watson Public shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CB or WTW more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chubb	16.63%	13.75%	3.79%
Willis Towers Watson Public	-0.99%	20.02%	6.03%

Do analysts recommend CB or WTW?

Chubb currently has a consensus price target of $301.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.36%. Willis Towers Watson Public has a consensus price target of $346.15, suggesting a potential upside of 3.42%. Given Willis Towers Watson Public's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Willis Towers Watson Public is more favorable than Chubb.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chubb	2 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Willis Towers Watson Public	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77

Does the media refer more to CB or WTW?

In the previous week, Chubb had 27 more articles in the media than Willis Towers Watson Public. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Chubb and 17 mentions for Willis Towers Watson Public. Chubb's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Willis Towers Watson Public's score of 0.93 indicating that Chubb is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Chubb	33 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Willis Towers Watson Public	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CB or WTW a better dividend stock?

Chubb pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Willis Towers Watson Public pays an annual dividend of $3.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Chubb pays out 16.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Willis Towers Watson Public pays out -368.0% 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. 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 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.