Willis Towers Watson cash flow statement
In fiscal 2025, Willis Towers Watson's operations generated $1.77bn of cash; it spent $229m on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of $1.55bn. It returned $358m in dividends and $1.65bn through buybacks.
Cash flow statement
| Fiscal year | 2009Dec 2009 | 2010Dec 2010 | 2011Dec 2011 | 2012Dec 2012 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 419 | 489 | 439 | 525 | 561 | 477 | 244 | 933 | 862 | 1,288 | 1,081 | 1,774 | 2,061 | 812 | 1,345 | 1,512 | 1,775 | 1,984 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 164 | 145 | 142 | −79 | 149 | 146 | 171 | 178 | 252 | 213 | 240 | 308 | 281 | 255 | 242 | 230 | 226 | 225 |
| Stock-based pay | 39 | 47 | 41 | 32 | 42 | 52 | 64 | 123 | 67 | 50 | 74 | 90 | 101 | 99 | 125 | 121 | 153 | 228 |
| Capital spending | 96 | 83 | 111 | 135 | 112 | 113 | 146 | 218 | 300 | 268 | — | — | — | — | 242 | 245 | 229 | 241 |
| Free cash flow | 323 | 406 | 328 | 390 | 449 | 364 | 98 | 715 | 562 | 1,020 | — | — | — | — | 1,103 | 1,267 | 1,546 | 1,743 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | 284 | 359 | 287 | 358 | 407 | 312 | 34 | 592 | 495 | 970 | — | — | — | — | 978 | 1,146 | 1,393 | 1,515 |
| Dividends paid | 174 | 176 | 180 | 185 | 193 | 210 | 277 | 199 | 277 | 306 | 329 | 346 | 374 | 369 | 352 | 354 | 358 | 356 |
| Share buybacks | — | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 213 | 82 | 396 | 532 | 602 | 150 | 0 | 1,627 | 3,530 | 1,000 | 901 | 1,650 | 1,320 |
| Shares issued | 18 | 36 | 60 | 53 | 155 | 139 | 131 | 63 | 61 | 45 | 45 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 | 2026 Q3Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 599 | −35 | 361 | 678 | 771 | −10 | 484 | 739 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 54 | 54 | 57 | 56 | 59 | 56 | 55 | 55 |
| Stock-based pay | 36 | 37 | 31 | 36 | 49 | 42 | 67 | 70 |
| Capital spending | 56 | 51 | 58 | 57 | 63 | 55 | 59 | 64 |
| Free cash flow | 543 | −86 | 303 | 621 | 708 | −65 | 425 | 675 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | 507 | −123 | 272 | 585 | 659 | −107 | 358 | 605 |
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