H&R Block beats Q4 estimates and raises its dividend for a ninth straight year
As seen on the 24/7 Wall St. homepage on August 11, 2026.
Shareholders keep getting paid to wait: a 10% dividend hike, the ninth straight annual raise, alongside a double beat. FY2027 adjusted EPS guidance is $6.04 to $6.24, with roughly $600 million left on the buyback.
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H&R Block is returning cash on the back of a Q4 beat: adjusted diluted EPS of $2.38 topped the $2.21 consensus, extending a run of quarters that beat expectations.
The board lifted the quarterly dividend 10% to $0.46 per share, the ninth consecutive annual increase, with buybacks still running under the repurchase program.
Full-year operating cash flow climbed 23% to $838.7 million, funding both the dividend raise and the continued buyback, with U.S. assisted tax preparation cited as the primary driver.
Management guided fiscal 2027 adjusted diluted EPS of $6.04 to $6.24, giving investors a concrete target to measure execution against over the coming year.
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