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H R Block Inc. (HRB)

Sector:

Financials

Index:

S&P 500

Market Cap

$5,933m

Change Today

Price Up$0.78 (4.48%)

Share Price

$18.20

H R Block Inc. Overview

H&R Block is a diversified company with subsidiaries that deliver tax, financial, mortgage and business products and services. It operates more than 9,000 tax offices and 98 Financial Centres in the United States, as well as more than 1,000 tax offices in Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom. The company ranks as the world's largest tax services company, with almost 21m clients in the United States and 11 other countries worldwide. The Kansas City-based firm announced revenues for 2003 of $3.8bn, up from $3.3bn the year before.

1 Day Chart (02-Dec-2008)

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6 Month Chart

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Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 3.1% 3.2%
Div Cover -1.7 2.7
Op Mrgn 16.3% 20.0%
ROCE 74.3%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E n/a 11.2
PEG n/a n/a
Pr/Revenue 1.3 1.3
Pr/Book 6.0  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 9.5% 2.5%
PBT 17.2% 21.1%
EPS n/a n/a
DPS 5.7% 7.7%

H R Block Inc. Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue ($m) Pre-tax ($m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Apr-04 4,247.88 1,162.97 401.00¢ 5.6 0.2 +24% 78.00¢ 3.5%
30-Apr-05 4,420.02 1,017.72 383.00¢ 6.5 n/a -4% 86.00¢ 3.5%
30-Apr-06 3,574.75 510.48 149.00¢ 15.3 n/a -61% 49.00¢ 2.1%
30-Apr-07 4,021.27 635.80 (134.00)¢ n/a n/a n/a 53.00¢ 2.3%
30-Apr-08 4,403.88 745.22 (95.00)¢ n/a n/a n/a 56.00¢ 2.6%

H R Block Inc. Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue ($m) Pre-tax ($m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Apr-09 4,515.98 902.73 162.83¢ 11.2 n/a n/a 60.33¢ 3.2%
30-Apr-10 4,806.59 1,012.66 188.58¢ 9.7 0.6 +16% 62.83¢ 3.3%

Covering analysts: Actual, Barrington Research, FTN Midwest Securities, Goldman Sachs, Millman Research - Soleil, Morgan Stanley, Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., Standard & Poors, Stephens Inc

H R Block Inc. ShareCast News

H&R Block in the black 30-Jun-2008 ShareCast
US open: Mixed opening 30-Jun-2008 ShareCast
US open: Wall Street mixed after Bernanke speech 25-Aug-2006 ShareCast

H R Block Inc. Top Newspaper Links

News In Brief 25-Sep-2008 BayArea.com
H&R Block Says Loss Was Reduced 04-Sep-2008 New York Times
Week Ahead 31-Aug-2008 Chicago Tribune

Note 1: Prices and trades are provided by Digital Look Corporate Solutions and are delayed by at least 20 minutes.

Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

Note 3: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

H R Block Inc. Market Data

Currency US Dollars
Share Price $18.20  
Change Today $0.78
52 Week High $26.50
52 Week Low $15.44
Volume 3,039,153
Shares Issued 326.01m
Market Cap $5,933m
Beta 1.08
RiskGrade 436

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 3
Buy 2
Neutral 3
Sell 0
Strong Sell 1
Total 9
buy
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H R Block Inc. Dividends

No dividends found

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Time Volume / Share Price
16:03 310,300 @ $18.20
16:02 25,900 @ $18.20
15:59 100 @ $18.19
15:59 100 @ $18.19
15:59 100 @ $18.19

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