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Willis Towers Watson (WTW) Debt to Equity (2009 - 2026)

Willis Towers Watson posted quarterly Debt to Equity of $0.78 for Q1 2026, up 34.9% year-on-year from $0.58 in Q1 2025, and up 9.41% on a QoQ basis from $0.71 in Q4 2025.

Willis Towers Watson (WTW) has 18 years of Debt to Equity data on file, last reported at $0.78 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Debt to Equity rose 34.9% year-over-year to $0.78; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $0.78 (up 34.9% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $0.71, up 7.97% from the prior year.
  • Debt to Equity for Q1 2026 stood at $0.78, up from $0.71 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt to Equity topped out at $0.78 in Q1 2026 and bottomed at $0.41 in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Debt to Equity is $0.56 (2024), against an average of $0.57.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Debt to Equity soared 56.64%; it then dropped 6.86% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Debt to Equity shows it stood at $0.47 in 2022, then increased by 16.27% to $0.54 in 2023, then climbed by 21.77% to $0.66 in 2024, then grew by 7.97% to $0.71 in 2025, then grew by 9.41% to $0.78 in 2026.
  • The last three Debt to Equity figures came in at $0.78 (Q1 2026), $0.71 (Q4 2025), and $0.69 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt/Equity (Qtr)
1 Aon 69.60 Bn 68.21 Bn - 1.47
2 Arthur J. Gallagher 52.64 Bn 51.26 Bn - 0.53
3 Willis Towers Watson 24.45 Bn 22.68 Bn 1.98 Bn 0.78
4 Brown & Brown 19.37 Bn 18.39 Bn 1.61 Bn 0.63
5 XChange TEC.INC 6.95 Bn 6.95 Bn - -0.04
6 Accelerant Holdings 3.83 Bn 2.32 Bn 48.00 Mn -
7 Corvel 3.22 Bn 2.87 Bn 54.92 Mn -
8 Baldwin Insurance 1.84 Bn 2.28 Bn - 2.35
9 Goosehead Insurance 1.01 Bn 899.53 Mn - -2.62
10 Twfg 279.02 Mn 351.22 Mn - 0.01

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.78
Dec 31, 2025 0.71
Sep 30, 2025 0.69
Jun 30, 2025 0.65
Mar 31, 2025 0.58
Dec 31, 2024 0.66
Sep 30, 2024 0.70
Jun 30, 2024 0.56
Mar 31, 2024 0.62
Dec 31, 2023 0.54
Sep 30, 2023 0.48
Jun 30, 2023 0.55
Mar 31, 2023 0.44
Dec 31, 2022 0.47
Sep 30, 2022 0.45
Jun 30, 2022 0.45
Mar 31, 2022 0.41
Dec 31, 2021 0.30
Sep 30, 2021 0.41
Jun 30, 2021 0.34
Mar 31, 2021 0.44
Dec 31, 2020 0.52
Sep 30, 2020 0.53
Jun 30, 2020 0.53
Mar 31, 2020 0.57
Dec 31, 2019 0.51
Sep 30, 2019 0.54
Jun 30, 2019 0.44
Mar 31, 2019 0.46
Dec 31, 2018 0.46
Sep 30, 2018 0.46
Jun 30, 2018 0.45
Mar 31, 2018 0.43
Dec 31, 2017 0.44
Sep 30, 2017 0.46
Jun 30, 2017 0.05
Mar 31, 2017 0.05
Dec 31, 2016 0.38
Sep 30, 2016 0.35
Jun 30, 2016 -3.23
Mar 31, 2016 -3.71
Dec 31, 2015 1.38
Sep 30, 2015 1.03
Jun 30, 2015 1.01
Mar 31, 2015 0.99
Dec 31, 2014 1.14
Sep 30, 2014 1.02
Jun 30, 2014 0.95
Mar 31, 2014 0.95
Dec 31, 2013 1.04
Sep 30, 2013 1.14
Jun 30, 2013 1.19
Mar 31, 2013 1.27
Dec 31, 2012 1.36
Sep 30, 2012 0.88
Dec 31, 2011 0.94
Sep 30, 2011 0.88
Jun 30, 2011 0.84
Mar 31, 2011 0.98
Dec 31, 2010 0.83
Sep 30, 2010 0.04
Jun 30, 2010 0.08
Dec 31, 2009 1.07