RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P chart

Last update: 2022-12-30
Key statistics and financials
Revenue per share 1.86
Dividend & Yield0.11£ (3.39%)
Beta 0.62
Market capitalization 1.22B
Operating cash flow 128.3M
ESG Scores unknown

Company description

RWS Holdings plc provides technology-enabled language, content management, and intellectual property (IP) services. It operates through four segments: Language Services, Regulated Industries, IP Services, and Language and Content Technology. The Language Services segment provides language services and helps clients to create, translate, and deliver content in approximately 250 languages. The Regulated Industries segment offers a full suite of language services, including language solutions for clinical trial management, linguistic validation of clinical outcomes assessments, insurance, retail, commercial and investment banking, compliance, mergers and acquisitions, and litigation services. The IP Services segment provides patent translation and filing services, as well as a range of IP search services. The Language and Content Technology segment offers language technology and artificial intelligence solutions that enables enterprises to create, manage, translate, and automate content in various languages; and content management technology support services. It serves automotive, energy, retail and e-commerce, legal, travel and hospitality, leisure, finance, industrial and manufacturing, life sciences, high-tech software, chemical, media, aerospace and defense, managed care, telecom, and government sectors. The company primarily operates in the United Kingdom, the United States, Continental Europe, and internationally. RWS Holdings plc was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Chalfont St Peter, the United Kingdom.

Sector: Industrials - Industry: Specialty Business Services

Financial Ratios
Quick Ratio1.51
Working Capital0.43
Return On Equity0.04
Debt To Equity0.05
Fixed Asset Ratio0.32
Fixed Interest Cover27.42

Financial data

Financial Statements

Cashflow Statement 2018-09-30 2019-09-30 2020-09-30 2021-09-30
Change To Liabilities -570k 9.77M 1.7M 300k
Total Cashflows From Investing Activities -247.43M -12.45M -31M 23.9M
Net Borrowings 60.45M -25.06M -17.8M -29.7M
Total Cash From Financing Activities 220.83M -50.17M -43.8M -66M
Change To Operating Activities
Issuance Of Stock 185.84M 210k 1.9M 600k
Net Income 28.26M 45.14M 46.4M 41.2M
Change In Cash 18.09M 8.82M 4.4M 41.1M
Effect Of Exchange Rate 1.07M 1.07M -200k -1.7M
Total Cash From Operating Activities 43.63M 70.36M 79.4M 84.9M
Depreciation 17.38M 18.44M 22.8M 62.1M
Change To Account Receivables -6.49M -11.52M 5.4M -23.8M
Other Cashflows From Financing Activities -7.15M -4.12M -3.8M -600k
Change To Netincome 2.71M 5.24M -300k -100k
Capital Expenditures -1.87M -3.84M -2.9M -4.1M

Income Statement 2018-09-30 2019-09-30 2020-09-30 2021-09-30
Research Development
Income Before Tax 39.66M 57.72M 58.7M 55M
Net Income 28.26M 45.14M 46.4M 41.2M
Selling General Administrative 74.7M 79.81M 87.2M 241.9M
Gross Profit 118.83M 142.49M 139.6M 313.2M
Ebit 44.13M 62.67M 52.4M 71.3M
Operating Income 44.13M 62.67M 52.4M 71.3M
Interest Expense -4.26M -4.27M -2.8M -2.6M
Income Tax Expense 11.4M 12.58M 12.3M 13.8M
Total Revenue 306.04M 355.7M 355.8M 694.5M
Cost Of Revenue 187.21M 213.21M 216.2M 381.3M
Total Other Income ExpenseNet -4.47M -4.95M 6.3M -16.3M
Net Income From Continuing Ops 28.26M 45.14M 46.4M 41.2M
Net Income Applicable To Common Shares 28.26M 45.14M 46.4M 41.2M

Balance Sheet Statement 2018-09-30 2019-09-30 2020-09-30 2021-09-30
Total Liabilities 186.34M 179.81M 183.6M 336.3M
Total Stockholder Equity 355.28M 397.5M 408.9M 1.01B
Other Current Liabilities 8.69M 12.63M 11.4M 84.9M
Total Assets 541.62M 577.31M 592.5M 1.35B
Common Stock 2.73M 2.74M 2.8M 3.9M
Other Current Assets 1.01M 600k
Retained Earnings 299.75M 323.99M 345.1M 350.4M
Treasury Stock 1.25M 19.01M 7.4M 602.4M
Cash 38.16M 46.97M 51.4M 92.5M
Total Current Liabilities 76.72M 89.9M 64.5M 190.9M
Other Stockholder Equity 1.25M 19.01M 7.4M 602.4M
Property, Plant, and Equipment 21.96M 22.89M 42.9M 74.5M
Total Current Assets 111.83M 132.52M 134.1M 287.8M
Net Tangible Assets -50.47M -21.03M -4.7M 28.5M
Net Receivables 69.55M 81.68M 77.9M 181.5M
Accounts Payable 18.91M 22.38M 21.7M 28.1M


Insider Transactions

Here are the insider transactions of stock shares related to RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P:

Filer Name Transaction Text Ownership Date Filer Relation Shares
Liontrust Asset Management PlcD2022-07-085.35M
Liontrust Asset Management PlcBought at price 4.45 per share.D2022-05-16577.14k
Liontrust Asset Management PlcBought at price 5.46 per share.D2022-05-13205.54k
Liontrust Asset Management PlcSold at price 5.47 per share.D2022-05-1326.75k
Hargreave Hale & CoDecrease at price 5.48 per share.D2022-05-132.5M
BlackRock International Ltd.D2022-05-13864
Rensburg Investment ManagementDecrease at price 5.46 per share.D2022-05-136.91k
Legal & General Investment Management, Ltd.Sold at price 5.46 per share.D2022-05-13475.03k
Octopus Investments Nominees LtdSold at price 5.25 per share.D2022-05-121.39k
Chelverton UK Dividend Trust plcSold at price 5.28 per share.D2022-05-12250k
Fidelity Investment Services LtdSold at price 5.26 per share.D2022-05-12155.32k
Rensburg Investment ManagementBought at price 5.23 per share.D2022-05-121.69k
Rensburg Investment ManagementSold at price 5.23 per share.D2022-05-122.81k
Hargreave Hale & CoBought at price 5.28 per share.D2022-05-1220.22k
Invesco Asset Management LtdSold at price 5.36 per share.D2022-05-12105.17k
BlackRock International Ltd.D2022-05-12836
BlackRock International Ltd.Increase at price 5.30 per share.D2022-05-1110.71k
Octopus Investments Nominees LtdSold at price 5.32 per share.D2022-05-113.98k
Hargreave Hale & CoBought at price 5.34 per share.D2022-05-113.09k
Hargreave Hale & CoBought at price 5.33 per share.D2022-05-11100k
Fidelity Investment Services LtdSold at price 5.32 per share.D2022-05-1145.08k
Rensburg Investment ManagementSold at price 5.28 per share.D2022-05-116.21k
Rensburg Investment ManagementIncrease at price 5.29 per share.D2022-05-107k
RWS Holdings plc Employee Benefit TrustD2022-05-10
BlackRock International Ltd.Bought at price 5.19 per share.D2022-05-103.37k
BlackRock International Ltd.Sold at price 5.08 per share.D2022-05-1013.96k
Marathon Asset ManagementIncrease at price 5.20 per share.D2022-05-1014.66k
Legal & General Investment Management, Ltd.Bought at price 5.22 per share.D2022-05-1022.77k
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.Sold at price 5.08 per share.D2022-05-10169.37k
Octopus Investments Nominees LtdBought at price 5.26 per share.D2022-05-1064.85k
Hargreave Hale & CoBought at price 5.09 per share.D2022-05-102.62k
Hargreave Hale & CoSold at price 5.08 per share.D2022-05-106.06k
Hargreave Hale & CoBought at price 5.34 per share.D2022-05-099.07k
Hargreave Hale & CoSold at price 5.33 per share.D2022-05-096.7k
Rensburg Investment ManagementBought at price 5.33 per share.D2022-05-095.24k
Rensburg Investment ManagementSold at price 5.33 per share.D2022-05-093.25k
Liontrust Asset Management PlcBought at price 5.34 per share.D2022-05-09320.87k
BlackRock International Ltd.Increase at price 5.34 per share.D2022-05-0920.15k
Octopus Investments Nominees LtdSold at price 5.35 per share.D2022-05-096.14k
Charles Stanley & Co LtdBought at price 5.34 per share.D2022-05-092.88k
Charles Stanley & Co LtdBought at price 5.46 per share.D2022-05-065.5k
Charles Stanley & Co LtdSold at price 5.23 per share.D2022-05-06851
Marathon Asset ManagementBought at price 5.24 per share.D2022-05-0620.72k
Legal & General Investment Management, Ltd.Bought at price 5.46 per share.D2022-05-06263k
Rensburg Investment ManagementSold at price 5.50 per share.D2022-05-062.4k
Hargreave Hale & CoSold at price 5.16 per share.D2022-05-061.55k
Henderson Global Investors LtdBought at price 5.28 per share.D2022-05-06104.68k
Highclere International Investors Small Companies FundSold at price 5.37 per share.D2022-05-06140.09k
Octopus Investments Nominees LtdSold at price 5.60 per share.D2022-05-06120
BlackRock International Ltd.D2022-05-061.71k
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.Sold at price 5.46 per share.D2022-05-0620.29k

Insider transaction explanations

Insider buying is the legal purchase of shares by a senior executive or director of a company. "Filer Name" corresponds to the name of the stock buyer or seller. "Transaction Text" describes the transaction. "Ownership" gives information about the transaction type. "Date" is the reported transaction date. "Filer Relation" gives the role of the insider in the company. "Shares" is the value of the transaction. You will find the complete description of the General Transaction Codes on the SEC dedicated page


Investment strategy backtesting

These are the result of three automatic investment systems applied to RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P. You will find the performance of an systematic investment system, a momentum strategy, and a buy the dip trading strategy.


Systematic investment results on RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P

Here is the result of two systematic investment strategies applied to RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P. The first strategy automatically buys the first day of the month, and the second strategy buys the fifteenth day of the month.

Systematic investment equity curve on RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two systematic investment strategies applied to RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P:

RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P automated entries

The systematic investment strategy that buys the first day of the month would give a performance of 8.42% on the backtest period.

Performance at glance

Performance

8.42 %

Latent gain

376.0 £

Invested capital

4468.0 £

Annualized return

2.04 %
Build your Trading System
Automated Trading using Prorealtime ebook

Momentum strategy results on RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P

This is the result of two momentum investment strategies applied to RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P. The first strategy uses a momentum signal calculated on one quarter, and the second uses a momentum signal calculated on two quarters.

Momentum entry openings on RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P

The following chart shows all the entries opened by the momentum investment system on RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P:

RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P momentum entries
  • The first momentum investment strategy would give 18.67% of return on RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P. That represents 1810.0£ of latent gain with 9694.5£ of employed capital.
  • The second momentum investment strategy would give 20.17% of return on RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P. That represents 1118.0£ of latent gain with 5542.5£ of employed capital.
Performance at glance (1Q Momentum)

Performance

18.67 %

Latent gain

1810.0 £

Invested capital

9694.5 £

Annualized return

1.62 %
Performance at glance (2Q Momentum)

Performance

20.17 %

Latent gain

1118.0 £

Invested capital

5542.5 £

Annualized return

5.54 %

Momentum equity curve on RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two momentum strategies applied to RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P:

RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P momentum equity

Note: the dividends potentially given by RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution of the two momentum strategies on RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P since the beginning:

RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250£, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000£.


Buy the dip strategy result on RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P

Buy the dip entry openings on RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P

RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P

The performance achieved by the robo-advisor on RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P is 3.43%. That represents 120.5$ of latent gain with 3512.5£ of employed capital. The following chart shows RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P stock price with all the entries opened by the automated investment system.

Note: The blue line represents the weekly stock price of RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P, and the green triangles represent the entry openings. The artificall robo-advisor needs at least 100 weeks of trading history to work.

Performance at glance

Performance

3.43 %

Latent gain

120.5 £

Invested capital

3512.5 £

Annualized return

1.62 %

Equity curve of the strategy applied to RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P

The following chart shows the result of the investment strategy applied to RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P:

RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P

Note: the dividends potentially given by RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution since the beginning of the investment strategy on RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P:

RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250$, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000$.


Investment strategies comparison on RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P

In this section, I will compare the three previous investment strategies applied to RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P.

Equity curve comparison on RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P

The following chart shows the equity curve of the artificall advisor, the trend folowing and the automatic investment strategies:

RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P investment strategy comparison

Employed capital comparison on RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P

RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P investment comparison

Performance comparison on RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P

Strategy Latent Profit Growth Employed capital CAGR
Automatic investment 8.42% 376.0£ 4468.0£ 2.04%
Momentum 1 quarter 18.67% 1810.0£ 9694.5£ 4.81%
Momentum 2 quarters 20.17% 1118.0£ 5542.5£ 5.54%
Non-directional 3.43% 120.5£ 3512.5£ 1.62%
Annualized return comparison

Automatic investment

2.04 %

Momentum 1Q

5.54 %

Momentum 2Q

5.54 %

Non-directional

1.62 %

Correlated stocks

Here are the most positively and negatively correlated stocks with RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P:

Note: The algorithm computes the probability of correlation between RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P and the other stocks. There may be false positives or some missing correlated stocks. If the price of RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P does not vary for 36 weeks, the correlation calculation result will be wrong.


Company information

Company name RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P
Country United Kingdom
City Chalfont St Peter
Address Europa House
Phone 44 17 5348 0200
Website www.rws.com
FullTime employees 7796
Industry Specialty Business Services
Sector Industrials
Exchange XLON
Ticker RWS.XLON
Market www.londonstockexchange.com

RWS HOLDINGS PLC ORD 1P ESG Scores

Environment scores

Environment ESG Factors Scores
Environment Score 0
Peer Environment Performance unknown
Environment Percentile unknown
Palm Oil unknown
Nuclear unknown
Fur Leather unknown
GMO unknown
Coal unknown
Pesticides unknown
Animal Testing unknown

Social scores

Social ESG Factors Scores
Social Score 0
Peer Social Performance unknown
Social Percentile unknown
Highest Controversy unknown
Peer Highest Controversy Performance unknown
Adult unknown
Gambling unknown
Alcoholic unknown
Tobacco unknown
Catholic unknown
Controversial Weapons unknown
Small Arms unknown
Military Contract unknown
Peer Count unknown

Related Controversy:


Governance scores

Governance ESG Factors Scores
Governance Score 0
Peer Governance Performance unknown
Governance Percentile unknown

ESG at glance
Total ESG Scores: unknown
Environment Score: 0
Social Score: 0
Governance Score: 0

ESG Performance: unknown

Peer Group: unknown

Peer Esg Score Performance: unknown

Rating Year: unknown

Rating Month: unknown

Max Age: unknown

Percentile: unknown