Credit Agricole S A Buys 299 Shares of Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company $WTW

Credit Agricole S A raised its stake in Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company (NASDAQ:WTW) by 0.9% in the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 35,450 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 299 shares during the quarter. Credit Agricole S A’s holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public were worth $11,980,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in WTW. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 77.5% in the fourth quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 2,788,542 shares of the company’s stock worth $873,483,000 after acquiring an additional 1,217,714 shares during the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 40,489.4% in the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 1,007,429 shares of the company’s stock worth $340,461,000 after acquiring an additional 1,004,947 shares during the last quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC lifted its holdings in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 6,286.4% in the fourth quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 862,869 shares of the company’s stock worth $270,284,000 after acquiring an additional 849,358 shares during the last quarter. Nuveen LLC acquired a new position in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public in the first quarter valued at approximately $195,043,000. Finally, Polen Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 185.1% in the first quarter. Polen Capital Management LLC now owns 366,539 shares of the company’s stock valued at $123,872,000 after buying an additional 237,953 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 93.09% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have recently issued reports on WTW. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price objective on Willis Towers Watson Public from $387.00 to $369.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, July 10th. Cantor Fitzgerald began coverage on Willis Towers Watson Public in a research note on Wednesday, August 13th. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $355.00 price objective for the company. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods lowered their price objective on Willis Towers Watson Public from $371.00 to $366.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, April 28th. Barclays lowered their price objective on Willis Towers Watson Public from $316.00 to $305.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, July 7th. Finally, Morgan Stanley upped their price objective on Willis Towers Watson Public from $335.00 to $345.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Monday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have issued a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $362.92.

Insider Activity

In other news, CFO Andrew Jay Krasner sold 1,600 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $315.75, for a total transaction of $505,200.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 11,982 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,783,316.50. This trade represents a 11.78% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Insiders own 0.32% of the company’s stock.

Willis Towers Watson Public Stock Performance

NASDAQ:WTW opened at $335.72 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $32.75 billion, a PE ratio of 229.95, a P/E/G ratio of 2.67 and a beta of 0.67. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $311.38 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $316.86. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.58, a quick ratio of 1.90 and a current ratio of 1.90. Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company has a fifty-two week low of $280.86 and a fifty-two week high of $344.14.

Willis Towers Watson Public (NASDAQ:WTW) last released its earnings results on Thursday, July 31st. The company reported $2.86 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.65 by $0.21. The business had revenue of $2.26 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.23 billion. Willis Towers Watson Public had a net margin of 1.40% and a return on equity of 21.60%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was down .2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $2.55 EPS. Research analysts anticipate that Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company will post 17.32 earnings per share for the current year.

Willis Towers Watson Public Company 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.