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 (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, HRB shares have decreased by 20.9% and is now trading at $15.08. 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) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, March, 5th. The company reported ($0.59) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.55) by $0.04. The company had revenue of $519 million for 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 company's quarterly revenue was up 10.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned ($0.58) EPS. 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 paid a dividend of $0.26 per share on Wednesday, April 1st. This represents a $1.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 6.90%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 16th. View H & R Block's dividend history.

7 brokers have issued 1 year price targets for H & R Block's shares. Their forecasts range from $18.00 to $28.00. On average, they anticipate H & R Block's stock price to reach $22.80 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 51.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for H & R Block.

Headlines about HRB stock have been trending negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. H & R Block earned a media sentiment score of -2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock'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 volume of 3,460,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 9.1 days. Approximately 16.6% of the company's shares are sold short. 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors 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 acquired 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 $15.08.

H & R Block has a market capitalization of $2.90 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]