Overview
Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company, based in London, UK, operates primarily within the insurance and risk advisory sector. The firm excels in offering comprehensive solutions in risk management, insurance brokerage, advisory services, and analytics, catering to diverse client needs globally. Key projects often involve complex risk mitigation strategies, customized insurance underwriting, and significant actuarial services. Willis Towers Watson also focuses on integrating advanced technology and data analytics to enhance business resilience and consulting capabilities across various industries including healthcare, finance, and commodities. Their strategic projects frequently aim at transforming client operations, optimizing risk assessment processes, and pioneering insurance-linked securities, thereby solidifying their standing in the global market.
Basic Stats
The share price of Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company as of September 5, 2025 is $329.27 / share. This is an increase of 0.76% from the prior week. The market cap (or net worth) of Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company as of September 5, 2025 is $32,230.89 MM.
The Factor Analysis chart (below right) shows a view of Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company from a variety of lenses. Each factor shows how well the company ranks against all other companies in the Fintel global investing universe. Factor scores range from zero to 100, with 100 being most desirable, and 50 being average.
For example, a company with a Value Score of 100 would be the most undervalued company in our database. A company with a Value Score of zero would be the most overvalued.
| Market Cap | 32,230.89 MM |
| EV | 35,658.89 MM |
| Shares Out. | 97.85 MM |
| Earnings Date | |
| EPS (TTM) | 1.40 |
| Dividend Yield | 1.12 % |
| Ex-Dividend Date | 2025-09-30 |
| Borrow Rate | 0.39 |
| Short Shares Avail. | 1.40 MM |
| Short Interest | 3.07 MM |
| Short Float | 3.16 % |
| Days to Cover | 8.20 days |
| Risk Free Rate | 4.17 % |
| Price Change (1 yr) | 12.16 % |
| Volatility (1 yr) | 0.21 |
| Beta | 0.53 |
| Sharpe Ratio (1 yr) | 0.39 |
| Sortino Ratio (1 yr) | 0.61 |
| PE Ratio | 235.26 |
| Price/Book | 3.94 |
| Price/TBV | -15.57 |
| Book/Market | 0.25 |
| EBIT/EV | 0.01 |
| EBIT(3yr avg)/EV | 0.03 |
| ROA | 0.00 |
| ROE | 0.01 |
| ROIC | 0.01 |
| CROIC | 0.07 |
| OCROIC | 0.10 |
| Implied Volatility | 21.04 % |
| Put/Call OI Ratio | 0.43 |
Factor Scores range from 0 to 100, with 100 being most desirable. Larger circles are better. In situations where we have no data (e.g. no insider trades), we plot the score at 50 to avoid penalizing companies. However, a company that does not pay dividends will get a Dividend Score of Zero. Additionally, we inverted volatility to create a "stability" metric which is better when higher.
Price Target
The average one-year price target for Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company is $369.41. The forecasts range from a low of $308.05 to a high of $428.40. A stock’s price target is the price at which analysts consider it fairly valued with respect to its projected earnings and historical earnings. Analysts typically set price targets that correspond to their buy or sell recommendations.
Update Frequency: Monthly
Stock Upgrades/Downgrades
This card shows analyst upgrades/downgrades for Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company. An analyst rating is a classification that gives investors a sense of analyst sentiment about the direction and performance of an equity - usually a stock - over a period of time, typically 12 months.
The standard analyst ratings are generally as follows:
- Buy/Overweight/Outperform - Any of these ratings conveys an analyst’s belief that the stock is likely to outperform a market index (e.g. the S&P 500).
- Hold/Equal-Weight/Market Perform - Any of these ratings conveys an analyst’s belief that the stock is likely to perform in line with a market index.
- Sell/Underweight/Underperform - Any of these ratings suggest that an analyst believes the stock is likely to underperform a market index.
When an analyst upgrades a stock, they are signaling that the company’s fundamentals are being undervalued by investors. It could also mean they believe the market is underestimating the company’s potential. The opposite is true when a stock receives a downgrade.
The average rating of each individual analyst’s rating is the consensus rating for a stock. This gives investors a broader sense of the overall sentiment for that stock.
| Date | Analyst | Prior | Latest Recommendation |
Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-01-18 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2023-01-18 | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Market Perform | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2023-01-17 | Piper Sandler | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2022-12-29 | Raymond James | Strong Buy | Maintains | |
| 2022-12-15 | Credit Suisse | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2022-12-15 | Citigroup | Neutral | Initiate | |
| 2022-12-05 | MKM Partners | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2022-11-22 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2022-10-28 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2022-10-13 | Piper Sandler | Neutral | Overweight | Upgrade |
| 2022-09-26 | Credit Suisse | Outperform | Initiate | |
| 2022-08-19 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2022-07-29 | Raymond James | Strong Buy | Maintains | |
| 2022-07-12 | Jefferies | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2022-07-12 | Goldman Sachs | Neutral | Initiate | |
| 2022-05-23 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2022-05-02 | Raymond James | Strong Buy | Maintains | |
| 2022-03-21 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2022-02-09 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Equal-Weight | Downgrade |
| 2022-01-24 | Piper Sandler | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2023-01-20 | BMO Capital | Market Perform | Initiate | |
| 2023-01-09 | Goldman Sachs | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2023-02-14 | Stifel | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2023-02-16 | Baird | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2023-02-27 | Goldman Sachs | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2023-05-02 | Citigroup | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2023-04-10 | Jefferies | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2023-04-18 | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2023-04-18 | Citigroup | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2023-04-28 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2023-05-23 | BMO Capital | Market Perform | Market Perform | Maintains |
| 2023-05-01 | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2023-05-01 | Baird | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2023-04-28 | Raymond James | Strong Buy | Maintains | |
| 2024-02-07 | Roth MKM | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-02-07 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2023-06-20 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Initiate | |
| 2023-10-11 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2023-09-19 | Citigroup | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2023-07-17 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2023-10-27 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2023-08-09 | Citigroup | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2024-02-13 | Citigroup | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2023-07-31 | Raymond James | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2023-08-28 | Roth MKM | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2023-08-08 | BMO Capital | Market Perform | Underperform | Downgrade |
| 2023-07-27 | Raymond James | Strong Buy | Outperform | Downgrade |
| 2023-09-13 | Piper Sandler | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2023-10-27 | Truist Securities | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2023-10-27 | Piper Sandler | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2023-10-31 | Raymond James | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2024-02-12 | Citigroup | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2024-02-12 | BMO Capital | Underperform | Market Perform | Upgrade |
| 2024-04-26 | Evercore ISI Group | In-Line | In-Line | Maintains |
| 2024-04-26 | Piper Sandler | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2023-07-28 | Raymond James | Strong Buy | Outperform | Downgrade |
| 2023-10-06 | Jefferies | Hold | Hold | Maintains |
| 2024-05-22 | B of A Securities | Underperform | Neutral | Upgrade |
| 2024-01-11 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Overweight | Upgrade |
| 2024-02-07 | Stifel | Hold | Hold | Maintains |
| 2024-05-06 | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2024-02-07 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2024-02-07 | Truist Securities | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-01-10 | TD Cowen | Outperform | Initiate | |
| 2024-04-11 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2024-04-29 | Citigroup | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-04-10 | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2024-03-28 | Raymond James | Outperform | Outperform | Reiterate |
| 2024-07-10 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2024-06-20 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2024-07-26 | Roth MKM | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-07-26 | Truist Securities | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-07-26 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2025-01-14 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2024-11-21 | Barclays | Underweight | Underweight | Maintains |
| 2024-11-05 | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2024-10-02 | Roth MKM | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-10-02 | Truist Securities | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2025-04-11 | Jefferies | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2025-04-11 | Barclays | Underweight | Underweight | Maintains |
| 2024-07-31 | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2024-10-03 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2024-09-04 | Barclays | Underweight | Initiate | |
| 2024-12-04 | Truist Securities | Buy | Buy | Reiterate |
| 2024-12-04 | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2025-01-10 | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2024-12-05 | Raymond James | Outperform | Strong Buy | Upgrade |
| 2025-03-18 | UBS | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2024-10-09 | Jefferies | Hold | Hold | Maintains |
| 2024-11-04 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2025-08-13 | Citigroup | Neutral | Initiate | |
| 2025-04-09 | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2025-04-28 | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2025-07-10 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2025-07-07 | Barclays | Underweight | Underweight | Maintains |
| 2025-08-18 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
