What's In Store For Robert Half (RHI) This Earnings Season?
Zacks Investment Research | Apr 17, 2017 06:43AM ET
Robert Half International Inc. (NYSE:RHI) is expected to report its first-quarter 2017 results on Apr 20, 2017. The question lingering in investors’ minds is, whether this global staffing firm will be able to post a positive earnings surprise in the to-be-reported quarter. The company’s earnings have lagged the Zacks Consensus Estimate in two of the trailing four quarters, with an average miss of 1.5%.
A glimpse of Robert Half’s stock performance shows that its shares increased 16.9% over the past six months, underperforming the Zacks categorized Earnings ESP Filter .
Robert Half has an Earnings ESP of 0.00% as both the Most Accurate estimate and the Zacks Consensus Estimate are pegged at 58 cents. Although the company’s Zacks Rank #3 increases the predictive power of ESP, we need a positive Earnings ESP in order to be confident about an earnings surprise.
Robert Half International Inc. Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise
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Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. (NYSE:BAH) has an Earnings ESP of +2.33% and a Zacks Rank #2.
Stantec Inc. (TO:STN) has an Earnings ESP of +9.38% and a Zacks Rank #3.
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