Willis Towers Watson Public (NASDAQ:WTW) vs. Oxbridge Re (NASDAQ:OXBR) Head to Head Comparison

Oxbridge Re (NASDAQ:OXBR) and Willis Towers Watson Public (NASDAQ:WTW) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Volatility & Risk

Oxbridge Re has a beta of 1.78, suggesting that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Willis Towers Watson Public has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Oxbridge Re and Willis Towers Watson Public’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Oxbridge Re	-151.89%	-59.48%	-35.20%
Willis Towers Watson Public	1.40%	21.60%	6.20%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Oxbridge Re and Willis Towers Watson Public”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Oxbridge Re	$550,000.00	27.02	-$2.73 million	($0.41)	-4.74
Willis Towers Watson Public	$9.93 billion	3.36	-$98.00 million	$1.46	234.38

Oxbridge Re has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Willis Towers Watson Public. Oxbridge Re is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Willis Towers Watson Public, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

5.6% of Oxbridge Re shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of Willis Towers Watson Public shares are held by institutional investors. 16.5% of Oxbridge Re shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Willis Towers Watson Public shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for Oxbridge Re and Willis Towers Watson Public, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Oxbridge Re	0	0	1	0	3.00
Willis Towers Watson Public	1	4	7	1	2.62

Oxbridge Re currently has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 157.07%. Willis Towers Watson Public has a consensus price target of $363.42, indicating a potential upside of 6.20%. Given Oxbridge Re’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Oxbridge Re is more favorable than Willis Towers Watson Public.

Summary

Willis Towers Watson Public beats Oxbridge Re on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Oxbridge Re

Oxbridge Re Holdings Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides specialty property and casualty reinsurance solutions. The company underwrites collateralized reinsurance contracts primarily for property and casualty insurance companies in the Gulf Coast region of the United States. It also issues reinsurance contracts through digital securities by blockchain technology. In addition, the company offers fractional aircraft ownership, jet card, aircraft brokerage, and charter service through its fleet of private aircraft. It distributes its products and solutions through reinsurance brokers. Oxbridge Re Holdings Limited was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in George Town, the Cayman Islands.

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. It also provides advice, data, software, and products to address clients' total rewards and talent issues; and risk advice, insurance brokerage, and consulting services in the areas of property and casualty, affinity, risk and analytics, aerospace, construction, global markets direct & facultative, financial, executive and professional risks, financial solutions, crisis management, surety, marine, and natural resources. In addition, the company offers integrated solutions that consists of investment discretionary management, pension administration, core actuarial, and communication and change management assistance services; and software and technology, risk and capital management, products and product pricing, financial and regulatory reporting, financial and capital modeling, M&A, outsourcing, and business management services. The company was formerly known as Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company and changed its name to Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company in January 2016. Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company was founded in 1828 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.