Robert Half (RHI - Free Report) reported $1.56 billion in revenue for the quarter ended September 2023, representing a year-over-year decline of 14.7%. EPS of $0.90 for the same period compares to $1.53 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +1.92% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.53 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.80, the EPS surprise was +12.50%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Robert Half performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Service Revenue- Permanent placement talent solutions: $139.93 million versus $134.45 million estimated by four analysts on average.
- Service Revenue- Protiviti: $480.78 million compared to the $478.68 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of -6% year over year.
- Service Revenue- Total contract talent solutions: $943.10 million versus $921.19 million estimated by four analysts on average.
- Service Revenue- Technology: $170.57 million compared to the $174.14 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of -21.3% year over year.
- Service Revenue- Finance & Accounting: $676.59 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $693.19 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -16%.
- Service Revenue- Administrative and customer support: $196.57 million compared to the $183.12 million average estimate based on three analysts.
- Service Revenue- Elimination of intersegment: -$100.63 million versus -$138.20 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -24.2% change.
- Gross margin- Temporary and consultant staffing (Contract talent solutions): $375.16 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $360.56 million.
- Gross margin- Protiviti: $126.10 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $123.23 million.
- Gross Margin- Permanent placement talent solutions: $139.68 million compared to the $138.33 million average estimate based on two analysts.
View all Key Company Metrics for Robert Half here>>>Shares of Robert Half have returned -1.9% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -2.3% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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Robert Half (RHI - Free Report) reported $1.56 billion in revenue for the quarter ended September 2023, representing a year-over-year decline of 14.7%. EPS of $0.90 for the same period compares to $1.53 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +1.92% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.53 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.80, the EPS surprise was +12.50%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Robert Half performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Service Revenue- Permanent placement talent solutions: $139.93 million versus $134.45 million estimated by four analysts on average.
- Service Revenue- Protiviti: $480.78 million compared to the $478.68 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of -6% year over year.
- Service Revenue- Total contract talent solutions: $943.10 million versus $921.19 million estimated by four analysts on average.
- Service Revenue- Technology: $170.57 million compared to the $174.14 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of -21.3% year over year.
- Service Revenue- Finance & Accounting: $676.59 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $693.19 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -16%.
- Service Revenue- Administrative and customer support: $196.57 million compared to the $183.12 million average estimate based on three analysts.
- Service Revenue- Elimination of intersegment: -$100.63 million versus -$138.20 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -24.2% change.
- Gross margin- Temporary and consultant staffing (Contract talent solutions): $375.16 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $360.56 million.
- Gross margin- Protiviti: $126.10 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $123.23 million.
- Gross Margin- Permanent placement talent solutions: $139.68 million compared to the $138.33 million average estimate based on two analysts.
View all Key Company Metrics for Robert Half here>>>Shares of Robert Half have returned -1.9% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -2.3% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
Research Chief Names "Single Best Pick to Double"
From thousands of stocks, 5 Zacks experts each have chosen their favorite to skyrocket +100% or more in months to come. From those 5, Director of Research Sheraz Mian hand-picks one to have the most explosive upside of all.
This company targets millennial and Gen Z audiences, generating nearly $1 billion in revenue last quarter alone. A recent pullback makes now an ideal time to jump aboard. Of course, all our elite picks aren’t winners but this one could far surpass earlier Zacks’ Stocks Set to Double like Nano-X Imaging which shot up +129.6% in little more than 9 months.
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