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

2 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for H&R Block in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" HRB shares. 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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2 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for H&R Block's stock. Their HRB share price forecasts range from $25.00 to $48.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $36.50 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.4%.
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H&R Block's stock was trading at $36.51 at the beginning of the year. Since then, HRB shares have increased by 6.8% and is now trading at $38.98.
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H&R Block saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 30th, there was short interest totaling 14,230,000 shares, an increase of 9.4% from the December 15th total of 13,010,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,660,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 8.6 days. Currently, 9.2% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 7th 2023.
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H&R Block will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 7th at 4:30 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

H&R Block, Inc. (NYSE:HRB) posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, November, 1st. The company reported ($0.78) EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($1.05) by $0.27. The firm earned $192.62 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $167.80 million. H&R Block had a net margin of 15.56% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 613.29%. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.55 earnings per share.

H&R Block announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 3rd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.29 per share on Tuesday, January 3rd. This represents a $1.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.98%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 5th.
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H&R Block (NYSE:HRB) pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.03%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 35.69%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, HRB will have a dividend payout ratio of 27.82% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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H&R Block announced that its board has approved a stock repurchase program on Tuesday, August 9th 2022, which authorizes the company to repurchase $1,250,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 17.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

H&R Block issued an update on its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Tuesday, November, 8th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $3.70-$3.95 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $3.76. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.54 billion-$3.58 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.54 billion.

441 employees have rated H&R Block Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey J. Jones II on Glassdoor.com. Jeffrey J. Jones II has an approval rating of 77% among the company'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 number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.58%), Fulton Breakefield Broenniman LLC (0.31%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.25%), Sound Income Strategies LLC (0.15%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.15%) and New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.14%). Insiders that own company stock include Christianna Wood, Jeffrey J Jones II, Karen A Orosco, Kellie J Logerwell, Robert A Gerard, Thomas A Gerke, Thomas A Gerke and Tony G Bowen.
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Shares of HRB stock 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 $38.98.

H&R Block (NYSE:HRB) has a market capitalization of $6.06 billion and generates $3.46 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $551.21 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.25 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 3,800 workers across the globe.

H&R Block's mailing address is ONE H&R BLOCK WAY, KANSAS CITY MO, 64105. The official website for the company is www.hrblock.com. The company can be reached via phone at (816) 854-3000, via email at investorrelations@hrblock.com, or via fax at 816-854-8500.