Equities Analysts Issue Forecasts for WTW Q1 Earnings

Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW) – Equities researchers at William Blair issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Willis Towers Watson Public in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, February 4th. William Blair analyst A. Klauber forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $3.30 for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Willis Towers Watson Public’s current full-year earnings is $16.75 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Willis Towers Watson Public’s Q2 2025 earnings at $2.83 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $3.12 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $7.82 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $17.00 EPS and Q1 2026 earnings at $3.73 EPS.

Several other equities research analysts also recently issued reports on WTW. Barclays raised their price target on Willis Towers Watson Public from $278.00 to $302.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 21st. Jefferies Financial Group raised shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price target for the company from $352.00 to $382.00 in a report on Friday, December 20th. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their target price on Willis Towers Watson Public from $380.00 to $345.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, January 14th. Truist Financial reissued a “buy” rating and set a $380.00 price target (up from $365.00) on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public in a report on Wednesday, December 4th. Finally, Raymond James upgraded Willis Towers Watson Public from an “outperform” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and increased their target price for the stock from $365.00 to $400.00 in a report on Thursday, December 5th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating, eight have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Willis Towers Watson Public presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $338.69.

Willis Towers Watson Public Trading Down 0.3 %

Shares of WTW stock opened at $325.79 on Friday. Willis Towers Watson Public has a 12 month low of $245.04 and a 12 month high of $334.99. The business’s 50 day moving average is $317.70 and its two-hundred day moving average is $301.44. The company has a quick ratio of 1.72, a current ratio of 1.72 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70. The company has a market cap of $32.81 billion, a PE ratio of -44.75, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.79 and a beta of 0.74.

Willis Towers Watson Public (NASDAQ:WTW) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 4th. The company reported $8.13 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $8.01 by $0.12. The business had revenue of $3.04 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.05 billion. Willis Towers Watson Public had a negative net margin of 7.36% and a positive return on equity of 18.57%. Willis Towers Watson Public’s quarterly revenue was up 4.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $7.44 EPS.

Institutional Trading of Willis Towers Watson Public

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Mizuho Securities USA LLC raised 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 acquiring an additional 7,561,114 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position in Willis Towers Watson Public by 0.8% during the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 2,629,439 shares of the company’s stock worth $772,027,000 after acquiring an additional 19,623 shares in the last quarter. FMR LLC raised its holdings in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 2.0% in the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 2,416,455 shares of the company’s stock valued at $711,718,000 after purchasing an additional 48,384 shares during the period. Victory Capital Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 0.5% in the third quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 2,002,167 shares of the company’s stock valued at $589,698,000 after buying an additional 10,856 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Baupost Group LLC MA boosted its position in 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 worth $524,619,000 after purchasing an additional 128,558 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 93.09% of the company’s stock.

Willis Towers Watson Public Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st were paid a $0.88 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $3.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.08%. Willis Towers Watson Public’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) 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.