V Square Quantitative Management LLC Has $527,000 Stock Holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW)

V Square Quantitative Management LLC trimmed its position in Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW) by 6.2% during the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 2,009 shares of the company’s stock after selling 133 shares during the period. V Square Quantitative Management LLC’s holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public were worth $527,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Victory Capital Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of 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 worth $355,217,000 after acquiring an additional 1,442,722 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new position in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public during the 4th quarter worth approximately $300,782,000. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. bought a new position in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public during the 4th quarter worth approximately $107,010,000. Acadian Asset Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 520.3% in the first quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 417,427 shares of the company’s stock valued at $114,765,000 after buying an additional 350,135 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sound Shore Management Inc. CT bought a new position in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public in the fourth quarter valued at $73,185,000. 93.09% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Evercore ISI raised their target price 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. Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $318.00 to $321.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, July 26th. Bank of America raised shares of 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. Truist Financial lifted their price objective on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $310.00 to $335.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, July 26th. Finally, Morgan Stanley reduced their price objective on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $275.00 to $272.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, July 10th. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Willis Towers Watson Public has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $300.21.

Willis Towers Watson Public Stock Up 1.9 %

WTW stock opened at $279.98 on Thursday. Willis Towers Watson Public Limited has a 52 week low of $195.29 and a 52 week high of $286.13. The company has a quick ratio of 1.94, a current ratio of 1.94 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $266.22 and a 200 day simple moving average of $264.75. The company has a market cap of $28.62 billion, a PE ratio of 28.08, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.44 and a beta of 0.73.

Willis Towers Watson Public (NASDAQ:WTW) last released its earnings results on Thursday, July 25th. The company reported $2.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.28 by $0.27. The firm had revenue of $2.27 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.27 billion. Willis Towers Watson Public had a return on equity of 16.97% and a net margin of 11.24%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $2.05 earnings per share. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Willis Towers Watson Public Limited will post 16.61 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Willis Towers Watson Public Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, July 15th. Stockholders of record on Sunday, June 30th were issued a dividend of $0.88 per share. This represents a $3.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.26%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, June 28th. Willis Towers Watson Public’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 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.