Roth Capital Issues Optimistic Forecast for WTW Earnings

Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW - Free Report) - Investment analysts at Roth Capital lifted their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Willis Towers Watson Public in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, February 6th. Roth Capital analyst H. Fong now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $3.14 for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $3.12. The consensus estimate for Willis Towers Watson Public's current full-year earnings is $17.72 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Willis Towers Watson Public's Q1 2026 earnings at $4.04 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $3.57 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $3.50 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $9.28 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $20.40 EPS.

Other research analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods increased their price target on Willis Towers Watson Public from $378.00 to $387.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Friday, January 10th. Truist Financial reiterated a "buy" rating and issued a $380.00 target price (up from $365.00) on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public in a research report on Wednesday, December 4th. Jefferies Financial Group upgraded Willis Towers Watson Public from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $352.00 to $382.00 in a report on Friday, December 20th. Barclays raised their price objective on shares of 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, Raymond James raised shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from an "outperform" rating to a "strong-buy" rating and boosted their target price for the stock from $365.00 to $400.00 in a report on Thursday, December 5th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating, eight have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $338.69.

Willis Towers Watson Public Price Performance

Willis Towers Watson Public stock traded down $5.95 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $319.23. The company had a trading volume of 667,928 shares, compared to its average volume of 545,482. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $317.87 and a 200 day simple moving average of $302.69. The company has a market cap of $32.15 billion, a P/E ratio of -319.23, a P/E/G ratio of 2.91 and a beta of 0.74. Willis Towers Watson Public has a fifty-two week low of $245.04 and a fifty-two week high of $334.99. The company has a current ratio of 1.98, a quick ratio of 1.72 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.66.

Willis Towers Watson Public (NASDAQ:WTW - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The company reported $8.13 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $8.01 by $0.12. The firm had revenue of $3.04 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.05 billion. Willis Towers Watson Public had a negative net margin of 0.99% and a positive return on equity of 20.02%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 4.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $7.44 earnings per share.

Willis Towers Watson Public Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st were paid a $0.88 dividend. This represents a $3.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.10%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 31st. Willis Towers Watson Public's dividend payout ratio is -352.00%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Willis Towers Watson Public

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Taikang Asset Management Hong Kong Co Ltd increased its stake in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 179.0% in the 4th quarter. Taikang Asset Management Hong Kong Co Ltd now owns 30,550 shares of the company's stock valued at $9,569,000 after acquiring an additional 19,600 shares in the last quarter. Sheets Smith Investment Management acquired a new stake in Willis Towers Watson Public in the fourth quarter worth $1,317,000. LPL Financial LLC increased its stake in Willis Towers Watson Public by 54.5% in the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 25,951 shares of the company's stock valued at $8,129,000 after purchasing an additional 9,150 shares in the last quarter. KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS bought a new stake in Willis Towers Watson Public in the fourth quarter valued at $10,973,000. Finally, Sei Investments Co. raised its holdings in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 19.3% during the fourth quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 274,230 shares of the company's stock valued at $85,901,000 after purchasing an additional 44,429 shares during the period. 93.09% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.