Research Analysts Set Expectations for WTW Q1 Earnings

Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW) – Stock analysts at William Blair issued their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for Willis Towers Watson Public in a research note issued on Tuesday, February 4th. William Blair analyst A. Klauber forecasts that the company will post earnings of $3.30 per share 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 brokerages have also weighed in on WTW. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods upped their price objective on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $378.00 to $387.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, January 10th. Raymond James upgraded shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from an “outperform” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and upped their price objective for the company from $365.00 to $400.00 in a report on Thursday, December 5th. Jefferies Financial Group raised shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their target price for the stock from $352.00 to $382.00 in a research report on Friday, December 20th. Evercore ISI raised shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and upped their price objective for the stock from $357.00 to $373.00 in a research report on Wednesday, January 8th. Finally, Barclays upped their price objective on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $278.00 to $302.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 21st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating, eight have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Willis Towers Watson Public has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $333.64.

Willis Towers Watson Public Trading Up 2.0 %

WTW stock opened at $326.91 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70, a quick ratio of 1.72 and a current ratio of 1.72. Willis Towers Watson Public has a 12-month low of $245.04 and a 12-month high of $334.99. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $317.58 and its 200 day simple moving average is $301.26.

Willis Towers Watson Public (NASDAQ:WTW) last released its earnings results 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 for 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 revenue for the quarter was up 4.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $7.44 earnings per share.

Institutional Trading of Willis Towers Watson Public

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Timber Creek Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in Willis Towers Watson Public by 11.4% in the 3rd quarter. Timber Creek Capital Management LLC now owns 19,099 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,625,000 after purchasing an additional 1,957 shares in the last quarter. OneDigital Investment Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Willis Towers Watson Public by 71.7% in the 3rd quarter. OneDigital Investment Advisors LLC now owns 6,644 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,957,000 after purchasing an additional 2,775 shares in the last quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC lifted its stake in Willis Towers Watson Public by 28.3% in the 3rd quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC now owns 104,414 shares of the company’s stock worth $30,753,000 after purchasing an additional 23,001 shares in the last quarter. Atom Investors LP lifted its stake in Willis Towers Watson Public by 64.0% in the 3rd quarter. Atom Investors LP now owns 8,014 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,360,000 after purchasing an additional 3,126 shares in the last quarter. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its stake in Willis Towers Watson Public by 24.9% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 187,267 shares of the company’s stock worth $55,156,000 after purchasing an additional 37,340 shares in the last quarter. 93.09% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Willis Towers Watson Public Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 31st were paid a dividend of $0.88 per share. This represents a $3.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.08%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 31st. Willis Towers Watson Public’s payout ratio is currently -48.35%.

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.