Yousif Capital Management LLC Raises Position in Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW)

Yousif Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW - Free Report) by 17.4% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 15,951 shares of the company's stock after purchasing an additional 2,359 shares during the quarter. Yousif Capital Management LLC's holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public were worth $4,996,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Fidelis Capital Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 3.1% during the third quarter. Fidelis Capital Partners LLC now owns 1,223 shares of the company's stock worth $357,000 after buying an additional 37 shares in the last quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB lifted its position in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 12.7% in the fourth quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB now owns 337 shares of the company's stock valued at $106,000 after buying an additional 38 shares during the last quarter. Glenmede Trust Co. NA lifted its position in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 3.1% in the third quarter. Glenmede Trust Co. NA now owns 1,419 shares of the company's stock valued at $418,000 after buying an additional 42 shares during the last quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public by 22.2% during the 3rd quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 237 shares of the company's stock worth $70,000 after purchasing an additional 43 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bleakley Financial Group LLC lifted its holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public by 1.9% during the 3rd quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC now owns 2,475 shares of the company's stock worth $729,000 after purchasing an additional 47 shares during the last quarter. 93.09% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have commented on WTW. Evercore ISI upgraded Willis Towers Watson Public from an "in-line" rating to an "outperform" rating and raised their price objective for the stock from $357.00 to $373.00 in a research note on Wednesday, January 8th. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price objective on Willis Towers Watson Public from $380.00 to $345.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, January 14th. Jefferies Financial Group raised Willis Towers Watson Public from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $352.00 to $382.00 in a report on Friday, December 20th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods boosted their price target on Willis Towers Watson Public from $378.00 to $387.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Friday, January 10th. Finally, Raymond James raised Willis Towers Watson Public from an "outperform" rating to a "strong-buy" rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $365.00 to $400.00 in a report on Thursday, December 5th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a hold rating, eight have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Willis Towers Watson Public currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $338.69.

Willis Towers Watson Public Trading Up 0.2 %

Shares of NASDAQ WTW traded up $0.49 during trading on Monday, reaching $326.28. The company had a trading volume of 209,622 shares, compared to its average volume of 531,114. The company's fifty day moving average price is $317.78 and its 200-day moving average price is $302.36. Willis Towers Watson Public Limited has a 12 month low of $245.04 and a 12 month high of $334.99. The stock has a market cap of $32.86 billion, a P/E ratio of -326.26, a PEG ratio of 2.91 and a beta of 0.74. The company has a quick ratio of 1.72, a current ratio of 1.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.66.

Willis Towers Watson Public (NASDAQ:WTW - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The company reported $8.13 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $8.01 by $0.12. Willis Towers Watson Public had a positive return on equity of 20.02% and a negative net margin of 0.99%. The firm had revenue of $3.04 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.05 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $7.44 EPS. The business's revenue was up 4.2% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, research analysts expect that Willis Towers Watson Public Limited will post 17.72 earnings per share for the current year.

Willis Towers Watson Public Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st were given a $0.88 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $3.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.08%. Willis Towers Watson Public's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -352.00%.

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.