AMG National Trust Bank Decreases Stock Position in Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW)

AMG National Trust Bank reduced its holdings in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW) by 1.2% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 12,634 shares of the company’s stock after selling 154 shares during the quarter. AMG National Trust Bank’s holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public were worth $3,721,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Mizuho Securities USA LLC increased its stake 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 purchasing an additional 7,561,114 shares in the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. increased its position 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 buying an additional 10,856 shares in the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp raised its holdings in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 17.8% in the second quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 1,728,554 shares of the company’s stock worth $453,123,000 after acquiring an additional 261,562 shares during the last quarter. Baupost Group LLC MA lifted its position in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 6.2% in the second quarter. Baupost Group LLC MA now owns 1,652,648 shares of the company’s stock valued at $433,225,000 after acquiring an additional 96,981 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC boosted its stake in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public by 3.6% during the second quarter. Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC now owns 1,122,475 shares of the company’s stock valued at $294,246,000 after acquiring an additional 39,288 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.09% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

WTW has been the subject of several analyst reports. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods upped their target price on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $352.00 to $359.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 5th. UBS Group raised shares of Willis Towers Watson Public to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 9th. Roth Mkm raised their target price on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $315.00 to $345.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 2nd. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price target on Willis Towers Watson Public from $334.00 to $340.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, November 4th. Finally, Barclays began coverage on Willis Towers Watson Public in a report on Wednesday, September 4th. They issued an “underweight” rating and a $278.00 price target for the company. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have issued a hold rating and eight have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $312.27.

Willis Towers Watson Public Stock Up 0.0 %

Shares of WTW stock opened at $312.70 on Tuesday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.72, a current ratio of 1.72 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70. Willis Towers Watson Public Limited has a fifty-two week low of $234.01 and a fifty-two week high of $320.77. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $296.49 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $277.24.

Willis Towers Watson Public (NASDAQ:WTW) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, October 31st. The company reported $2.93 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.68 by $0.25. Willis Towers Watson Public had a negative net margin of 7.36% and a positive return on equity of 18.57%. The business had revenue of $2.29 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.28 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $2.24 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 5.7% on a year-over-year basis. Research analysts predict that Willis Towers Watson Public Limited will post 16.67 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Willis Towers Watson Public Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, October 15th. Investors of record on Monday, September 30th were issued a dividend of $0.88 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, September 30th. This represents a $3.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.13%. Willis Towers Watson Public’s payout ratio is currently -48.35%.

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.