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Robert Walters (LSE:RWA) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 12.92 (As of May. 10, 2024)


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What is Robert Walters 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Robert Walters's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 12.92.


The historical rank and industry rank for Robert Walters's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:RWA' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.11   Med: 3.89   Max: 13.48
Current: 12.92


During the past 13 years, Robert Walters's highest Yield on Cost was 13.48. The lowest was 1.11. And the median was 3.89.


LSE:RWA's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked better than
94.89% of 587 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 3.47 vs LSE:RWA: 12.92

Competitive Comparison of Robert Walters's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Staffing & Employment Services subindustry, Robert Walters's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Robert Walters's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Robert Walters's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Robert Walters's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.



Robert Walters 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Calculation

Dividend Yield % and dividend growth of a stock is an important factor for income investors. But if company A raises its dividend constantly faster than company B, company A's future dividend yield might be much higher than Company B's even if their yields are the same now and their stock prices do not change.

Yield on Cost assumes that you buy and the stock today, and hold it for 5 years. If the company raises it dividends at the same rate as it did over the past 5 years, the dividends investors receive annually in 5 years relative to the stock price today.

Therefore, Yield-on-Cost of Robert Walters is calculated as

Yield-on-Cost=Dividend Yield %*(1+Dividend Growth Rate)^5

Robert Walters  (LSE:RWA) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Explanation

Of course the risk here is that the company may not raise its dividends as it did before. The key is to select the companies that can consistently raise its dividends. Usually companies with long history of raising dividends tend to do so.


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Robert Walters (LSE:RWA) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
11 Slingsby Place, St Martin's Courtyard, London, GBR, WC2E 9AB
Robert Walters PLC is a specialist professional recruitment group. The company specialises in the placement of the highest calibre professionals across the disciplines of accountancy and finance, banking, engineering, HR, healthcare, IT, legal, sales, marketing, secretarial and support and supply chain, logistics and procurement. Its client base ranges from blue-chip corporates and financial services organisations to SMEs and start-ups. The Group's outsourcing division, Resource Solutions, is engaged in recruitment process outsourcing and managed services. Its geographical area of operation includes Asia Pacific, UK, Europe, and Other International. It generates the most of the revenue from the Asia Pacific.

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