Willis Towers Watson
About: In January 2016, Towers Watson and Willis Group merged to form Willis Towers Watson, a global advisory, insurance brokerage, and solutions company. The company operates in two business segments: health, wealth, and career (its consulting operations) and risk and brokering (its brokerage operations). It has about 48,000 employees.
Employees: 48,000
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Funds holding %
of 7,139 funds
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Analysts bullish %
of 4 analysts
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
61% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 98 | Existing positions closed: 61
20% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 15 [Q3] → 18 (+3) [Q4]
8% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $27.1B [Q3] → $29.4B (+$2.27B) [Q4]
2% more funds holding
Funds holding: 661 [Q3] → 676 (+15) [Q4]
4% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 242 | Existing positions reduced: 233
8% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $29M | Put options by funds: $31.5M
5.83% less ownership
Funds ownership: 98.19% [Q3] → 92.36% (-5.83%) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
4 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
Low target
$345
6%
upside
Avg. target
$378
16%
upside
High target
$400
23%
upside
4 analyst ratings
4 positive
100%
0 neutral
0%
0 negative
0%
Wells Fargo Elyse Greenspan 68% 1-year accuracy 77 / 114 met price target | 6%upside $345 | Overweight Maintained | 14 Jan 2025 |
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Meyer Shields 62% 1-year accuracy 69 / 112 met price target | 19%upside $387 | Outperform Maintained | 10 Jan 2025 |
Raymond James C. Gregory Peters 81% 1-year accuracy 30 / 37 met price target | 23%upside $400 | Strong Buy Upgraded | 5 Dec 2024 |
Truist Securities Mark Hughes 77% 1-year accuracy 46 / 60 met price target | 17%upside $380 | Buy Reiterated | 4 Dec 2024 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 16 articles about WTW published over the past 30 days
Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
2 days ago
Willis appoints Helen Campbell Head of Property Wordings in North America
NEW YORK, Feb. 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Willis, a WTW business, (Nasdaq: WTW), today announced the appointment of Helen Campbell as Head of Property Wordings in North America. Her role covers property policy language, terms and conditions for both the insurance and reinsurance businesses at WTW.
Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
3 days ago
WTW and Cornell University partner to predict drought and prepare for water scarcity
LONDON, Feb. 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WTW (NASDAQ: WTW), a leading global advisory, broking, and solutions company, announced today a new scientific partnership with Cornell University to quantify the risks of severe and sustained drought worldwide. This collaboration will provide an in-depth view of global exposure to drought risks and the potential effects of water shortages on business operations.
Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
1 week ago
WTW launches HR AI assistant, Expert
New AI assistant is designed to streamline the work of HR, compensation and benefits teams, improving efficiency and performance New AI assistant is designed to streamline the work of HR, compensation and benefits teams, improving efficiency and performance
Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
2 weeks ago
UPDATE: WTW debuts new Insurance Pricing and Underwriting Technology to accelerate speed to market in Guidewire PolicyCenter
NEW YORK, Feb. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WTW (NASDAQ: WTW), a leading global advisory, broking, and solutions company, announced the latest advancement in its Radar rating and analytics engine with the launch of its Rating, Pricing, and Underwriting acceleratori for Guidewire.
Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
2 weeks ago
WTW debuts new Insurance Pricing and Underwriting Technology to accelerate speed to market in Guidewire PolicyCenter
LONDON, Feb. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WTW (NASDAQ: WTW), a leading global advisory, broking, and solutions company, today announced the latest advancement in its Radar rating and analytics engine with the launch of its Rating, Pricing, and Underwriting acceleratori for Guidewire.
Neutral
Seeking Alpha
2 weeks ago
Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company (WTW) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript
Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company (NASDAQ:WTW ) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call February 4, 2025 9:00 AM ET Company Participants Carl Hess - CEO Andrew Krasner - CFO Conference Call Participants Elyse Greenspan - Wells Fargo Gregory Peters - Raymond James Andrew Kligerman - TD Cowen Robert Cox - Goldman Sachs Alex Scott - Barclays Paul Newsome - Piper Sandler Mark Hughes - Truist Securities Joshua Shanker - Bank of America David Motemaden - Evercore ISI Meyer Shields - KBW Operator Good morning. Welcome to the WTW Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Earnings Conference Call.
Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
2 weeks ago
Willis appoints Mike Giacobbe as Client Strategy Leader, Corporate Risk & Broking, North America
NEW YORK, Feb. 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Willis, a WTW business, (NASDAQ: WTW), today announced the appointment of Mike Giacobbe as Client Strategy Leader for Corporate Risk & Broking, North America. Giacobbe will report to Adam Garrard, Chairman, Global Risk & Broking.
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
2 weeks ago
Willis Towers Q4 Earnings Surpass Estimates on Higher Revenues
WTW's Q4 results reflect higher revenues and expanded operating margins at the Health, Wealth & Career and Risk & Broking segments as well as lower expenses.
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
2 weeks ago
Willis Towers Watson (WTW) Reports Q4 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say
Although the revenue and EPS for Willis Towers Watson (WTW) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended December 2024, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
2 weeks ago
Willis Towers Watson (WTW) Q4 Earnings Beat Estimates
Willis Towers Watson (WTW) came out with quarterly earnings of $8.13 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $8.01 per share. This compares to earnings of $7.44 per share a year ago.
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