H&R Block, Inc., a financial services company, provides tax, investment, mortgage, and accounting and business consulting services and products. It operates in three segments: Tax Services, Business Services, and Consumer Financial Services. The Tax Services segment provides tax return preparation, and related products and services, as well as digital tax preparation alternatives in the United States, Canada, and Australia. This segment also offers various options to the customers for receiving their income tax refund, including a check directly from the internal revenue service, an electronic deposit directly to their bank account, and a refund anticipation check. The Business Services segment provides accounting, tax and business consulting services, wealth management, and capital markets services to middle-market companies. The Consumer Financial Services segment offers brokerage services, and investment planning and related financial advice. It provides annuities, insurance, fee-based accounts, online account access, equity research and focus lists, model portfolios, asset allocation strategies, and other investment tools and information. This segment also offers consumer banking services, including checking and savings accounts, home equity lines of credit, individual retirement accounts, certificates of deposit, and prepaid debit card accounts. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri.
Analysts'
Recommendation: | Hold |
| 30 Days Ago: | Buy |
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| Analysts' Target: | $29 |
| Analysts' Targets |
| Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. | $27 |
| Outperform |
Monday, June 16, 2008
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| UBS Securities | $31 |
| Add |
| Monday, March 10, 2008 |
$22.56 (06/29/08)
