Leeward Investments LLC MA Increases Holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW)

Leeward Investments LLC MA lifted its holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW) by 48.8% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 56,679 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 18,588 shares during the period. Leeward Investments LLC MA owned 0.06% of Willis Towers Watson Public worth $15,587,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Blueshift Asset Management LLC grew its holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public by 2.6% during the 4th quarter. Blueshift Asset Management LLC now owns 1,494 shares of the company’s stock valued at $360,000 after purchasing an additional 38 shares during the last quarter. US Bancorp DE grew its stake in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 0.3% during the fourth quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 12,992 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,134,000 after buying an additional 39 shares during the last quarter. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust raised its holdings in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 19.7% in the fourth quarter. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust now owns 249 shares of the company’s stock worth $60,000 after buying an additional 41 shares during the period. Dynamic Advisor Solutions LLC lifted its stake in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 3.6% during the 4th quarter. Dynamic Advisor Solutions LLC now owns 1,721 shares of the company’s stock worth $411,000 after acquiring an additional 60 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Commerce Bank boosted its holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public by 1.8% during the 4th quarter. Commerce Bank now owns 3,952 shares of the company’s stock valued at $953,000 after acquiring an additional 68 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 93.09% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

WTW has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $317.00 to $318.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, June 20th. Piper Sandler raised their target price on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $297.00 to $303.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, April 26th. Citigroup lowered their price target on Willis Towers Watson Public from $315.00 to $312.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Monday, April 29th. Raymond James restated an “outperform” rating and set a $315.00 price objective (up from $295.00) on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public in a report on Thursday, March 28th. Finally, Bank of America raised Willis Towers Watson Public from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and lifted their target price for the company from $272.00 to $304.00 in a research report on Wednesday, May 22nd. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $296.14.

Willis Towers Watson Public Stock Down 0.7 %

Shares of NASDAQ:WTW traded down $1.76 during trading on Thursday, reaching $260.34. The stock had a trading volume of 194,404 shares, compared to its average volume of 461,273. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $255.97 and its 200 day simple moving average is $258.98. 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 Limited has a one year low of $195.29 and a one year high of $278.86. The company has a market capitalization of $26.62 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.11, a PEG ratio of 1.49 and a beta of 0.73.

Willis Towers Watson Public (NASDAQ:WTW) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, April 25th. The company reported $3.29 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.21 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $2.34 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.37 billion. Willis Towers Watson Public had a net margin of 10.88% and a return on equity of 16.31%. Willis Towers Watson Public’s revenue was up 4.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $2.84 earnings per share. As a group, research analysts expect that Willis Towers Watson Public Limited will post 16.27 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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 paid a $0.88 dividend. This represents a $3.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.35%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 28th. Willis Towers Watson Public’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 35.31%.

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.