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H&R Block, Inc. (HRB)

NYSE / Consumer Cyclical / Personal Products & Services

Share price

48.31 USD Market dataClose of Oct 15, 2026

Market capitalisation

5.92B USD Market dataClose of Oct 15, 2026
Market data
Oct 15, 2026
Filed accounts
FY2026, filed Aug 14, 2026
Ratios computed
Oct 15, 2026
Filed years
18, FY2008 to FY2026
Four kinds of sourceSEC filingCompany statementMarket dataComputedWhat each means
SEC filingFiled with the SEC
Read from a statement the company filed with the SEC, with the form, fiscal year, filing date and accession beside it.
Company statementCompany statement
What the company says about itself in a filing: an 8-K item, the auditor, its own segment names.
Market dataMarket data
Prices, market value and what analysts publish, with the date they are as of.
ComputedComputed by ValueScreener
Worked out by us from the other three, with the inputs and the formula one press away. A score is a research output, not a rating or a recommendation.
Reading

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Overview

What the business is, what it costs, and how it reads on four questions.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

Four questions, at a glance

Quality

Return on invested capital, after tax

63.9% Computed

From the FY2026 filing

Read quality

Valuation

Price to earnings

8.45x Computed

FY2026 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read valuation

Cash generation

Free cash flow yield

12.1% Computed

FY2026 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read cash generation

Revenue and net income, as filed

FY2017 Revenue: 3.04B USDFY2017 Net income: 408.9M USDFY2018 Revenue: 3.16B USDFY2018 Net income: 613.1M USDFY2019 Revenue: 3.09B USDFY2019 Net income: 422.5M USDFY2020 Revenue: 2.64B USDFY2020 Net income: -7.5M USDFY2021 Revenue: 3.41B USDFY2021 Net income: 583.8M USDFY2022 Revenue: 3.46B USDFY2022 Net income: 553.7M USDFY2023 Revenue: 3.47B USDFY2023 Net income: 553.7M USDFY2024 Revenue: 3.61B USDFY2024 Net income: 595.3M USDFY2025 Revenue: 3.76B USDFY2025 Net income: 605.8M USDFY2026 Revenue: 3.95B USDFY2026 Net income: 733.6M USD
Revenue Net income10 filed fiscal years, from the annual reports; the table in Filings names each document.
Named tests met
10 of 30 Which tests
The business, and the score behind its five axes

The reading, in brief

Is it cheap

Price to earnings is 8.45x at the close of 2026-10-15 on FY2026 figures; the lines are 15.00x (Graham's defensive ceiling) and, by market convention, 10.00x, 25.00x and 40.00x, and this sits below the lowest.

Today, against the Consumer Cyclical sector (302 companies), 8.45x sits at the 12th percentile; the middle half of that group runs from 12.87x to 31.26x.

Is it good

Return on invested capital was 63.9% in FY2026, in the band labelled "Exceptional" (20.0% and above), on lines anchored on Damodaran's cost-of-capital data, suggesting returns on the capital in the business well above the usual cost of that capital.

Today, against the Consumer Cyclical sector (222 companies), 63.9% sits at the 97th percentile; the middle half of that group runs from 3.6% to 14.8%.

Is it safe

Debt to equity was 17.89 in FY2026, in the band labelled "Heavily leveraged" (2.00 and above), on lines anchored on Graham's defensive-investor criteria, suggesting heavy reliance on borrowing.

Today, against the Consumer Cyclical sector (286 companies), 17.89 sits at the 99th percentile; the middle half of that group runs from 0.37 to 1.96.

Year by year against peers
Whether H&R Block, Inc.'s return on invested capital stayed above the median of the Consumer Cyclical sector, year by year. (FY2022 to FY2025, 4 fiscal years of H&R Block, Inc. with a comparable figure)
The direction
Which way H&R Block, Inc.'s return on invested capital has moved, and how steadily. (FY2022 to FY2026, 5 filed years of H&R Block, Inc.)
What could explain it
What in H&R Block, Inc.'s filed statements could explain the movements. (7 readings drawn from the statement lines H&R Block, Inc. filed)
What to check next
What to check next on H&R Block, Inc., and where in its filings. (3 questions for H&R Block, Inc.)
In one paragraph
One paragraph on H&R Block, Inc.'s returns, cash, balance sheet and price. (12 of sixteen figures read for H&R Block, Inc.)

These are HRB’s filed figures. The research desk says what they mean, against peers and its own years, with what to check next.

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What changed

The newest filing, what it moved, and when the next one is due.

SEC filingCompany statement

The newest accounts on file are the FY2026 annual report: 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, accession 0000012659-26-000026.

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Quality

The returns the business earns on its capital, and the margins behind them.

SEC filingComputed

H&R Block, Inc: returns on capital and margins, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Return on invested capital, after tax63.9% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000012659-26-000026
Return on equity624.4% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000012659-26-000026
Return on capital employed, pre-tax
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000012659-26-000026
Return on assets22.5% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000012659-26-000026
Gross margin44.3% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000012659-26-000026
Operating margin
Why n/a

No operating income line is filed for this year.

n/a ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000012659-26-000026
Net margin18.6% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000012659-26-000026
HRB 18.6%
FTDR 12.2%CVSA 12.9%BFAM 6.6%
6.6%18.6%
Net margin: HRB against the 3 companies named under Valuation context, each as filed for its own latest year. Placement only: no average is drawn.

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Financial strength

What it owes against what it owns, and whether it can meet what falls due.

SEC filingComputedCompany statement

H&R Block, Inc: leverage, liquidity and distress, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Debt to equity17.89 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000012659-26-000026
Current ratio1.13 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000012659-26-000026
Quick ratio1.13 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000012659-26-000026
Interest coverage
Why n/a

No operating income line is filed for this year.

n/a ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000012659-26-000026
Altman Z-score
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000012659-26-000026
Net debt1.14B ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000012659-26-000026
Total assets 3.26BTotal liabilities 3.14BShareholders' equity 117.5MOwnsOwes, and equity
Total assets Total liabilities Shareholders’ equity
The balance sheet, line by line

Financial health

What H&R Block, Inc owned and owed at the end of fiscal 2026, from the balance sheet it filed (10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000012659-26-000026).

H&R Block, Inc: balance sheet position
Total assets3.26B FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026
Total liabilities3.14B FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026
Shareholders' equity117.5M FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026
Cash958.7M FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026
Total debt2.10B FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026
Net debt1.14B
Current ratio1.13
Debt to equity17.89
  • Interest cover: FY2026: No operating income line is filed for this year.

Read from the filed balance sheet for each year, with the income statement of the same year supplying operating profit where a ratio needs it. Nothing here is a view on whether this company is sound.

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Valuation context

What the market charges for it, against its own record and companies like it.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

H&R Block, Inc: what the market charges, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Price to earnings8.45x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000012659-26-000026
P/E on trailing twelve months8.13x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · Trailing four quarters, each as known on the day; the quarterly filings are listed under Filings
Price to book52.99x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000012659-26-000026
Price to sales1.58x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000012659-26-000026
Enterprise value to EBIT7.89x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000012659-26-000026
Enterprise value to EBITDA
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000012659-26-000026
Price to earnings over growth0.65 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000012659-26-000026
Diluted earnings per share5.66 USD FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000012659-26-000026
Graham number10.83 USD ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000012659-26-000026

We publish no fair value or price target of our own. Value HRB on your own assumptions in the DCF workbench, starting from the filed figures.

Its own record, and companies like it

Valuation

What the market charges for H&R Block, Inc today, and the multiples it has carried. No value of ours: the figures are the filings’ and the market’s.

H&R Block, Inc: valuation
Share price48.31 USD
Market capitalisation5.92B USD
Enterprise value to EBITDAn/a
Graham number10.83 USD
Diluted earnings per share, FY20265.66 USD

Price to earnings on trailing twelve months, a different basis from the fiscal-year P/E above, since Oct 3, 2016: low 4.47x, median 11.94x, high 201.96x, latest 8.13x. 2,273 trading days with a meaningful ratio, 249 more on a loss and left out. Each close over the trailing twelve months of earnings as known that day: a quarter counts from the day it was filed.

Companies like H&R Block, Inc

  1. Frontdoor, Inc. (FTDR)Market cap 5.39B USD
  2. Covista Inc. (CVSA)Market cap 4.31B USD
  3. Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. (BFAM)Market cap 3.42B USD

Same industry (Personal Products & Services) and size band (Mid, 2B to 10B), nearest in market value, net margin and current ratio. Each of those counts equally, by how many of the companies considered sit between the two on it. Closest first: the order is likeness and nothing else.

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Cash generation

Whether profit arrives as cash, and what is paid back to shareholders.

SEC filingComputed

H&R Block, Inc: cash generation and what is paid out, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Free cash flow yield12.1% ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000012659-26-000026
Free cash flow756.1M USD ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000012659-26-000026
Free cash flow margin19.2% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000012659-26-000026
Dividend yield3.6% ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000012659-26-000026
Payout ratio28.8% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000012659-26-000026
FY2017 Free cash flow: 462.9M USDFY2017 Net income: 408.9M USDFY2018 Free cash flow: 751.4M USDFY2018 Net income: 613.1M USDFY2019 Free cash flow: 511.0M USDFY2019 Net income: 422.5M USDFY2020 Free cash flow: 27.3M USDFY2020 Net income: -7.5M USDFY2021 Free cash flow: 573.1M USDFY2021 Net income: 583.8M USDFY2022 Free cash flow: 746.6M USDFY2022 Net income: 553.7M USDFY2023 Free cash flow: 752.1M USDFY2023 Net income: 553.7M USDFY2024 Free cash flow: 657.2M USDFY2024 Net income: 595.3M USDFY2025 Free cash flow: 598.8M USDFY2025 Net income: 605.8M USDFY2026 Free cash flow: 756.1M USDFY2026 Net income: 733.6M USD
Free cash flow Net incomeProfit that arrives as cash stands level with net income; a gap year after year is worth reading about.

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Filings

Every figure, the year it is for and the document it was read from.

SEC filingMarket data

The filed figures

Computed from the accounts this company filed with the SEC and, in a ratio with a price in it, the last close, dated on this page. Every filed figure below carries the fiscal year and the filing date its accounts were read from, and every blank carries the reason it is blank. Nothing here is a view on this company.

H&R Block, Inc.: the eight ratios, with the fiscal year and filing date behind each.
FigureValueYearAs of
8.45xFY2026Oct 15, 2026
52.99xFY2026Oct 15, 2026
7.89xFY2026Oct 15, 2026
12.1%FY2026Oct 15, 2026
63.9%FY2026Aug 14, 2026
3.6%FY2026Oct 15, 2026
17.89FY2026Aug 14, 2026
1.13FY2026Aug 14, 2026
1.58xFY2026Oct 15, 2026
0.65FY2026Oct 15, 2026
n/aFY2026Oct 15, 2026
n/a We hold no figure here and no stored reason for its absence. The gap is ours, not the company's.
-2.30FY2026Aug 14, 2026
7/9FY2026Aug 14, 2026

The figures are computed from the accounts for fiscal 2026, the newest full year on file. 18 filed fiscal years on record, FY2008 to FY2026, from SEC EDGAR. Prices as of Oct 15, 2026. Ratios recomputed Oct 15, 2026. Two facts, because a recompute is not a fresh quote.

The year and the filing date name the statement each figure’s accounts are read from, and they stand even where the figure itself could not be computed: the line beneath a blank says what that statement did not carry. A figure’s name opens its formula and the filings behind it; a statement that names no SEC filing has no filing date, and reads n/a.

Ten years of filed figures, year by year

Ten years of filed figures

10 filed fiscal years, FY2017 to FY2026, read from the annual reports H&R Block, Inc filed with the SEC. Each year names its filing. Amounts in USD, as filed.

H&R Block, Inc: revenue, earnings, free cash flow and returns, by fiscal year, with the filing each year was read from
YearRevenueOperating incomeNet incomeEPS, dilutedFree cash flowOperating marginReturn on equityFiling
FY20263.95B934.5M733.6M5.66756.1Mn/a624.4%10-K, Aug 14, 20260000012659-26-000026
FY20253.76B859.5M605.8M4.39598.8Mn/a681.4%10-K, Aug 15, 20250001605297-25-000016
FY20243.61B841.4M595.3M4.12657.2Mn/a657.1%10-K, Aug 15, 20240001838862-24-000030
FY20233.47B784.2M553.7M3.51752.1Mn/a1726.9%10-K, Aug 17, 20230001838862-23-000027
FY20223.46B747.4M553.7M3.22746.6Mn/a261.6%10-K, Aug 16, 20220001838862-22-000028
FY20213.41B869.2M583.8M3.08573.1Mn/a165.7%10-K, Jun 15, 20210001838862-21-000028
FY20202.64B92.7M-7.5M-0.0427.3Mn/a-10.6%10-K, Jun 17, 20200001574842-20-000021
FY20193.09B632.2M422.5M2.04511.0Mn/a78.0%10-K, Jun 14, 20190001574842-19-000022
FY20183.16B758.1M613.1M2.91751.4Mn/a155.7%10-K, Jun 15, 20180001574842-18-000019
FY20173.04B722.2M408.9M1.91462.9Mn/an/m10-K, Jun 16, 20170001574842-17-000019
  • Revenue, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: 3.0%
  • Earnings, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: 6.7%
  • Earnings per share, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: 12.8%
  • Free cash flow, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: 5.6%

Every figure in this section is a line of a filed annual statement or a ratio of two of them. Nothing here is estimated or smoothed. Earnings per share filed before a share split are put on today's share count, and say so. Nothing here is a verdict on the company.

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Risks and guardrails

The accounting screens, the published tests, and the lines you can set to be told.

ComputedCompany statement

H&R Block, Inc: accounting screens and published tests, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Beneish M-score-2.30 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000012659-26-000026
Piotroski F-score7/9 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000012659-26-000026
Named tests met10 of 30 Computed
Beta0.23 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026

The named tests

Of 30 tests value investors published: 10 met, 19 not met, 1 we could not complete. Counts, never a score: a single figure would have to decide that meeting one investor’s criteria and meeting another’s are worth the same.

Which tests, by name(all 30)
Meets
Earnings yield and ROIC (Joel Greenblatt); Gross margin, turnover (Robert Novy-Marx); Dividends and buybacks; ROIC at or above WACC; Owner earnings yield; High return on tangibles; Cash-covered dividend; Cash-flow yield and ROIC; Cheapest quarter on P/E (David Dreman); Low P/E, growth, yield (John Neff)
Does not
Defensive investor (Benjamin Graham); Deep value; Large cap, low P/E; High F-score, low P/B (Joseph Piotroski); Three forensic scores; Low PEG, low debt (Peter Lynch); High returns and growth; High yield, low payout; Low beta, profitable; Near the 52-week low; Z-score and coverage (Edward Altman); Two thirds of NCAV (Benjamin Graham); P/E times P/B (Benjamin Graham); High returns, low debt; Low P/S, rising earnings (James O'Shaughnessy); Book or below, low debt (Walter Schloss); Tangible book or below; Clean books, high ROIC; Cheapest quarter on P/B (David Dreman)
Not measured
EV/EBITDA and coverage. A test with a figure we could not read is incomplete, never met and never failed.
Figures we could not read(5)
  • Positive Earnings Streak: We hold 5 profitable filed years in a row; the test needs 10.
  • Altman Z-Score: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • EV/EBITDA: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Interest Coverage: No operating income line is filed for this year.
  • Price Tangible Book: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

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Declared positions

Whether anybody here owns this company.

Positions declared by the founder: no holding in any company shown here, as of October 3, 2026.

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Next step

What to do with what you have read.

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What this cannot tell you

  • 5 figures could not be read on this company, among them Positive Earnings Streak, Altman Z-Score, EV/EBITDA. Each blank in the table above names the rest, with its reason. 1 named test comes back incomplete because of them, which is neither met nor missed.

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