Brokerages Set Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW) PT at $313.87

Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW - Get Free Report) has earned an average recommendation of "Hold" from the sixteen brokerages that are covering the stock, MarketBeat reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, seven have assigned a hold recommendation and eight have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average twelve-month price objective among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $313.87.

A number of equities analysts have recently commented on WTW shares. UBS Group upgraded shares of Willis Towers Watson Public to a "hold" rating in a report on Wednesday, October 9th. Roth Mkm lifted their price target on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $315.00 to $345.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 2nd. Jefferies Financial Group boosted their target price on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $295.00 to $314.00 and gave the stock a "hold" rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 9th. Barclays boosted 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 report on Thursday, November 21st. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods boosted their target price on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $352.00 to $359.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 5th.

Willis Towers Watson Public Trading Up 2.7 %

Willis Towers Watson Public stock traded up $8.56 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, reaching $329.06. The company had a trading volume of 1,270,036 shares, compared to its average volume of 495,224. Willis Towers Watson Public has a fifty-two week low of $234.01 and a fifty-two week high of $329.70. 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 business has a fifty day simple moving average of $301.93 and a 200 day simple moving average of $282.00.

Willis Towers Watson Public (NASDAQ:WTW - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results 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 firm 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 company's quarterly revenue was up 5.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $2.24 earnings per share. On average, equities research analysts expect that Willis Towers Watson Public will post 16.7 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Mizuho Securities USA LLC boosted its stake in 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 acquiring an additional 7,561,114 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 0.8% during the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 2,629,439 shares of the company's stock valued at $772,027,000 after buying an additional 19,623 shares in the last quarter. FMR LLC lifted its stake in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 2.0% during the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 2,416,455 shares of the company's stock valued at $711,718,000 after buying an additional 48,384 shares in the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 0.5% during the 3rd quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 2,002,167 shares of the company's stock valued at $589,698,000 after buying an additional 10,856 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Baupost Group LLC MA lifted its stake 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. 93.09% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.