profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Robert Half International
$42.00+0.07% today
+52.8% in 1 year
1-year low $21.861-year high $45.87
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, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $32.32 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
It holds more cash than debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Robert Half International sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $7.24 billion in 2022 to $5.38 billion in 2025, with $133 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Robert Half International handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
$238M
Free cash flow 2025$267M
Bought back its own shares$92M
Paid as dividends$238M
Cash vs. debt$464M vs. $246M
Robert Half International vs. similar companies
Robert Half International grows in the middle of these 5 and is the most expensive for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Half International | 32.3× · Expensive | ||
 Korn Ferry | 14.9× · Cheap | ||
 TriNet Group | 19.5× · Fair price | ||
 ManpowerGroup | No profit yet | ||
 Insperity | No profit yet |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Robert Half International'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 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,109 | 6,461 | 7,238 | 6,393 | 5,796 | 5,379 | |
| 2,013 | 2,696 | 3,094 | 2,575 | 2,247 | 2,002 | |
| 422 | 806 | 975 | 465 | 241 | 76 | |
| – | – | 1,053 | 564 | 331 | 158 | |
| 306 | 599 | 658 | 411 | 252 | 133 | |
| 2.70 | 5.36 | 6.03 | 3.88 | 2.44 | 1.33 | |
| 39.4% | 41.7% | 42.7% | 40.3% | 38.8% | 37.2% | |
| 8.3% | 12.5% | 13.5% | 7.3% | 4.2% | 1.4% | |
| 6.0% | 9.3% | 9.1% | 6.4% | 4.3% | 2.5% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 2,557 | 2,952 | 2,964 | 3,011 | 2,854 | 2,856 |
| Cash | 574 | 619 | 659 | 732 | 538 | 464 |
| Total debt | – | – | 238 | 242 | 234 | 246 |
| Total liabilities | 1,352 | 1,571 | 1,396 | 1,422 | 1,476 | 1,580 |
| 1,205 | 1,381 | 1,569 | 1,588 | 1,378 | 1,276 | |
| 113 | 112 | 109 | 106 | 103 | 100 | |
| 27.6% | 46.1% | 42.6% | 20.1% | 11.8% | 4.0% | |
| 25.4% | 43.3% | 41.9% | 25.9% | 18.3% | 10.4% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 597 | 603 | 684 | 637 | 410 | 320 | |
| 33 | 37 | 61 | 46 | 56 | 53 | |
| 563 | 567 | 623 | 591 | 354 | 267 | |
| Dividends paid | 156 | 171 | 189 | 206 | 220 | 238 |
| 159 | 288 | 320 | 255 | 276 | 92 | |
| – | – | 58 | 61 | 63 | 59 |
Valuation
- 32.3×
- 31.8×
- –
- 2.1×
- 0.8×
- 16.1×
- 25.8×
- 6.2%
- 3.1%
- 8.9%
Profitability
- 37.2%
- 1.4%
- 2.5%
- 2.6%
- 3.1%
- 21.8%
- 10.1%
- 4.8%
- 5.2%
- –
Growth
- +1.0%
- −13.2%
- −24.7%
- +11.7%
- −2.4%
Financial health
- -0.2×
- 0.20
- 9.3%
- –
- 1.55
- 1.55
- 1.97
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 14%of 982
Bottom 9%of 991
Bottom 26%of 875
Bottom 20%of 988
Top 33%of 988
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $40.67
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 2026 | 0.14 | 0.14 | +0.0% |
| Jan 29, 2026 | 0.32 | 0.30 | +6.7% |
| Oct 22, 2025 | 0.43 | 0.43 | +0.0% |
| Jul 23, 2025 | 0.41 | 0.40 | +2.5% |
| Apr 23, 2025 | 0.17 | 0.36 | −52.8% |
| Jan 29, 2025 | 0.53 | 0.55 | −3.6% |
| Oct 22, 2024 | 0.64 | 0.62 | +3.2% |
| Jul 24, 2024 | 0.66 | 0.71 | −7.0% |
8.9%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$89a year at today's yield, before tax
+11.7%2020 to 2025
Raised10 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.80 in 2015 → $2.36 in 2025
How safe it looks
179.1% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 89.3%
News
Why Robert Half Stock Jumped More Than 20% TodayYahoo Finance · Oct 23, 2026Nobel prize in economics awarded to Robert E. Hall and Michael WoodfordCNBC · Oct 12, 2026Insider trades
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
0/7Passes 0 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
55No pass
Benjamin Graham
53No pass
Philip Fisher
43No pass
Peter Lynch
22No pass
Joel Greenblatt
6No pass
Charlie Munger
55No pass
Terry Smith
54No pass
Questions about Robert Half International
Is Robert Half International a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, but the price is high. 0 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 Robert Half International AI analysis
What does Robert Half International do?
Robert Half International Inc. provides staffing and risk consulting services in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. It is in Staffing & Employment Services, based in Menlo Park, CA, United States, with 14,500 employees.
Does Robert Half International pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 8.9% a year, about 179% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $238 million in dividends.
Is Robert Half International stock halal?
Yes. Robert Half International passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 6% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Robert Half International stock done over the past year?
Up 52.8% over the past twelve months, to $42.00. It traded between $21.86 and $45.87 and is 8.4% below its high.
Who are Robert Half International's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Korn Ferry, TriNet Group, ManpowerGroup and Insperity. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Robert Half International's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.