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Willis Towers Watson PLC

United Kingdom · Large Cap · listed since 2016 · Revenue 12 mo. $10.1B

Price as of 11/06/2026

StockScorer score
1.8
of 10 2 of 11 points Not rated To the score
Price
$328.86
1 Y −7.5%
Market cap
$30.2B
Phase
Payout
core business profitable, at least half of operating cash flow goes to shareholders
Revenue +3.1% a year (3 years)EBIT margin 23.0%Payout 112.6% of operating cash flow

Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company operates as an advisory, broking, and solutions company worldwide.

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Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company operates as an advisory, broking, and solutions company worldwide. The company operates through two segments: Health, Wealth & Career and Risk & Broking. It offers strategy and design consulting, plan management service and support, broking and administration services for health, wellbeing, and other group benefit programs, including medical, dental, disability, life, voluntary benefits, and other coverages; actuarial support, plan design, and administrative services for pension and retirement savings plans; retirement consulting services and solutions; and integrated solutions that consists of investment discretionary management, pension administration, core actuarial, and communication and change management assistance services. The company also provides advice, data, software, and products to address clients' total rewards and talent issues; and risk advice, insurance brokerage, and consulting services in the areas of property and casualty, affinity, risk and analytics, aerospace, construction, global markets direct and facultative, financial, executive and professional risks, credit risk solutions, crisis management, surety, marine, and natural resources. In addition, it offers software and technology, risk and capital management, products and product pricing, financial and regulatory reporting, financial and capital modeling, M&A, outsourcing, and business management services. 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.

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Summary

Willis Towers Watson PLC is around the middle of the Financial Services sector overall

53.1 of 100

Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.

Analysis

What the price requires

The price requires 7.9% FCF growth a year: more than over the last 5 years, less than over the last 10 years.

If free cash flow stays at €1.4B (2025), it supports €15.4B. The remaining €11.7B of the market value assume it grows 7.9% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.

Required FCF growth per year

7.9%

no growth afterwards

Market value breakdown€27.1B market value, price as of 11/06/2026

€15.4B without growth
€11.7B priced-in growth
  • 5 yrs achieved −0.3%
  • 10 yrs achieved 15.6%
  • priced in 7.9%

Valuation against its own history

Price to operating cash flow 16.1×, within its usual range.

Middle half of 20 quarters: 15.2× to 23.2×, median 20.5×.

Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.

1 sign supports the expectation, 1 speaks against it.

What supports it

with respect to the priced-in expectation

  • Low capital needs capex median 2.9% of revenue (10 years)

What speaks against it

with respect to the priced-in expectation

  • Volatile earnings 3 drops or sign changes in up to 10 years

Since the last quarter

Q1 → Q2 2026

Mostly better than the previous quarter: 3 of 3 changes for the better.

  • FCF, 12 mo.$1.6B → $1.7B+7.8%better
  • Gross margin38.2% → 53.8%+15.6 ppbetter
  • Shares outstanding95.8M → 94.0M−1.9%better

5 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., EBIT margin, FCF margin, Net debt, Return on equity

Derivation

How the sector comparison is derived

Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.

Price as of 11/06/2026.

Profitability47.7around the middleEarns about as much as the sector.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Return on equity20.12%12.46%Rank 82
Return on capital (Greenblatt)55.13%59.04%Rank 49
EBIT margin23.01%23.06%Rank 50
FCF margin15.93%19.82%Rank 41
Gross margin42.06%65.53%Rank 17
Growth51.9around the middleGrows about as fast as the sector.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Revenue growth, 1 year−2.24%7.39%Rank 20
Earnings growth, 3 years per year21.63%15.20%Rank 64
Earnings growth, 5 years per year16.17%15.17%Rank 54
Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings)2.36%1.25%Rank 71
Valuation38.8below the middleValued higher than the sector: Earnings yield 4.93%, sector 6.47%.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Earnings yield4.93%6.47%Rank 28
FCF yield5.12%7.16%Rank 39
EV/saleslower is better3.502.82Rank 45
EV/EBITlower is better15.2214.24Rank 44
Momentum59.4around the middleShare price moving about like the sector.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Share price, 1 year−7.54%7.80%Rank 24
Share price, 6 months28.76%8.71%Rank 95
Share price, 3 months0.50%0.45%Rank 51
Distance from 52-week high−6.24%−10.68%Rank 68
Quality70.7above the middleQuality above the sector: Accruals (Sloan) −2.16%, sector 1.23%.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Accruals (Sloan)lower is better−2.16%1.23%Rank 91
Change in share countlower is better−2.94%−0.60%Rank 76
Dividend streak in years95Rank 71
Price reaction to results, market-adjusted−0.23%0.00%Rank 45
Balance sheet & risk49.9around the middleRisk about like the sector.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Equity ratio27.01%9.21%Rank 80
Net debt/EBITDAlower is better1.410.12Rank 35
Debt to equitylower is better0.870.90Rank 52
Volatility, 1 yearlower is better30.96%25.95%Rank 32

Ten years in figures

Revenue from $7.9B (2016) to $9.7B (2025), 2.3% a year.

Fiscal years, amounts in USD
YearRevenue, $BEBIT marginFCFSharesNet debt, $B
20167.94.4%$660.0M138M3.1
20178.26.3%$487.0M136M3.7
20188.59.5%$966.0M132M3.7
20198.412.6%$776.0M130M5.9
20208.610.0%$1.5B130M4.7
20219.024.5%$1.9B129M1.0
20228.913.3%$608.0M112M4.2
20239.514.4%$1.1B106M4.5
20249.96.3%$1.3B102M4.0
20259.723.0%$1.5B99.0M3.8
1.8 / 10Not ratedStockScorer score2 of 11 points

2 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built

Willis Towers Watson PLC mainly meets criteria in the Growth category. Result from 18 strategies checked.

This stock · Profitability: 33%This stock · Growth: 50%This stock · Valuation: 0%This stock · Momentum: 0%Median of all stocks · Profitability: 33%Median of all stocks · Growth: 0%Median of all stocks · Valuation: 0%Median of all stocks · Momentum: 0%50%100%ProfitabilityGrowthValuationMomentumThis stockMedian of all stocks

How Willis Towers Watson PLC's score is built

This is how the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set, calculates the points for Willis Towers Watson PLC. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.

2 of 7 rules met

2 of 11 points

The rule “Exclusion: financial and real estate stocks” applies. The stock is therefore not rated regardless of the points scored.

  1. Free cash flow yield above the sector mediannot met0 of 2 points
  2. Return on capital (Greenblatt ROC) above the sector mediannot met0 of 2 points
  3. Return on equity above the sector medianmet1 of 1 point
  4. Free cash flow margin above the sector mediannot met0 of 2 points
  5. Revenue growth above 15%not met0 of 2 points
  6. 3-year earnings growth above 12% p.a.met1 of 1 point
  7. 12-month share price more than 20 percentage points ahead of the marketnot met0 of 1 point
  8. Exclusion: financial and real estate stocksapplies

Detail data

How does Willis Towers Watson PLC stock perform across 18 strategies?

Excerpt from 18 strategies checked. The full evaluation is visible after a free sign-up.

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  • Trending Value: Value + Momentum
  • Defensive: Low Volatility
  • Moat Quality
  • StockScorer Score
  • Levermann Strategy (13 Criteria)
  • PEG Strategy (inspired by Peter Lynch)
  • Altman Z-Score: Stress Test
  • Dividend Aristocrats & Continuity
  • Acquirer's Multiple: EV/EBIT Deep Value
  • Earnings Quality: Accrual Check (Sloan)
  • High-Growth / Rule of 40
  • Undervalued Stocks: Multi-Factor Check

Willis Towers Watson PLC key metrics: P/E, P/B and equity ratio

Selected fundamental metrics for Willis Towers Watson PLC.

MetricStockSector
P/E ratio20.315.2
P/B ratio4.11.8
Return on equity (ROE)20.1%12.5%
Equity ratio27.0%9.2%
Debt-to-equity (D/E)0.870.90
Dividend yield1.2%3.3%

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Frequently asked questions about Willis Towers Watson PLC stock

How does Willis Towers Watson PLC stock (WTW) score in the StockScorer model?
Willis Towers Watson PLC stock reaches a StockScorer score of 1.8 out of 10, but is not rated (exclusion rule: Exclusion: financial and real estate stocks).
What is Willis Towers Watson PLC's P/E ratio?
Willis Towers Watson PLC's P/E ratio is 20.3. The Financial Services sector median is 15.2.
What sector is Willis Towers Watson PLC in?
Willis Towers Watson PLC is assigned to the Financial Services sector. Its rank within the sector is 53.1 out of 100: 100 means the stock leads its peer group of large and mid-cap sector stocks in every measured area.

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