Willis Towers Watson Public (NASDAQ:WTW) Price Target Raised to $302.00 at Barclays

Willis Towers Watson Public (NASDAQ:WTW) had its target price upped by Barclays from $278.00 to $302.00 in a research report sent to investors on Thursday morning,Benzinga reports. They currently have an underweight rating on the stock.

A number of other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on the stock. Roth Mkm increased 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. Jefferies Financial Group upped their price objective on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $295.00 to $314.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 9th. UBS Group upgraded shares of Willis Towers Watson Public to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 9th. Truist Financial raised their target price 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. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods boosted their price target on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $352.00 to $359.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 5th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have given a hold rating and eight have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $313.87.

Willis Towers Watson Public Trading Up 2.1 %

NASDAQ:WTW opened at $315.15 on Thursday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $298.10 and its 200-day simple moving average is $278.53. Willis Towers Watson Public has a fifty-two week low of $234.01 and a fifty-two week high of $320.77. 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 has a market capitalization of $31.74 billion, a PE ratio of -43.29, a price-to-earnings-growth 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 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.68 by $0.25. The business had revenue of $2.29 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates 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 firm’s quarterly revenue was up 5.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $2.24 earnings per share. Sell-side analysts expect that Willis Towers Watson Public will post 16.7 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of Willis Towers Watson Public

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in WTW. Graypoint LLC increased its holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public by 4.7% during the 2nd quarter. Graypoint LLC now owns 820 shares of the company’s stock worth $215,000 after purchasing an additional 37 shares during the period. Fidelis Capital Partners LLC increased its position in Willis Towers Watson Public by 3.1% during the 3rd quarter. Fidelis Capital Partners LLC now owns 1,223 shares of the company’s stock valued at $357,000 after purchasing an additional 37 shares during the period. Glenmede Trust Co. NA raised its holdings in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 3.1% in the 3rd quarter. Glenmede Trust Co. NA now owns 1,419 shares of the company’s stock valued at $418,000 after purchasing an additional 42 shares in the last quarter. Creative Planning lifted its position in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 0.3% in the 2nd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 13,147 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,446,000 after purchasing an additional 43 shares during the period. Finally, Farther Finance Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public by 22.2% during the third quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 237 shares of the company’s stock valued at $70,000 after buying an additional 43 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 93.09% of the company’s stock.

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.