Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. Increases Stock Holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW)

Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW - Free Report) by 0.3% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 592,524 shares of the company's stock after purchasing an additional 1,786 shares during the quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. owned about 0.59% of Willis Towers Watson Public worth $174,516,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of WTW. Mizuho Securities USA LLC increased its position in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 95,880.2% during 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 in 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 purchasing an additional 10,856 shares in the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp raised its stake in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 17.8% in the second quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 1,728,554 shares of the company's stock worth $453,123,000 after purchasing an additional 261,562 shares during the last quarter. Baupost Group LLC MA lifted its holdings in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 6.2% during the second quarter. Baupost Group LLC MA now owns 1,652,648 shares of the company's stock valued at $433,225,000 after purchasing an additional 96,981 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC boosted its position in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 3.6% during the second quarter. Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC now owns 1,122,475 shares of the company's stock valued at $294,246,000 after buying an additional 39,288 shares during the last quarter. 93.09% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

WTW has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Jefferies Financial Group boosted their target price on 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 increased 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 research report on Thursday. Truist Financial lifted their target price on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $335.00 to $365.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 2nd. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price target 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. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods upped their price objective on Willis Towers Watson Public from $352.00 to $359.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 5th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have issued a hold rating and eight have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $313.87.

Willis Towers Watson Public Price Performance

Shares of WTW traded up $0.24 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $314.40. The stock had a trading volume of 525,720 shares, compared to its average volume of 718,086. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70, a quick ratio of 1.72 and a current ratio of 1.72. Willis Towers Watson Public Limited has a 12 month low of $234.01 and a 12 month high of $320.77. The business has a fifty day moving average of $298.57 and a 200 day moving average of $279.12. The firm has a market cap of $31.67 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -43.19, 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 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.68 by $0.25. The company had revenue of $2.29 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations 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 firm's revenue was up 5.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $2.24 EPS. Equities analysts predict that Willis Towers Watson Public Limited will post 16.7 EPS for the current year.

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.