840 Shares in Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW) Bought by Summit Trail Advisors LLC

Summit Trail Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW - Free Report) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 840 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $264,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Mizuho Securities USA LLC grew its holdings in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 95,880.2% in the third 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. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 0.8% in the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 2,629,439 shares of the company's stock worth $772,027,000 after buying an additional 19,623 shares in the last quarter. FMR LLC increased its holdings in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 2.0% in the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 2,416,455 shares of the company's stock worth $711,718,000 after buying an additional 48,384 shares during the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 0.5% in the 3rd quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 2,002,167 shares of the company's stock worth $589,698,000 after buying an additional 10,856 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Baupost Group LLC MA raised its position in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 7.8% during the 3rd quarter. Baupost Group LLC MA now owns 1,781,206 shares of the company's stock valued at $524,619,000 after buying an additional 128,558 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 93.09% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms recently commented on WTW. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods lifted their price target on Willis Towers Watson Public from $378.00 to $387.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Friday, January 10th. Truist Financial reiterated a "buy" rating and issued a $380.00 target price (up previously from $365.00) on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public in a report on Wednesday, December 4th. Jefferies Financial Group upgraded Willis Towers Watson Public from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and increased their price target for the company from $352.00 to $382.00 in a report on Friday, December 20th. Evercore ISI raised shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from an "in-line" rating to an "outperform" rating and lifted their price objective for the stock from $357.00 to $373.00 in a research note on Wednesday, January 8th. Finally, Raymond James upgraded shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from an "outperform" rating to a "strong-buy" rating and boosted their price objective for the company from $365.00 to $400.00 in a research report on Thursday, December 5th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating, eight have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $342.08.

Willis Towers Watson Public Trading Down 0.6 %

Shares of WTW traded down $1.88 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $320.40. 560,958 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 527,270. The firm has a market cap of $32.27 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -320.40, a PEG ratio of 2.91 and a beta of 0.74. Willis Towers Watson Public Limited has a 12-month low of $245.04 and a 12-month high of $334.99. The stock's fifty day moving average price is $317.21 and its 200 day moving average price is $303.76. 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 released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 4th. The company reported $8.13 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $8.01 by $0.12. The company 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 firm's quarterly revenue was up 4.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $7.44 EPS. Sell-side analysts forecast that Willis Towers Watson Public Limited will post 17.72 earnings per share for the current year.

Willis Towers Watson Public Announces Dividend

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

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.