Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW) Shares Acquired by Cerity Partners LLC

Cerity Partners LLC lifted its position in Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW - Free Report) by 190.4% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 16,725 shares of the company's stock after buying an additional 10,965 shares during the quarter. Cerity Partners LLC's holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public were worth $4,926,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of WTW. Swedbank AB purchased a new stake in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public during the first quarter worth approximately $4,512,000. Diversified Trust Co grew its stake in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 38.4% during the second quarter. Diversified Trust Co now owns 6,716 shares of the company's stock worth $1,761,000 after purchasing an additional 1,863 shares in the last quarter. AMF Tjanstepension AB raised its stake in Willis Towers Watson Public by 6.6% in the second quarter. AMF Tjanstepension AB now owns 44,115 shares of the company's stock valued at $11,564,000 after buying an additional 2,744 shares in the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD lifted its holdings in 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. Finally, OneDigital Investment Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public by 71.7% during the third quarter. OneDigital Investment Advisors LLC now owns 6,644 shares of the company's stock worth $1,957,000 after purchasing an additional 2,775 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.09% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on the company. Roth Mkm raised their price target on Willis Towers Watson Public from $315.00 to $345.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 2nd. UBS Group raised shares of Willis Towers Watson Public to a "hold" rating in a report on Wednesday, October 9th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $334.00 to $340.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Monday, November 4th. Truist Financial lifted their price objective on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $335.00 to $365.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 2nd. Finally, Barclays increased 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 research note on Thursday, November 21st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have given a hold rating and eight have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $313.87.

Willis Towers Watson Public Price Performance

Willis Towers Watson Public stock traded up $1.14 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $322.00. The company had a trading volume of 515,825 shares, compared to its average volume of 492,462. The stock's 50-day simple moving average is $301.34 and its 200-day simple moving average is $281.18. The company has a market capitalization of $32.43 billion, a P/E ratio of -44.23, a P/E/G ratio of 2.00 and a beta of 0.73. Willis Towers Watson Public Limited has a 1 year low of $234.01 and a 1 year high of $322.88. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70, a current ratio of 1.72 and a quick ratio of 1.72.

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