Don't Buy H&R Block (HRB) Before Checking Its Fundamentals!

By Tamara Parker • Wednesday, August 16 15:08 • Permanent Link

Mid-cap consumer discretionary company H&R Block has moved 10.1% this afternoon, reaching $38.91 per share. In contrast, the average analyst target price for the stock is $36.67.

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. The company is based in the United States. H&R Block currently returns an annual dividend yield of 3.2%.

What to Consider if You Are Thinking of Buying H&R Block:

H&R Block has moved -18.0% over the last year.
HRB has a forward P/E ratio of 9.6 based on its EPS guidance of 4.05.
Over the last 3 years, earnings per share (EPS) have been growing at a compounded average rate of 321.7%.
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 0.88.

H&R Block Has Generally Positive Cash Flows

Date Reported	Cash Flow from Operations ($ k)	Capital expenditures ($ k)	Free Cashflow ($ k)	YoY Growth (%)
2022-06-30	808,537	-61,955	746,582	30.26
2021-04-30	625,928	-52,792	573,136	2001.25
2020-04-30	108,961	-81,685	27,276	n/a

H&R Block's free cash flows are strong in the aggregate, since they average out to $449.0 Million over the last 3 years. But they are highly variable since their coefficient of variability is 83.6%. The compounded average growth rate for this period stands at 201.4%.

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