WTW vs. CB, MFC, SLF, PUK, PFG, RYAN, CRBG, EQH, EG, and AEG
Should you be buying Willis Towers Watson Public stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Willis Towers Watson Public include Chubb (CB), Manulife Financial (MFC), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Prudential (PUK), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Equitable (EQH), Everest Group (EG), and Aegon (AEG). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
Willis Towers Watson Public vs.
Willis Towers Watson Public (NASDAQ:WTW) and Chubb (NYSE:CB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and risk.
Willis Towers Watson Public pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Chubb pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Willis Towers Watson Public pays out -48.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chubb pays out 14.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Chubb has increased its dividend for 31 consecutive years. Chubb is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Chubb received 678 more outperform votes than Willis Towers Watson Public when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.03% of users gave Chubb an outperform vote while only 45.00% of users gave Willis Towers Watson Public an outperform vote.
Willis Towers Watson Public currently has a consensus price target of $333.64, indicating a potential upside of 4.05%. Chubb has a consensus price target of $288.17, indicating a potential upside of 6.97%. Given Chubb's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Chubb is more favorable than Willis Towers Watson Public.
Chubb has a net margin of 18.32% compared to Willis Towers Watson Public's net margin of -7.36%. Willis Towers Watson Public's return on equity of 18.57% beat Chubb's return on equity.
Chubb has higher revenue and earnings than Willis Towers Watson Public. Willis Towers Watson Public is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chubb, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Chubb had 16 more articles in the media than Willis Towers Watson Public. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Chubb and 12 mentions for Willis Towers Watson Public. Chubb's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Willis Towers Watson Public's score of 0.79 indicating that Chubb is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Willis Towers Watson Public has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chubb has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
93.1% of Willis Towers Watson Public shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Chubb shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Willis Towers Watson Public shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Chubb shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Chubb beats Willis Towers Watson Public on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:WTW) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
