Willis Towers Watson Dividend yield

Willis Towers Watson is part of Support Services business, which is part of Industrials industry. Willis Towers Watson is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Willis Towers Watson stock dividend

Willis Towers Watson paid a total dividend of 357 million USD last year, for a market value of 21,917 millions (Market Cap 21,993 millions). Willis Towers Watson dividend per share is 3.37 USD, and his stock market price 206.76 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Willis Towers Watson has a dividend yield of 1.63%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Industrials industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Willis Towers Watson stocks dividend with other Support Services companies or other of the highest USA dividend stocks list.

Willis Towers Watson Dividend Payout

About the ability of Willis Towers Watson to maintain his current dividend of USD 3.37 per share, an amount that accounts for 1.63%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Willis Towers Watson payout on ernings is currently 27.22%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Industrials industry, which are 39.34% and 37.26% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Willis Towers Watsoncan maintain his current dividend.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Willis Towers Watson is USD 7.63 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 3.37, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Willis Towers Watson, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Industrials industry and Support Services sector companies.

Willis Group Holding Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Willis Group Holding's dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	1.63%	3.37	27.22%	106
2022	1.34%	3.28	7.78%	108
2021	1.35%	3.21	26.35%	125
2020	1.35%	2.84	23.87%	129
2019	1.29%	2.61	27.39%	129
2018	1.58%	2.40	25.61%	130
2017	1.41%	2.12	28.42%	135
2016	1.54%	1.92	58.90%	137
2015	2.70%	1.24	53.45%	180

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Willis Towers Watson dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Support Services stocks.

Willis Towers Watson Stock performance

Finally, last moth Willis Towers Watson showed a return of -2.20% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Industrials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 0.00% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Support Services firms.