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WILLIS TOWERS WATSON PLC (WTW)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for WILLIS TOWERS WATSON PLC. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q2 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About WILLIS TOWERS WATSON PLC

Willis Towers Watson plc provides advisory, broking, and consulting services focused on people, risk, and capital management. The company serves a wide range of clients including multinational corporations, middle-market companies, governmental agencies, and not-for-profit institutions across more than 140 countries. Its main offerings include risk management consulting, insurance broking, employee benefits consulting, retirement and investment services, and technology solutions to improve workforce engagement and business performance.

Snapshot

Revenue
$9.52B
Revenue growth (YoY)
-2.3%
Net income
$1.60B
Diluted EPS
$16.26
Gross margin
Operating margin
23.5%
Net margin
16.9%
FCF margin
16.2%
ROE
19.9%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
20.7×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$31.06B
Long-term debt / equity
0.71×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Willis Towers Watson

  • Revenue fell 2.3% to $9.5B in FY2025, slower than the 4.7% the year before.
  • Operating margin is 23.5% in FY2025, -1.0 pp against 24.5% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q2 FY2026: revenue $2.4B, up 9.6% from Q2 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $1.5B in FY2025, 16.2% of revenue.
  • Net income turned positive at $1.6B in FY2025, from a $98M loss in FY2024.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Willis Towers Watson’s fundamentals sit among the 88 insurance companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Operating margin23.5%
81st percentile of 27
Net margin16.9%
72nd percentile of 82
FCF margin16.2%
50th percentile of 55
Revenue growth (YoY)-2.3%
13th percentile of 88
ROE19.9%
72nd percentile of 73
P/E20.7×
77th percentile of 72
Long-term debt / equity0.71×
83rd percentile of 48
Short interest5.12d
67th percentile of 87

Willis Towers Watson’s revenue growth of -2.3% ranks in the 13th percentile of the 88 insurance companies reporting it.

No reported insider purchases (code P) in the last 90 days; 1 insider sale totaling $250,172. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among industry peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
0
code P
Bought (90d)
code P value
Sells (90d)
1
$250K
Reported activity
Net selling
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-08-10
filed 2026-08-12
Faber AlexisChief Operating OfficerSell730$342.70$250K
2026-05-06
Clarke LucyPresident of Risk & BrokingBuy1.9K$263.37$499K
2026-05-04
filed 2026-05-05
Hess Carl AaronChief Executive OfficerBuy2.0K$255.08$510K

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S) — which may be open-market or private; excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
2.9M
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
-18.5%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
5.12
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
562.8K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-142.9M-18.5%5.12
2026-07-313.5M-4.4%5.87
2026-07-153.7M-14.0%6.50
2026-06-304.3M+40.9%5.80
2026-06-153.1M+2.2%4.52
2026-05-293.0M+7.7%4.52
2026-05-152.8M+30.5%2.59
2026-04-302.1M+2.8%2.93

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$9.52B$9.74B$9.30B$8.73B$9.00B
Gross profit
Operating income$2.23B$627.0M$1.36B$1.18B$2.20B
Net income$1.60B$-98.0M$1.05B$1.01B$4.22B
Diluted EPS$16.26$-0.96$9.95$8.98$32.78

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$1.77B$1.51B$1.34B$812.0M$2.06B
Capital expenditure$229.0M$245.0M$242.0M
Free cash flow$1.55B$1.27B$1.10B

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q2 FY2026$2.43B9.6%$229.0M$2.43
Q1 FY2026$2.36B8.4%$297.0M$3.10
Q4 FY2025$2.88B-3.5%$735.0M$7.65
Q3 FY2025$2.24B0.1%$304.0M$3.11
Q2 FY2025$2.21B-0.2%$331.0M$3.32
Q1 FY2025$2.18B-5.0%$235.0M$2.33
Q4 FY2024$2.99B4.5%$1.25B$12.58
Q3 FY2024$2.24B5.4%$-1.68B$-16.44

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNasdaq
SectorFinancials
SIC industryInsurance Agents, Brokers & Service
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ2 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2021
SEC CIK1140536

Selected SEC filings

10-K2026-02-25
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10-K2025-02-25
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10-Q2026-07-30
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10-Q2026-04-30
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10-Q2025-10-30
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10-Q2025-08-01
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8-K2026-07-30
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8-K2026-05-21
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.