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We think Willis Towers Watson showed positive momentum in the first quarter. The company has been struggling with operational issues over the past year or two, but this quarter suggests it has closed the growth gap with peers, with overall year-over-year organic growth coming in at 8%. We will maintain our $236 fair value estimate for the narrow-moat company and see the shares as about fairly valued.
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 & career (its consulting operations) and risk & brokering (its brokerage operations). The company has about 47,000 employees.
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Willis Towers Watson PLC
XNAS: WTW
| Aon PLC Class A
XNYS: AON
| Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc
XNYS: MMC
| The Travelers Companies Inc
XNYS: TRV
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Price
| 223.42 | 312.24 | 175.94 | 174.86 |
Currency
| USD | USD | USD | USD |
Change
| −$0.25 (0.11%) | −$1.56 (0.50%) | −$0.46 (0.26%) | −$0.27 (0.15%) |
Market Cap
| 23.78 Bil | 63.73 Bil | 87.08 Bil | 40.38 Bil |
Industry
| Insurance Brokers | Insurance Brokers | Insurance Brokers | Insurance - Property & Casualty |
Sector
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Financial Services
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Financial Services
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Financial Services
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Financial Services
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Yes. WTW has a forward dividend yield of 1.50%.
See
WTW’s full dividends and stock split history
on the Dividend tab.
Dividend yield allows investors, particularly those interested in dividend-paying stocks,
to compare the relationship between a stock’s price and how it rewards stockholders through dividends.
The formula for calculating dividend yield is to divide the annual dividend paid per share by the stock price.
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WTW’s market cap is 23.78 Bil.
Market capitalization is calculated by taking a company’s share price and multiplying it by the total number of shares.
It’s often used to measure a company’s size. In the Morningstar Style Box, large-cap names account for the
largest 70% of U.S. stocks, mid-cap names account for the largest 70–90%, and small-cap names are the remaining 10% of companies.
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WTW’s stock style is Large Core.
Style is an investment factor that has a meaningful impact on investment risk and returns.
Style is calculated by combining value and growth scores, which are first individually calculated.
High-growth stocks tend to represent the technology, healthcare, and communications sectors. They rarely distribute dividends to shareholders, opting for reinvestment in their businesses. More value-oriented stocks tend to represent financial services, utilities, and energy stocks. These are established companies that reliably pay dividends.
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WTW’s price/sales is 2.74.
Price/sales represents the amount an investor is willing to pay for a dollar generated from
a particular company’s sales or revenues.
WTW’s price/forward earnings is 21.44.
Forward P/E gives some indication of how cheap or expensive a stock is compared with consensus earnings estimates.
The lower the Forward P/E, the cheaper the stock.
WTW’s price/book is 2.36.
Price/book ratio can tell investors approximately how much they’re paying for a company’s assets,
based on historical, rather than current, valuations. Historical valuations generally do not reflect
a company’s current market value. Value investors frequently look for companies that have low price/book ratios.
See WTW’s valuation ratios compared to the Market Index.
WTW’s beta can be found in Trading Information at the top of this page.
A stock’s beta measures how closely tied its price movements have been to the performance of the overall market.
Compare WTW’s historical performance against its industry peers and the overall market.
