RWA vs. IPEL, STEM, NBB, STAF, GATC, EMR, RTC, HAS, PAGE, and AFM
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), Empresaria Group (EMR), RTC Group (RTC), Hays (HAS), PageGroup (PAGE), and Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (AFM). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Robert Walters vs. Its Competitors
Impellam Group (LON:IPEL) and Robert Walters (LON:RWA) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.
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, Impellam Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Robert Walters' score of -0.59 indicating that Impellam Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Robert Walters received 368 more outperform votes than Impellam Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.94% of users gave Robert Walters an outperform vote while only 66.92% of users gave Impellam Group an outperform vote.
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.
Impellam Group has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Robert Walters has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
8.4% of Impellam Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.5% of Robert Walters shares are held by institutional investors. 85.8% of Impellam Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.7% of Robert Walters shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Impellam Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 112 per share. Robert Walters pays an annual dividend of GBX 24 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. 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 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. Robert Walters is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Robert Walters beats Impellam Group on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:RWA) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
