Insider Buying: Robert Walters (LON:RWA) Insider Acquires 9,930 Shares of Stock

Key Points

• Toby Fowlston, an insider at Robert Walters plc, acquired 9,930 shares on April 23 at an average price of GBX 99, for a total of about £9,830.70.
• Shares trade around GBX 97.60 (50‑day MA GBX 99.59, 200‑day MA GBX 122.48) and the company has a £64.2m market cap, negative EPS/ROE and a consensus Hold rating with a GBX 100 target.

Robert Walters plc (LON:RWA - Get Free Report) insider Toby Fowlston acquired 9,930 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, April 23rd. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 99 per share, with a total value of £9,830.70.

Robert Walters Stock Performance

LON:RWA opened at GBX 97.60 on Friday. The business has a 50 day moving average of GBX 99.59 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 122.48. The company has a market capitalization of £64.20 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -2.40, a PEG ratio of 0.08 and a beta of 0.75. Robert Walters plc has a 1-year low of GBX 76 and a 1-year high of GBX 242. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 89.82, a current ratio of 1.28 and a quick ratio of 1.52.

Robert Walters (LON:RWA - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, March 11th. The company reported GBX (40.70) earnings per share for the quarter. Robert Walters had a negative return on equity of 24.67% and a negative net margin of 3.43%. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Robert Walters plc will post 61.5448447 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a "hold" rating and set a GBX 100 target price on shares of Robert Walters in a report on Thursday, April 16th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Hold rating, According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of GBX 100.

Robert Walters Company Profile

Established in 1985, Robert Walters is a global talent solutions business operating in 31 countries across the globe. We support organisations to build high-performing teams, and help professionals to grow meaningful careers. Our client base ranges from the world's leading blue-chip corporates through to SMEs and start-ups. We deliver three core services: • Specialist recruitment - encompassing permanent and temporary recruitment, executive search and interim management. • Recruitment outsourcing - enabling organisations to transfer all, or part of, their recruitment needs to us either through recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) or contingent workforce solutions (CWS). • Talent Advisory - supporting the growth of organisations through market intelligence, talent development, and future of work consultancy. Our employees are passionate about powering people and organisations to fulfil their unique potential.

This instant news alert was generated by narrative science technology and financial data from MarketBeat in order to provide readers with the fastest reporting and unbiased coverage. Please send any questions or comments about this story to contact@marketbeat.com.