Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW) Shares Sold by Rockefeller Capital Management L.P.

Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. decreased its holdings in Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (NASDAQ:WTW) by 7.4% in the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 217,508 shares of the company’s stock after selling 17,458 shares during the quarter. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. owned 0.22% of Willis Towers Watson Public worth $64,063,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Capital Performance Advisors LLP acquired a new position in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public during the 3rd quarter worth about $27,000. American National Bank purchased a new position in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public in the second quarter worth about $36,000. Ashton Thomas Securities LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public in the third quarter valued at approximately $41,000. New Millennium Group LLC acquired a new position in Willis Towers Watson Public during the second quarter worth $54,000. Finally, LRI Investments LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Willis Towers Watson Public in the 1st quarter worth $58,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 93.09% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

WTW has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. UBS Group raised shares of Willis Towers Watson Public to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 9th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods lifted their price objective 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. Jefferies Financial Group increased their target price on shares of Willis Towers Watson Public from $295.00 to $314.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 9th. Roth Mkm upped their price objective on 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. Finally, Barclays increased their price objective on 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. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have issued a hold rating and eight have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $313.87.

Willis Towers Watson Public Trading Up 0.4 %

Shares of Willis Towers Watson Public stock opened at $322.00 on Friday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $301.34 and a 200-day simple moving average of $281.18. Willis Towers Watson Public Limited has a 12-month low of $234.01 and a 12-month high of $322.88. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70, a quick ratio of 1.72 and a current ratio of 1.72.

Willis Towers Watson Public (NASDAQ:WTW) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 31st. The company reported $2.93 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.68 by $0.25. Willis Towers Watson Public had a positive return on equity of 18.57% and a negative net margin of 7.36%. The company had revenue of $2.29 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.28 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $2.24 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 5.7% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities analysts expect that Willis Towers Watson Public Limited will post 16.7 earnings per share for the current year.

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.