RWS - RWS Share Forecast, Price & News

RWS Holdings plc provides technology-enabled language, content management, and intellectual property (IP) services. It operates through four segments: Language Services, Regulated Industries, IP Services, and Language and Content Technology. The Language Services segment provides language services and helps clients to create, translate, and deliver content in approximately 250 languages. The Regulated Industries segment offers a full suite of language services, including language solutions for clinical trial management, linguistic validation of clinical outcomes assessments, insurance, retail, commercial and investment banking, compliance, mergers and acquisitions, and litigation services. The IP Services segment provides patent translation and filing services, as well as a range of IP search services. The Language and Content Technology segment offers language technology and artificial intelligence solutions that enables enterprises to create, manage, translate, and automate content in various languages; and content management technology support services. It serves automotive, energy, retail and e-commerce, legal, travel and hospitality, leisure, finance, industrial and manufacturing, life sciences, high-tech software, chemical, media, aerospace and defense, managed care, telecom, and government sectors. The company primarily operates in the United Kingdom, the United States, Continental Europe, and internationally. RWS Holdings plc was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Chalfont St Peter, the United Kingdom.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on RWS shares. Shore Capital reiterated a "not rated" rating on shares of RWS in a research note on Thursday, June 9th. Berenberg Bank restated a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 650 ($7.85) price objective on shares of RWS in a research note on Thursday, June 9th. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group restated a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 530 ($6.40) price objective on shares of RWS in a research note on Friday, June 10th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of GBX 653.75 ($7.90).

RWS Stock Performance

Shares of LON:RWS traded up GBX 0.40 ($0.00) during midday trading on Friday, hitting GBX 370 ($4.47). The company had a trading volume of 152,774 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,488,898. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.96, a current ratio of 1.43 and a quick ratio of 1.43. The company has a market cap of £1.44 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 2,642.86. RWS has a 12-month low of GBX 320 ($3.87) and a 12-month high of GBX 681 ($8.23). The company has a fifty day moving average of GBX 361.05 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 400.55.

RWS Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 22nd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 23rd were paid a GBX 2.25 ($0.03) dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, June 23rd. This represents a yield of 0.59%. RWS's payout ratio is presently 75.00%.