- Price is above the Trend Line, keeping the weekly tape constructive.
- Price is above Fair Value, showing premium demand versus the model.
- Activity pressure is positive on the latest completed week.
- Next-week expectancy is positive at 57.10% based on similar historical setup states.
WTW
NASDAQ
Week ended 24 Jul 2026
Weekly Investor Report
Willis Towers Watson PLC · Financial Services · Insurance Brokers
Latest close
295.1 USD
0.6%
latest week
Weekly setup
Mixed setup
The weekly trend is not active. Price is 2.6% above the Trend Line and sits at 49.9% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 0.6%, after a 11.6% four-week move. The latest factor snapshot indicates quality ranks strongly versus its universe; growth is moderate; valuation is neither clearly cheap nor expensive. Options positioning is bullish with 35/100 conviction, while the latest news-sentiment score is 53/100. Near-term considerations: volume confirmation is below normal.
Setup score
48
out of 100
Latest Close
295.1 USD
24 Jul 2026
1W Return
0.6%
latest completed week
4W Return
11.6%
short-term follow-through
12W Return
15.5%
quarterly tape
Trend Breadth
38.5%
20 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio
0.6x
vs 13-week average
- The trend backdrop is inactive, so price action has not confirmed a constructive regime.
- Activity pressure is weak, so confirmation is not yet broad enough.
- Trend Line remains the key weekly regime level.
- Activity pressure is the gauge to monitor for confirmation or fade.
- A volume ratio above 1.5x would show stronger participation in the next move.
Price follow-through
0.6%
Latest completed week; four-week move 11.6%.
Indicator stack
21/79
Trend and activity pressure are weighted against the latest 12-week confirmation window.
Trend backdrop
Active
The trend backdrop defines the current weekly regime.
Patient Capital
Quiet
Activity-pressure buy-signal status for institutional accumulation timing.
Next-Week Expectancy
Positive 57.10%
Historical one-week expectancy contributes to the evidence score when direction is confirmed.
Options pressure
Bullish
35/100 conviction; expected move 13.3%.
News sentiment
53/100
49 relevant articles in the latest sentiment read.
Event risk
30 Jul
Latest stored earnings date was 30 Jul 2026.
01 · Price action
Study the full chart
Where price is—and whether the trend supports it
The weekly trend is not active. Price is 2.6% above the Trend Line and sits at 49.9% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 0.6%, after a 11.6% four-week move.
52-week price path
Price vs Trend Line and Fair Value
Price
Trend Line
Fair Value
02 · Volume and demand
Is real participation confirming the move?
Latest weekly volume is 0.6x the 13-week average. Participation is below its recent norm, so price strength is not receiving full volume confirmation.
26-week volume confirmation
Bar height shows volume; colour shows the weekly price direction
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Up week
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Demand beneath price
Activity pressure and institutional-style signals
These indicators assess whether participation is improving beneath the headline price move. They are supporting evidence, not proof of institutional buying.
Activity pressure path
Latest 0.1312-week average 0.05
12-week confirmation
Trend active0/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure3/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership0/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.13Current proprietary activity-pressure read.
Buy signals0Accumulation signal count in the latest 12 weeks.
Reversal markers0No reversal markers
No recent accumulation markers. No reversal markers.
03 · Momentum and leadership
Is performance persistent—and is the stock leading?
Performance is 11.6% over four weeks, 15.5% over 12 weeks, and -4.9% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 0 consecutive weeks.
Performance by holding period
Active trend streak0 weeks
Active weeks in one year20
Trend breadth38.5%
Activity pressure vs relative leadership
Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure0.72Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change203.0%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-11.78Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change52.9%Four-week change in relative leadership.
04 · Fundamentals and valuation
Open full factor analysis
What investors are paying for—and the quality behind it
The latest factor snapshot indicates quality ranks strongly versus its universe; growth is moderate; valuation is neither clearly cheap nor expensive.
Factor week 26 Jul 2026
Financial statements through 31 Dec 2025
Field coverage 94%
Model confidence 90%
Relative factor standing
Higher display scores are better. Each score is converted from the underlying universe rank, where rank 1 is best.
Overall factor strength36/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 65; rank 1 is best.
Value34/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 67; rank 1 is best.
Quality83/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 18; rank 1 is best.
Momentum21/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 80; rank 1 is best.
Growth26/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 75; rank 1 is best.
Quality and valuation are separate questions
A strong company can still carry a demanding valuation. This report shows profitability, growth, balance-sheet strength, and the price paid for those characteristics separately.
Value-quality framework75/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.
Valuation
How much investors are paying for earnings, sales, and cash flow.
- P/E
- 16.7x Price divided by trailing earnings.
- Price / sales
- 2.8x Market value relative to trailing revenue.
- EV / EBITDA
- 12.3x Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
- Free-cash-flow yield
- 6.1% Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.
Business quality
Margins and the return generated on invested capital.
- Gross margin
- 38.2% Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
- Operating margin
- 23.4% Operating profit retained from revenue.
- Free-cash-flow margin
- 20.5% Free cash flow generated from revenue.
- Return on invested capital
- 14.9% Operating return generated on invested capital.
Growth and financial strength
Recent business growth and accounting strength.
- Revenue growth
- 0.9% Latest one-year revenue growth.
- EPS growth
- - Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
- Free-cash-flow growth
- 11.3% Latest one-year free-cash-flow growth.
- Piotroski F-score
- 6/9 Nine-point accounting-strength checklist.
Shareholder return and balance sheet
Cash returned to owners and financial leverage.
- Dividend yield
- 1.3% Cash dividends relative to market value.
- Buyback yield
- 6.3% Net share repurchases relative to market value.
- Shareholder yield
- 7.6% Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
- Net debt / EBITDA
- 1.9x Balance-sheet debt relative to operating cash earnings.
05 · Ownership, options, and sentiment
What other market participants are doing
Options, insider transactions, market sentiment, and activity-pressure signals can confirm or challenge the price story. None should be used alone.
Options positioningBullish
WTW shows bullish options pressure with a 35/100 conviction score, put-call volume ratio of 0.38, expected move of 13.3%, and Sharemaestro trend signal inactive.
Conviction35/100
Expected move13.3%
Put/call volume0.38
Insider activity20 / 0
20 acquisitions and 0 disposals in the latest 180-day insider tape.
Acquisitions / disposals over the latest 180 days. Insider activity is context, not a stand-alone signal.News sentiment53/100
Weighted news tone is neutral across 49 relevant articles.
11 positive · 34 neutral · 4 negativePatient CapitalQuiet
Activity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.
No recent buy signal
06 · Catalysts and risk
What can move the shares—and how volatile the path has been
Event timing, options-implied movement, drawdown, and weekly return distribution frame the risk around the current setup.
Next earnings30 JulLatest stored earnings date was 30 Jul 2026.
Options expected move13.3%Nearest-chain priced movement where available.
52-week drawdown-15.8%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility4.7%Standard deviation of weekly returns.
Weekly gains and losses
Latest 26 completed weeksEach bar is one week. Gains rise above the zero line; losses fall below it. Taller bars mean a larger weekly move.
30 Jan
27 Feb
27 Mar
24 Apr
22 May
19 Jun
24 Jul
Weeks higher14 of 2612 weeks finished lower.
Best week+8.2%Week of 3 Jul.
Worst week-12.8%Week of 13 Feb.
Latest week+0.6%Week of 24 Jul.
Shape of recent returns
Strong gains5
Modest gains9
Flat weeks0
Modest losses9
Sharp losses3
Recent vol4.7%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol3.7%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split28/24Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew2.5% / -3.0%Average positive week versus average negative week.
07 · Sector and peer context
Is this stock leading—or simply moving with its group?
Sector and industry breadth distinguish company-specific strength from a broad group move.
SectorUS Financial Services
4-week rank16 / 100
Group average5.2%
Trend breadth58.0%
Trend58.0%active weekly trend signals
MD88.0%positive activity pressure
RS52.0%positive relative leadership
Four-week leaders
IndustryUS Insurance Brokers
4-week rank2 / 21
Group average-4.5%
Trend breadth23.8%
Trend23.8%active weekly trend signals
MD81.0%positive activity pressure
RS0.0%positive relative leadership
Four-week leaders
08 · Evidence and weekly data
The underlying research record
Every top-level statement above should be traceable to a stored market, fundamental, event, or positioning observation.
Weekly tape42/100
Trend, activity pressure, participation, and risk combine to a 42/100 tape read.
Indicator analysis16/100Latest 12-week confirmation: trend 0/12, activity pressure 3/12, relative leadership 0/12.
Activity pressure 0.13; No reversal markers Next-Week ExpectancyPositive 57.10%Next-week expectancy is positive with a 57.10% historical one-week setup read.
Adds short-term historical context without overriding trend, activity, or relative leadership. Factors44/100O'Shaughnessy factor stack blends value, quality, momentum, and confidence.
Buyback Yield rank 9 SVQF75/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.
Composite rank 185.0 of 726 Patient CapitalQuietActivity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.
No recent buy signal Options44/100WTW shows bullish options pressure with a 35/100 conviction score, put-call volume ratio of 0.38, expected move of 13.3%, and Sharemaestro trend signal inactive.
Bullish · Call-side pressure · Expected move 13.3% Sentiment53/100Weighted news tone is neutral across 49 relevant articles.
Willis Towers Watson stock trades steadily as margin improvement and cash generation support valuati Insiders20 / 020 acquisitions and 0 disposals in the latest 180-day insider tape.
Earnings30 JulLatest stored earnings date was 30 Jul 2026.
| Week | Close | Return | Trend Line | Fair Value | Pressure | Leadership | Volume | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Jul 2026 | 295.1 USD | 0.6% | 287.6 USD | 282.3 USD | 0.72 | -11.78 | 2.3M | Off |
| 17 Jul 2026 | 293.4 USD | 1.3% | 288.9 USD | 281.7 USD | 0.54 | -14.08 | 2.6M | Off |
| 10 Jul 2026 | 289.6 USD | 1.2% | 290.1 USD | 281.3 USD | 0.12 | -19.11 | 2.9M | Off |
| 3 Jul 2026 | 286.2 USD | 8.2% | 291.3 USD | 280.9 USD | -0.30 | -19.10 | 2.6M | Off |
| 26 Jun 2026 | 264.5 USD | 4.0% | 292.4 USD | 280.4 USD | -0.70 | -25.04 | 3.3M | Off |
| 19 Jun 2026 | 254.3 USD | -2.8% | 294.2 USD | 280.2 USD | -1.06 | -31.63 | 3.4M | Off |
| 12 Jun 2026 | 261.7 USD | -0.3% | 296.2 USD | 280.0 USD | -1.10 | -28.37 | 3.5M | Off |
| 5 Jun 2026 | 262.6 USD | 5.6% | 298.1 USD | 279.8 USD | -1.22 | -27.00 | 3.5M | Off |
| 29 May 2026 | 248.8 USD | -3.0% | 300.2 USD | 279.5 USD | -1.27 | -34.47 | 2.7M | Off |
| 22 May 2026 | 256.5 USD | 3.6% | 302.2 USD | 279.3 USD | -1.18 | -31.17 | 3.3M | Off |
| 15 May 2026 | 247.5 USD | -3.1% | 304.6 USD | 279.0 USD | -1.17 | -33.38 | 4.9M | Off |
| 8 May 2026 | 255.4 USD | 0.0% | 307.3 USD | 278.8 USD | -1.01 | -32.07 | 5.5M | Off |
| 1 May 2026 | 255.4 USD | -11.2% | 309.9 USD | 278.6 USD | -1.06 | -29.03 | 5.8M | Off |
| 24 Apr 2026 | 287.7 USD | -3.3% | 312.9 USD | 278.4 USD | -1.13 | -19.55 | 2.6M | Off |
How to use this report
This is a completed-week research summary. It explains the available evidence and its conflicts; it does not predict a guaranteed outcome or replace your own risk assessment. Fundamental figures may refer to an earlier financial reporting period, which is shown above.