Willis Towers (WLTW) To Report Q2 Earnings: Will It Beat?
Zacks Investment Research | Jul 25, 2019 11:59PM ET
Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company (NASDAQ:WLTW) will report second-quarter 2019 results on Jul 31 after market close. The company delivered positive earnings surprise in two of the last four quarters with the average beat being 4.73%.
Let’s see how things are shaping up for this announcement.
Willis Towers’ second-quarter results are likely to benefit from higher organic commissions and fees, solid customer retention levels, growth in new business and strong exchange business.
Commissions and fees are expected to benefit from organic growth across segments and rich contribution from acquisitions as well as geographic diversification.
Human Capital & Benefits, the largest segment of the company, should continue to benefit from new businesses. This should drive North America revenues and global benefit management appointments. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for segment revenues is pegged at $810 million, indicating an upside of 3.8% from the year-ago reported figure.
Corporate Risk & Broking segment’s revenues should benefit from new business. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for segment revenues is pegged at $685 million, implying an increase of 1.6% from the year-ago reported figure.
Investment, Risk & Reinsurance segment’s revenues are likely to benefit from new business and favorable renewals. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for segment revenues is pegged at $395 million, up 2.6% year over year.
Continued enrolment and a robust sales pipeline are expected to drive exchange business.
Expenses are likely to weigh on margin expansion.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for earnings per share is pegged at $1.76, suggesting 3.5% year-over-year increase on 3.1% higher revenues.
What Our Quantitative Model States
Our proven model shows that Willis Towers is likely to beat on earnings in the to-be-reported. This is because the stock has both a positive Zacks Investment Research
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