Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW) Shares Acquired by SG Americas Securities LLC

SG Americas Securities LLC grew its position in Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW) by 239.9% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 44,831 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 31,643 shares during the quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC’s holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public were worth $14,043,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of WTW. Capital Performance Advisors LLP acquired a new position in Willis Towers Watson Public during the 3rd quarter worth $27,000. Ashton Thomas Securities LLC acquired a new position in Willis Towers Watson Public during the 3rd quarter worth $41,000. Versant Capital Management Inc grew its stake in Willis Towers Watson Public by 95.5% during the 4th quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 174 shares of the company’s stock worth $55,000 after purchasing an additional 85 shares in the last quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC grew its stake in Willis Towers Watson Public by 22.2% during the 3rd quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 237 shares of the company’s stock worth $70,000 after purchasing an additional 43 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. acquired a new position in Willis Towers Watson Public during the 4th quarter worth $76,000. 93.09% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts recently commented on the company. Jefferies Financial Group raised Willis Towers Watson Public from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their target price for the stock from $352.00 to $382.00 in a research note on Friday, December 20th. Roth Mkm upped their price objective on Willis Towers Watson Public from $315.00 to $345.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 2nd. Evercore ISI raised Willis Towers Watson Public from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and upped their price objective for the stock from $357.00 to $373.00 in a research report on Wednesday, January 8th. Raymond James raised Willis Towers Watson Public from an “outperform” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and upped their price objective for the stock from $365.00 to $400.00 in a research report on Thursday, December 5th. Finally, Barclays upped their price objective on Willis Towers Watson Public from $278.00 to $302.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 21st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating, eight have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $333.64.

Willis Towers Watson Public Stock Down 0.5 %

Willis Towers Watson Public stock opened at $319.00 on Friday. Willis Towers Watson Public Limited has a fifty-two week low of $242.54 and a fifty-two week high of $334.99. 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 company has a market capitalization of $32.13 billion, a P/E ratio of -43.82, a PEG ratio of 1.71 and a beta of 0.74. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $315.29 and a 200-day simple moving average of $296.89.

Willis Towers Watson Public (NASDAQ:WTW) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 31st. The company reported $2.93 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.68 by $0.25. The firm had revenue of $2.29 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.28 billion. Willis Towers Watson Public had a positive return on equity of 18.57% and a negative net margin of 7.36%. The firm’s revenue was up 5.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $2.24 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Willis Towers Watson Public Limited will post 16.75 earnings per share for the current year.

Willis Towers Watson Public Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st were paid a dividend of $0.88 per share. This represents a $3.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.10%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 31st. Willis Towers Watson Public’s dividend payout ratio is presently -48.35%.

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.