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Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Co (NASDAQ: WTW) closed the day trading at $307.65 down -1.46% from the previous closing price of $312.22. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.46 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.82 million shares were traded. WTW stock price reached its highest trading level at $312.2 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $305.98.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of WTW, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 22.52 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 23.98. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.80 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.78.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, Raymond James on December 05, 2024, Upgraded its rating to Strong Buy and sets its target price to $400 from $365 previously.
On September 05, 2024, Barclays started tracking the stock assigning a Underweight rating and target price of $278.
BofA Securities Upgraded its Underperform to Neutral on May 22, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $272 to $304.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 01 ’24 when Krasner Andrew Jay sold 1,100 shares for $272.13 per share. The transaction valued at 299,346 led to the insider holds 4,170 shares of the business.
Gebauer Julie Jarecke sold 5,000 shares of WTW for $1,380,144 on Feb 20 ’24. The Head of Health, Wealth &Career now owns 68,574 shares after completing the transaction at $276.03 per share. On Feb 08 ’24, another insider, Garrard Adam, who serves as the Head of Risk & Broking of the company, sold 5,400 shares for $270.41 each. As a result, the insider received 1,460,214 and left with 11,259 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, WTW now has a Market Capitalization of 31448598528 and an Enterprise Value of 35683192832. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 3.16 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 4.14. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.638 whereas that against EBITDA is 13.825.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, WTW has reached a high of $334.99, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $234.01. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 0.87%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 10.43%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, WTW traded about 659.04K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, WTW traded about 947290 shares per day. A total of 100.87M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 100.41M. Insiders hold about 0.31% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 95.82% stake in the company. Shares short for WTW as of 1732838400 were 1063802 with a Short Ratio of 1.51, compared to 1730332800 on 977700. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1063802 and a Short% of Float of 1.3599999999999999.
Dividends & Splits
WTW’s forward annual dividend rate is 3.48, up from 0.88 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0028185253The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.35.
