RWA vs. STEM, STAF, GATC, EMR, RTC, NBB, HAS, PAGE, IPEL, and ABBY
Should you be buying Robert Walters stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Robert Walters include SThree (STEM), Staffline Group (STAF), Gattaca (GATC), Empresaria Group (EMR), RTC Group (RTC), Norman Broadbent (NBB), Hays (HAS), PageGroup (PAGE), Impellam Group (IPEL), and Abbey (ABBY). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Robert Walters vs. Its Competitors
Robert Walters (LON:RWA) and SThree (LON:STEM) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.
SThree has a net margin of 3.33% compared to Robert Walters' net margin of 0.58%. SThree's return on equity of 20.90% beat Robert Walters' return on equity.
Robert Walters presently has a consensus target price of GBX 280, indicating a potential upside of 113.74%. SThree has a consensus target price of GBX 280, indicating a potential upside of 71.15%. Given Robert Walters' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Robert Walters is more favorable than SThree.
69.3% of Robert Walters shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.5% of SThree shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Robert Walters shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.9% of SThree shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
SThree has higher revenue and earnings than Robert Walters. Robert Walters is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SThree, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, SThree had 2 more articles in the media than Robert Walters. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for SThree and 1 mentions for Robert Walters. Robert Walters' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat SThree's score of 1.00 indicating that Robert Walters is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Robert Walters pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. SThree pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Robert Walters pays out -104.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SThree pays out 65.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. 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, SThree has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
SThree beats Robert Walters on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:RWA) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
