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H&R Block (HRB) Climbs 9.56% on Bargain-Hunting Ahead of Dividends
H&R Block (HRB) Climbs 9.56% on Bargain-Hunting Ahead of Dividends
Angelica Ballesteros
Sat, February 14, 2026 at 12:53 PM GMT+9 2 min read
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We recently published 10 Market Beasts Leaving Wall Street in the Dust. H&R Block Inc. (NYSE:HRB) was one of the best performers on Friday.
H&R Block rebounded by 9.56 percent on Friday to close at $31.05 apiece, as investors snapped up bargains following nine consecutive days of losses, while repositioning portfolios ahead of a dividend payment.
Common shareholders as of March 4 record are set to receive $0.42 per share on April 6, 2026.
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Since 2016, H&R Block Inc. (NYSE:HRB) has grown its dividends by 110 percent and returned more than $5 billion to shareholders through dividend payments and share buyback transactions.
The initiative followed the release of H&R Block Inc.’s (NYSE:HRB) earnings performance in the second quarter of fiscal year 2026, where it narrowed its net loss to $242 million from $243 million in the same period a year earlier.
The figures brought its six-month net loss lower by 2 percent to $407.98 million from $416 million year-on-year.
Total revenues during the three-month period amounted to $198.86 million, an increase of 11 percent from the $179.07 million in the same quarter a year earlier, bringing the six-month tally higher by 8 percent to $402.4 million from $372.88 million.
For this year, H&R Block Inc. (NYSE:HRB) is targeting revenues to be in the range of $3.875 billion to $3.895 billion, or a jump of 3 to 3.5 percent from $3.76 billion in 2025.
Adjusted diluted earnings per share are projected at $4.85 to $5.
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