Zacks Research Analysts Raise Earnings Estimates for Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW)

Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research raised their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for Willis Towers Watson Public in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, June 26th. Zacks Research analyst D. Chatterjee now expects that the company will earn $3.60 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $3.51. The consensus estimate for Willis Towers Watson Public’s current full-year earnings is $16.27 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Willis Towers Watson Public’s Q3 2025 earnings at $3.44 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $7.99 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $18.11 EPS and Q1 2026 earnings at $4.30 EPS.

Willis Towers Watson Public (NASDAQ:WTW) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 25th. The company reported $3.29 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.21 by $0.08. Willis Towers Watson Public had a net margin of 10.88% and a return on equity of 16.31%. The firm had revenue of $2.34 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.37 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $2.84 earnings per share. Willis Towers Watson Public’s quarterly revenue was up 4.3% on a year-over-year basis.

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. Bank of America upgraded Willis Towers Watson Public from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and raised their target price for the company from $272.00 to $304.00 in a research note on Wednesday, May 22nd. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their target price on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $317.00 to $318.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 20th. Evercore ISI raised their price target on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $290.00 to $295.00 and gave the company an “in-line” rating in a research note on Friday, April 26th. Citigroup reduced their price objective on Willis Towers Watson Public from $315.00 to $312.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, April 29th. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods cut their target price on Willis Towers Watson Public from $317.00 to $311.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, May 6th. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $296.14.

Willis Towers Watson Public Trading Down 0.4 %

Shares of NASDAQ WTW opened at $262.14 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $26.80 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.29, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.50 and a beta of 0.75. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $256.13 and its 200 day simple moving average is $258.56. The company has a current ratio of 1.89, a quick ratio of 1.89 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.55. Willis Towers Watson Public has a 12-month low of $195.29 and a 12-month high of $278.86.

Institutional Trading of Willis Towers Watson Public

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in WTW. First Eagle Investment Management LLC raised its stake in Willis Towers Watson Public by 2.9% during the 4th quarter. First Eagle Investment Management LLC now owns 5,568,252 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,343,062,000 after purchasing an additional 158,234 shares during the period. Victory Capital Management Inc. grew its stake in Willis Towers Watson Public by 4,811.5% during the 4th quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,472,707 shares of the company’s stock valued at $355,217,000 after acquiring an additional 1,442,722 shares in the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp increased its holdings in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 2.3% in the 1st quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 1,466,992 shares of the company’s stock valued at $403,423,000 after purchasing an additional 32,792 shares during the period. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public in the fourth quarter worth approximately $300,782,000. Finally, American Century Companies Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 25.4% during the third quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 1,093,722 shares of the company’s stock worth $228,544,000 after purchasing an additional 221,450 shares during the period. 93.09% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Willis Towers Watson Public Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, July 15th. Shareholders of record on Sunday, June 30th will be given a $0.88 dividend. This represents a $3.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.34%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 28th. Willis Towers Watson Public’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 35.31%.

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.