Robert Half International Inc. (RHI) to Issue Dividend of $0.31 on December 13th

Robert Half International Inc. (NYSE:RHI) declared a dividend on Wednesday, November 6th, Fidelity reports. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 25th will be given a dividend of 0.31 per share by the business services provider on Friday, December 13th. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 22nd.

Shares of RHI traded down $0.52 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting $58.31. The stock had a trading volume of 20,711 shares, compared to its average volume of 959,495. The firm has a market capitalization of $6.76 billion, a PE ratio of 16.14, a PEG ratio of 2.11 and a beta of 1.34. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a current ratio of 1.67 and a quick ratio of 1.67. Robert Half International has a 12 month low of $51.90 and a 12 month high of $69.08. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $56.38 and a 200 day moving average price of $56.43.

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Robert Half International (NYSE:RHI) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, October 23rd. The business services provider reported $1.01 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.00 by $0.01. The company had revenue of $1.55 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.55 billion. Robert Half International had a return on equity of 41.71% and a net margin of 7.56%. Robert Half International’s revenue was up 5.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.95 earnings per share. As a group, analysts anticipate that Robert Half International will post 3.91 EPS for the current fiscal year.

RHI has been the subject of several recent research reports. BMO Capital Markets boosted their price target on Robert Half International from $55.00 to $57.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a report on Thursday, October 24th. CL King started coverage on Robert Half International in a research report on Monday, October 28th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $70.00 price target for the company. Zacks Investment Research raised Robert Half International from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $59.00 price objective on the stock in a research note on Monday, October 21st. Royal Bank of Canada set a $65.00 price objective on Robert Half International and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, October 25th. Finally, Barclays reiterated a “sell” rating and set a $55.00 price objective on shares of Robert Half International in a research note on Thursday, October 17th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have issued a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the stock. The stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $62.63.

About Robert Half International

Robert Half International Inc provides staffing and risk consulting services in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The company operates through three segments: Temporary and Consultant Staffing, Permanent Placement Staffing, and Risk Consulting and Internal Audit Services. It places temporary personnel for accounting, finance, and bookkeeping; temporary and full-time office and administrative personnel consisting of executive and administrative assistants, receptionists, and customer service representatives; full-time accounting, financial, tax, and accounting operations personnel; and information technology contract consultants and full-time employees in the areas of platform systems integration to end-user technical and desktop support, including specialists in application development, networking, systems integration and deployment, database design and administration, and security and business continuity.

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