H & R Block (NYSE:HRB) Issues Quarterly Earnings Results, Beats Expectations By $0.05 EPS – Fairfield Current
H & R Block (NYSE:HRB) released its earnings results on Tuesday, August 28th. The company reported ($0.72) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks’ consensus estimate of ($0.77) by $0.05, Bloomberg Earnings reports. H & R Block had a net margin of 18.66% and a negative return on equity of 461.55%. The business had revenue of $145.00 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $137.57 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned ($0.62) earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 5.1% compared to the same quarter last year.
NYSE HRB traded down $0.34 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching $26.72. The company had a trading volume of 2,099,200 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,173,434. H & R Block has a 1-year low of $22.45 and a 1-year high of $29.81. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.79, a current ratio of 2.27 and a quick ratio of 2.24. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.56 billion, a P/E ratio of 8.97, a PEG ratio of 1.40 and a beta of 0.15.