UK 14:39 Sunday, 4 October 2026
Breaking news and expert analysis on fast-moving AIM and LSE listed shares
Most recently on recruitment and “talent advisory” company operating in 29 countries Robert Walters (RWA), in April I questioned its trading update arguing “increasingly well-positioned to take advantage of the opportunities ahead”. What about now a “Q2 2026 Trading Update” headlined “First half trading in-line with the Board’s expectations”?
Recruitment and “talent advisory” company operating in 29 countries Robert Walters (RWA) has issued a “Q1 2026 Trading Update” including emphasising “encouraging that the momentum we saw in the second half of last year in certain specialist recruitment markets, such as the UK, Spain and New Zealand, continued into the early months of 2026” and that it “is increasingly well-positioned to take advantage of the opportunities ahead”. So what about an up to 88p share price in response, still well down on levels of even last month?
Most recently on recruitment and “talent advisory” company operating in 29 countries Robert Walters (RWA), in January with the shares falling to back below 130p I noted actually worse than “broadly consistent trends with Q3” and concluded to still avoid. The shares most recently closed at 103p and what about them currently falling below 100p on the back of its 2025 calendar year results announcement?
Most recently on recruitment and “talent advisory” company operating in 29 countries Robert Walters (RWA), in October with the shares up to 130p I concluded on the watchlist for trading recovery but still currently avoid. What about now with a “Q4 2025 Trading Update” headlined “Continued improvement in specialist recruitment in the UK, Spain and ANZ. Northern Europe remains challenging”?
Recruitment and “talent advisory” company operating in 30 countries Robert Walters (RWA) has issued a “Q3 2025 Trading Update” including emphasising that its “largest segment by net fee income, saw broad-based improvement and UK specialist recruitment grew year-on-year” and “continued progress towards delivering at least £10m of annualised structural cost savings by 2027”. So what of a share price currently up to 130p in response?
Most recently writing on recruitment and “talent advisory” company operating in 30 countries Robert Walters (RWA), a few weeks ago with its shares falling below 175p I concluded that, ahead of the 31st July-scheduled half-year results detail, it was still that hopefully my prior caution from around a 250p+ share price was heeded and to still avoid. The shares most recently closed at 159p and what about them currently falling further, below 150p, on the back of the half-year results announcement?
Recruitment and “talent advisory” company operating in 30 countries Robert Walters (RWA) has issued a “Q2 2025 Trading Update” including noting that “net fees were higher than in the first quarter” and “further strategic actions implemented during the quarter to drive greater efficiency… and with further cost reduction planned for the second half”. However, emphasising such cost actions tends to mean current demand challenges and what of the shares presently further down at below 175p?
Most recently writing on recruitment and consultancy company operating in 31 countries Robert Walters (RWA), in January with the shares having fallen to just above 300p I suggested market conditions still further deteriorating and to still avoid. With now 2024 results headlined “Executing strategic plan against tough market backdrop”, is the company faring any better than larger peer I reviewed earlier today PageGroup (PAGE)?
Recruitment business operating in 31 countries across the globe, Robert Walters (RWA) has issued a trading update headlined “Focused initiatives continue to strengthen the business amidst ongoing challenging market conditions”. So what of a current just above 300p share price, comparing to 380p as recently as October?
