Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW) Shares Sold by Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC

Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC cut its stake in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW) by 20.5% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 197,139 shares of the company’s stock after selling 50,843 shares during the quarter. Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC’s holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public were worth $58,063,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Edgestream Partners L.P. increased its position in Willis Towers Watson Public by 24.6% during the first quarter. Edgestream Partners L.P. now owns 1,651 shares of the company’s stock worth $454,000 after buying an additional 326 shares during the period. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC raised its position in Willis Towers Watson Public by 21.3% in the 1st quarter. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC now owns 3,072 shares of the company’s stock valued at $845,000 after purchasing an additional 540 shares during the last quarter. Toronto Dominion Bank boosted its stake in Willis Towers Watson Public by 34.8% during the 1st quarter. Toronto Dominion Bank now owns 79,622 shares of the company’s stock worth $21,896,000 after purchasing an additional 20,558 shares during the period. LRI Investments LLC purchased a new position in Willis Towers Watson Public during the 1st quarter worth $118,000. Finally, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD raised its holdings in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 4.1% in the first quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 154,973 shares of the company’s stock valued at $42,618,000 after buying an additional 6,118 shares during the last quarter. 93.09% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Jefferies Financial Group boosted their target price on Willis Towers Watson Public from $295.00 to $314.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 9th. Truist Financial upped their price target on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $335.00 to $365.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 2nd. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods raised their price objective on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $352.00 to $359.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 5th. Roth Mkm upped their target price on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $315.00 to $345.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 2nd. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price target on Willis Towers Watson Public from $334.00 to $340.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, November 4th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating and eight have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Willis Towers Watson Public currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $312.27.

Willis Towers Watson Public Trading Up 0.3 %

Willis Towers Watson Public stock opened at $308.61 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70, a quick ratio of 1.72 and a current ratio of 1.72. Willis Towers Watson Public Limited has a 1 year low of $234.01 and a 1 year high of $320.77. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $297.59 and its 200-day moving average is $278.27. The company has a market cap of $31.08 billion, a P/E ratio of -42.39, a PEG ratio of 1.92 and a beta of 0.73.

Willis Towers Watson Public (NASDAQ:WTW) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 31st. The company reported $2.93 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.68 by $0.25. Willis Towers Watson Public had a negative net margin of 7.36% and a positive return on equity of 18.57%. The firm had revenue of $2.29 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.28 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $2.24 EPS. Willis Towers Watson Public’s quarterly revenue was up 5.7% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities analysts expect that Willis Towers Watson Public Limited will post 16.7 earnings per share for the current year.

Willis Towers Watson Public Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, October 15th. Investors of record on Monday, September 30th were paid a dividend of $0.88 per share. This represents a $3.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.14%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, September 30th. Willis Towers Watson Public’s dividend payout ratio is presently -48.35%.

About Willis Towers Watson Public

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.