Barrington Research Predicts H&R Block Q1 Earnings

H&R Block, Inc. (NYSE:HRB) – Equities research analysts at Barrington Research issued their Q1 2026 EPS estimates for shares of H&R Block in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, August 13th. Barrington Research analyst A. Paris forecasts that the company will post earnings of ($1.42) per share for the quarter. Barrington Research currently has a “Outperform” rating and a $62.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for H&R Block’s current full-year earnings is $5.25 per share. Barrington Research also issued estimates for H&R Block’s Q2 2026 earnings at ($1.91) EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $5.83 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $2.48 EPS.

H&R Block (NYSE:HRB) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 12th. The company reported $2.27 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.81 by ($0.54). The company had revenue of $1.11 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.07 billion. H&R Block had a negative return on equity of 191.38% and a net margin of 16.11%. H&R Block’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.89 earnings per share.

A number of other research firms have also recently issued reports on HRB. The Goldman Sachs Group lowered their price objective on shares of H&R Block from $54.00 to $48.00 and set a “sell” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, August 13th. Northcoast Research cut shares of H&R Block from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, May 2nd. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of H&R Block from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, May 9th.

H&R Block Price Performance

HRB stock opened at $50.15 on Monday. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $54.94 and a 200 day simple moving average of $55.69. The stock has a market cap of $6.71 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.22, a P/E/G ratio of 0.81 and a beta of 0.24. H&R Block has a 1 year low of $47.00 and a 1 year high of $68.45. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 12.86, a current ratio of 0.90 and a quick ratio of 0.78.

H&R Block Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, October 6th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 4th will be issued a dividend of $0.42 per share. This represents a $1.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 4th. This is a positive change from H&R Block’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.38. H&R Block’s payout ratio is presently 33.56%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On H&R Block

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in HRB. Norges Bank bought a new stake in H&R Block during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $97,826,000. Lazard Asset Management LLC grew its holdings in H&R Block by 36.8% during the 4th quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 2,585,026 shares of the company’s stock worth $136,591,000 after acquiring an additional 695,581 shares during the last quarter. New Vernon Capital Holdings II LLC grew its holdings in H&R Block by 5,391.0% during the 1st quarter. New Vernon Capital Holdings II LLC now owns 621,252 shares of the company’s stock worth $34,113,000 after acquiring an additional 609,938 shares during the last quarter. Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY bought a new stake in H&R Block during the 1st quarter worth approximately $30,429,000. Finally, Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. grew its holdings in H&R Block by 12.5% during the 4th quarter. Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. now owns 4,701,896 shares of the company’s stock worth $248,448,000 after acquiring an additional 523,353 shares during the last quarter. 90.14% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

About H&R Block

H&R Block, Inc engages in the provision of tax return preparation solutions, financial products and small business solutions. The company was founded by Henry W. Bloch and Richard A. Bloch on January 25, 1955, and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.