profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
H&R Block
$50.01-1.42% today
+11.5% in 1 year
1-year low $28.341-year high $55.47
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2021 to 2026.
0%20% a year
You pay $8.29 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What H&R Block sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $3.47 billion in 2023 to $3.95 billion in 2026, with $734 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
H&R Block handed back 28% of the cash it generated last year.
$211M
Free cash flow 2026$756M
Bought back its own shares–
Paid as dividends$211M
Cash vs. debt$959M vs. $2.1B
H&R Block vs. similar companies
H&R Block grows the slowest of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| H&R Block | 8.3× · Cheap | ||
 Rollins | 35.3× · Expensive | ||
 Frontdoor | 25.6× · Fair price | ||
 Bright Horizons Family Solutions | 13.1× · Cheap | ||
 Mister Car Wash | 22.7× · Fair price |
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AI analysis
An AI analyst reads H&R Block's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,414 | 3,463 | 3,472 | 3,610 | 3,761 | 3,945 | |
| 1,572 | 1,582 | 1,549 | 1,619 | 1,675 | 1,749 | |
| – | 745 | 749 | 805 | 828 | – | |
| 1,026 | 890 | 915 | 963 | 976 | 1,057 | |
| 584 | 554 | 554 | 595 | 606 | 734 | |
| 3.08 | 3.22 | 3.51 | 4.12 | 4.39 | 5.66 | |
| 46.0% | 45.7% | 44.6% | 44.8% | 44.5% | 44.3% | |
| – | 21.5% | 21.6% | 22.3% | 22.0% | – | |
| 17.1% | 16.0% | 15.9% | 16.5% | 16.1% | 18.6% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 3,654 | 3,269 | 3,072 | 3,219 | 3,264 | 3,256 |
| Cash | 934 | 885 | 987 | 1,053 | 983 | 959 |
| Total debt | 1,939 | 1,923 | 1,935 | 1,963 | 2,025 | 2,102 |
| Total liabilities | 3,301 | 3,058 | 3,040 | 3,128 | 3,175 | 3,139 |
| 352 | 212 | 32 | 91 | 89 | 117 | |
| 189 | 171 | 157 | 144 | 137 | 129 | |
| 30.0% | 27.7% | 31.5% | 32.4% | 32.1% | 33.3% | |
| 165.7% | 261.6% | 1,726.9% | 657.1% | 681.4% | 624.4% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 626 | 809 | 822 | 721 | 681 | 839 | |
| 53 | 62 | 70 | 64 | 82 | 83 | |
| 573 | 747 | 752 | 657 | 599 | 756 | |
| Dividends paid | 195 | 186 | 178 | 180 | 197 | 211 |
| – | 563 | 569 | 380 | 437 | – | |
| 28 | 34 | 31 | 34 | 33 | 30 |
Valuation
- 8.3×
- 10.0×
- 0.64
- -194,828.6×
- 1.5×
- 8.0×
- 6.8×
- 12.4%
- 12.1%
- 4.5%
Profitability
- 44.3%
- 22.0%
- 18.6%
- -1.4%
- -1,058.5%
- 24.2%
- -93.3%
- 8,841.5%
- -1,058.5%
- 5.6%
Growth
- +2.9%
- +12.9%
- −8.9%
- +8.9%
- −8.0%
Financial health
- 1.1×
- -74.53
- 53.6%
- -1.4×
- 1.00
- 1.00
- 446.87
How it ranks in Consumer Discretionary
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 9%of 992
Top 10%of 852
Bottom 28%of 992
Top 15%of 979
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $41.00
- Range
- $32.00 – $50.00
- 1 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2026 | 6.02 | 5.69 | +5.8% |
| Feb 3, 2026 | -1.84 | -1.96 | +6.1% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | -1.20 | -1.35 | +11.3% |
| Aug 12, 2025 | 2.27 | 2.83 | −19.8% |
| May 7, 2025 | 5.38 | 5.17 | +4.1% |
| Feb 4, 2025 | -1.73 | -1.59 | −8.8% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | -1.17 | -1.21 | +3.3% |
| Aug 15, 2024 | 1.89 | 1.74 | +8.6% |
4.5%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$45a year at today's yield, before tax
+8.9%2020 to 2025
Raised10 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.80 in 2015 → $1.59 in 2025
How safe it looks
28.8% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 27.9%
News
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
7/7Passes 7 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
75Pass
Benjamin Graham
86Pass
Philip Fisher
80Pass
Peter Lynch
70Pass
Joel Greenblatt
92Pass
Charlie Munger
88Pass
Terry Smith
75Pass
Questions about H&R Block
Is H&R Block a good stock to buy?
A solid business, and the price looks low. 7 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the H&R Block AI analysis
What does H&R Block do?
H&R Block, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides assisted income tax return preparation and do-it-yourself (DIY) tax return preparation services and products to the general public primarily in the United States, Canada, and Australia. It is in Personal Products & Services, based in Kansas City, MO, United States, with 4,300 employees.
Does H&R Block pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 4.5% a year, about 29% of its yearly profit. In 2026 it paid out $211 million in dividends.
Is H&R Block stock halal?
No. H&R Block does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 35% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has H&R Block stock done over the past year?
Up 11.5% over the past twelve months, to $50.01. It traded between $28.34 and $55.47 and is 9.8% below its high.
Who are H&R Block's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Rollins, Frontdoor, Bright Horizons Family Solutions and Mister Car Wash. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with H&R Block's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.