Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2026)

20252026
Price/Earnings ratio
12.7711.22
Price/Sales ratio
2.912.75
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$18.41$20.94

Historical Multiples (2014 – 2023)

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
28.8728.000.000.000.0019.9326.1311.3421.8824.07-44.6919.93
Price/Sales ratio
2.772.72N/AN/AN/A2.913.063.393.102.673.24N/A
Price/Book Value ratio
5.264.68N/AN/AN/A0.740.680.870.862.664.30N/A
Price/Cash Flow ratio
21.9142.980.000.000.0024.3814.8914.8233.8918.8822.480.00
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
28.71122.880.000.000.0033.9617.7516.4245.2721.3025.650.00
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
-31.018.76N/AN/AN/A-0.19-1.110.06-0.47-2.341.87N/A
Dividend Yield
2.00%2.65%42257512.96%42859438.52%38265886.60%1.24%1.30%1.22%1.34%1.38%0.83%1.24%
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
38.65%74.68%70.42%71.55%71.96%72.90%71.37%74.20%73.56%44.79%68.00%72.90%
Operating Profit Margin
18.42%16.07%9.80%9.62%8.74%8.06%8.91%7.21%6.39%14.39%19.73%8.74%
Pretax Profit Margin
14.10%8.87%20.99%23.07%20.31%23.12%20.41%23.01%21.19%13.48%-8.61%23.12%
Net Profit Margin
9.59%9.73%4.33%6.00%10.02%14.63%11.73%29.89%14.19%11.12%-7.36%14.63%
Effective Tax Rate
29.88%-9.70%53.30%58.29%56.96%65.10%56.31%68.62%69.80%16.81%15.62%65.10%
Return on Assets
2.34%1.97%66.92%575.29%457.52%275.41%90.02%352.81%334.57%3.62%-2.65%275.41%
Return On Equity
18.23%16.73%1.12%1.50%2.62%3.73%2.62%7.69%3.95%11.08%-8.05%3.73%
Return on Capital Employed
13.33%10.20%-216.01%-147.92%-198.92%-1584.78%136.65%-792.68%-152.41%8.29%7.12%-198.92%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Quick Ratio
1.060.9938.6058.4864.2275.0078.0450.8048.781.06N/A75.00
Cash ratio
0.060.041.001.671.841.703.645.301.680.11N/A1.70
Days of Sales Outstanding
101.02119.8296.77100.60102.33105.88102.0596.0798.3198.9996.45105.88
Days of Inventory outstanding
N/A-84.28-3.07K-3.16K-2.98K-3.34K-3.47K-3.83K-3.21KN/AN/A-2.98K
Operating Cycle
101.0235.53-2.98K-3.06K-2.88K-3.23K-3.37K-3.74K-3.11K98.9996.45-2.88K
Days of Payables Outstanding
20.6628.2218.4021.4137.2847.41126.8950.5951.2527.61N/A47.41
Cash Conversion Cycle
80.357.31-3.00K-3.08K-2.92K-3.28K-3.50K-3.79K-3.17K71.3896.45-2.92K
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.140.177.6053.3524.5924.149.136.9914.230.170.1924.14
Debt Equity Ratio
1.151.460.120.130.140.320.260.150.160.540.720.14
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.510.500.090.120.110.150.120.110.130.320.410.11
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.530.590.110.120.120.240.210.130.140.350.420.12
Interest Coverage Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A15.24N/A
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
0.200.070.230.190.280.090.170.380.150.250.260.09
Company Equity Multiplier
7.768.450.010.000.000.010.020.020.013.053.620.00
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.120.060.110.100.150.110.200.220.090.140.140.11
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
0.760.340.670.560.750.710.830.900.740.880.860.75
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
0.200.070.230.190.280.090.170.380.150.250.260.09
Short Term Coverage Ratio
2.850.241.8110.146.920.200.383.363.242.0611.766.92
Dividend Payout Ratio
58.01%74.26%58.52%56.64%35.95%24.88%34.22%13.89%29.33%33.36%-48.75%24.88%