Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW) Shares Bought by Empowered Funds LLC

Empowered Funds LLC grew its position in Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW) by 2.8% in the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 4,417 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 120 shares during the quarter. Empowered Funds LLC’s holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public were worth $1,301,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of WTW. Edgestream Partners L.P. increased its stake in Willis Towers Watson Public by 24.6% during the 1st quarter. Edgestream Partners L.P. now owns 1,651 shares of the company’s stock worth $454,000 after buying an additional 326 shares during the period. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public by 21.3% in the first quarter. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC now owns 3,072 shares of the company’s stock valued at $845,000 after purchasing an additional 540 shares during the period. Toronto Dominion Bank grew its stake in Willis Towers Watson Public by 34.8% during the 1st quarter. Toronto Dominion Bank now owns 79,622 shares of the company’s stock worth $21,896,000 after purchasing an additional 20,558 shares in the last quarter. LRI Investments LLC purchased a new stake in Willis Towers Watson Public during the 1st quarter worth about $118,000. Finally, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD raised its position in Willis Towers Watson Public by 4.1% in the 1st quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 154,973 shares of the company’s stock valued at $42,618,000 after purchasing an additional 6,118 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 93.09% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have recently commented on WTW shares. Roth Mkm boosted their price objective on 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. Truist Financial increased their price objective on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $335.00 to $365.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 2nd. Jefferies Financial Group lifted 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. Barclays increased their target price on Willis Towers Watson Public from $278.00 to $302.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a report on Thursday. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods lifted their price target on Willis Towers Watson Public from $352.00 to $359.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 5th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating and eight have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Willis Towers Watson Public has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $313.87.

Willis Towers Watson Public Stock Up 2.1 %

WTW stock opened at $315.15 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $31.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -42.29, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.92 and a beta of 0.73. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $297.59 and a 200 day moving average price of $278.27. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70, a current ratio of 1.72 and a quick ratio of 1.72. Willis Towers Watson Public Limited has a 12 month low of $234.01 and a 12 month high of $320.77.

Willis Towers Watson Public (NASDAQ:WTW) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, October 31st. The company reported $2.93 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.68 by $0.25. Willis Towers Watson Public had a negative net margin of 7.36% and a positive return on equity of 18.57%. The business had revenue of $2.29 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.28 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $2.24 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 5.7% compared to the same quarter last year. Sell-side analysts expect that Willis Towers Watson Public Limited will post 16.7 earnings per share for the current year.

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.