How to buy Willis Towers Watson stock (WTW)

Willis Towers Watson is an insurance brokers business based in the US. Willis Towers Watson shares (WTW) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $307.55 – a decrease of 0.74% over the previous week. Willis Towers Watson employs 48,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $9.8 billion.

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Willis Towers Watson stock price (NASDAQ: WTW)

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Willis Towers Watson shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-12.

Latest market close	$307.55
52-week range	$230.97 - $334.99
50-day moving average more info button	$305.01
200-day moving average more info button	$278.58
Wall St. target price	$353.39
PE ratio more info button	N/A
Dividend yield more info button	$0.88 (1.14%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$-7.22

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Willis Towers Watson price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $310.53 from 2024-12-17

1 week (2024-12-12)	0.70%
1 month (2024-11-19)	0.96%
3 months (2024-09-19)	7.52%
6 months (2024-06-18)	21.55%

1 year (2023-12-19)	30.22%
2 years (2022-12-19)	33.41%
3 years (2021-12-17)	39.14%
5 years (2019-12-19)	63.27%

Is Willis Towers Watson stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Willis Towers Watson stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Willis Towers Watson's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Willis Towers Watson's PEG ratio

Willis Towers Watson's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.08. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Willis Towers Watson's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Willis Towers Watson's EBITDA

Willis Towers Watson's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $2.6 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Willis Towers Watson's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Willis Towers Watson financials

Revenue TTM	$9.8 billion
Operating margin TTM	16.6%
Gross profit TTM	$4.1 billion
Return on assets TTM	4.84%
Return on equity TTM	-8.36%
Profit margin	-7.36%
Book value	$74.27
Market Capitalization more info button	$31.2 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Willis Towers Watson share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 21.47% of net profits

Recently Willis Towers Watson has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Willis Towers Watson shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Willis Towers Watson's case, that would currently equate to about $0.88 per share.

While Willis Towers Watson's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Willis Towers Watson is investing more in its future growth.

Willis Towers Watson's most recent dividend payout was on 14 October 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 30 December 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Willis Towers Watson's shares ever split?

Willis Towers Watson's shares were split on a 3775:10000 basis on 4 January 2016 . So if you had owned 10000 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 3775 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Willis Towers Watson shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 164.9% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for Willis Towers Watson shares which in turn could have impacted Willis Towers Watson's share price.

Willis Towers Watson share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Willis Towers Watson's shares have ranged in value from as little as $230.9695 up to $334.99. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Willis Towers Watson's is 0.742. This would suggest that Willis Towers Watson's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Willis Towers Watson overview

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.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Willis Towers Watson is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.24% of Willis Towers Watson shares are held by insiders and 94.839% by institutions. How many people work for Willis Towers Watson?
Latest data suggests 48,000 work at Willis Towers Watson. When does the fiscal year end for Willis Towers Watson?
Willis Towers Watson's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Willis Towers Watson based?
Willis Towers Watson's address is: 51 Lime Street, London, United Kingdom, EC3M 7DQ What is Willis Towers Watson's ISIN number?
Willis Towers Watson's international securities identification number is: IE00BDB6Q211