It has been exceptionally challenging this year for many companies to grow their earnings, as a number of factors continue to wreak havoc on normally profitable business models.
Higher energy costs have been squeezing almost every company's margins, none more significantly than the airline and auto industries. Raw materials costs continue to climb as large, developing nations like India and China compete for a limited supply of natural resources.
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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 electro...
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 electro...
Company Review: H&R Block, Inc. (HRB)
Company Profile: H&R Block Inc. (obtained via Google Finance)
H&R Block, Inc. (H&R Block) is a financial services company with subsidiaries providing tax, investment, mortgage, and accounting and business consulting services and products. The Company’s Tax Services segment provides income tax return preparation and other services and products related to tax [...]
HRB is down 11% so far this year. It just announced that it was shuttering its troubled mortgage unit. Has everyone forgotten that they are the leaders in tax prep and that it will soon be tax season? Long term investors will we value in this franchise. I think they have learned a painful lesson about straying to far from your core.
H&R (HRB) just today announced some difficult news. They indicated that the Q1 loss ballooned as it struggled with its mortgage lending arm and said it is trying to renegotiate the sale of the unit. Really!
If you have been following the tone and nuance of their recent press releases you would start to become suspicious. First they announce that they will amputate their problem and sell the offending mortgage unit with the sub prime blemish to Cerberus. The deal is to close later this year and is subject to certain closing conditions.
I'm inviting everyone on the H&R Block ride. There are no height or age restrictions. Mr. Warren B. will be our driver for a ride of a lifetime. Its cheap, sturdy, and a management team which has built this ride to perfection. All aboard!!! for the H&R Block ride.
H&R Block (NYSE:HRB) lost a lot of shareholder money. Losses of approximately $85.5 million have been reported as a result of losses in the sub-prime mortgage market. The company is attempting to spin the results focusing only on continuing operations. they need you to forget about mortgage problems.
A large sale of Option One is pending to Cerberus. So the problem will be amputated away. The cost will be determined in the last moment. Therefore we may expect more bad news when the deal is to close. Cerberus does not have a mandate to overpay and by now everyone knows the sub-prime ...
H&R Block (NYSE:HRB) announced a dividend increase of 6%. Sounds good? The company wants you to know that this is the tenth consecutive year that the dividend has increased. In the same press release they also mention that this will be the 180 consecutive quarter where a dividend was paid. Given four (4) quarters per year that's about 45 years. Long term approach is nice but in this case no longer appropriate.
Earnings will be released on the morning of June 21. But the board feels confident enough on what I could only believe is the advice of management to increase the dividend a fu...
I'll keep it short. HRB owns Option One, a huge subprime lender almost identical to New Century in lending protocols and origination volume. HRB has been trying to sell Option One for several months now , but as the housing market has become worse, all negotiations have collapsed. Eventually HRB will need to reveal their true losses from Option One and as the housing market continues to correct over the summer, the situation for HRB will get worse. Target is $15 but, of course it is impossible to predict how the market will eventually react to HRB given a continued housing correction. ...
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