A Preview Of H&R Block's Earnings

On Tuesday, September 01, H&R Block HRB will release its latest earnings report. Benzinga's outlook for H&R Block is included in the following report.

Earnings and Revenue

Sell-side analysts expect H&R Block's EPS to be near $0.49 on sales of $617.03 million. In the same quarter last year, H&R Block reported a loss per share of $0.72 on sales of $150.36 million. If the company were to report in-line earnings when it publishes results Tuesday, quarterly profit would be up 168.06%. H&R Block's reported EPS has stacked up against analyst estimates in the past like this:

Stock Performance

Over the last 52-week period, shares are down 38.85%. Given that these returns are generally negative, long-term shareholders are probably down going into this earnings release.

Don't be surprised to see the stock move on comments made during its conference call. H&R Block is scheduled to hold the call at 16:30:00 ET and can be accessed here: https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/n4hanpnz