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Robert Walters plc (RWA.L)

GBp96.20 -0.20 (-0.21%)
GB LSE Industrials Staffing & Employment Services
Address 11 Slingsby Place WC2E 9AB
London, GB
CEO Toby Russell Fowlston
IPO 2000-07-06
ISIN GB0008475088

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Description

Robert Walters plc, alongside its various entities, delivers expert talent acquisition and human capital solutions on a global scale. The company excels in placing candidates for permanent, contract, and temporary roles across numerous industries. These include financial and accounting services, banking and investment, engineering, human resources, information technology, legal professions, sales and marketing, administrative support, and supply chain management. Furthermore, Robert Walters provides comprehensive workforce solutions, encompassing staffing services, recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), and bespoke managed services. The firm was established in 1985 and maintains its principal corporate office in London, United Kingdom.

Market Cap & Enterprise Value
Merger & Acquisition History

No mergers or acquisitions recorded for this company.

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Price
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GBp96.20 -0.20 (-0.21%)
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Liquidity & share structure
Average Volume
82.2K
Beta
0.78
Float Shares
59.78M
Free Float %
90.9%
Price Performance
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-0.70% -2.56% -10.11% -29.42% -36.97% -37.21% -59.72% -80.28% -87.62% -74.08% -53.33%
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Market Data

Price Targets & DCF
Current price
96.20
DCF (Unlevered) 630.29 +555.2%
DCF (Levered) 301.90 +213.8%

DCF figures are point estimates: small changes in growth or discount-rate assumptions move them materially. Read them as a reference, not a precise target.

Ratings Trend (MoM) 67% Bullish
Rating 2026-05 Change
Strong Buy 0 0
Buy 2 -1
Hold 1 0
Sell 0 0
Strong Sell 0 0
Quality scores
Altman Z-Score
6.79
Safe zone
Piotroski F-Score
3 / 9
Average
MOAT Score
3 / 10
No MOAT
Composite Rating
B-
Overall Score
2 / 5
Medium
DCF Score
5 / 5
High
ROE Score
1 / 5
Low
ROA Score
1 / 5
Low
D/E Score
2 / 5
Medium
P/E Score
1 / 5
Low
P/Book Score
4 / 5
High
Operational MOAT
✗ Below peers
  • Revenue growth Staffing & Employment Services: +6.7%
    -12.4% Q4'25: -26.7% (vs Q4'23)
  • EPS growth Staffing & Employment Services: +18.1%
    -349.6% Q4'25: -283.3% (vs Q4'23)
  • FCF margin FCF growth · Staffing & Employment Services: +32.6%
    -0.2% Q4'25: +1.6% (vs Q4'23)
  • EBIT margin Staffing & Employment Services: +5.7%
    -1.9% Q4'25: -1.9% (vs Q4'23)
  • ROIC Staffing & Employment Services: +12.1%
    -10.4% Q4'25: -19.9% (vs Q4'23)
  • Share dilution Staffing & Employment Services: +0.4%
    +0.0% Q4'25: +3.7% (vs Q4'23)
  • Debt / EBITDA Net debt/EBITDA · Staffing & Employment Services: -1.18×
    11.96× Q4'25: 5.83× (vs Q4'23)
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DCF Interactive Model (UFCF)
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Market assumptions
WACC components (optional)
Ke (Cost of Equity) = Rf + β (0.80) × ERP
WACC = 38% × Ke + 62% × Kd (5.6%) × (1−t)

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Business assumptions
Intrinsic value (base): 630.29 Current price: 96.20
Enterprise Value: Equity Value: Terminal Value: TV as % of EV:

Base values reflect the latest available data for this company and market conditions.

Consensus Estimates
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Dec 2026
2 Rev. Ana.
2 EPS Ana.
Dec 2027
2 Rev. Ana.
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Dec 2028
2 Rev. Ana.
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Revenue
253.55M
est: 239.23M (+6.0%)
260.32M
est: 261.41M (-0.4%)
156.84M
est: 128.15M (+22.4%)
188.24M
est: 110.17M (+70.9%)
234.55M
est: 192.87M (+21.6%)
274.46M
est: 249.80M (+9.9%)
319.80M
est: 292.60M (+9.3%)
337.31M
est: 344.79M (-2.2%)
300.44M
est: 287.46M (+4.5%)
424.20M
est: 401.51M (+5.7%)
528.11M
est: 459.28M (+15.0%)
567.77M
est: 569.43M (-0.3%)
597.72M
est: 604.00M (-1.0%)
679.60M
est: 646.38M (+5.1%)
812.72M
est: 742.08M (+9.5%)
998.54M
est: 963.72M (+3.6%)
1.17B
est: 1.20B (-3.0%)
1.23B
est: 1.14B (+8.3%)
1.22B
est: 980.30M (+24.1%)
938.40M
est: 761.85M (+23.2%)
970.70M
est: 1.02B (-4.9%)
1.10B
est: 1.20B (-8.5%)
1.06B
est: 975.10M (+9.1%)
892.10M
est: 321.50M (+177.5%)
781.10M
est: 274.10M (+185.0%)
705.08M
644.62M – 765.54M
+157.2% YoY
740.33M
676.85M – 803.81M
+5.0% YoY
784.81M
784.81M – 784.81M
+6.0% YoY
EBITDA
8.13M
est: 12.91M (-37.0%)
4.44M
est: 9.48M (-53.2%)
4.32M
est: 1.98M (+118.0%)
9.32M
est: 5.76M (+61.8%)
14.16M
est: 12.80M (+10.6%)
21.98M
est: 16.94M (+29.7%)
27.75M
est: 25.41M (+9.2%)
21.62M
est: 30.38M (-28.8%)
5.08M
est: 16.82M (-69.8%)
16.74M
est: 6.12M (+173.5%)
19.03M
est: 18.15M (+4.8%)
12.32M
est: 21.60M (-42.9%)
14.89M
est: 11.47M (+29.9%)
22.57M
est: 14.25M (+58.4%)
27.26M
est: 26.27M (+3.8%)
33.22M
est: 33.41M (-0.6%)
46.29M
est: 42.79M (+8.2%)
55.40M
est: 48.35M (+14.6%)
73.10M
est: 51.31M (+42.5%)
39.20M
est: 54.90M (-28.6%)
74.20M
est: 61.56M (+20.5%)
80.80M
est: 61.25M (+31.9%)
49.60M
est: 46.37M (+7.0%)
28.10M
est: 15.18M (+85.1%)
7.60M
est: 13.03M (-41.7%)
33.53M
30.65M – 36.40M
+157.2% YoY
35.20M
32.19M – 38.22M
+5.0% YoY
37.32M
37.32M – 37.32M
+6.0% YoY
EBIT
6.51M
est: 7.43M (-12.4%)
2.64M
est: 6.88M (-61.7%)
2.82M
est: 294.1K (+859.4%)
8.19M
est: 1.72M (+376.3%)
12.86M
est: 10.18M (+26.3%)
20.35M
est: 16.08M (+26.6%)
25.70M
est: 22.62M (+13.6%)
18.70M
est: 30.76M (-39.2%)
1.70M
est: 15.17M (-88.8%)
13.66M
est: 2.23M (+511.3%)
15.81M
est: 15.10M (+4.7%)
8.51M
est: 19.34M (-56.0%)
10.83M
est: 9.02M (+20.2%)
18.22M
est: 11.56M (+57.6%)
23.10M
est: 21.71M (+6.4%)
26.24M
est: 29.81M (-12.0%)
41.90M
est: 32.82M (+27.7%)
49.70M
est: 46.05M (+7.9%)
51.20M
est: 47.32M (+8.2%)
15.90M
est: 43.05M (-63.1%)
53.20M
est: 48.26M (+10.2%)
59.10M
est: 48.03M (+23.1%)
25.60M
est: 23.26M (+10.1%)
5.10M
est: 7.61M (-33.0%)
-14.90M
est: 6.54M (-327.9%)
16.82M
15.37M – 18.26M
+157.2% YoY
17.66M
16.14M – 19.17M
+5.0% YoY
18.72M
18.72M – 18.72M
+6.0% YoY
Net Income
4.08M
est: 4.13M (-1.2%)
-312.0K
est: 4.48M (-107.0%)
2.10M
est: -147.1K (+1,526.5%)
4.97M
est: 1.81M (+175.2%)
8.13M
est: 6.16M (+31.9%)
14.09M
est: 10.02M (+40.7%)
17.42M
est: 16.35M (+6.5%)
12.24M
est: 20.50M (-40.3%)
240.0K
est: 9.95M (-97.6%)
8.61M
est: 279.4K (+2,983.2%)
9.87M
est: 9.84M (+0.3%)
4.86M
est: 12.27M (-60.4%)
6.16M
est: 5.20M (+18.4%)
11.26M
est: 6.64M (+69.6%)
15.29M
est: 13.41M (+14.0%)
19.90M
est: 19.73M (+0.8%)
29.34M
est: 24.88M (+17.9%)
35.56M
est: 32.24M (+10.3%)
34.00M
est: 33.89M (+0.3%)
5.70M
est: 28.58M (-80.1%)
33.50M
est: 32.05M (+4.5%)
39.10M
est: 25.00M (+56.4%)
13.40M
est: 5.70M (+135.1%)
-6.00M
est: 61.2K (-9,897.6%)
-26.80M
est: -13.46M (-99.2%)
-20.55M
-24.92M – -16.25M
-52.8% YoY
-3.75M
-6.91M – -3.49M
+81.7% YoY
5.70M
2.54M – 7.44M
+251.7% YoY
SGA
est: 78.69M (-100.0%)
53.35M
est: 62.50M (-14.6%)
49.55M
est: 26.13M (+89.6%)
59.02M
est: 42.55M (+38.7%)
75.11M
est: 85.28M (-11.9%)
89.12M
est: 92.88M (-4.0%)
102.82M
est: 101.37M (+1.4%)
119.94M
est: 118.78M (+1.0%)
102.79M
est: 97.79M (+5.1%)
142.18M
est: 143.59M (-1.0%)
167.81M
est: 162.66M (+3.2%)
179.92M
est: 208.04M (-13.5%)
188.36M
est: 190.82M (-1.3%)
197.10M
est: 201.62M (-2.2%)
211.33M
est: 234.82M (-10.0%)
252.09M
est: 272.69M (-7.6%)
303.35M
est: 315.23M (-3.8%)
342.36M
est: 333.41M (+2.7%)
354.30M
est: 326.23M (+8.6%)
287.60M
est: 297.87M (-3.4%)
299.50M
est: 333.99M (-10.3%)
370.00M
est: 332.35M (+11.3%)
360.50M
est: 327.55M (+10.1%)
316.20M
est: 108.00M (+192.8%)
266.60M
est: 92.07M (+189.5%)
236.85M
216.54M – 257.15M
+157.2% YoY
248.69M
227.36M – 270.01M
+5.0% YoY
263.63M
263.63M – 263.63M
+6.0% YoY
EPS
0.05
est: 0.06 (-22.0%)
0.00
est: 0.03 (-114.7%)
0.03
est: 0.03 (-10.9%)
0.06
est: 0.04 (+45.7%)
0.11
est: 0.09 (+28.9%)
0.19
est: 0.16 (+19.8%)
0.23
est: 0.22 (+4.2%)
0.17
est: 0.17 (+0.8%)
0.00
est: 0.00 (+166.5%)
0.13
est: 0.11 (+17.9%)
0.14
est: 0.14 (-1.5%)
0.07
est: 0.07 (+2.7%)
0.08
est: 0.08 (+3.0%)
0.15
est: 0.14 (+10.5%)
0.21
est: 0.19 (+10.5%)
0.28
est: 0.23 (+20.2%)
0.43
est: 0.37 (+17.3%)
0.46
est: 0.46 (+1.0%)
0.48
est: 0.47 (+1.6%)
0.08
est: 0.08 (+0.2%)
0.46
est: 0.43 (+7.1%)
0.56
est: 0.55 (+2.7%)
0.20
est: 0.09 (+130.8%)
-0.09
est: 0.00 (-9,895.9%)
-0.41
est: -0.20 (-101.9%)
-0.30
-0.38 – -0.25
-45.5% YoY
-0.07
-0.11 – -0.05
+75.3% YoY
0.08
0.04 – 0.11
+203.9% YoY
Historical Ratings (3M)
Date Rating Overall DCF ROE ROA D/E P/E P/B
2026-05-29 B- 2/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 2/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-28 B- 2/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 2/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-27 B- 2/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 2/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-26 B- 2/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 2/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-22 C+ 2/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-21 C+ 2/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-20 C+ 2/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-19 C+ 2/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-18 C+ 2/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-15 C+ 2/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-14 C+ 2/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-13 C+ 2/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-12 C+ 2/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-11 C+ 2/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-08 C+ 2/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-07 C+ 2/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-06 C+ 2/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-05 C+ 2/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-01 C+ 2/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-30 C+ 2/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-29 C+ 2/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-28 C+ 2/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-27 C+ 2/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-24 C+ 2/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-23 C+ 2/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-22 C+ 2/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-21 C+ 2/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-20 C+ 2/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-17 C+ 2/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-16 C+ 2/5 5/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5

Owner Earnings

Owner's Earnings (history) From To
Owner alignment
Owner's Earnings TTM
-9.38M
OE per share TTM
-0.14
Owner's Yield
-15.18%
Maintenance CapEx ratio
Maint CapEx / Avg PPE
7.6%

Ownership Overview

Ownership breakdown

Ownership breakdown not available.

At a glance
Institutional holders
Total invested
Insider transactions (90d)
0
Beneficial owners (>5%)
0
Beneficial owners (>5%)

No beneficial ownership filings recorded.

Institutional Activity (13F)

Institutional ownership trend

Institutional history not available.

Top institutional holders

Top holders not available.

ETF Ownership

Top ETFs holding this stock Held by 3 ETFs in our universe
# ETF Weight Est. AUM exposure TER
1 State Street SPDR FTSE UK All Share UCITS ETF (Dist) FTAD.L 0.00% 13.1K 0.20%
2 State Street SPDR FTSE UK All Share UCITS ETF (Acc) FTAL.L 0.00% 13.1K 0.20%
3 Dimensional - International Small Cap ETF DFIS 0.00% 31.3K 0.39%

Insider Activity

Insider Activity — Latest Quarter

No insider activity available.

Insider buys vs sells (history)

Insider history not available.

Recent insider transactions

No recent insider transactions.

Executive team

Top executives
EBIT / Employee
-4.5K
Shares Outstanding
65.77M

Executive compensation

Executive compensation (annual)

Executive compensation not available.

CEO compensation breakdown

No CEO compensation history available.

Proxy statements

Proxy statements (DEF 14A)

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Recent SEC filings

Recent SEC filings

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Executive team

NameTitleCompensationGender
Toby Russell Fowlston Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director 604.0K male
Dami Tanimowo Head of Investor Relations male
David Barr CEO of Outsourcing male
Dominic Dow Chief Technology & Product Officer male
Faye Walshe Group Innovation Director female
Indy Lachhar Chief People Officer female
Jonathan Frederick Solesbury Interim Chief Financial Officer male
Kristin Thomas Managing Director of RS US
Louise Campbell Managing Director of Ireland female
Richard Harris Chief Legal Officer male
Rob Vermaak Chief Executive Officer of Benelux, Germany & France
Rodolfo Oviedo Country Manager Mexico male
ESG Score History

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Senate Trading Activity

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House Trading Activity

No House trading activity found for this company.

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