Q1 EPS Estimates for Robert Half Reduced by Zacks Research

Robert Half Inc. (NYSE:RHI) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research lowered their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for Robert Half in a research note issued on Monday, February 17th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the business services provider will post earnings of $0.37 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.53. The consensus estimate for Robert Half’s current full-year earnings is $2.48 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Robert Half’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.72 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.94 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $5.04 EPS.

Robert Half (NYSE:RHI) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January 29th. The business services provider reported $0.53 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.54 by ($0.01). Robert Half had a net margin of 4.34% and a return on equity of 17.20%.

A number of other analysts have also recently commented on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their target price on shares of Robert Half from $69.00 to $65.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, January 30th. Truist Financial raised shares of Robert Half from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their price objective for the stock from $62.00 to $90.00 in a research note on Friday, December 13th. BNP Paribas raised shares of Robert Half from an “underperform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $71.50 price objective for the company in a research note on Monday, February 10th. Finally, Barclays raised shares of Robert Half from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and increased their price objective for the stock from $60.00 to $80.00 in a research note on Friday, January 3rd. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $74.92.

Robert Half Trading Down 0.1 %

Shares of RHI stock opened at $60.00 on Thursday. Robert Half has a 12 month low of $57.05 and a 12 month high of $83.25. The stock has a market cap of $6.13 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.59 and a beta of 1.23. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $67.04 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $67.50.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Robert Half

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Boston Partners lifted its holdings in shares of Robert Half by 17.5% in the 4th quarter. Boston Partners now owns 8,554,276 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $602,867,000 after acquiring an additional 1,271,237 shares during the last quarter. Mawer Investment Management Ltd. lifted its holdings in shares of Robert Half by 72.6% in the 4th quarter. Mawer Investment Management Ltd. now owns 8,079,597 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $569,288,000 after acquiring an additional 3,398,257 shares during the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Robert Half by 4.5% in the 4th quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 3,433,585 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $241,930,000 after acquiring an additional 148,577 shares during the last quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. increased its stake in Robert Half by 0.5% in the 4th quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 3,217,999 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $226,740,000 after buying an additional 17,338 shares during the period. Finally, Fiduciary Management Inc. WI increased its stake in Robert Half by 15.4% in the 4th quarter. Fiduciary Management Inc. WI now owns 2,251,541 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $158,644,000 after buying an additional 300,524 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 92.41% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Robert Half news, Director Dirk A. Kempthorne sold 1,032 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $74.35, for a total transaction of $76,729.20. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 12,310 shares in the company, valued at $915,248.50. This trade represents a 7.73 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. 3.00% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Robert Half Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 14th. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 25th will be given a dividend of $0.59 per share. This is a positive change from Robert Half’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.53. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, February 25th. This represents a $2.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.93%. Robert Half’s dividend payout ratio is currently 86.89%.

About Robert Half

Robert Half Inc provides talent solutions and business consulting services in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The company operates through Contract Talent Solutions, Permanent Placement Talent Solutions, and Protiviti segments. The Contract Talent Solutions segment provides contract engagement professionals in the fields of finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal and administrative, and customer support.