NYSE:HRB - H & R Block Stock Price, Forecast & News

H & R Block trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "HRB."

H & R Block declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 7th. Investors of record on Monday, December 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.26 per share on Thursday, January 2nd. This represents a $1.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.27%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 6th. View H & R Block's Dividend History.

H & R Block Inc (NYSE:HRB) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December, 4th. The company reported ($0.85) EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.92) by $0.07. The company earned $161 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $162.90 million. H & R Block had a net margin of 13.28% and a return on equity of 332.04%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 8.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned ($0.83) EPS. View H & R Block's Earnings History.

H & R Block is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, March 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for H & R Block.

5 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for H & R Block's stock. Their forecasts range from $22.00 to $30.00. On average, they anticipate H & R Block's stock price to reach $26.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 9.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for H & R Block.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for H & R Block in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for H & R Block.

News articles about HRB stock have been trending very positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. H & R Block earned a news impact score of 3.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for H & R Block.

H & R Block saw a drop in short interest in the month of December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 30,280,000 shares, a drop of 7.3% from the November 28th total of 32,680,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,300,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 9.2 days. Approximately 15.6% of the shares of the company are short sold. View H & R Block's Current Options Chain.

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H & R Block's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Hamlin Capital Management LLC (1.21%), Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (0.11%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.07%), Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd (0.07%), Signature Wealth Management Group (0.06%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.03%). Company insiders that own H & R Block stock include Kellie J Logerwell, Robert A Gerard and Thomas A Gerke. View Institutional Ownership Trends for H & R Block.

HRB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Hamlin Capital Management LLC, United Services Automobile Association, Premier Asset Management LLC, First Hawaiian Bank and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. View Insider Buying and Selling for H & R Block.

HRB stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Convergence Investment Partners LLC, IFP Advisors Inc, Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA, Huntington National Bank and Signature Wealth Management Group. View Insider Buying and Selling for H & R Block.

Shares of HRB can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of HRB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $24.36.

H & R Block has a market capitalization of $4.76 billion and generates $3.09 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $422.51 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.15 on an earnings per share basis. H & R Block employs 3,100 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About H & R Block.

The official website for H & R Block is http://www.hrblock.com/.

H & R Block's mailing address is ONE H&R BLOCK WAY, KANSAS CITY MO, 64105. The company can be reached via phone at 816-854-3000 or via email at [email protected]