How to buy Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company stock

Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company is an insurance brokers business based in the US. Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company shares (WLTW) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company employs 46,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$9.4 billion.

How to buy shares in Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company

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2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: WLTW. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. Weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company share price

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Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-02-24.

52-week range	USD$141.306 - USD$232.34
50-day moving average	USD$213.2188
200-day moving average	USD$207.0965
Wall St. target price	USD$252
PE ratio	29.7739
Dividend yield	USD$2.75 (1.22%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$7.65

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Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company financials

Revenue TTM	USD$9.4 billion
Operating margin TTM	14.46%
Gross profit TTM	USD$3.8 billion
Return on assets TTM	2.29%
Return on equity TTM	9.58%
Profit margin	10.65%
Book value	$83.899
Market capitalisation	USD$29.4 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company shares

There are currently 8.6 million Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company shares held short by investors – that's known as Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company's "short interest". This figure is 13.7% up from 7.6 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company shares can be evaluated.

Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company shares traded daily (recently around 1.1 million). Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company's SIR currently stands at 8.09. In other words for every 100,000 Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company shares traded daily on the market, roughly 8090 shares are currently held short.

However Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company shares, or, against the total number of tradable Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company's short interest could be expressed as 0.07% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company shares in existence, roughly 70 shares are currently held short) or 0.0881% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company shares, roughly 88 shares are currently held short).

A SIR below 10% would generally be considered to indicate a fairly optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company.

Find out more about how you can short Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company stock.

Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company's environmental, social and governance track record

Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company.

When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.

Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company's total ESG risk score

Total ESG risk: 23.32

Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company's overall score of 23.32 (as at 01/01/2019) is pretty good – landing it in it in the 30th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.

ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).

Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company's environmental score

Environmental score: 0.35/100

Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company's environmental score of 0.35 puts it squarely in the 2nd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company's social score

Social score: 10.6/100

Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company's social score of 10.6 puts it squarely in the 2nd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.

Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company's governance score

Governance score: 9.56/100

Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company's governance score puts it squarely in the 2nd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company's controversy score

Controversy score: 2/5

ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company scored a 2 out of 5 for controversy – the second-highest score possible, reflecting that Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company has, for the most part, managed to keep its nose clean.

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary

Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.

Total ESG score	23.32
Total ESG percentile	29.68
Environmental score	0.35
Environmental score percentile	2
Social score	10.6
Social score percentile	2
Governance score	9.56
Governance score percentile	2
Level of controversy	2

Have Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company's shares ever split?

Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company's shares were split on a 3775:10000 basis on 5 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 Public Limited Company shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 164.9% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company shares which in turn could have impacted Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company's share price.

Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company's shares have ranged in value from as little as $141.306 up to $232.34. 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 Public Limited Company's is 0.7689. This would suggest that Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company overview

Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company operates as an advisory, broking, and solutions company worldwide. The company's Human Capital and Benefits segment offers actuarial support, plan design, and administrative services for traditional pension and retirement savings plans; plan management consulting, broking, and administration services for health and group benefit programs; and benefits outsourcing services. It also provides advice, data, software, and products to address clients' total rewards and talent issues. Its Corporate Risk and Broking segment offers risk advice, insurance brokerage, and consulting services in the areas of property and casualty, financial lines, and transport. The company's Investment, Risk and Reinsurance segment offers capital markets-based products to insurance and reinsurance companies; software and technology, risk and capital management, products and pricing, financial and regulatory reporting, financial and capital modeling, merger and acquisition, outsourcing, and business management services; investment advice and solutions to pension funds and institutional investors; wholesale insurance broking services to retail and wholesale brokers; and underwriting and capital management, capital market, and advisory and brokerage services. Its Benefits Delivery and Administration segment provides primary medical and ancillary benefit exchange, and outsourcing services to active employees and retirees in the group and individual markets. This segment delivers healthcare and reimbursement accounts, including health savings accounts, health reimbursement arrangements, flexible spending accounts, and other consumer-directed accounts. 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 Public Limited Company is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 0.235% of Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company shares are held by insiders and 92.336% by institutions.

• How many people work for Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company?

  Latest data suggests 46,000 work at Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company.

• When does the fiscal year end for Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company?

  Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company based?

  Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company's address is: 51 Lime Street, London, United Kingdom, EC3M 7DQ

• What is Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company's ISIN number?

  Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company's international securities identification number is: IE00BDB6Q211

• What is Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company's CUSIP number?

  Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: G96629103