Willis Towers Watson Plc

  • Market Cap: Mid Cap
  • Industry: Capital Markets
  • ISIN: IE00BDB6Q211
USD
291.25
1.39 (0.48%)
  • Price Points
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  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
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Strong Sell
Sell
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Comparison

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Quality
Valuation
Financial
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Why is Willis Towers Watson Plc ?

1
Strong Long Term Fundamental Strength with an average Return on Equity (ROE) of 13.84%
2
Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 0.97%
3
The company has declared positive results for the last 2 consecutive quarters
  • OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Highest at USD 1,775 MM
  • ROCE(HY) Highest at 20.07%
  • DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY) Highest at USD 3.12
4
With ROE of 27.66%, it has a fair valuation with a 3.42 Price to Book Value
  • The stock is trading at a fair value compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -13.05%, its profits have risen by 67.1% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.2
5
High Institutional Holdings at 100%
  • These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.
  • Their stake has increased by 2.05% over the previous quarter.
6
Below par performance in long term as well as near term
  • Along with generating -13.05% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed S&P 500 in the last 3 years, 1 year and 3 months
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Willis Towers Watson Plc should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Capital Markets should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Capital Markets)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Willis Towers Watson Plc for you?

Low Risk, Medium Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Willis Towers Watson Plc
-13.05%
0.55
25.52%
S&P 500
14.9%
0.77
19.29%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
0.97%
EBIT Growth (5y)
12.58%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
8.36
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
Negative Net Debt
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0
Tax Ratio
100.00%
Dividend Payout Ratio
22.63%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
100.00%
ROCE (avg)
23.61%
ROE (avg)
13.84%
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Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
12
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
3.42
EV to EBIT
10.73
EV to EBITDA
9.09
EV to Capital Employed
4.97
EV to Sales
2.52
PEG Ratio
0.16
Dividend Yield
4.99%
ROCE (Latest)
46.26%
ROE (Latest)
27.66%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bearish
Mildly Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Mildly Bearish
Bearish
Moving Averages
Bearish (Daily)
KST
Bearish
Mildly Bearish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bearish
No Trend
OBV
Mildly Bearish
No Trend
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

10What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at USD 1,775 MM

ROCE(HY)

Highest at 20.07%

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 3.12

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -6.05% (YoY

NET PROFIT(9M)

Higher at USD 1,388.65 MM

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Lowest at 46.83 %

-4What is not working for the Company
PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

At USD 966 MM has Fallen at -47.3%

NET PROFIT(Q)

At USD 750.05 MM has Fallen at -44.57%

Here's what is working for Willis Towers Watson Plc

Operating Cash Flow
Highest at USD 1,775 MM and Grown
In each year in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

Dividend per share
Highest at USD 3.12 and Grown
In each year in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (USD)

Debt-Equity Ratio
Lowest at 46.83 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital

Debt-Equity Ratio

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -6.05% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Depreciation
Highest at USD 107 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (USD MM)

Here's what is not working for Willis Towers Watson Plc

Pre-Tax Profit
At USD 966 MM has Fallen at -47.3%
Year on Year (YoY)
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is very negative

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit
At USD 750.05 MM has Fallen at -44.57%
Year on Year (YoY)
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is very negative

Net Profit (USD MM)