H&R Block (NYSE:HRB) Releases FY25 Earnings Guidance

H&R Block (NYSE:HRB) issued an update on its FY25 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $5.15-5.35 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.68. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.69-3.75 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.67 billion. H&R Block also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 5.150-5.350 EPS.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on HRB shares. Barrington Research reissued an outperform rating and issued a $60.00 price target on shares of H&R Block in a research note on Wednesday. StockNews.com upgraded shares of H&R Block from a hold rating to a buy rating in a report on Thursday, July 18th.

H&R Block Price Performance

Shares of HRB stock traded up $0.57 on Thursday, hitting $57.49. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 1,480,961 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,071,209. The stock has a market capitalization of $8.02 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.17, a P/E/G ratio of 0.96 and a beta of 0.68. H&R Block has a fifty-two week low of $36.33 and a fifty-two week high of $58.63. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $54.45 and its 200-day moving average price is $50.54.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CEO Jeffrey J. Jones II sold 44,975 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, July 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $54.55, for a total transaction of $2,453,386.25. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 712,386 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $38,860,656.30. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Insiders own 1.20% of the company’s stock.

H&R Block Company Profile

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 offers assisted income tax return preparation and related services through a system of retail offices operated directly by the company or its franchisees.