Stocks · Industrials · Staffing & Employment Services
Robert Half Inc. RHI
$34.32 -4.98% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $3.69B
Next earnings report: Oct 28, 2026
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Three things to know
- The shares trade at 29.8× trailing earnings, higher than 95% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 89 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $1.15, down 34.3% year over year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.
Growth8Very weak
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 12%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 20%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 29%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 8%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 47%
Quality63Neutral
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 27%
- Gross marginTop 31%
- Operating marginBottom 24%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 26%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 42%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 13%
Value58Neutral
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 39%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 24%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 35%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 10%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 6%
Momentum61Neutral
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 35%
- 6-month returnTop 15%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 43%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 47%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 41%
Revisions9Very weak
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 38%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 39%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 12%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 18%
Stability44Weak
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 28%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 16%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 48%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 13%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -6.1% | -4.9% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -35.0% | -34.3% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 37.6% | 36.8% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 3.0% | 0.2% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 5.1% | 4.1% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -4.9% | -6.1% | ↑ | Bottom 12% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -34.3% | -35.0% | ↑ | Bottom 20% |
| Gross margin | 36.8% | 37.6% | ↓ | Top 31% |
| Operating margin | 0.2% | 3.0% | ↓ | Bottom 24% |
| Net margin | 2.2% | 3.2% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 4.1% | 5.1% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 0.5% | — | Bottom 27% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -9.4% | — | Bottom 8% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.23×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -5.0%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +4.3 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -0.56×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 6.45%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.75%
- Shareholder yield
- 7.21%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.5%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -2.0%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +1.9%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -2.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $38.00
- Target vs current price
- +10.7%
- Analysts with a rating
- 25
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 28%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2026 | +0.9% | -7.0% | -1.4% | +7.0% | — |
| Apr 23, 2026 | +0.0% | -7.7% | -7.7% | -11.0% | +41.9% |
| Jan 29, 2026 | +6.7% | +0.5% | +21.8% | -8.2% | -5.0% |
| Oct 22, 2025 | +0.0% | -4.3% | -6.3% | -15.2% | -8.5% |
| Jul 23, 2025 | +2.5% | -0.6% | -10.0% | -14.2% | -23.8% |
| Apr 23, 2025 | -52.8% | +0.5% | -4.3% | +2.4% | -9.5% |
| Jan 29, 2025 | -3.6% | -1.7% | -10.4% | -15.4% | -36.0% |
| Oct 22, 2024 | +3.2% | +0.2% | +5.5% | +11.9% | +8.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2026 | $0.26 | $0.26 | +0.9% | $1.34B |
| Apr 23, 2026 | $0.14 | $0.14 | +0.0% | $1.30B |
| Jan 29, 2026 | $0.32 | $0.30 | +6.7% | $1.30B |
| Oct 22, 2025 | $0.43 | $0.43 | +0.0% | $1.35B |
| Jul 23, 2025 | $0.41 | $0.40 | +2.5% | $1.37B |
| Apr 23, 2025 | $0.17 | $0.36 | -52.8% | $1.35B |
| Jan 29, 2025 | $0.53 | $0.55 | -3.6% | $1.38B |
| Oct 22, 2024 | $0.64 | $0.62 | +3.2% | $1.47B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 29.8× | 20.7× | 95th | Top 39% |
| P/E (forward) | 27.3× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 24.2× | — | — | Bottom 35% |
| EV / Sales | 0.68× | — | — | Top 10% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 5.82% | — | — | Top 24% |
| Earnings yield | 3.35% | — | — | Top 39% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 12.2× – 35.6× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +0.2%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -34.3%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +77.0%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 89
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.4%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +3.4%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -14.9%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +9.6%
- RSI (14)
- 32.2
- Relative volume
- 1.51×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 60.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 91th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.03
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.31
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -24.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -75.2%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 2022 | Mar 16, 2026 | -82.5% | 1026 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 12, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -16.9% | 12 days | 8 days (Nov 9, 2020) |
| Nov 4, 2021 | Dec 20, 2021 | -11.3% | 31 days | 34 days (Feb 8, 2022) |
| Feb 23, 2021 | Mar 23, 2021 | -11.3% | 20 days | 15 days (Apr 14, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $3.69B
- P/E (TTM)
- 29.8
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.15
- Revenue (TTM)
- $5.29B
- Dividend yield
- 6.88%
- 52-week range
- $21.83 – $46.70
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $6.46B | $7.24B | $6.39B | $5.80B | $5.38B |
| Gross profit | $2.70B | $3.09B | $2.58B | $2.25B | $2.00B |
| Operating income | $742.5M | $976.8M | $464.6M | $241.5M | $76.5M |
| Net income | $598.6M | $657.9M | $411.1M | $251.6M | $133.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $5.36 | $6.03 | $3.88 | $2.44 | $1.33 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.47B | $1.38B | $1.35B | $1.37B | $1.35B | $1.30B | $1.30B | $1.34B |
| Net income | $65.5M | $54.3M | $17.4M | $41.0M | $42.9M | $31.8M | $13.8M | $26.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.64 | $0.53 | $0.17 | $0.41 | $0.43 | $0.32 | $0.14 | $0.26 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $603.1M | $683.8M | $636.9M | $410.5M | $320.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$36.6M | -$61.1M | -$45.9M | -$56.3M | -$53.2M |
| Free cash flow | $566.5M | $622.6M | $591.0M | $354.2M | $266.8M |
| Dividends paid | -$170.6M | -$189.3M | -$205.9M | -$220.4M | -$238.2M |
| Net share buybacks | -$287.7M | -$319.9M | -$254.6M | -$276.0M | -$92.1M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $324.7M
- Total assets
- $2.86B
- Total liabilities
- $1.65B
- Total debt
- $240.8M
- Net debt
- -$83.9M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.21B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2026 | $0.59 | Sep 15, 2026 |
| May 22, 2026 | $0.59 | Jun 15, 2026 |
| Feb 25, 2026 | $0.59 | Mar 13, 2026 |
| Nov 25, 2025 | $0.59 | Dec 15, 2025 |
| Aug 25, 2025 | $0.59 | Sep 15, 2025 |
| May 23, 2025 | $0.59 | Jun 13, 2025 |
| Feb 25, 2025 | $0.59 | Mar 14, 2025 |
| Nov 25, 2024 | $0.53 | Dec 13, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 19,610,186
- Days to cover
- 10.58
- Change vs previous report
- -9.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jun 13, 2000
- 2-for-1
- Sep 29, 1997
- 3-for-2
- Jun 10, 1996
- 2-for-1
- Aug 29, 1994
- 2-for-1
- Mar 18, 1988
- 3-for-2