H&R Block Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for H&R Block in the last year. There are currently 4 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 drop in short interest in January. As of January 29th, there was short interest totaling 14,840,000 shares, a drop of 19.3% from the January 14th total of 18,400,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,090,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.8 days. Currently, 8.1% of the company's shares are short sold.
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H&R Block is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, March 9th 2021.
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H&R Block will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, March 9th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

H&R Block, Inc. (NYSE:HRB) announced its earnings results on Monday, December, 7th. The company reported ($1.09) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.94) by $0.15. The company earned $176.50 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $163.75 million. H&R Block had a net margin of 6.38% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 379.12%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 9.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned ($0.85) EPS.
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H&R Block's stock was trading at $19.06 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, HRB stock has increased by 4.5% and is now trading at $19.91.
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H&R Block announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, March 3rd. Shareholders 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 yield of 5.22%. 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 5.27%. 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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6 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for H&R Block's shares. Their forecasts range from $17.00 to $21.00. On average, they expect H&R Block's share price to reach $18.80 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.6%.
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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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (11.97%), Jupiter Asset Management Ltd. (7.54%), Lazard Asset Management LLC (4.51%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.30%), Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. (2.05%) and Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (1.58%). 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 Renaissance Technologies LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Sei Investments Co., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Swedbank, Schroder Investment Management Group, and Retirement Systems of Alabama.
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HRB stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Lazard Asset Management LLC, Norges Bank, Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc., Morgan Stanley, Jupiter Asset Management Ltd., BlackRock Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, and Kestrel Investment Management Corp. 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 $19.91.

H&R Block has a market capitalization of $3.65 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]