Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company

NasdaqGS:WTW Stock Report

Market Cap: US$29.3b

Willis Towers Watson Valuation

Is WTW undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of WTW when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: WTW ($315.61) is trading below our estimate of future cash flow value ($477.23)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: WTW is trading below future cash flow value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for WTW?

Key metric: As WTW is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for WTW. This is calculated by dividing WTW's market cap by their current earnings.
What is WTW's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio18.7x
EarningsUS$1.57b
Market CapUS$29.31b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does WTW's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for WTW vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average23.9x
BRO Brown & Brown
18.6x3.43%US$22.1b
AON Aon
16.4x-4.55%US$64.2b
AJG Arthur J. Gallagher
39.3x16.38%US$61.6b
MRSH Marsh & McLennan Companies
21.2x10.37%US$84.4b
WTW Willis Towers Watson
18.7x7.56%US$29.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: WTW is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.7x) compared to the peer average (23.9x).

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio compares a stock's price to its earnings over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does WTW's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Insurance Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
YB Yuanbao
1.5xn/aUS$640.98m
CUII China United Insurance Service
0.0003xn/aUS$3.13k
No more companies available in this PE range
WTW 18.7xIndustry Avg. 11.1xNo. of Companies17PE0816243240+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: WTW is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.7x) compared to the US Insurance industry average (11.1x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is WTW's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

WTW PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio18.7x
Fair PE Ratio13.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: WTW is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.4x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst WTW forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$315.61
US$379.95
+20.39%
8.23%US$455.00US$303.00n/a19
Sep ’27US$334.47
US$379.95
+13.60%
8.23%US$455.00US$303.00n/a19
Aug ’27US$335.92
US$360.58
+7.34%
8.95%US$406.00US$300.00n/a19
Jul ’27US$275.04
US$333.26
+21.17%
9.39%US$391.00US$275.00n/a19
Jun ’27US$257.04
US$334.32
+30.06%
9.99%US$400.00US$275.00n/a19
May ’27US$256.34
US$341.42
+33.19%
10.35%US$409.00US$275.00n/a19
Apr ’27US$287.53
US$368.37
+28.11%
5.88%US$409.00US$330.00n/a19
Mar ’27US$305.17
US$369.42
+21.05%
6.32%US$409.00US$318.00n/a19
Feb ’27US$317.47
US$369.11
+16.26%
5.93%US$400.00US$318.00n/a19
Jan ’27US$328.60
US$366.47
+11.53%
6.91%US$400.00US$303.00n/a19
Dec ’26US$320.79
US$365.22
+13.85%
7.20%US$400.00US$303.00n/a18
Nov ’26US$313.10
US$371.61
+18.69%
6.12%US$408.00US$330.00n/a18
Oct ’26US$344.10
US$368.78
+7.17%
7.12%US$408.00US$305.00n/a18
Sep ’26US$326.79
US$364.50
+11.54%
6.53%US$408.00US$305.00US$334.4718
Aug ’26US$314.77
US$363.50
+15.48%
7.45%US$408.00US$305.00US$335.9216
Jul ’26US$307.61
US$360.89
+17.32%
8.17%US$408.00US$315.00US$275.0417
Jun ’26US$316.55
US$364.15
+15.04%
7.73%US$408.00US$315.00US$257.0417
May ’26US$306.36
US$365.79
+19.40%
8.07%US$408.00US$315.00US$256.3417
Apr ’26US$337.00
US$364.58
+8.18%
8.00%US$408.00US$302.00US$287.5318
Mar ’26US$339.65
US$361.75
+6.51%
7.89%US$408.00US$302.00US$305.1718
Feb ’26US$329.57
US$357.08
+8.35%
7.78%US$400.00US$302.00US$317.4718
Jan ’26US$313.24
US$358.75
+14.53%
7.67%US$400.00US$302.00US$328.6018
Dec ’25US$322.00
US$335.05
+4.05%
7.90%US$369.00US$262.00US$320.7919
Nov ’25US$299.30
US$324.79
+8.52%
7.97%US$369.00US$262.00US$313.1019
Oct ’25US$300.58
US$308.96
+2.79%
7.64%US$365.00US$253.00US$344.1019
Sep ’25US$292.11
US$309.07
+5.81%
6.28%US$335.00US$253.00US$326.7919
US$379.95
Fair Value
16.9% undervalued intrinsic discount
19
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/09/14 03:34
End of Day Share Price 2026/09/11 00:00
Earnings2026/06/30
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company is covered by 30 analysts. 16 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Mark MarconBaird
Taylor ScottBarclays
Michael ZaremskiBMO Capital Markets Equity Research