H & R Block, Inc., (HRB): Founded in 1946, headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, H & R Block, Inc., provides tax, retail banking, accounting, and business consulting services and products to consumers and businesses in United States, Canada and Australia.
Market is expecting a loss of 40 cents a share for the quarter ended October 2009, no change compared to its loss it posted in the same quarter a year ago. The company posted a profit of 20 cents a share in quarter ended January 2009, a profit of $2.09 in the quarter ended April 2009 and a loss of 39 cents a share in the quarter ended July 2009.
Shares are currently trading at around $20.22 just under its 52 week high of $23.27 with an average volume of 3.3 million shares per trading day. HRB is in my BUY watch list for short term trading. Watch for earnings on Tuesday December 08, 2009, before market open.
