Tax preparation company H&R Block (NYSE:HRB) will be announcing earnings results this Tuesday after the bell. Here’s what investors should know.
H&R Block beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 1.5% last quarter, reporting revenues of $203.6 million, up 5% year on year. It was a strong quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates and a solid beat of analysts’ adjusted operating income estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting H&R Block’s revenue to grow 3.4% year on year to $185.2 million, improving from its flat revenue in the same quarter last year. Adjusted loss is expected to come in at -$1.89 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. H&R Block has a history of exceeding Wall Street’s expectations, beating revenue estimates every single time over the past two years by 2.6% on average.
Looking at H&R Block’s peers in the consumer discretionary segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. 1-800-FLOWERS’s revenues decreased 9.5% year on year, meeting analysts’ expectations, and Apple reported revenues up 15.7%, topping estimates by 4.1%. 1-800-FLOWERS traded up 6.7% following the results while Apple’s stock price was unchanged.
Read our full analysis of 1-800-FLOWERS’s results here and Apple’s results here.
Investors in the consumer discretionary segment have had fairly steady hands going into earnings, with share prices down 1.4% on average over the last month. H&R Block is down 10.3% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $55 (compared to the current share price of $39.03).
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