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Share Name | Share Symbol | Market | Type | Share ISIN | Share Description |
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Robert Walters Plc | LSE:RWA | London | Ordinary Share | GB0008475088 | ORD 20P |
Price Change | % Change | Share Price | Bid Price | Offer Price | High Price | Low Price | Open Price | Shares Traded | Last Trade | |
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-7.00 | -1.76% | 391.00 | 391.00 | 400.00 | 403.00 | 391.00 | 403.00 | 6,247 | 12:12:11 |
Industry Sector | Turnover | Profit | EPS - Basic | PE Ratio | Market Cap |
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Employment Agencies | 1.1B | 39.1M | 0.5343 | 7.32 | 286.12M |
Date | Subject | Author | Discuss |
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25/2/2008 12:30 | Upgraded to a BUY 0855 GMT [Dow Jones] Seymour Pierce upgrades Robert Walters (RWA.LN) to buy from outperform. Says the company's FY '07 results were ahead of the brokerage's expectations, with EPS rising by 23% to 23.2p. "The outlook statement is encouraging. Geographic and operational diversity leave the group well-placed to weather a downturn in the economic cycle," says Seymour Pierce. Says the shares have been one of the "worst" performers in the staffing sub-sector in the past year, and are still trading at a significant discount to its closest peer Michael Page (MPI.LN). Keeps target price at 180p. Shares +9.9% at 150p. (ISD) | cockneyrebel | |
25/2/2008 12:20 | I had these but sold at 350ish now bought twice as many for less money.Lovely! | geologic | |
25/2/2008 10:47 | Regarding op. cashflow/ op. profit = 116.3% - a cash generator alright. :O) Also ROE is up to 52.55%. You can see why Ruane & Co bought in. A classic Buffett stock - after all Buffett pointed his clients to Ruane when he broke up his partnership. Gotta love these value guys. | liarspoker | |
25/2/2008 10:45 | Frauddy - too late mate - the early bird gets the worm! Look at that chart changing direction too. Keep following me Frauddy and there's an outside chance I'll keep you solvent! :-) CR | cockneyrebel | |
25/2/2008 10:36 | I decided to take the plunge this morning. Operating cash flow of £30.3m and a market cap of just £115m seems to be discounting a huge recession and I just can't see it. This company is a cash machine at present. I would like to see a balance between share buybacks and special dividends though. The buyback last year was at more than £3.00 per share, which was a pity in hindsight. | leading | |
25/2/2008 10:02 | Bought a chunk this morning. As many have commented it looks too cheap with net cash taken into account. funny how I missed this with all the IMP furore! | nigelpm | |
25/2/2008 09:31 | Thanks CR. | farsight | |
25/2/2008 08:50 | Please take your personal vendata with CR elsewhere Freddy. | liarspoker | |
25/2/2008 08:22 | STHR chart looks nice and I like HAS too, also Robert Half (NYSE:RHI) | lafiamma | |
25/2/2008 08:15 | Excellent but going a lot higher imo. Watch MPI - likely to rise in sentiment and results there soon too. CR | cockneyrebel | |
25/2/2008 08:12 | Certainly caught my eye! laf :o) | lafiamma | |
25/2/2008 08:09 | P/E of 4.54 this Am if you strip out the cash, 4.32X PBT for 08, 4.7X 2007 !! Entering the Chinese job market too and a few other acquisitions to make a full year impact as well. Nice. :O) | liarspoker | |
25/2/2008 07:37 | Record results, oodles of cash, PE 6, nice divi increase. Miles to cheap imo. CR | cockneyrebel | |
24/2/2008 15:17 | Up or down tomorow ..? | mitzis | |
24/2/2008 12:22 | I agree with that CR. Buffett invested in advertising & publishing companies during the bear market in the early 70's. He got great return on companies such as Interpublic ( near 10 bagger )& Ogilvy & Mather ( 4 bagger ). Affiliated publishing ( near 15 bagger )came at the end of the 70's. Prime sectors to long imo when beaten down. | liarspoker | |
24/2/2008 12:10 | Nice - the chance to buy the likes of RWA at this level is usually a once in a decade occurance, in fact the only time I can remember recruiters and advertising stocks being this cheap is when we have been well into some sort of recession. These are on a distressed rating and no distress imo. CR | cockneyrebel | |
24/2/2008 05:56 | "full-year results are expected to show a 17 per cent increase in net fee income to around £127m and a 30 per cent increase in pre-tax profits to £24.5m, despite the economic turmoil." | nobull | |
22/2/2008 16:13 | Last chance to pick up a few or add before results on Monday. :O) | liarspoker | |
22/2/2008 12:47 | Yep, looks way oversold imo Madmix, was just reading that on AFX. Share price here seems to be factoring in a global recession already imo. I reckon the chart on this, MPI, and other stocks like KLR and RGU etc tell a different story - they are forming a bottom imo, easy to see in a lot of stocks imo. CR | cockneyrebel | |
22/2/2008 12:45 | Nice post madmix. Thanks. | liarspoker | |
22/2/2008 12:37 | Courtesy of AFX : Robert Walters PLC's first half conversion ratio (CR) of 18.7 pct is comparatively low, compared with Hays PLC achieving 33 pct and Michael Page International PLC 31 pct. This, however, reflects the group's high level of overseas expansion for what is actually quite a small company, compared with its larger peers, points out Ian Jermin of Landsbanki. For example, its AsPac net fee income (NFI) represents 40 pct of total NFI and in quantum is equal to Page's NFI and EBIT from this region, he adds. Nevertheless, the improvement in the ratio in H1 (from 15.3 pct) allowed a relatively modest 17 pct growth to translate to a 44 pct growth in EBIT. For the second half, Jermin is expecting similar NFI growth to H1, but a maintenance of the 20.5 pct CR achieved in H2 2006. Of course, this may be too conservative and management itself sees no reason why its CR peak of 26 pct at the top of the last cycle cannot be repeated in this cycle. Therefore, for the year to December 2007, the analyst anticipates NFI of 127.5 mln stg and pretax of 24.75 mln (19.0 mln) -- growth of 17 pct and 30 pct respectively. Jermin sounds a note of caution in respect of Resource Solutions, the group's recruitment process outsourcing consultancy. It is particularly active in the UK Financial Services sector, although through 2007 it has traded out of some large accounts (Credit Suisse) into more profitable ones and into other sectors such as telco. However, financial services clients still represent the bulk of fee income in this subsidiary. Overall, the group has a relatively low exposure to financial services at around 5 pct of NFI. With 61 pct of NFI derived from overseas staffing, Jermin considers Walters reasonably protected from any localised weakness. In the meantime, the analyst expects the total payout to rise to 4.70 pence from 4.0. Edit : Only 5% of Net fee income exposed to the banking sector. Also, 61% from outside the UK. Suggests to me that RWA is one of the better stock picks in this sector. | madmix | |
21/2/2008 16:13 | Few big swaps & trades today. I reckon Ruane & co are adding. Edit: Nice intraday reversal as well..... | liarspoker | |
21/2/2008 15:29 | You're not the only two invested here, I have some too! I agree that the sector looks a wee bit oversold, and RWA looks like one of the better companies within it due to their geographical mix. Results on Monday should be interesting. | madmix | |
21/2/2008 15:10 | ~Looks like it's me and You LS - world isn't comingto an end and the chance to buy a recruiter like this on a P Eof 5 is just too hornilicious to miss. Those large trades this morning cleared a chunbk of stock imo. Onwards and upwards. CR | cockneyrebel |
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