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Willis Towers Watson (FRA:WTY) Buyback Yield % : 2.17 (As of Dec. 14, 2024)


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What is Willis Towers Watson Buyback Yield %?

Buyback yield is the net repurchase of shares outstanding over the market capital of the company. It is a measure of shareholder return.

Willis Towers Watson's current buyback yield was 2.17%.


Willis Towers Watson Buyback Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Willis Towers Watson's Buyback 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 Buyback Yield % Chart

Willis Towers Watson Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Buyback Yield %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.41 -0.06 5.64 13.66 4.18

Willis Towers Watson Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
Buyback Yield % Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 6.35 3.28 1.44 2.98 2.82

Competitive Comparison of Willis Towers Watson's Buyback Yield %

For the Insurance Brokers subindustry, Willis Towers Watson's Buyback Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Buyback 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's Buyback Yield % Distribution in the Insurance Industry

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

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



Willis Towers Watson Buyback Yield % Calculation

Buyback yield is a measure of shareholder return.

Willis Towers Watson's Buyback Yield for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Buyback Yield=Net Issuance of Stock / Market Cap
=- (Repurchase of Stock + Issuance of Stock) / Market Cap
=- (-917 + 0) / 21943.132
=4.18%

Willis Towers Watson's annualized Buyback Yield for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Buyback Yield=Net Issuance of Stock(Annualized) / Market Cap
=- (Repurchase of Stock + Issuance of Stock) * Annualized Factor / Market Cap
=- (-184.705 + 0) * 4 / 26226.46
=2.82%

* 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.

In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the Repurchase of Stock and Issuance of Stock data used here is four times the quarterly (Sep. 2024) data.


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Willis Towers Watson Business Description

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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 48,000 employees.

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