CFO of H&R Block Inc. (
HRB
) Gregory J. Macfarlane bought 6,300 shares on 07/09/2012 at an
average price of $16.05. The total transaction amount is
$101,115. H&R Block Inc. is a diversified company involved in
tax return preparation,electronic filing of income tax returns
and other tax-related services. H&R Block Inc. has a market
cap of $4.43 billion; its shares were traded at around $16.11
with a P/E ratio of 13.1 and P/S ratio of 1.5. The dividend yield
of H&R Block Inc. stocks is 5%.
CFO Gregory Macfarlane has not made any other recent trades in
the company. However, another insider, Director Paul Brown, also
bought 1,200 shares of the company at an average price of $16.01.
The price of the stock has increased by 0.62% since.
Gregory Macfarlane is the CFO of H&R Block Inc. Prior to this
position, he served for than 13 years at General Electric, most
recently serving as Senior VP and CFO for WMC Mortgage. From 1999
to 2001, he served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
of GE Fleet Services, Japan. He received his MBA from the Kellogg
Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.
Several gurus hold stakes in HRB.
Lee Ainslie
bought 3,250,208 shares in the quarter that ended on 03/31/2012,
which is 0.77% of the $6.95 billion portfolio of Maverick
Capital.
Ray Dalio
owns 197,649 shares as of 03/31/2012, an increase of 1414.67%
from the previous quarter. This position accounts for 0.051% of
the $6.43 billion portfolio of Bridgewater Associates.
Brian Rogers
owns 2,196,700 shares as of 03/31/2012, a decrease of 25.45% of
from the previous quarter.
H&R Block Inc. has an annual revenue growth of 3.4% on
average for the past 10 years. For the past 5 years, annual
revenue growth averaged -3.4%. Earnings per share were positive
for 8 out of the past 10 years, but have seen decreases for the
last four consecutive years. The company holds the majority of
its assets ($1.99 billion out of $2.5 billion) in cash, with
total assets at $4.65 billion. The company has $409 million in
long-term debt.
HRB has a predictability rating of 1 star. Recently, the company
has been buying back its shares, repurchasing $168 million in
fiscal 2012, $283 million in fiscal 2011, and $238 million in
fiscal 2010.
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