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Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW) Competitors

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$317.57 +6.57 (+2.11%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

WTW vs. CB, MFC, SLF, PUK, PFG, CRBG, RYAN, EG, EQH, 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), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Everest Group (EG), Equitable (EQH), 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 investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.

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.

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 1.3%. 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 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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Willis Towers Watson Public-7.36% 18.57% 5.78%
Chubb 18.32%15.46%4.26%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Willis Towers Watson Public$9.81B3.26$1.06B-$7.28-43.62
Chubb$54.82B2.01$9.03B$24.4211.19

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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Willis Towers Watson Public currently has a consensus target price of $326.33, suggesting a potential upside of 2.76%. Chubb has a consensus target price of $287.37, suggesting a potential upside of 5.19%. Given Chubb's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Chubb is more favorable than Willis Towers Watson Public.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Willis Towers Watson Public
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56
Chubb
2 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.35

Chubb received 679 more outperform votes than Willis Towers Watson Public when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.08% of users gave Chubb an outperform vote while only 43.30% of users gave Willis Towers Watson Public an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Willis Towers Watson PublicOutperform Votes
42
43.30%
Underperform Votes
55
56.70%
ChubbOutperform Votes
721
63.08%
Underperform Votes
422
36.92%

In the previous week, Willis Towers Watson Public had 2 more articles in the media than Chubb. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Willis Towers Watson Public and 7 mentions for Chubb. Willis Towers Watson Public's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Chubb's score of 0.28 indicating that Willis Towers Watson Public is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Willis Towers Watson Public
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Chubb
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Willis Towers Watson Public and Chubb tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WTW vs. The Competition

MetricWillis Towers Watson PublicInsurance agents, brokers, & service IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$31.99B$17.59B$10.99B$9.07B
Dividend Yield1.12%2.91%9.85%4.22%
P/E Ratio-43.6226.8328.5417.19
Price / Sales3.267.4648.61116.80
Price / Cash15.7531.7830.3437.86
Price / Book3.4215.462.734.78
Net Income$1.06B$830.46M$1.03B$225.60M
7 Day Performance1.98%-0.12%-2.89%-1.24%
1 Month Performance0.77%0.71%-2.86%3.36%
1 Year Performance33.24%7.07%11.28%16.58%

Willis Towers Watson Public Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WTW
Willis Towers Watson Public
2.4398 of 5 stars
$317.57
+2.1%
$326.33
+2.8%
+34.8%$31.99B$9.81B-43.6248,000Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
High Trading Volume
CB
Chubb
4.3821 of 5 stars
$275.90
-0.1%
$287.37
+4.2%
+24.9%$111.21B$54.82B11.3340,000
MFC
Manulife Financial
4.6575 of 5 stars
$31.01
+0.3%
$37.50
+20.9%
+40.2%$54.33B$36.10B14.9440,000Positive News
SLF
Sun Life Financial
3.0543 of 5 stars
$60.04
-0.1%
N/A+17.1%$34.57B$45.44B13.3630,941Positive News
PUK
Prudential
4.2367 of 5 stars
$16.21
-1.1%
N/A-27.5%$21.63B$19.50B8.1115,030Positive News
PFG
Principal Financial Group
3.7015 of 5 stars
$78.93
+0.0%
$84.75
+7.4%
-1.4%$18.05B$13.67B-87.6819,800Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
CRBG
Corebridge Financial
4.5777 of 5 stars
$30.77
+0.3%
$35.00
+13.7%
+37.3%$17.50B$14.89B-14.685,700Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
RYAN
Ryan Specialty
4.0825 of 5 stars
$66.66
-1.4%
$73.50
+10.3%
+52.9%$17.45B$2.08B87.794,350Insider Trade
Positive News
EG
Everest Group
4.7318 of 5 stars
$359.55
-0.9%
$430.00
+19.6%
-0.1%$15.45B$14.59B5.682,844Positive News
EQH
Equitable
2.1217 of 5 stars
$47.35
-0.3%
$50.10
+5.8%
+38.8%$14.84B$10.99B-43.348,500Insider Trade
Positive News
AEG
Aegon
3.6052 of 5 stars
$6.01
-4.8%
N/A+2.7%$13.25B$30.66B6.6820,634Gap Down
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:WTW) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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