Willis Group Holdings PLC (WSH): Today's Featured Financial Winner

Willis Group Holdings (WSH) pushed the Financial sector higher today making it today's featured financial winner. The sector as a whole closed the day down 0.4%. By the end of trading, Willis Group Holdings rose 52 cents (1.4%) to $37.32 on average volume. Throughout the day, one million shares of Willis Group Holdings exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.2 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $36.68-$37.33 after having opened the day at $36.80 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $36.80. Other companies within the Financial sector that increased today were: Hampton Roads Bankshares (HMPR), up 27.5%, Firstbank Corp Michigan (FBMI), up 19.1%, Plumas Bancorp (PLBC), up 16.1%, and Village Bank and Trust Financial Corporatio (VBFC), up 12.3%.

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Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company provides a range of insurance brokerage, reinsurance, and risk management consulting services to its clients worldwide. Willis Group Holdings has a market cap of $6.39 billion and is part of the insurance industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 16.5, above the average insurance industry P/E ratio of 16.4 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 5.2% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are five analysts that rate Willis Group Holdings a buy, one analyst rates it a sell, and 10 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Willis Group Holdings as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its compelling growth in net income, revenue growth and notable return on equity. However, as a counter to these strengths, we find that the stock has had a generally disappointing performance in the past year.

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On the negative front, Central Federal (CFBK), down 18.2%, Carver Bancorp (CARV), down 17.4%, Ampal-American Israel Corporation (AMPL), down 12%, and Credit Suisse (DOIL), down 10.8%, were all losers within the financial sector with Citigroup (C) being today's financial sector loser.

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