Zacks Research Has Negative View of Robert Half Q3 Earnings

Robert Half Inc. (NYSE:RHI) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research decreased their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Robert Half in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, November 11th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the business services provider will earn $0.76 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.96. The consensus estimate for Robert Half’s current full-year earnings is $2.45 per share.

Robert Half (NYSE:RHI) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 22nd. The business services provider reported $0.64 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.62 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $1.47 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.44 billion. Robert Half had a return on equity of 18.78% and a net margin of 4.84%. Robert Half’s quarterly revenue was down 6.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.90 earnings per share.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. Truist Financial decreased their price objective on Robert Half from $72.00 to $62.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Friday, July 26th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price objective on Robert Half from $70.00 to $69.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, October 23rd. BMO Capital Markets lowered their target price on shares of Robert Half from $72.00 to $64.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, July 25th. Finally, Barclays dropped their price target on shares of Robert Half from $70.00 to $60.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, July 26th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $69.00.

Robert Half Trading Down 1.9 %

Robert Half stock opened at $75.37 on Wednesday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $67.47 and a 200 day simple moving average of $65.65. Robert Half has a 1-year low of $57.05 and a 1-year high of $88.39. The company has a market cap of $7.78 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.51 and a beta of 1.23.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Robert Half

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in Robert Half by 3.0% during the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 12,795,282 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,014,410,000 after buying an additional 366,978 shares in the last quarter. Mawer Investment Management Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of Robert Half by 28.9% during the 3rd quarter. Mawer Investment Management Ltd. now owns 4,681,340 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $315,569,000 after buying an additional 1,049,005 shares in the last quarter. Boston Partners raised its holdings in shares of Robert Half by 14.7% during the 1st quarter. Boston Partners now owns 3,749,749 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $296,963,000 after buying an additional 479,384 shares in the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. boosted its stake in Robert Half by 5.1% in the third quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 3,285,008 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $221,442,000 after buying an additional 159,750 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Pacer Advisors Inc. boosted its stake in Robert Half by 54.7% in the second quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 1,628,919 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $104,218,000 after buying an additional 575,879 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 92.41% of the company’s stock.

Robert Half Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 13th. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 25th will be paid a dividend of $0.53 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, November 25th. This represents a $2.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.81%. Robert Half’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 77.37%.

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.