RWA vs. IPEL, STEM, NBB, STAF, GATC, RTC, EMR, HAS, PAGE, and GFRD
Should you be buying Robert Walters stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Robert Walters include Impellam Group (IPEL), SThree (STEM), Norman Broadbent (NBB), Staffline Group (STAF), Gattaca (GATC), RTC Group (RTC), Empresaria Group (EMR), Hays (HAS), PageGroup (PAGE), and Galliford Try (GFRD). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Robert Walters vs. Its Competitors
Robert Walters (LON:RWA) and Impellam Group (LON:IPEL) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
75.5% of Robert Walters shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.4% of Impellam Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.7% of Robert Walters shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 85.8% of Impellam Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Impellam Group has higher revenue and earnings than Robert Walters. Impellam Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Robert Walters, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Robert Walters had 12 more articles in the media than Impellam Group. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Robert Walters and 0 mentions for Impellam Group. Impellam Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Robert Walters' score of -0.05 indicating that Impellam Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Robert Walters pays an annual dividend of GBX 24 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.8%. Impellam Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 112 per share. Robert Walters pays out 276.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Impellam Group pays out 32,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Robert Walters is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Robert Walters has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Impellam Group has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Robert Walters presently has a consensus target price of GBX 280, suggesting a potential upside of 95.46%. Given Robert Walters' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Robert Walters is more favorable than Impellam Group.
Robert Walters has a net margin of 0.58% compared to Impellam Group's net margin of 0.32%. Impellam Group's return on equity of 7.78% beat Robert Walters' return on equity.
Summary
Robert Walters beats Impellam Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:RWA) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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