Cheapest way to buy Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company shares in the UK

Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company (WLTW) is a publicly traded insurance brokers business based in the UK which employs around 46,000 staff. Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company is listed on the NASDAQ and traded in US dollars.

How to buy shares in Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company

Open a brokerage account. Choose from our top broker picks or compare brokers in depth. To trade US shares you'll need to complete a W8-BEN form – typically part of the sign-up process.
Fund your account. Add money to your account via bank transfer or debit card.
Search the platform by ticker symbol. WLTW in this case.
Choose an order type. Place a market order (or limit order, if you want to try to hold out for a specific price) with your preferred number of shares or investment amount.
Submit the order. It's that simple.

The whole process can take as little as 15 minutes. You'll need a smartphone or computer, an internet connection, your passport or driving licence and a means of payment.

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Is Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company under- or over-valued?

Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA.

Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 13x. In other words, Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company's shares trade at around 13x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the United States stock markets on average as of March 2025 (25.37). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.7875. A PEG ratio below 1 can be interpreted as meaning the shares are not overvalued given the current rate of growth.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company'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 Public Limited Company's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is a whopping $2.5 billion (£1.9 billion).

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

Frequently asked questions

Dividend yield: 1.38% of stock value
Forward annual dividend yield: 1.38% of stock value
Dividend payout ratio: 37.61% of net profits

Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company has recently paid out dividends equivalent to 1.38% of its share value annually.

Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company has paid out, on average, around 37.61% of recent net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.38% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), shareholders could enjoy a 1.38% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company's case, that would currently equate to about 0.71 per share.

While Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that it may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company's most recent dividend payout was on 17 January 2022. To be eligible for the latest dividend you would need to have been a shareholder at 29 December 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").
Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company's shares were split on a 1:2 basis on 4 January 2016. So if you had owned 2 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1 share. 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 100% 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.
It's as easy to sell Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company as it is to buy! Here's how to sell Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company shares that you already own.
1. Open your investment app. If you've got one with desktop access, you can log in online
2. Go to your portfolio. This should be in the main menu
3. Find your shares. You may be able to search your portfolio
4. Choose how many you'd like to sell. You'll be able to review the price and see how much you'll receive
5. Sell your Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company shares. Your investment platform will let you know when your shares are sold
The easiest way to get hold of some Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company shares is to sign up for a share trading app and place a market order or basic order. This type of order tells the platform that you're interested, so it'll try to execute it as quickly as it can. It could take some time for the order to go through, especially if there's a lot of volatility in Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company shares.

Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company financials

Revenue TTM	$9.7 billion
Operating margin TTM	20.38%
Gross profit TTM	$4.1 billion
Return on assets TTM	3.28%
Return on equity TTM	21.02%
Profit margin	23.67%
Book value	$91.44
Market capitalisation	$28.9 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

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How to buy Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company shares

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