ROBERT HALF INC.
boothcheck covers ROBERT HALF INC. (RHI) but does not put one priced-in number on it: here the defensible answer is the evidence rather than a point estimate. boothcheck publishes no house fair value, target price, or buy/sell rating. Narrative composed June 28, 2026.
• Robert Half is a cyclical placement business: it earns its margin matching temporary and permanent staff to employers, plus a consulting arm in Protiviti that booked $1.95 billion of revenue in FY2025, so its profits swing with the hiring cycle rather than holding a steady line. • The central risk is the cycle itself, and the filings name it plainly: a downturn in any region or served industry "may severely reduce the demand for the Company's services and thereby significantly decrease the Com
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398 institutional managers reported holding RHI in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. 64 opened new positions that quarter. Held by BlackRock, Vanguard Group, AQR Capital, among others. On the short side, 24.0M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 24% of shares outstanding (10.3 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
RHI has cut its share count 10.1% over the past five years, spending $1.09B on repurchases. It pays a dividend, and has paid one every year in our records (17 and counting), raised 16 years straight; the current rate is $2.36 a share annually. Cash returned over the past three years: $621.58M in dividends and $524.21M in repurchases.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
No open-market insider buys on file at RHI over the trailing three years. Absence is a fact about the company, not a signal. 13 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
RHI's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-02 | -5.8% | -1.0% |
| 2023-11-01 | +1.5% | +13.5% |
| 2024-02-21 | -2.1% | -10.6% |
| 2024-05-03 | -3.0% | -9.8% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
RHI's latest 8-K filings: 2026-08-03 (items 5.02, 7.01, 9.01); 2026-07-23 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-05-14 (items 5.02, 5.07, 9.01); 2026-04-23 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-04-21 (items 5.02, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Dates link to the filing on EDGAR. Nothing here is investment advice.
Model solve date: 2026-Q2
Narrative composed: June 28, 2026
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