Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW) Shares Sold by BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A.

BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. cut its holdings in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW - Free Report) by 16.4% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 67,483 shares of the company's stock after selling 13,265 shares during the quarter. BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. owned about 0.07% of Willis Towers Watson Public worth $19,876,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of WTW. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public by 21.3% during the 1st quarter. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC now owns 3,072 shares of the company's stock worth $845,000 after buying an additional 540 shares in the last quarter. LRI Investments LLC acquired a new position in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public during the 1st quarter worth about $118,000. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD boosted its stake in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 4.1% during the 1st quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 154,973 shares of the company's stock worth $42,618,000 after buying an additional 6,118 shares during the last quarter. SVB Wealth LLC acquired a new position in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public during the 1st quarter worth about $207,000. Finally, Interval Partners LP acquired a new stake in Willis Towers Watson Public in the 1st quarter valued at about $6,818,000. 93.09% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

WTW has been the subject of several research reports. Barclays raised their price objective on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $278.00 to $302.00 and gave the stock an "underweight" rating in a research report on Thursday. Roth Mkm lifted their price target on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $315.00 to $345.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, October 2nd. Truist Financial boosted their target price on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $335.00 to $365.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, October 2nd. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price target on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $334.00 to $340.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Monday, November 4th. Finally, UBS Group raised shares of Willis Towers Watson Public to a "hold" rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 9th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have given a hold rating and eight have given a buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $313.87.

Willis Towers Watson Public Trading Up 0.1 %

WTW stock traded up $0.24 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $314.40. 525,720 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 718,086. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $298.57 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $278.95. 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 stock has a market capitalization of $31.67 billion, a PE ratio of -43.19, a PEG ratio of 1.96 and a beta of 0.73. Willis Towers Watson Public Limited has a one year low of $234.01 and a one year high of $320.77.

Willis Towers Watson Public (NASDAQ:WTW - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 31st. The company reported $2.93 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.68 by $0.25. Willis Towers Watson Public had a positive return on equity of 18.57% and a negative net margin of 7.36%. The company had revenue of $2.29 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.28 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $2.24 earnings per share. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 5.7% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities research analysts expect that Willis Towers Watson Public Limited will post 16.7 EPS 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.