Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW) Stake Boosted by Atom Investors LP

Atom Investors LP increased its holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW - Free Report) by 64.0% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 8,014 shares of the company's stock after buying an additional 3,126 shares during the period. Atom Investors LP's holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public were worth $2,360,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Capital Performance Advisors LLP acquired a new position in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public in the third quarter valued at approximately $27,000. American National Bank acquired a new position in Willis Towers Watson Public in the 2nd quarter valued at $36,000. Ashton Thomas Securities LLC purchased a new position in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public during the 3rd quarter worth $41,000. New Millennium Group LLC acquired a new stake in Willis Towers Watson Public in the 2nd quarter worth about $54,000. Finally, Farther Finance Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 22.2% in the third quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 237 shares of the company's stock worth $70,000 after acquiring an additional 43 shares during the last quarter. 93.09% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts have recently commented on WTW shares. UBS Group upgraded Willis Towers Watson Public to a "hold" rating in a report on Wednesday, October 9th. Jefferies Financial Group increased their price target on Willis Towers Watson Public from $295.00 to $314.00 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a report on Wednesday, October 9th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective on Willis Towers Watson Public from $334.00 to $340.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Monday, November 4th. Barclays raised their target price 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, Truist Financial upped their price target on Willis Towers Watson Public from $335.00 to $365.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, October 2nd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have issued a hold rating and eight have given a buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, Willis Towers Watson Public has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $313.87.

Willis Towers Watson Public Stock Up 0.6 %

NASDAQ:WTW traded up $1.85 during midday trading on Tuesday, hitting $322.35. 219,430 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 492,484. 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 Limited has a one year low of $234.01 and a one year high of $323.33. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $301.93 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $282.00.

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

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.