Robert Walters PLC (GB:RWA)
LSE:RWA
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RWA Stock Chart & Stats
143.50 p
10.00 p(3.18%)
At close: 4:00 PM EST
143.50 p
10.00 p(3.18%)
Day’s Range― - ―
52-Week Range76.00 p - 219.80 p
Previous CloseN/A
Volume2.48K
Average Volume (3M)168.69K
Market Cap
£57.22M
Enterprise Value97.97M
Total Cash (Recent Filing)£49.10M
Total Debt (Recent Filing)£90.90M
Price to Earnings (P/E)―
Beta1.07
Next Earnings
Jul 30, 2026EPS EstimateN/A
Next Dividend Ex-DateN/A
Dividend Yield12.88%
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)-0.39
Shares Outstanding72,357,700
10 Day Avg. Volume271,449
30 Day Avg. Volume168,695
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio>-0.01
Price to Book (P/B)0.88
Price to Sales (P/S)0.11
P/FCF Ratio11.93
Enterprise Value/Market CapN/A
Enterprise Value/RevenueN/A
Enterprise Value/Gross ProfitN/A
Enterprise Value/EbitdaN/A
Forecast
1Y Price Target
£100.00Price Target Upside-30.31% Downside
Rating ConsensusHold
Number of Analyst Covering1
EPS Forecast (FY)-0.3
Revenue Forecast (FY)£705.08M
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
Positive Operating And Free Cash FlowPersistent positive operating and free cash flow through 2024–2025 provides a durable liquidity buffer that supports ongoing operations, funds working-capital needs, and gives management time to execute restructuring or commercial initiatives without immediate financing. This cash resilience reduces short-term solvency risk and underpins the company’s ability to maintain client delivery and staffing operations while margins and revenues are repaired.
Manageable Leverage Despite DeteriorationAbsolute debt levels remain reasonable relative to assets and the company retains meaningful equity and operational scale; this gives financial flexibility to support recruitment operations and working capital. While rising leverage is a caution, current debt capacity still allows for refinancing or targeted investment to stabilise revenue trends, maintaining solvency in a multi-month horizon.
Specialist Recruitment Model And Gross Profit BaseRobert Walters’ specialist recruitment model, diversified across permanent, contract and advisory services, produces a recurring gross-profit pool that supports core operating capabilities. This structural gross-profit base enables the company to leverage relationships, redeploy talent teams, and scale fee-based services as markets recover, offering a stable foundation for margin recovery and targeted growth initiatives over the next several months.
Bears Say
Multi-year Revenue DeclineSustained revenue contraction across three consecutive years erodes scale advantages, reduces pricing leverage with clients, and weakens recruiter productivity economics. Continued top-line shrinkage can force permanent cost restructuring, impair long-term client coverage, and make it harder to recover fixed-cost absorption, prolonging pressure on margins and earnings over a 2–6 month horizon if demand does not normalise.
Profitability Swung To Material LossesA shift from multi-year profitability to deeper losses reduces retained earnings and constrains reinvestment in sales teams and technology. Losses impair capital buffers, heighten scrutiny on cost structure, and increase the probability of dividend cuts or restructuring. Over several months, this undermines strategic flexibility and could weaken client and candidate confidence if not arrested.
Sharply Declining Free Cash Flow TrendA notable drop in free cash flow reduces the firm’s cushion for seasonal staffing working capital and discretionary investment. Even with positive operating cash flow, sharply lower FCF curtails the ability to fund strategic initiatives, maintain dividends, or absorb further revenue shocks, increasing refinancing and liquidity risk over a multi-month period if cash generation does not stabilise.
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RWA FAQ
What was Robert Walters PLC’s price range in the past 12 months?
Robert Walters PLC lowest share price was 76.00 p and its highest was 219.80 p in the past 12 months.
What is Robert Walters PLC’s market cap?
Robert Walters PLC’s market cap is £57.22M.
When is Robert Walters PLC’s upcoming earnings report date?
Robert Walters PLC’s upcoming earnings report date is Jul 30, 2026 which is in 52 days.
How were Robert Walters PLC’s earnings last quarter?
Robert Walters PLC released its earnings results on Mar 11, 2026. The company reported -0.237 p earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of N/A by -0.237 p.
Is Robert Walters PLC overvalued?
According to Wall Street analysts Robert Walters PLC’s price is currently Overvalued.
Does Robert Walters PLC pay dividends?
Robert Walters PLC pays a Semiannually dividend of 12.531 p which represents an annual dividend yield of 12.88%. See more information on Robert Walters PLC dividends here
What is Robert Walters PLC’s EPS estimate?
Robert Walters PLC’s EPS estimate for its next earnings report is not yet available.
How many shares outstanding does Robert Walters PLC have?
Robert Walters PLC has 72,357,700 shares outstanding.
What happened to Robert Walters PLC’s price movement after its last earnings report?
Robert Walters PLC reported an EPS of -0.237 p in its last earnings report, missing expectations of N/A. Following the earnings report the stock price went down -7.961%.
Which hedge fund is a major shareholder of Robert Walters PLC?
Currently, no hedge funds are holding shares in GB:RWA
What is the TipRanks Smart Score and how is it calculated?
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Robert Walters Stock Smart Score
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Analyst Consensus
Hold
Average Price Target:
£100.00 (-30.31% Downside)
£100.00 (-30.31% Downside)
Insider Transactions
Bought Shares
Worth £90.1K over
the Last 3 Months
the Last 3 Months
Technicals
SMA
Negative
20 days / 200 days
Momentum
-55.12%
12-Months-Change
Fundamentals
Return on Equity
-24.67%
Trailing 12-Months
Asset Growth
-17.16%
Trailing 12-Months
Company Description
Robert Walters PLC
Robert Walters plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides professional recruitment consultancy services worldwide. The company offers permanent, contract, and interim recruitment services in the fields of accounting and finance, banking and financial services, engineering, human resources, information technology, legal, sales and marketing, secretarial and support, and supply chain and procurement. It also provides staffing and recruitment process outsourcing and managed services. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.
RWA Stock 12 Month Forecast
Average Price Target
100.00 p
▼(-30.31% Downside)
Technical Analysis
Options Prices
Currently, No data available
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