RWA vs. IPEL, STEM, NBB, STAF, GATC, RTC, EMR, HAS, PAGE, and LSC
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 London Security (LSC). 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 media sentiment, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Robert Walters had 11 more articles in the media than Impellam Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 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 -0.47 indicating that Impellam Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
8.4% of Impellam Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.5% of Robert Walters shares are owned by institutional investors. 85.8% of Impellam Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.7% of Robert Walters shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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, indicating that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Robert Walters has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Robert Walters has a consensus target price of GBX 350, suggesting a potential upside of 108.33%. Given Robert Walters' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Robert Walters is more favorable than Impellam Group.
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 14.3%. 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.
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.
Summary
Robert Walters beats Impellam Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Robert Walters News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for RWA and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
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.
Robert Walters Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
This page (LON:RWA) was last updated on 7/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
Free RWA Stock Alerts