H&R Block Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-Q)

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Dec 06, 2012
H&R Block Inc. (HRB, Financial) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2012-10-31.

H&r Block Inc has a market cap of $4.89 billion; its shares were traded at around $18.33 with a P/E ratio of 14.5 and P/S ratio of 1.7. The dividend yield of H&r Block Inc stocks is 4.4%.

Highlight of Business Operations:

The net loss from our discontinued operations totaled $5.8 million for the six months ended October 31, 2012. The net loss in the prior year totaled $74.7 million, and included a $99.7 million pretax goodwill impairment related to the sales of RSM McGladrey, Inc. (RSM) and McGladrey Capital Markets LLC (MCM).

Available-for-Sale Securities. During the six months ended October 31, 2012, HRB Bank purchased $67.5 million in mortgage-backed securities, compared to $155.2 million in the prior year. Additionally, we received payments as a result of sales or maturing AFS securities of $53.1 million during the six months ended October 31, 2012 compared to $23.2 million in the prior year.

Sales of Businesses. Proceeds from the sales of businesses totaled $37.0 million for the six months ended October 31, 2011, as our former Business Services segment sold one of their ancillary businesses for $20.3 million. We also sold 83 tax offices in the prior year. The majority of these sales were financed through affiliate loans.

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