Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. Has $174.52 Million Position in Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW)

Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. lifted its holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW) by 0.3% during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 592,524 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,786 shares during the period. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc.’s holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public were worth $174,516,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other large investors have also made changes to their positions in WTW. Mizuho Securities USA LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 95,880.2% during the third quarter. Mizuho Securities USA LLC now owns 7,569,000 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,229,298,000 after buying an additional 7,561,114 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its position in Willis Towers Watson Public by 17.8% in the second quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 1,728,554 shares of the company’s stock valued at $453,123,000 after acquiring an additional 261,562 shares during the period. Acadian Asset Management LLC raised its stake in Willis Towers Watson Public by 53.0% during the second quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 638,535 shares of the company’s stock worth $167,352,000 after acquiring an additional 221,108 shares in the last quarter. American Century Companies Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 22.5% during the second quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 1,006,728 shares of the company’s stock valued at $263,904,000 after acquiring an additional 185,126 shares during the period. Finally, Point72 Asset Management L.P. grew its holdings in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 456.5% in the 2nd quarter. Point72 Asset Management L.P. now owns 198,389 shares of the company’s stock worth $52,006,000 after purchasing an additional 162,741 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.09% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have commented on the stock. Barclays boosted their price target on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $278.00 to $302.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research report on Thursday. Truist Financial increased their price target on Willis Towers Watson Public from $335.00 to $365.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 2nd. Jefferies Financial Group lifted their price objective on Willis Towers Watson Public from $295.00 to $314.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 9th. UBS Group upgraded Willis Towers Watson Public to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 9th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on Willis Towers Watson Public from $334.00 to $340.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, November 4th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have issued a hold rating and eight have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Willis Towers Watson Public presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $313.87.

Willis Towers Watson Public Trading Up 0.1 %

Shares of NASDAQ WTW opened at $314.40 on Friday. 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 $298.57 and its 200-day moving average is $278.95. The company has a quick ratio of 1.72, a current ratio of 1.72 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70.

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

Willis Towers Watson Public Company Profile

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.