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Willis Towers Watson (Willis Towers Watson) Dividend Yield %

: 1.28% (As of Today)
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As of today (2024-04-20), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Willis Towers Watson is 1.28%.

Warning Sign:

Willis Towers Watson PLC stock dividend yield is close to 2-year low.

The historical rank and industry rank for Willis Towers Watson's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:

WTW' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.03   Med: 1.46   Max: 3.05
Current: 1.28

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Willis Towers Watson was 3.05%. The lowest was 1.03%. And the median was 1.46%.

WTW's Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than
85.82% of 402 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 3.525 vs WTW: 1.28

Willis Towers Watson's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.11.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Willis Towers Watson was 0.52. The lowest was 0.19. And the median was 0.25.

As of today (2024-04-20), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Willis Towers Watson is 1.33%.

Willis Towers Watson's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.84.

During the past 12 months, Willis Towers Watson's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 2.40% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 6.90% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 7.30% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 1.30% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Willis Towers Watson was 17.80% per year. The lowest was -13.50% per year. And the median was 4.90% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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Willis Towers Watson Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Willis Towers Watson's Dividend Yield % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Willis Towers Watson Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Dividend Yield %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.29 1.31 1.27 1.34 1.39

Willis Towers Watson Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Dividend Yield % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.34 1.42 1.41 1.60 1.39

Competitive Comparison

For the Insurance Brokers subindustry, Willis Towers Watson's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Willis Towers Watson Dividend Yield % Distribution

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Willis Towers Watson's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Willis Towers Watson's Dividend Yield % falls into.



Willis Towers Watson Dividend Yield % Calculation

Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

Willis Towers Watson Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.8802024-03-272024-03-312024-04-15Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.8402023-12-282023-12-312024-01-16Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.8402023-09-282023-09-302023-10-16Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.8402023-06-292023-06-302023-07-17Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000

* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.

Willis Towers Watson's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=3.4/264.52
=1.29 %

Current Share Price is $264.52.
Willis Towers Watson's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $3.4.

Willis Towers Watson's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=3.52/264.52
=1.33 %

Current Share Price is $264.52.
Willis Towers Watson's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.88 * 4 = $3.52.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Willis Towers Watson  (NAS:WTW) Dividend Yield % Explanation

Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.

Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.

In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.

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Willis Towers Watson (Willis Towers Watson) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
C/o Willis Group Ltd, 51 Lime Street, London, GBR, EC3M 7DQ
In January 2016, Towers Watson and Willis Group merged to form Willis Towers Watson, a global advisory, insurance brokerage, and solutions company. The company operates in two business segments: health, wealth, and career (its consulting operations) and risk and brokering (its brokerage operations). It has about 47,000 employees.
Executives
Pamela Thomson-hall officer: Head of International 51 LIME STREET, LONDON X0 EC3M 7DQ
Anne Pullum officer: Head of Strategy and CAO C/O WILLIS TOWERS WATSON, 200 LIBERTY ST, 7TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10281
Julie Jarecke Gebauer officer: Head of Human Capital&Benefits JUPITER SATURN HOLDING CO, 875 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Fredric J Tomczyk director TORONTO DOMINION CENTRE, PO BOX 1, TORONTO A6 M5K IA2
Stephen M. Chipman director 3101 DREXEL DRIVE, DALLAS TX 75205
Jacqueline Hunt director 53 SOUTH GREEN, MATTISHALL, NORFOLK X0 N220 3JY
Anne Donovan Bodnar officer: Head of Human Resources 901 N. GLEBE ROAD, ARLINGTON VA 22203
Gene H Wickes officer: Head of Exchange Solutions 901 N GLEBE ROAD, ARLINGTON VA 22203
Brendan R Oneill director C/O IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC, 20 MANCHESTER SQUARE, LONDON X0 W1U 3AN
Paul C Reilly director 880 CARILLON PARKWAY, ST. PETERSBURG FL 33716
Alexis Faber officer: Chief Operating Officer 3340 PLAYERS CLUB PARKWAY, SUITE 200, MEMPHIS TN 38125
Andrew Jay Krasner officer: Chief Financial Officer 1450 BRICKELL AVENUE, SUITE 1600, MIAMI FL 33131
Fumbi F. Chima director 44 THORNBURY CT., 36-38 CHEPSTOW VILLAS, LONDON X0 WII 2RE
Michelle R Swanback director 7001 EAST BELLEVIEW AVENUE, DENVER CO 80237
Inga K Beale director C/O CRAWFORD & COMPANY, 5335 TRIANGLE PARKWAY, PEACHTREE CORNERS GA 30092

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