Blair William & Co. IL Has $2.08 Million Stake in Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW)

Blair William & Co. IL lowered its holdings in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW) by 0.7% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 6,629 shares of the company’s stock after selling 44 shares during the quarter. Blair William & Co. IL’s holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public were worth $2,076,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of WTW. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its position in Willis Towers Watson Public by 0.8% in the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 2,629,439 shares of the company’s stock valued at $772,027,000 after acquiring an additional 19,623 shares in the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 2.1% in the 4th quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 604,686 shares of the company’s stock valued at $189,412,000 after purchasing an additional 12,162 shares during the period. Proficio Capital Partners LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 33,979.6% in the fourth quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC now owns 458,370 shares of the company’s stock valued at $143,580,000 after purchasing an additional 457,025 shares in the last quarter. River Road Asset Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 9.6% during the fourth quarter. River Road Asset Management LLC now owns 315,319 shares of the company’s stock worth $98,771,000 after buying an additional 27,669 shares during the period. Finally, Brandes Investment Partners LP grew its holdings in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 5.6% during the fourth quarter. Brandes Investment Partners LP now owns 283,543 shares of the company’s stock worth $88,817,000 after buying an additional 15,041 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 93.09% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Willis Towers Watson Public news, insider Julie Jarecke Gebauer sold 3,384 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, February 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $335.77, for a total transaction of $1,136,245.68. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 74,417 shares in the company, valued at $24,986,996.09. This trade represents a 4.35 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Company insiders own 0.22% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have weighed in on WTW. Raymond James raised Willis Towers Watson Public from an “outperform” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and upped their price target for the stock from $365.00 to $400.00 in a research report on Thursday, December 5th. Jefferies Financial Group raised shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from $352.00 to $382.00 in a research report on Friday, December 20th. Truist Financial reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $380.00 target price (up previously from $365.00) on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public in a research report on Wednesday, December 4th. UBS Group raised shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $344.00 to $395.00 in a research report on Tuesday, March 18th. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods raised their price objective on Willis Towers Watson Public from $378.00 to $387.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, January 10th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have given a hold rating, nine have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Willis Towers Watson Public has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $346.15.

Willis Towers Watson Public Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ WTW opened at $337.00 on Wednesday. The company has a current ratio of 1.98, a quick ratio of 1.72 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.66. The company has a market capitalization of $33.60 billion, a P/E ratio of -337.00, a P/E/G ratio of 2.95 and a beta of 0.71. Willis Towers Watson Public Limited has a 12 month low of $245.04 and a 12 month high of $344.14. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $328.97 and a 200-day moving average of $314.33.

Willis Towers Watson Public (NASDAQ:WTW) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 4th. The company reported $8.13 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $8.01 by $0.12. The firm had revenue of $3.04 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.05 billion. Willis Towers Watson Public had a negative net margin of 0.99% and a positive return on equity of 20.02%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $7.44 earnings per share. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Willis Towers Watson Public Limited will post 17.32 EPS for the current year.

Willis Towers Watson Public Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, April 15th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 31st will be issued a $0.92 dividend. This is a boost from Willis Towers Watson Public’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.88. This represents a $3.68 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.09%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 31st. Willis Towers Watson Public’s dividend payout ratio is currently -368.00%.

About Willis Towers Watson Public

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.