Citigroup Inc. Buys 6,051 Shares of Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW)

Citigroup Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW - Free Report) by 7.2% during the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 90,110 shares of the company's stock after buying an additional 6,051 shares during the period. Citigroup Inc. owned about 0.09% of Willis Towers Watson Public worth $26,540,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. boosted its stake in Willis Towers Watson Public by 0.3% during the third quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 592,524 shares of the company's stock worth $174,516,000 after buying an additional 1,786 shares in the last quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC boosted its stake in Willis Towers Watson Public by 28.3% during the third quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC now owns 104,414 shares of the company's stock worth $30,753,000 after buying an additional 23,001 shares in the last quarter. Scheer Rowlett & Associates Investment Management Ltd. acquired a new stake in Willis Towers Watson Public during the third quarter worth $204,000. Commerce Bank boosted its stake in Willis Towers Watson Public by 7.7% during the third quarter. Commerce Bank now owns 4,295 shares of the company's stock worth $1,265,000 after buying an additional 308 shares in the last quarter. Finally, PNC Financial Services Group Inc. boosted its stake in Willis Towers Watson Public by 8.9% during the third quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 11,407 shares of the company's stock worth $3,360,000 after buying an additional 931 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.09% of the company's stock.

Willis Towers Watson Public Trading Up 0.6 %

Willis Towers Watson Public stock traded up $2.02 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching $316.65. 640,489 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 489,245. Willis Towers Watson Public Limited has a fifty-two week low of $234.01 and a fifty-two week high of $320.77. The firm's 50 day moving average is $299.46 and its 200-day moving average is $280.14. 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 firm has a market capitalization of $31.89 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -43.50, a PEG ratio of 1.96 and a beta of 0.73.

Willis Towers Watson Public (NASDAQ:WTW - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 31st. The company reported $2.93 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.68 by $0.25. The business had revenue of $2.29 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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%. Willis Towers Watson Public's revenue for the quarter was up 5.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $2.24 earnings per share. On average, analysts predict that Willis Towers Watson Public Limited will post 16.7 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have recently commented on WTW. Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $334.00 to $340.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Monday, November 4th. Truist Financial raised their price objective on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $335.00 to $365.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, October 2nd. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods boosted their target price on Willis Towers Watson Public from $352.00 to $359.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Tuesday, November 5th. Barclays raised their price target on Willis Towers Watson Public from $278.00 to $302.00 and gave the company an "underweight" rating in a report on Thursday, November 21st. Finally, Roth Mkm lifted their price objective on Willis Towers Watson Public from $315.00 to $345.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 2nd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating and eight have given a buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $313.87.

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.