Yousif Capital Management LLC Increases Stock Holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW)

Yousif Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW) by 17.4% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 15,951 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 2,359 shares during the quarter. Yousif Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public were worth $4,996,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in WTW. Truist Financial Corp grew its holdings in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 0.9% during the second quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 11,479 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,009,000 after buying an additional 100 shares during the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers grew its stake in Willis Towers Watson Public by 8.5% during the 2nd quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 7,691 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,016,000 after purchasing an additional 600 shares during the last quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public in the second quarter valued at about $895,000. Czech National Bank raised its stake in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 6.2% in the third quarter. Czech National Bank now owns 20,688 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,093,000 after purchasing an additional 1,205 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Mather Group LLC. lifted its holdings in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 14.5% during the third quarter. Mather Group LLC. now owns 608 shares of the company’s stock worth $179,000 after purchasing an additional 77 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.09% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on WTW shares. Raymond James raised shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from an “outperform” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and raised their price target for the stock from $365.00 to $400.00 in a research report on Thursday, December 5th. Barclays raised their target price on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $278.00 to $302.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a report on Thursday, November 21st. Truist Financial reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $380.00 price target (up from $365.00) on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public in a report on Wednesday, December 4th. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price objective on Willis Towers Watson Public from $380.00 to $345.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, January 14th. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods upped their target price on Willis Towers Watson Public from $378.00 to $387.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, January 10th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a hold rating, eight have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $333.64.

Willis Towers Watson Public Trading Up 2.0 %

NASDAQ WTW opened at $326.91 on Friday. 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 firm has a market cap of $32.93 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -44.91, a PEG ratio of 1.79 and a beta of 0.74. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $317.58 and a 200-day simple moving average of $301.26. Willis Towers Watson Public Limited has a one year low of $245.04 and a one year high of $334.99.

Willis Towers Watson Public (NASDAQ:WTW) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The company reported $8.13 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $8.01 by $0.12. Willis Towers Watson Public had a negative net margin of 7.36% and a positive return on equity of 18.57%. The company had revenue of $3.04 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.05 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $7.44 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 4.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities research analysts anticipate that Willis Towers Watson Public Limited will post 16.75 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Willis Towers Watson Public Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st were given a $0.88 dividend. This represents a $3.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.08%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 31st. Willis Towers Watson Public’s dividend payout ratio is currently -48.35%.

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.