H&R Block Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for H&R Block in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" H&R Block stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in HRB, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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H&R Block saw a decline in short interest during the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 13,430,000 shares, a decline of 19.9% from the March 15th total of 16,760,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,590,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.2 days. Approximately 7.4% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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H&R Block is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, June 15th 2021.
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H&R Block, Inc. (NYSE:HRB) posted its earnings results on Monday, March, 8th. The company reported ($1.17) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($1.29) by $0.12. The business had revenue of $308 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $351.18 million. H&R Block had a net margin of 6.38% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 379.12%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 40.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned ($0.59) EPS.
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H&R Block's stock was trading at $19.06 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, HRB stock has increased by 15.2% and is now trading at $21.96.
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H&R Block declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, March 3rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 16th will be given a dividend of $0.26 per share on Thursday, April 1st. This represents a $1.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.74%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 15th.
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H&R Block pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.70%. HRB has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. H&R Block does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of H&R Block is 123.81%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, H&R Block will have a dividend payout ratio of 40.31% next year. This indicates that H&R Block will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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5 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month target prices for H&R Block's stock. Their forecasts range from $19.00 to $24.00. On average, they anticipate H&R Block's stock price to reach $21.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.4%.
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441 employees have rated H&R Block CEO Jeffrey J. Jones II on Glassdoor.com. Jeffrey J. Jones II has an approval rating of 77% among H&R Block's employees.

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

H&R Block's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Fulton Breakefield Broenniman LLC (0.48%), Sound Income Strategies LLC (0.14%), Carolina Wealth Advisors LLC (0.08%), Pacer Advisors Inc. (0.04%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%) and Prairiewood Capital LLC (0.02%). Company insiders that own H&R Block stock include Jeffrey J Jones II, Kellie J Logerwell and Robert A Gerard.
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HRB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Carolina Wealth Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Crossmark Global Holdings Inc., and Pacer Advisors Inc..
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HRB stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fulton Breakefield Broenniman LLC, Sound Income Strategies LLC, Prairiewood Capital LLC, Valeo Financial Advisors LLC, AdvisorNet Financial Inc, Trilogy Capital Inc., and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. Company insiders that have bought H&R Block stock in the last two years include Jeffrey J Jones II, and Robert A Gerard.
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Shares of HRB can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of HRB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $21.96.

H&R Block has a market capitalization of $3.98 billion and generates $2.64 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $-7,530,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $0.84 on an earnings per share basis.

H&R Block employs 3,500 workers across the globe.

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

H&R Block is headquartered at ONE H&R BLOCK WAY, KANSAS CITY MO, 64105.

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]