Robert Walters plc (RWA) Fair Value & Analysis
Industrials · GB · Market cap 71.7M GBX
Fair value as of: Jul 18, 2026
From 11 valuation models · updated 23 days ago
Share price +66.9% over the past month.
A solid business, currently priced close to our fair value.
What matters now
- The price sits close to our fair value, market and models broadly agree here, little valuation tension.
- A fairly wide model range (£0.7700 to £1.54) leaves room in how you read the outcome.
Price vs Fair Value (5 years)
White line = price, green steps = our fair value per fiscal year, dashed = 300-day average. As of Jul 18, 2026.
How to read this chart
60‑month range £0.6067 – £5.31 · fair‑value band £0.7700 – £1.54 · the £1.09 price screens above the £1.03 fair value. Green steps = our fair value per fiscal year (point-in-time, no hindsight). Dashed = 300-day average. As of Jul 18, 2026.
Analysis
Robert Walters plc (RWA) currently trades at £1.09, while our model-based Fair Value estimate is £1.03, implying the stock looks roughly 5.5% fairly valued today. The Quality Score stands at 54/100 (solid quality), in the Industrials sector. Bear case: priced above our estimate, the market already discounts strong expectations. Bull case: above-average quality can justify a premium, the entry price still matters most (evidence: medium).
Over the trailing twelve months, Robert Walters plc generated revenue of £781M at a net margin of -3.4%. Revenue declined 12.6% year over year. It earns a return on equity of -22.4%. Net debt stands at £41.8M. Fundamentals as of Jul 18, 2026
Our scenario range runs from £0.7700 (bear case) to £1.54 (bull case); at £1.09, the current price sits within that range. Bear and bull are the same models run on conservative and optimistic assumptions (margins, growth, valuation multiples), so a plausible valuation range, not a price target. For context, the median of 10 Industrials peers we cover trades at 23% fair-value upside, at -6%, RWA screens richer than that median.
Fair Value models
Each model estimates fair value its own way; the Fair Value above is the evidence-weighted blend. Evidence (0–100) measures how completely this model’s inputs are available: well-fed models carry more weight in the blend. The spread across models is intentional, each one stresses a different value driver; dividend models, for instance, come out structurally low when payout is small.
All 11 models by family
Widest divergence: Multiples (£2.23) versus Asset-Based (£1.03). Highest evidence: Growth DCF (80).
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Key figures & financial health
More key figures
Figures from reported company fundamentals · as of Jul 18, 2026. TTM = trailing twelve months.
Quality Score breakdown
Of which business quality 58 · Market factors (momentum, volatility) 49
Non-valuation factor families (profitability, growth, cashflow, financial strength, momentum …), each academically grounded. Valuation itself sits in the Fair Value and is deliberately excluded here to avoid double-counting.
About the company
Robert Walters plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides professional recruitment consultancy services worldwide. The company offers permanent, contract, and interim recruitment; and executive search services in the fields of accountancy and finance, banking, engineering, human resources, healthcare, technology, legal, sales, marketing, secretarial and …
Full company description
Robert Walters plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides professional recruitment consultancy services worldwide. The company offers permanent, contract, and interim recruitment; and executive search services in the fields of accountancy and finance, banking, engineering, human resources, healthcare, technology, legal, sales, marketing, secretarial and support and supply chain, and logistics and procurement. It provides recruitment outsourcing, consultancy, and talent advisory services. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.
Company description, as reported by the company or data provider.
Revenue & earnings trend
FY2021 – FY2025 · reported fiscal years
Robert Walters plc reported revenue of £781M in FY2025 versus £971M in FY2021, a compound −5.3%/yr. Reported net income was −£26.8M in FY2025.
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Peer Group
Staffing & Employment Services · 85 stocks
How this stock ranks against its industry: the green marker is this stock, the band is the typical 25–75% peer range, and the tick is the median.
Valuation Multiples vs Staffing & Employment Services median · lower = cheaper
Snowflake
Five quick dimensions, each 0 to 100: VALUE (fair-value potential), FUTURE (revenue growth), PAST (return on equity), HEALTH (low debt), DIVIDEND (yield). Green = this stock, grey = typical sector peer.
Insider activity: 20/100
Values & ESG
Does this company touch areas you may want to avoid? The classification is inferred from sector and industry.
ESG scores are not available for this stock yet. Values and ESG data are contextual and can differ between providers.
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How we calculate Fair Value
Each company is valued through a stack of independent intrinsic-value models (DCF variants, residual-income, multiples and more), blended into one family-balanced consensus and weighted by how much trustworthy data backs it. A separate quality layer scores the fundamentals. Every input is real reported data, nothing guessed.
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