Huntington National Bank Has $5.98 Million Stock Holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW)

Huntington National Bank boosted its position in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW) by 0.2% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 20,295 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 50 shares during the period. Huntington National Bank’s holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public were worth $5,977,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Capital Performance Advisors LLP acquired a new position in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public during the 3rd quarter worth $27,000. American National Bank bought a new position in Willis Towers Watson Public during the second quarter valued at about $36,000. Ashton Thomas Securities LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public in the third quarter worth about $41,000. Beacon Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 136.5% during the 1st quarter. Beacon Capital Management LLC now owns 175 shares of the company’s stock worth $48,000 after acquiring an additional 101 shares in the last quarter. Finally, New Millennium Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public during the 2nd quarter valued at about $54,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 93.09% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts recently weighed in on the company. UBS Group upgraded Willis Towers Watson Public to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 9th. Roth Mkm boosted their price objective on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $315.00 to $345.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 2nd. Barclays initiated coverage on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public in a research note on Wednesday, September 4th. They issued an “underweight” rating and a $278.00 target price on the stock. Truist Financial boosted their target price on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $335.00 to $365.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 2nd. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company raised their price target on Willis Towers Watson Public from $334.00 to $340.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, November 4th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have issued a hold rating and eight have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $312.27.

Willis Towers Watson Public Stock Down 0.7 %

Shares of NASDAQ WTW opened at $314.80 on Friday. Willis Towers Watson Public Limited has a one year low of $234.01 and a one year high of $320.77. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70, a quick ratio of 1.72 and a current ratio of 1.72. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $295.64 and a 200 day simple moving average of $276.22.

Willis Towers Watson Public (NASDAQ:WTW) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 31st. The company reported $2.93 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.68 by $0.25. The company had revenue of $2.29 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.28 billion. Willis Towers Watson Public had a negative net margin of 7.36% and a positive return on equity of 18.57%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 5.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $2.24 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Willis Towers Watson Public Limited will post 16.66 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Willis Towers Watson Public Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, October 15th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 30th were issued a $0.88 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, September 30th. This represents a $3.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.12%. Willis Towers Watson Public’s payout ratio is presently -48.35%.

Willis Towers Watson Public Profile

Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company operates as an advisory, broking, and solutions company worldwide. It operates through two segments: Health, Wealth & Career and Risk & Broking. The company offers strategy and design consulting, plan management service and support, broking and administration services for health, wellbeing, and other group benefit program, including medical, dental, disability, life, voluntary benefits and other coverages; actuarial support, plan design, and administrative services for pension and retirement savings plans; retirement consulting services and solutions; and integrated solutions that consists of investment discretionary management, pension administration, core actuarial, and communication and change management assistance services.