Creative Planning Has $3.97 Million Stock Position in Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW)

Creative Planning increased its holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW) by 2.5% during the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 13,474 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 327 shares during the period. Creative Planning’s holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public were worth $3,969,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Victory Capital Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 5.2% in the 2nd quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,991,311 shares of the company’s stock worth $522,002,000 after acquiring an additional 98,922 shares in the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp increased its stake in Willis Towers Watson Public by 17.8% in the 2nd quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 1,728,554 shares of the company’s stock valued at $453,123,000 after buying an additional 261,562 shares during the last quarter. Baupost Group LLC MA lifted its position in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 6.2% during the 2nd quarter. Baupost Group LLC MA now owns 1,652,648 shares of the company’s stock worth $433,225,000 after buying an additional 96,981 shares in the last quarter. Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC boosted its stake in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 3.6% in the 2nd quarter. Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC now owns 1,122,475 shares of the company’s stock worth $294,246,000 after buying an additional 39,288 shares during the last quarter. Finally, American Century Companies Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 22.5% in 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 in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 93.09% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have weighed in on WTW. Morgan Stanley cut their price objective on Willis Towers Watson Public from $275.00 to $272.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, July 10th. Roth Mkm increased their price target on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $315.00 to $345.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 2nd. Barclays assumed coverage on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public in a research report on Wednesday, September 4th. They issued an “underweight” rating and a $278.00 price objective on the stock. Wells Fargo & Company increased their target price on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $321.00 to $334.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 3rd. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods lifted their price target on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $320.00 to $323.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 31st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have given a hold rating and eight have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $309.47.

Willis Towers Watson Public Stock Performance

NASDAQ WTW opened at $290.45 on Friday. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $290.65 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $271.97. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56, a current ratio of 1.94 and a quick ratio of 1.94. Willis Towers Watson Public Limited has a 1 year low of $220.00 and a 1 year high of $303.42. The stock has a market capitalization of $29.50 billion, a PE ratio of 27.79, a P/E/G ratio of 1.84 and a beta of 0.74.

Willis Towers Watson Public (NASDAQ:WTW) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 25th. The company reported $2.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating 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 analyst estimates of $2.27 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $2.05 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 4.9% on a year-over-year basis. Analysts predict that Willis Towers Watson Public Limited will post 16.49 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Willis Towers Watson Public Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, October 15th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 30th were issued a dividend of $0.88 per share. This represents a $3.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.21%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, September 30th. Willis Towers Watson Public’s payout ratio is 33.68%.

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.