Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. Sells 17,458 Shares of Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW)

Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. decreased its position in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW - Free Report) by 7.4% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 217,508 shares of the company's stock after selling 17,458 shares during the period. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. owned 0.22% of Willis Towers Watson Public worth $64,063,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of WTW. Mizuho Securities USA LLC raised its stake in 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 worth $2,229,298,000 after purchasing an additional 7,561,114 shares during the period. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC raised its position in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 277.8% in the 3rd quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 844,417 shares of the company's stock worth $248,706,000 after buying an additional 620,926 shares during the period. Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its holdings in 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 valued at $453,123,000 after acquiring an additional 261,562 shares during the last quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC grew its position in Willis Towers Watson Public by 53.0% during the second quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 638,535 shares of the company's stock valued at $167,352,000 after acquiring an additional 221,108 shares during the period. Finally, American Century Companies Inc. increased its stake in Willis Towers Watson Public by 22.5% during the second quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 1,006,728 shares of the company's stock worth $263,904,000 after acquiring an additional 185,126 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.09% of the company's stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Truist Financial lifted their price objective on Willis Towers Watson Public from $335.00 to $365.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 2nd. 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 report on Wednesday, October 2nd. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods raised their target price on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $352.00 to $359.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 5th. Jefferies Financial Group upped their price target 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. Finally, UBS Group raised Willis Towers Watson Public to a "hold" rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 9th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have issued a hold rating and eight have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $313.87.

Willis Towers Watson Public Trading Up 0.4 %

Shares of NASDAQ:WTW traded up $1.14 on Friday, reaching $322.00. 515,825 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 729,045. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70, a current ratio of 1.72 and a quick ratio of 1.72. The company's 50 day moving average is $301.34 and its 200-day moving average is $281.18. Willis Towers Watson Public Limited has a fifty-two week low of $234.01 and a fifty-two week high of $322.88.

Willis Towers Watson Public (NASDAQ:WTW - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 31st. The company reported $2.93 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.68 by $0.25. Willis Towers Watson Public had a positive return on equity of 18.57% and a negative net margin of 7.36%. The firm had revenue of $2.29 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.28 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $2.24 EPS. Willis Towers Watson Public's revenue was up 5.7% on a year-over-year basis. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate 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.