Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC Has $2.12 Million Stake in Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW)

Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW) by 12.8% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 8,099 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 917 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC’s holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public were worth $2,123,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the business. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. raised its position in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 6.9% during the second quarter. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. now owns 1,915 shares of the company’s stock worth $502,000 after purchasing an additional 123 shares during the period. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV raised its position in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 1.7% during the second quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 15,025 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,019,000 after purchasing an additional 256 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its position in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 12.2% during the second quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 737,464 shares of the company’s stock worth $193,332,000 after purchasing an additional 80,452 shares during the period. Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC raised its position in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 8.5% during the second quarter. Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC now owns 247,982 shares of the company’s stock worth $65,006,000 after purchasing an additional 19,407 shares during the period. Finally, Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. raised its position in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 1.9% during the second quarter. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. now owns 3,373 shares of the company’s stock worth $884,000 after purchasing an additional 62 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.09% of the company’s stock.

Willis Towers Watson Public Stock Down 0.2 %

WTW stock opened at $288.35 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.94, a current ratio of 1.94 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56. Willis Towers Watson Public Limited has a twelve month low of $203.36 and a twelve month high of $296.45. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $282.05 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $268.66. The company has a market cap of $29.48 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.92, a P/E/G ratio of 1.52 and a beta of 0.74.

Willis Towers Watson Public (NASDAQ:WTW) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, July 25th. The company reported $2.55 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.28 by $0.27. Willis Towers Watson Public had a return on equity of 16.97% and a net margin of 11.24%. The company had revenue of $2.27 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.27 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $2.05 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Analysts anticipate that Willis Towers Watson Public Limited will post 16.51 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Willis Towers Watson Public Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, October 15th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.88 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, September 30th. This represents a $3.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.22%. Willis Towers Watson Public’s dividend payout ratio is currently 35.31%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

WTW has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price target on Willis Towers Watson Public from $318.00 to $321.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, July 26th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods increased their price objective on Willis Towers Watson Public from $320.00 to $323.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 31st. Roth Mkm increased their price objective on Willis Towers Watson Public from $300.00 to $315.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, July 26th. Morgan Stanley decreased their price objective on Willis Towers Watson Public from $275.00 to $272.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, July 10th. Finally, Truist Financial increased their price objective on Willis Towers Watson Public from $310.00 to $335.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, July 26th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have issued a hold rating and eight have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Willis Towers Watson Public has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $298.73.

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.