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

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 (WHO). Since then, HRB shares have decreased by 26.5% and is now trading at $14.00. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for H & R Block in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for H & R Block.

H & R Block is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, June 9th 2020. View our earnings forecast for H & R Block.

H & R Block Inc (NYSE:HRB) announced its earnings results on Thursday, March, 5th. The company reported ($0.59) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.55) by $0.04. The company earned $519 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $487.12 million. H & R Block had a return on equity of 416.90% and a net margin of 12.96%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 10.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted ($0.58) earnings per share. View H & R Block's earnings history.

H & R Block announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, March 3rd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 17th will be given a dividend of $0.26 per share on Wednesday, April 1st. This represents a $1.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 7.43%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 16th. View H & R Block's dividend history.

7 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for H & R Block's stock. Their forecasts range from $18.00 to $28.00. On average, they anticipate H & R Block's share price to reach $22.80 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 62.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for H & R Block.

Headlines about HRB stock have trended very negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. H & R Block earned a coverage optimism score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutH & R Block.

H & R Block saw a decline in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 31,411,900 shares, a decline of 7.1% from the February 27th total of 33,810,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,460,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 9.1 days. Approximately 16.6% of the company's shares are short sold. View H & R Block's Current Options Chain.

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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 number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wealth Quarterback LLC (47.97%), Jupiter Asset Management Ltd. (5.38%), State Street Corp (5.09%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (3.50%), First Eagle Investment Management LLC (2.87%) and Schroder Investment Management Group (2.47%). 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 Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., State Street Corp, California Public Employees Retirement System, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., AQR Capital Management LLC, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., and Panagora Asset Management Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for H & R Block.

HRB stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wealth Quarterback LLC, Jupiter Asset Management Ltd., Norges Bank, State of Michigan Retirement System, AustralianSuper Pty Ltd, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ, Schroder Investment Management Group, and Great West Life Assurance Co. Can. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $14.00.

H & R Block has a market capitalization of $2.69 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]