Centiva Capital LP Invests $490,000 in Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW)

Centiva Capital LP acquired a new stake in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW - Free Report) during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 1,665 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $490,000.

A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Mizuho Securities USA LLC raised its position in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 95,880.2% in the 3rd quarter. Mizuho Securities USA LLC now owns 7,569,000 shares of the company's stock valued at $2,229,298,000 after purchasing an additional 7,561,114 shares in the last quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC raised its holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public by 277.8% in the third quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 844,417 shares of the company's stock valued at $248,706,000 after acquiring an additional 620,926 shares in the last quarter. Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec grew its holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public by 47,515.7% during the 3rd quarter. Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec now owns 499,965 shares of the company's stock worth $147,255,000 after acquiring an additional 498,915 shares in the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp raised its stake in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 17.8% in the 2nd quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 1,728,554 shares of the company's stock valued at $453,123,000 after purchasing an additional 261,562 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Acadian Asset Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 53.0% during the second quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 638,535 shares of the company's stock worth $167,352,000 after purchasing an additional 221,108 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 93.09% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on WTW. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $334.00 to $340.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Monday, November 4th. Roth Mkm increased their price target 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. Jefferies Financial Group boosted their price objective on Willis Towers Watson Public from $295.00 to $314.00 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 9th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods raised their target price on Willis Towers Watson Public from $359.00 to $378.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 4th. Finally, Raymond James upgraded shares of 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. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating, seven have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Willis Towers Watson Public presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $321.80.

Willis Towers Watson Public Stock Down 3.2 %

WTW stock traded down $10.35 during trading hours on Monday, hitting $312.22. The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,037,724 shares, compared to its average volume of 505,278. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $305.29 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $284.49. Willis Towers Watson Public Limited has a 12 month low of $234.01 and a 12 month high of $334.99. The company has a market capitalization of $31.45 billion, a PE ratio of -42.89, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.90 and a beta of 0.74. The company has a quick ratio of 1.72, a current ratio of 1.72 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70.

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. The business had revenue of $2.29 billion for 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 last year, the business earned $2.24 EPS. On average, 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 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.