Sanibel Captiva Trust Company Inc. Sells 120 Shares of Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW)

Sanibel Captiva Trust Company Inc. decreased its holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW) by 9.1% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 1,200 shares of the company’s stock after selling 120 shares during the quarter. Sanibel Captiva Trust Company Inc.’s holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public were worth $376,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Mizuho Securities USA LLC boosted its position 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 valued at $2,229,298,000 after buying an additional 7,561,114 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in Willis Towers Watson Public by 0.8% during the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 2,629,439 shares of the company’s stock valued at $772,027,000 after acquiring an additional 19,623 shares in the last quarter. FMR LLC boosted its holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public by 2.0% during the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 2,416,455 shares of the company’s stock worth $711,718,000 after acquiring an additional 48,384 shares during the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 0.5% in the 3rd quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 2,002,167 shares of the company’s stock worth $589,698,000 after acquiring an additional 10,856 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Baupost Group LLC MA lifted its position in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 7.8% during the third quarter. Baupost Group LLC MA now owns 1,781,206 shares of the company’s stock valued at $524,619,000 after purchasing an additional 128,558 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.09% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have commented on the stock. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their price objective on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $380.00 to $345.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, January 14th. Jefferies Financial Group raised Willis Towers Watson Public from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from $352.00 to $382.00 in a research report on Friday, December 20th. Barclays lifted their target price on Willis Towers Watson Public from $278.00 to $302.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 21st. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods increased their price target on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $378.00 to $387.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, January 10th. Finally, Roth Mkm lifted their price objective 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. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating, eight have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $333.64.

Willis Towers Watson Public Trading Down 0.5 %

NASDAQ:WTW opened at $320.65 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $32.30 billion, a P/E ratio of -44.05, a P/E/G ratio of 1.69 and a beta of 0.74. Willis Towers Watson Public Limited has a 1 year low of $242.54 and a 1 year high of $334.99. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70, a current ratio of 1.72 and a quick ratio of 1.72. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $315.01 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $295.87.

Willis Towers Watson Public (NASDAQ:WTW) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, October 31st. The company reported $2.93 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.68 by $0.25. Willis Towers Watson Public had a positive return on equity of 18.57% and a negative net margin of 7.36%. The business had revenue of $2.29 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.28 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $2.24 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 5.7% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, analysts expect that Willis Towers Watson Public Limited will post 16.75 EPS for the current year.

Willis Towers Watson Public Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st were paid a $0.88 dividend. This represents a $3.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.10%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 31st. Willis Towers Watson Public’s dividend payout ratio is presently -48.35%.

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.