| Period | Completed events | Price coverage | Hit rate | Median excess return | Average excess return | Worst excess return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5D | 2Small sample | 100.0% (2/2) | 0.0% (0/2) | -3.1% | -3.1% | -3.8% |
| 20D | 2Small sample | 100.0% (2/2) | 0.0% (0/2) | -7.7% | -7.7% | -9.8% |
| 60D | 2Small sample | 100.0% (2/2) | 100.0% (2/2) | +22.1% | +22.1% | +17.8% |
| 120D | 1Small sample | 100.0% (1/1) | 100.0% (1/1) | +37.7% | +37.7% | +37.7% |
COMPANY RESEARCH
Robert Walters plc
RWA.L · United Kingdom · Industrials · Staffing & Employment Services
INSIDER SIGNAL
Insider activity score：58.5 / 100
4 insiders · 5 purchase events · €107k net purchases
Europe #341 · United Kingdom #100
WHY THIS SIGNAL?
Score anatomy
Each bar shows the contribution to the current score; the weights and formula stay unchanged.
Cluster+29.8 / 35
How many distinct insiders bought in the cluster
Purchase size+18.8 / 25
Purchase value relative to company size and liquidity
Role+20.0 / 20
The seniority and relevance of participating insiders
Recency+0.0 / 10
How recently the purchases occurred
Conviction+10.0 / 10
How clearly buying stands out from other activity
What is holding the score back?
- ⚠ Purchase activity is becoming less recent
- ✓ Broad buyer cluster · 4+ distinct filers
- ✓ Strong insider role · ceo/chair involved
The role contribution uses the inverted role input of the current European model.
Buying concentration
64%
Largest buyer：Leslie Van De Walle · 57k GBP
Gross qualified purchase transaction-line value：90k GBP
The headline € total is net buying for the screen; this module uses gross qualified purchase transaction-line values in the filing currency, so the amounts can differ. The current 15-day buyer-breadth input counts distinct buyers; value concentration is disclosed separately here.
This is a ranking under the current European screening rules—not a probability of gain, return forecast, or buy recommendation.
Key purchase quotes (filing currency)
| Filer | Price per unit | Trade date |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Rashbass | 0.92 GBP | May 12, 2026 |
| Michaela Tod | 0.916 GBP | May 12, 2026 |
| Leslie Van De Walle | 0.964 GBP | Apr 27, 2026 |
Model details
Cluster breakdown (does not change the score)
- 15-day buyer breadth (count)
- 3 distinct reported filers
- Peak time window
- 2026-04-27 to 2026-05-12
- Current breadth input
- 0.850 (capped at 4+ buyers)
- Buyer independence
- Not yet measured; related-party fields are not cross-market comparable
What the filings show
- 🟢 Recent eligible purchase
Andrew Rashbass · 20k GBP · Price 0.92 GBP · May 12, 2026 - 🟢 PDMR purchase
Michaela Tod · 3k GBP · Price 0.916 GBP · May 12, 2026 - 🟢 Large eligible purchase
Leslie Van De Walle · 29k GBP · Price 0.964 GBP · Apr 27, 2026 - 🟡 2 remaining qualified transaction line(s) across 2 disclosure(s)
- 🔴 1 other transaction line(s) are not counted as discretionary-buying evidence; 1 have zero price
Insider vs stock price
4 purchase day(s), 5 purchase line(s) in the 180-day window.
Daily close (GBp)Day with an insider purchaseTwo or more insiders the same day
Markers sit on the closing price of the transaction day. They show when insiders traded, not the price they paid or received. "Since" compares that day's close with the last close shown; it is what happened at this company, not a forecast.
If you had followed the purchase
Each row starts on the first close on or after the day a purchase was made public, the earliest a reader could have acted, and ends on the last close shown above.
| Made public | Insiders | In this stock, now | In the median peer stock, now | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-24 | 1 | 1,371 +37.1% | 1,029 +2.9% | +342 +34.2 pts |
| 2026-04-28 | 1 | 1,409 +40.9% | 1,035 +3.5% | +374 +37.4 pts |
| 2026-05-01 | 1 | 1,397 +39.7% | 1,038 +3.8% | +359 +35.9 pts |
| 2026-05-13 | 1 | 1,430 +43.0% | 1,035 +3.5% | +395 +39.5 pts |
| 2026-05-14 | 1 | 1,468 +46.8% | 1,031 +3.1% | +437 +43.7 pts |
5 of 5 disclosure day(s) ended ahead of the median peer stock.
Close to close, before costs, taxes, dividends and currency moves. The peer is the median of the other stocks on the same exchange for which this site holds prices (453 here), not an index. This is what happened, not a forecast: across all purchases on this site the typical gap is close to zero.
Insider timeline
3 insiders bought within 12 days, 1 May to 12 May: 2 Board member, 1 CEO / chair. The share closed at 95.20 on the first of those days and at 133.00 most recently (+39.7%). That week 203 companies across Europe disclosed insider purchases, an ordinary week (8 of the last 26).
Tap an item for what it means.
●A purchase: the bigger the dot, the more was bought
Each dot is one insider's purchases on one day. The dot's area follows the amount: the largest purchase here gets the largest dot. Hold the pointer over a dot to see the date and the amount.
▮Purple band: several insiders bought within 15 days
The band marks the stretch with the most different buyers: at most 15 days long and at least two people. Here it is 1 May – 12 May, with 3 insiders. Only the strongest stretch is marked. Several people deciding the same thing is harder to explain by one person's private reasons, but insiders often buy together just after a closed period ends, so compare it with the grey weekly bars.
Blue line: this share's price, +37.4% over these six months
The closing price of each day, from 96.80 on 2026-04-21 to 133.00 on 2026-10-07. The line has no scale; read it for high and low: a dot on a low stretch was bought cheaply, a dot on a high stretch was not.
Dashed line: the typical stock on the same exchange, +2.3%
Taken from the 491 other stocks on the same exchange that this site holds prices for. Each is measured from the first day of the window, and every day the middle one is drawn. It starts where the blue line starts, so the gap between the two is the difference: this share +37.4%, the typical one +2.3%, 35.1 points ahead. It is not an index and not a comparison within one industry.
▂Grey bars: companies across Europe disclosing purchases each week
A taller bar is a week in which more companies disclosed insider purchases. The purple bar is the week of the band above: 203 companies, number 8 of the last 26 weeks. If that week was a peak anyway, buying together is less special than it looks.
This company: insiders buying per month, last 12 months
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Darker bars are inside the 180-day window above.
Who traded
| Insider | Role | Purchases | Sales | Bought | First purchase | Share price since | Earlier purchases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toby Fowlston | CEO / chair | 1 | — | 9.9k GBP | 2026-04-23 | +36.3% | fewer than 5 completed |
| Leslie Van De Walle | CEO / chair | 2 | — | 57.3k GBP | 2026-04-27 | +38.8% | fewer than 5 completed |
| Andrew Rashbass | Board member | 1 | — | 20.0k GBP | 2026-05-12 | +38.5% | fewer than 5 completed |
| Michaela Tod | Board member | 1 | — | 3.0k GBP | 2026-05-12 | +38.5% | fewer than 5 completed |
Why this score? · Model details
Priority = 100 × Σ(fixed weight × 0–1 rule-based input)
| Factor | Weight | This company input | Point contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15-day buyer breadth (count) | 35% | 0.850 | 29.8 |
| Qualified-buy size | 25% | 0.751 | 18.8 |
| Role informativeness (inverted) | 20% | 0.000 | 0.0 |
| Recency | 10% | 0.000 | 0.0 |
| Buy/sell conviction | 10% | 1.000 | 10.0 |
This is a heuristic ordering under the current rules, not a calibrated return forecast. It explains why candidates rank differently; the public-filing evidence and data limits are shown below.
BULL VS BEAR
Two readings of this buying
The same filings, read two ways. Each line is a fact stored for this company with the number behind it, and appears only when that number crosses a fixed threshold. Neither side is a forecast and no winner is declared.
Since 2026-10-13, neither column has changed. All bull and bear lists, and what followed each line in the past →
Where the evidence comes from
Independent evidence does not object: the purchases themselves carry bull lines (several insiders together, more buyers than usual here, senior executive buying); share price and trading, short sellers, company actions were checked and none crosses a bear threshold. No data is held for: company results.
- The insider purchases themselvesBullseveral insiders together, more buyers than usual here, senior executive buying Bearlatest purchase is old4 checked, under the threshold · 3 missing
- Share price and trading2 checked, under the threshold
- Short sellers1 checked, under the threshold
- Company results2 missing
- Company actions1 checked, under the threshold
Bull case · the buying is informative
- 3 insiders bought within 15 days (2026-04-27 to 2026-05-12). Several people reaching the same decision at the same time is hard to put down to one person's circumstances.Record: after 5,401 earlier disclosures like this, the median 60-session excess return was −3.3%, within 1 percentage point of all comparable disclosures (−3.3%).
- No insider bought in the 180 days before this window; 4 have bought in it. The buying is new for this company, not a habit.Record: after 3,134 earlier disclosures like this, the median 60-session excess return was −2.7%, within 1 percentage point of all comparable disclosures (−2.7%).
- The buyers include the CEO or chair, who sees more of the business than most filers. This site's score gives little or no credit for that: in its backtests purchases by senior executives did no better than other insiders' purchases.Record: after 8,797 earlier disclosures like this, the median 60-session excess return was −3.1%, within 1 percentage point of all comparable disclosures (−3.2%).
Bear case · discount it
- The latest purchase was 158 days ago (2026-05-12). A reporting period has passed since, so what the buyers knew then may already be public.
Evidence still missing
- No buyer here has 5 or more completed earlier purchases on record, so there is no track record to weigh.
- The company's market value is not captured, so the purchases cannot be stated as a share of the business or of its trading volume.
- No earnings, margin or cash-flow figures are captured for this company. The latest annual and interim reports are where to check whether the business is improving or deteriorating.
- European notifications have no field saying whether a purchase was pre-arranged; there is no counterpart to the US 10b5-1 box. None of the 5 purchase lines mentions a plan, but a bare “On-market purchase of Ordinary Shares in Robert Walters plc” does not rule one out.
- The filings give the size of each trade, not what the buyer already held. Whether a purchase added 1% to a personal stake or doubled it is not known.
Checked and under the threshold: 8, 1 close to it
- BearThe largest buyer accounts for 64% of the value bought. Counted for the bear side from 80%. close to the threshold
- Bear0 of 4 buyers filed as a person closely associated with a manager. Counted for the bear side from half.
- EitherNet purchases of €107k in 180 days. Bull from €1.0M, bear when all purchases total under €25k.
- BearNo insider sale is recorded in the same 180 days.
- BearThe share price changed +56% over six months (three months +56%, one month +6.4%). Counted for the bear side from a fall of 20%.
- BearOver three months the share price changed +56% and the median of 462 Industrials companies changed −0.32%: ahead by 57 points. Counted for the bear side from 20 points behind.
- BearPublished net short positions total 0.50% of the share capital. Counted for the bear side from 2%. Unchanged since 2026-10-02.
- BullThe company announced no transaction in its own shares in the last 30 days.
Both columns arrange stored facts only. They do not change the insider score or the ranking and are not investment advice.
Signal history
58.5 / 100
Latest recorded score
→ +0.0 ptsversus the comparable snapshot on 2026-09-14 (34 calendar days apart)
- Recorded snapshots
- 35
- First snapshot
- 2026-08-26
Only scores captured when the scoring run completed are compared. These are raw signal scores saved when each full scoring run completed. They describe changes in research ranking, not price performance or returns.
Why did it change?
No score factor changed beyond rounding between the comparable snapshots.
Signal score history
Fixed 0–100 scale; dates are spaced by calendar time.
Recent recorded points
- 58.5
- 58.5
- 58.5
- 58.5
- 58.5
View all recorded scores
| Snapshot date | Signal score |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-26 | 58.5 |
| 2026-08-27 | 58.5 |
| 2026-08-28 | 58.5 |
| 2026-08-31 | 58.5 |
| 2026-09-01 | 58.5 |
| 2026-09-02 | 58.5 |
| 2026-09-03 | 58.5 |
| 2026-09-04 | 58.5 |
| 2026-09-07 | 58.5 |
| 2026-09-08 | 58.5 |
| 2026-09-09 | 58.5 |
| 2026-09-10 | 58.5 |
| 2026-09-11 | 58.5 |
| 2026-09-14 | 58.5 |
| 2026-09-23 | 58.5 |
| 2026-09-24 | 58.5 |
| 2026-09-25 | 58.5 |
| 2026-09-28 | 58.5 |
| 2026-09-29 | 58.5 |
| 2026-09-30 | 58.5 |
| 2026-10-01 | 58.5 |
| 2026-10-02 | 58.5 |
| 2026-10-03 | 58.5 |
| 2026-10-04 | 58.5 |
| 2026-10-05 | 58.5 |
| 2026-10-06 | 58.5 |
| 2026-10-07 | 58.5 |
| 2026-10-08 | 58.5 |
| 2026-10-09 | 58.5 |
| 2026-10-12 | 58.5 |
| 2026-10-13 | 58.5 |
| 2026-10-14 | 58.5 |
| 2026-10-15 | 58.5 |
| 2026-10-16 | 58.5 |
| 2026-10-18 | 58.5 |
Sector context
- Buying breadth
- 7.5% (79 / 1,047 issuers)
- Sector rank
- #8 / 12
- 7D breadth change
- -0.3 pp · vs 2026-10-12 (6d)
- 30D breadth change
- History building
This is sector-level research context. It does not affect the Insider Signal or ranking.
Insider profile outcomes
Historical performance following insider filings. The company role is translated below each name while preserving the original title.
- Excess return = stock return − FTSE 100 return over the same period.
- Hit rate = completed events with positive excess return ÷ total completed events.
- Price coverage = valid point-in-time prices ÷ events mature enough for that period.
- Returns start on the first shared trading session on or after publication.
- Small-sample rule: n<5 is shown for transparency and is not scored.
Events are disclosure-level observations; related disclosures published on the same date may share a return path and may not be statistically independent. This research enrichment does not affect the insider score or ranking.
| Period | Completed events | Price coverage | Hit rate | Median excess return | Average excess return | Worst excess return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5D | 1Small sample | 100.0% (1/1) | 0.0% (0/1) | -7.9% | -7.9% | -7.9% |
| 20D | 1Small sample | 100.0% (1/1) | 0.0% (0/1) | -9.5% | -9.5% | -9.5% |
| 60D | 1Small sample | 100.0% (1/1) | 100.0% (1/1) | +31.3% | +31.3% | +31.3% |
| 120D | 0No data | Awaiting maturity | — | — | — | — |
| Period | Completed events | Price coverage | Hit rate | Median excess return | Average excess return | Worst excess return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5D | 1Small sample | 100.0% (1/1) | 100.0% (1/1) | +2.6% | +2.6% | +2.6% |
| 20D | 1Small sample | 100.0% (1/1) | 0.0% (0/1) | -3.8% | -3.8% | -3.8% |
| 60D | 1Small sample | 100.0% (1/1) | 0.0% (0/1) | -19.4% | -19.4% | -19.4% |
| 120D | 1Small sample | 100.0% (1/1) | 0.0% (0/1) | -37.1% | -37.1% | -37.1% |
Market context
PRICE PERFORMANCE
VOLATILITY & LIQUIDITY
- Volatility
- 59.5%
- Beta
- —
- Avg daily volume
- £178,809.8
VALUATION
- Market cap
- —
- P/E
- —
FUNDAMENTALS
- Profit margin
- -3.4%
- ROE
- -26.5%
- Industry
- —
Prices to 07 Oct 2026: price cache (Eulerpool). From the company's annual report ↗, fiscal year ended 31 Dec 2025: Profit margin, ROE. It does not affect the insider score or rank.
Disclosed net short positions
- Aggregate net short
- 0.50%
- Latest position date
- 22 Apr 2026
The FCA publishes one aggregate figure per issuer, the sum of all positions notified to it, and does not name the holders. Source: FCA · read 18 Oct 2026
Short-position disclosures are external context; they do not affect the insider score, ranking, or filing eligibility.
Insiders' buying price vs the latest close
The latest close in the price history is more than a week old.
Buying size vs market trading
Market history is too old for this snapshot; ratios are withheld.
Market-data coverage: 255 verified sessions · Latest session: 2026-10-07 · Ratio status: Unavailable
Traded value is estimated as close × shares traded, in major currency units. Includes disclosed qualifying purchases; disclosures may lag. Contractual or planned acquisitions are not necessarily discretionary. Ratios describe relative trading size, not market participation or score contributions.
Latest news
No news has been captured for this company.
Regulatory filings
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-05-14 · trade date 2026-05-12
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-05-13 · trade date 2026-05-12
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-05-05 · trade date 2026-05-01
Unfold all 7 filings
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-05-14 · trade date 2026-05-12
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-05-13 · trade date 2026-05-12
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-05-05 · trade date 2026-05-01
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-05-01 · trade date 2026-05-01
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-04-28 · trade date 2026-04-27
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-04-24 · trade date 2026-04-23
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-04-17 · trade date 2026-04-15
Filing evidence
These are underlying national-feed records from the 365-day window ending on the saved ranking snapshot. The score uses only the latest 180 days; older qualifying equity purchases remain visible for audit but do not enter the current score. The original filer, role, transaction classification, instrument, price, volume, value and source fields are retained. The first three rows are shown; remaining records can be unfolded for audit. Other transaction types are retained but excluded from the score.
Excluded transactions & classification
5 qualifying purchase disclosure(s) · 5 transaction line(s)
May 12, 2026On-market purchase of Ordinary Shares in Robert Walters plc
Michaela Tod · Non-executive Director
Ordinary Shares of 20p each · 3275 shares × 0.916 GBP · —
Open filingMay 12, 2026On-market purchase of Ordinary Shares in Robert Walters plc
Andrew Rashbass · Non-executive Director
Ordinary Shares of 20p each · 21739 shares × 0.92 GBP · —
Open filingMay 1, 2026On-market purchase of Ordinary Shares in Robert Walters plc
Leslie Van De Walle · Board Chair
Ordinary Shares of 20p each · 30000 shares × 0.945 GBP · —
Open filingUnfold all 2 remaining filing row(s)
| Transaction date | Published | Filer | Role | Transaction | Instrument | Price (local currency) | Quote currency | Volume | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-27 | 2026-04-28 | Leslie Van De Walle | Board Chair | On-market purchase of Ordinary Shares in Robert Walters plc | Ordinary Shares of 20p each | 0.964 GBP | GBP | 30000 | Open filing |
| 2026-04-23 | 2026-04-24 | Toby Fowlston | Chief Executive Officer | On-market purchase of Ordinary Shares in Robert Walters plc | Ordinary Shares of 20p each | 0.994 GBP | GBP | 9930 | Open filing |
Showing 5 of 5 matching raw-feed row(s) from the current 365-day research window. Prices and reported values remain in the filing currency and its major unit (for example, UK pence are parsed as GBP). The screen-level € aggregate is separately FX-normalised for research ranking, not a trade-date conversion.
Other disclosed transactions · excluded from score
View 2 other transaction(s)
May 1, 2026Grant of a conditional award over Ordinary Shares under the Robert Walters Performance Share Plan 2023
Toby Fowlston · Chief Executive Officer
Ordinary Shares of 20p each · 483652 shares × 0 GBP · —
Open filingApr 15, 2026Cancellation of options under the 2023 Sharesave scheme
Toby Fowlston · Chief Executive Officer
Ordinary Shares of 20p each · 6374 shares × 2.91 GBP · —
Open filingShowing 2 of 2 matching raw-feed row(s) from the current 365-day research window. Prices and reported values remain in the filing currency and its major unit (for example, UK pence are parsed as GBP). The screen-level € aggregate is separately FX-normalised for research ranking, not a trade-date conversion.
Snapshot & identity
- Snapshot date
- 2026-10-18
- Ticker
- RWA.L
- ISIN
- GB0008475088
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Staffing & Employment Services
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