Company Analysis

H&R Block, Inc. (HRB)

NYSE: HRB · Services-Personal Services · Kansas City, MO · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade6.6
◀ Past 6.9● Present 6.5▶ Future 6.4

The grade of H&R Block, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.6/10
◀ Past6.925% of the headline
● Present6.545% of the headline
▶ Future6.430% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.9/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
8.2/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 45% of this tense · 82nd percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

H&R Block, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
4.4/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+2.9% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 9 of 10.

weight 33% of this tense · 44th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

H&R Block, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $3.0 billion in fiscal 2017 to $3.9 billion in fiscal 2026, up 2.9% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 16% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 9 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span2.9%bottom 25% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 50% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 35% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak16.5%bottom 35% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.2/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 6.4% a year. 26% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 3 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 82nd percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-06-30, H&R Block, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 6.4% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 26% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 3 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-03 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 5% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 31% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.5/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.9/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 624%: 624¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 96%: owes 96¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 69th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-06-30, H&R Block, Inc. earned about 624 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 54 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 96 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 6.2% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 14% of its family
  • return on equitytop 6% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 19% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
8.0/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 20% of 11 in its family; net margin 18.6%.

weight 33% of this tense · 80th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

H&R Block, Inc.'s standing among 11 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $3.9 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 15% by size; a net margin of 18.6% ranks in the top 5%; revenue growth of 4.3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 41% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$3.95Btop 15% of its family
  • net margin18.6%top 5% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth4.3%top 41% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
3.6/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 36% of 10 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 36th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

H&R Block, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Campbell, Curtis A (President & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-01-07, 10 months (bottom 25% of its family); the 18 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.2 years (bottom 28%); 8 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 18 people in charge now (top 45%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge8 in three years among 18 peopletop 45% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.2 yearsbottom 28% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record10 monthsbottom 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.4/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
7.1/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 29% of 10 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 71st percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

H&R Block, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $959 million against debt of $1.5 billion leaves -16.4% of its assets as net cash, bottom 35% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 19.2% of revenue (top 15%); a gross margin of 44.3% (top 6%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-16.4%bottom 35% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue19.2%top 15% of its family
  • gross margin44.3%top 6% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
7.5/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 25% of 10 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 75th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

H&R Block, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 4.3% a year over the last three filed years against 2.9% over all 10, speeding up (top 15% of its family); the newest year grew 4.9% (top 35%); capital spending grew 5.8% a year (top 25%) (its annual reports). H&R Block, Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2026: Service at $3.7 billion (93%), Royalty at $281 million (7%); 1 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+1.5 points a yeartop 15% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth4.9%top 35% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending5.8%top 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
4.5/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 45% of 10 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 45th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

H&R Block, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $3.9 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 0.8% above the $3.9 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 45% of its family); net income of $734 million against a prior three-year average of $585 million (bottom 45%); a net margin of 18.6% against 16.2% before (bottom 45%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace0.8%bottom 45% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+25%bottom 45% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+2.4 pointsbottom 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton HRB · research, not advice