Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Co (NASDAQ: WTW) is -1.97% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $245.04 and a high of $344.14 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The WTW stock was last observed hovering at around $325.68 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -18.62%.
Currently trading at $307.06, the stock is -4.96% and -6.19% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.4 million and changing -5.72% at the moment leaves the stock 0.29% off its SMA200. WTW registered 15.80% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 5.70%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $327.3344 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $306.1661.
The stock witnessed a -9.14% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -3.74%, and is -5.44% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.22% over the week and 3.15% over the month.
Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Co (WTW) has around 48900 employees, a market worth around $30.52B and $9.81B in sales. Fwd P/E is 16.05. Profit margin for the company is -0.54%. Distance from 52-week low is 25.31% and -10.77% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-0.39%).
with sales reaching $2.24B over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -0.83% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -3.52% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -0.91% in year-over-year returns.
1057.0 institutions hold shares in Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Co (WTW), with institutional investors hold 96.92% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 99.21M, and float is at 98.94M with Short Float at 1.32%. Institutions hold 96.69% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 11.42 million shares valued at $2.99 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 11.0906 of the WTW Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 9.96 million shares valued at $2.61 billion to account for 9.6656 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ which holds 8.22 million shares representing 7.9761 and valued at over $2.15 billion, while FIRST EAGLE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC holds 5.2212 of the shares totaling 5.38 million with a market value of $1.41 billion.
Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Co (WTW) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Gebauer Julie Jarecke, the company’s Pres.-Health, Wealth & Career. SEC filings show that Gebauer Julie Jarecke sold 1,616 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 03 ’25 at a price of $338.74 per share for a total of $0.55 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 72793.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 28 ’25, Gebauer Julie Jarecke (Pres.-Health, Wealth & Career) disposed off 3,384 shares at an average price of $335.77 for $1.14 million. The insider now directly holds 74,417 shares of Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Co (WTW).
