Timber Creek Capital Management LLC Purchases 32 Shares of Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW)

Timber Creek Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW) by 0.2% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 19,131 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 32 shares during the period. Willis Towers Watson Public makes up about 1.7% of Timber Creek Capital Management LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 19th largest holding. Timber Creek Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public were worth $5,993,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in WTW. Mizuho Securities USA LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 95,880.2% during the 3rd quarter. Mizuho Securities USA LLC now owns 7,569,000 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,229,298,000 after buying an additional 7,561,114 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public by 0.8% during the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 2,629,439 shares of the company’s stock worth $772,027,000 after acquiring an additional 19,623 shares during the last quarter. FMR LLC grew its position in Willis Towers Watson Public by 2.0% in the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 2,416,455 shares of the company’s stock worth $711,718,000 after purchasing an additional 48,384 shares in the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. lifted its holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public by 0.5% during the third quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 2,002,167 shares of the company’s stock worth $589,698,000 after acquiring an additional 10,856 shares during the period. Finally, Baupost Group LLC MA boosted its holdings in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 7.8% in the 3rd quarter. Baupost Group LLC MA now owns 1,781,206 shares of the company’s stock worth $524,619,000 after buying an additional 128,558 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 93.09% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

WTW has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Barclays lifted their price objective on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $278.00 to $302.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 21st. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods raised their price target on Willis Towers Watson Public from $378.00 to $387.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, January 10th. Evercore ISI raised shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and increased their target price for the company from $357.00 to $373.00 in a report on Wednesday, January 8th. Raymond James raised Willis Towers Watson Public from an “outperform” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and increased their price objective for the company from $365.00 to $400.00 in a research note on Thursday, December 5th. Finally, Truist Financial restated a “buy” rating and set a $380.00 price target (up previously from $365.00) on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public in a report on Wednesday, December 4th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating, eight have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $342.08.

Willis Towers Watson Public Price Performance

WTW stock opened at $322.27 on Wednesday. Willis Towers Watson Public Limited has a 52 week low of $245.04 and a 52 week high of $334.99. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $317.37 and a 200 day moving average of $304.02. The company has a current ratio of 1.98, a quick ratio of 1.72 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.66.

Willis Towers Watson Public (NASDAQ:WTW) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The company reported $8.13 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $8.01 by $0.12. The firm had revenue of $3.04 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.05 billion. Willis Towers Watson Public had a positive return on equity of 20.02% and a negative net margin of 0.99%. The company’s revenue was up 4.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $7.44 earnings per share. Equities analysts predict that Willis Towers Watson Public Limited will post 17.44 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Willis Towers Watson Public Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st were paid a dividend of $0.88 per share. This represents a $3.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.09%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 31st. Willis Towers Watson Public’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -352.00%.

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.