Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW) Competitors

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

Is WTW or CB more profitable?

Chubb has a net margin of 16.63% compared to Willis Towers Watson Public's net margin of -0.99%. Willis Towers Watson Public's return on equity of 20.02% beat Chubb's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Willis Towers Watson Public	-0.99%	20.02%	6.03%
Chubb	16.63%	13.75%	3.79%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of WTW or CB?

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

Which has more volatility & risk, WTW or CB?

Willis Towers Watson Public has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chubb has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is WTW or CB a better dividend stock?

Willis Towers Watson Public pays an annual dividend of $3.68 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 1.2%. Willis Towers Watson Public pays out -368.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chubb pays out 16.0% 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 prefer WTW or CB?

In the previous week, Chubb had 20 more articles in the media than Willis Towers Watson Public. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Chubb and 22 mentions for Willis Towers Watson Public. Chubb's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Willis Towers Watson Public's score of 0.98 indicating that Chubb is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Willis Towers Watson Public	14 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Chubb	33 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate WTW or CB?

Willis Towers Watson Public presently has a consensus target price of $346.15, suggesting a potential upside of 2.43%. Chubb has a consensus target price of $301.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.28%. 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
Willis Towers Watson Public	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77
Chubb	2 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has higher earnings & valuation, WTW or CB?

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
Willis Towers Watson Public	$9.93B	3.39	-$98M	-$1.00	-337.93
Chubb	$56.01B	2.08	$9.27B	$22.72	12.83

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WTW or CB?

Chubb received 682 more outperform votes than Willis Towers Watson Public when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.14% of users gave Chubb an outperform vote while only 45.54% of users gave Willis Towers Watson Public an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Willis Towers Watson Public	Outperform Votes 46 45.54%	Underperform Votes 55 54.46%
Chubb	Outperform Votes 728 63.14%	Underperform Votes 425 36.86%

Summary

Chubb beats Willis Towers Watson Public on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.