Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW) Competitors

Chubb (NYSE:CB) and Willis Towers Watson Public (NASDAQ:WTW) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

Which has more volatility & risk, CB or WTW?

Chubb has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Willis Towers Watson Public has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CB or WTW more profitable?

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
Chubb	18.32%	15.46%	4.26%
Willis Towers Watson Public	-7.36%	18.57%	5.78%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CB or WTW?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Chubb	$49.74B	2.29	$9.03B	$24.42	11.58
Willis Towers Watson Public	$9.81B	3.17	$1.06B	-$7.28	-42.39

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CB or WTW?

Chubb received 683 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 41.30% of users gave Willis Towers Watson Public an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Chubb	Outperform Votes 721 63.08%	Underperform Votes 422 36.92%
Willis Towers Watson Public	Outperform Votes 38 41.30%	Underperform Votes 54 58.70%

Do analysts recommend CB or WTW?

Chubb currently has a consensus price target of $287.37, suggesting a potential upside of 1.61%. Willis Towers Watson Public has a consensus price target of $312.27, suggesting a potential upside of 1.18%. Given Chubb's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Chubb is more favorable than Willis Towers Watson Public.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chubb	2 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.35
Willis Towers Watson Public	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CB or WTW?

83.8% of Chubb shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of Willis Towers Watson Public shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Chubb shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Willis Towers Watson Public shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CB or WTW a better dividend stock?

Chubb pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Willis Towers Watson Public pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Chubb pays out 14.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Willis Towers Watson Public pays out -48.4% 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.

Does the media favor CB or WTW?

In the previous week, Chubb had 25 more articles in the media than Willis Towers Watson Public. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Chubb and 16 mentions for Willis Towers Watson Public. Willis Towers Watson Public's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Chubb's score of 0.94 indicating that Willis Towers Watson Public is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Chubb	27 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Willis Towers Watson Public	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Chubb beats Willis Towers Watson Public on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.