Company Analysis

Robert Half Inc. (RHI)

NYSE: RHI · Services-Help Supply Services · Menlo Park, CA · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade6.4
◀ Past 6.4● Present 6.9▶ Future 5.6

The grade of Robert Half Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.4/10
◀ Past6.425% of the headline
● Present6.945% of the headline
▶ Future5.630% 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?

6.4/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.2/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 45% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 18 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Robert Half 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
5.2/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+0.3% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 33% of this tense · 52nd percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Robert Half Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $5.3 billion in fiscal 2016 to $5.4 billion in fiscal 2025, up 0.3% a year; it rose in 5 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 26% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span0.3%bottom 47% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 44% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 14% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak25.7%bottom 31% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
6.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 2.8% a year. 94% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 1 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Robert Half Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 2.8% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 94% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 1 sale and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 42% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 32% 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?

6.9/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
7.7/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 10%: 10¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 55%: owes 55¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 77th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Robert Half Inc. earned about 10 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 70 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 55 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 2.6% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 25% of its family
  • return on equitytop 21% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 17% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 31% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
5.8/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 42% of 18 in its family; net margin 2.5%.

weight 45% of this tense · 58th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Robert Half Inc.'s standing among 18 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $5.4 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 14% by size; a net margin of 2.5% ranks in the top 31%; revenue growth of -9.4% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 19% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$5.38Btop 14% of its family
  • net margin2.5%top 31% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-9.4%bottom 19% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
8.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 20% of 16 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2020.

weight 22% of this tense · 80th percentile among 16 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Robert Half Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Waddell, M Keith (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2020-02-07, 6.8 years (top 42% of its family); the 13 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 17.7 years (top 3%); 3 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 13 people in charge now (top 16%; 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 charge3 in three years among 13 peopletop 16% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed17.7 yearstop 3% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record6.8 yearstop 42% 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?

5.6/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
8.3/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 16% of 17 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 84th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Robert Half Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $464 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 16.3% of its assets as net cash, top 9% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 5% of revenue (top 31%); a gross margin of 37.2% (top 10%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets16.3%top 9% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue5.0%top 31% of its family
  • gross margin37.2%top 10% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
3.5/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 35% of 18 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 35th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Robert Half Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -9.4% a year over the last three filed years against 0.3% over all 10, slowing (bottom 25% of its family); the newest year grew -7.2% (bottom 25%); capital spending grew -4.5% a year (top 44%) (its annual reports). Robert Half Inc. reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Contract Talent Solutions at $3.0 billion (56%), Protiviti at $1.9 billion (36%), Permanent Placement Talent Solutions at $440 million (8%); 0 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-9.7 points a yearbottom 25% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-7.2%bottom 25% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-4.5%top 44% 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
4.8/10

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

bottom 48% of 17 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 48th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Robert Half Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $5.4 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 3.7% above the $5.2 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 38% of its family); net income of $133 million against a prior three-year average of $440 million (top 32%); a net margin of 2.5% against 6.6% before (bottom 38%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace3.7%bottom 38% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-70%top 32% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-4.1 pointsbottom 38% 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 RHI · research, not advice