BLOCK H & R INC HRB
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 093671105 · ISIN US0936711052
American tax preparation company
- IndustryServices-Personal Services
- HeadquartersKansas City, MO
- Founded1955
- Websitehrblock.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($8.3m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 126.4m as of 2025-10-31, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $49.67. Options: 14 managers hold calls ($13.8m notional), 11 hold puts ($11.7m).
Trends to Q3 2025
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 460 |
| Q4 2022 | 453 |
| Q1 2023 | 424 |
| Q2 2023 | 398 |
| Q3 2023 | 413 |
| Q4 2023 | 468 |
| Q1 2024 | 479 |
| Q2 2024 | 497 |
| Q3 2024 | 543 |
| Q4 2024 | 551 |
| Q1 2025 | 566 |
| Q2 2025 | 563 |
| Q3 2025 | 543 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2023 | 207 | 203 |
| Q1 2024 | 211 | 229 |
| Q2 2024 | 239 | 213 |
| Q3 2024 | 260 | 225 |
| Q4 2024 | 274 | 235 |
| Q1 2025 | 259 | 272 |
| Q2 2025 | 250 | 272 |
| Q3 2025 | 246 | 287 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | $34.6m | $42.5m | 1.23 |
| Q1 2025 | $15.5m | $25.9m | 1.67 |
| Q2 2025 | $19.0m | $18.8m | 0.99 |
| Q3 2025 | $13.8m | $11.7m | 0.85 |
Biggest buyers
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC | Added | +2.3m |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +976.1k |
| Boston Partners | Added | +652.7k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC | Added | +577.2k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | +560.5k |
| FMR LLC | Added | +533.0k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Added | +391.7k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP | Added | +269.6k |
| BARCLAYS PLC | Added | +261.7k |
| Woodline Partners LP | New | +260.5k |
Biggest sellers
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Reduced | -1.4m |
| TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP | Reduced | -732.3k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Reduced | -711.6k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Reduced | -685.7k |
| WEDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L L P/NC | Reduced | -676.7k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | Reduced | -578.7k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC | Reduced | -562.7k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -438.2k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | -354.7k |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. | Reduced | -338.8k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $1.9m37.6k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $1.8m35.8k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $1.7m34.0k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Reduced | $1.5m29.0k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | New | $1.4m28.1k shares |
| PEAK6 LLC | Reduced | $1.1m21.8k shares |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | New | $1.0m20.0k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | New | $996.2k19.7k shares |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | Unchanged | $793.9k15.7k shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | New | $662.5k13.1k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $2.6m52.2k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $2.2m43.8k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $2.0m39.0k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | Added | $1.4m27.2k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | New | $925.4k18.3k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Reduced | $814.2k16.1k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | New | $723.6k14.3k shares |
| CREDIT INDUSTRIEL ET COMMERCIAL | Unchanged | $536.0k10.6k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | New | $338.8k6.7k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | New | $101.1k2.0k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| FMR LLC 13G · institution +1.0 pts · filed 2026-02-05 | 11.5% |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-08-12 | 7.6% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 5.2% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC (5.0%, 2026-07-31; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q3 2025
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $2.2m | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $4.9m | $4.9m |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 4 | $10.0m | $3.1m |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 1 | $3.4m | $3.4m |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
None reported in Q3 2025.
Holders, Q3 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 16.3m $822.7m | Added +139.5k |
| FMR LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 14.4m $727.3m | Added +533.0k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 13.7m $690.8m | Reduced -182.8k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.2m $212.1m | Reduced -60.4k |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.70% of their portfolio | 4.1m $207.0m | Reduced -338.8k |
| Boston Partners 0.20% of their portfolio | 3.9m $196.5m | Added +652.7k |
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.22% of their portfolio | 3.2m $162.5m | Added +26.7k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.0m $149.9m | Added +113.7k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.8m $139.1m | Added +269.6k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 2.6m $131.0m | Added +976.1k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.4m $13.9m | Added +2.3m |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 2.3m $117.1m | Added +56.1k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.3m $116.5m | Added +51.7k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.06% of their portfolio | 2.0m $100.7m | Added +391.7k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.8m $92.5m | Reduced -225.8k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.6m $82.7m | Reduced -535 |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.6m $80.7m | Reduced -1.4m |
| LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT 0.17% of their portfolio | 1.5m $74.8m | Reduced -130.7k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.4m $72.4m | Reduced -199.5k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.4m $70.6m | Reduced -438.2k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.3m $65.7m | Added +560.5k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.07% of their portfolio | 1.2m $60.6m | Added +106.9k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $54.0m | Added +80.3k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.07% of their portfolio | 1.0m $52.5m | Reduced -711.6k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 938.5k $47.5m | Added +197.2k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 896.2k $45.3m | Reduced -115.9k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 862.9k $43.6m | Reduced -685.7k |
| Boston Trust Walden Corp 0.32% of their portfolio | 857.1k $43.3m | Reduced -7.8k |
| NewEdge Wealth, LLC 0.61% of their portfolio | 843.4k $42.7m | Reduced -110.8k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.03% of their portfolio | 834.3k $42.2m | Reduced -300.2k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 784.2k $39.7m | Added +27.7k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 759.0k $38.4m | Added +261.7k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 749.3k $37.9m | Added +577.2k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 692.9k $35.0m | Added +180.2k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.03% of their portfolio | 657.4k $33.2m | Added +53.5k |
| Bridgewater Associates, LP 0.12% of their portfolio | 606.3k $30.7m | Reduced -26.6k |
| MILLER HOWARD INVESTMENTS INC /NY 0.86% of their portfolio | 560.1k $28.3m | Reduced -1.2k |
| Pacer Advisors, Inc. 0.07% of their portfolio | 559.4k $28.3m | Reduced -104.1k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 445.3k $22.5m | Added +61.6k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.02% of their portfolio | 432.3k $21.9m | Added +28.4k |
| ALPS ADVISORS INC 0.12% of their portfolio | 411.4k $20.8m | Added +101.0k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.01% of their portfolio | 393.0k $19.9m | Reduced -39.9k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.02% of their portfolio | 386.8k $19.6m | Reduced -11.0k |
| Prevatt Capital Ltd 6.02% of their portfolio | 350.0k $17.7m | Reduced -110.0k |
| Swedbank AB 0.02% of their portfolio | 346.1k $17.5m | Unchanged |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.01% of their portfolio | 326.1k $16.5m | Added +125.3k |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP 0.18% of their portfolio | 316.5k $16.0m | Added +205.2k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 301.0k $15.2m | Reduced -48.7k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 297.3k $15.0m | Reduced -6.6k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 284.9k $14.4m | Reduced -578.7k |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 267.5k $13.5m | Added +169.6k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 263.1k $13.3m | Reduced -23.5k |
| Woodline Partners LP 0.06% of their portfolio | 260.5k $13.2m | New |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 259.5k $13.1m | Added +3.8k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 228.0k $11.5m | Reduced -114.9k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.02% of their portfolio | 227.8k $11.5m | Added +13.8k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 224.5k $11.4m | Added +29.0k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 0.11% of their portfolio | 214.6k $10.9m | Added +135.1k |
| Treasurer of the State of North Carolina 0.03% of their portfolio | 197.6k $10.0m | Reduced -2.4k |
| Kingsview Wealth Management, LLC 0.15% of their portfolio | 193.3k $9.8m | Added +187.7k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 183.3k $9.3m | Added +7.1k |
| Man Group plc 0.02% of their portfolio | 176.0k $8.9m | Reduced -183.4k |
| Midwest Trust Co 0.11% of their portfolio | 173.8k $8.8m | Reduced -2.5k |
| Cambria Investment Management, L.P. 0.53% of their portfolio | 173.3k $8.8m | Reduced -12.3k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 172.4k $8.7m | Reduced -14.3k |
| TECTONIC ADVISORS LLC 0.47% of their portfolio | 169.8k $8.6m | Added +25.7k |
| Corient Private Wealth LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 168.0k $8.5m | Added +1.8k |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.03% of their portfolio | 161.9k $8.2m | Reduced -219.2k |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 160.2k $8.1m | Reduced -217.5k |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH 0.01% of their portfolio | 155.8k $7.9m | Reduced -14.4k |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale 0.01% of their portfolio | 154.8k $7.7m | Unchanged |
| Crossmark Global Holdings, Inc. 0.12% of their portfolio | 154.6k $7.8m | Added +33.5k |
| PANAGORA ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 150.3k $7.6m | Added +143.6k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 145.1k $7.3m | Reduced -16.1k |
| LANDSCAPE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. 0.46% of their portfolio | 144.1k $7.3m | Reduced -529 |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 143.3k $7.2m | Reduced -8.3k |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. 0.07% of their portfolio | 140.0k $7.1m | Added +27.5k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 128.9k $6.5m | Added +51.7k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 128.3k $6.5m | Added +6 |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB 0.01% of their portfolio | 122.4k $6.2m | Added +6.4k |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 121.6k $6.1m | Added +40.0k |
| NISA INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 119.5k $6.1m | Added +41.1k |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP 0.08% of their portfolio | 116.3k $5.9m | New |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 115.1k $5.8m | Added +15.4k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.01% of their portfolio | 105.7k $5.3m | Reduced -1.9k |
| Cerity Partners LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 103.8k $5.3m | Added +7.9k |
| Morningstar Investment Management LLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 103.6k $5.2m | New |
| IBEX WEALTH ADVISORS 0.50% of their portfolio | 103.5k $5.2m | Reduced -97.8k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 102.3k $5.2m | Reduced -354.7k |
| CRAWFORD INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC 0.08% of their portfolio | 101.1k $5.1m | Added +121 |
| Amundi 0.00% of their portfolio | 99.8k $5.1m | Added +12.1k |
| Rodgers Brothers Inc. 0.62% of their portfolio | 99.7k $5.0m | Reduced -250 |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 99.4k $5.0m | New |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.00% of their portfolio | 96.8k $4.9m | Reduced -3.5k |
| SEGALL BRYANT & HAMILL, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 95.0k $4.8m | Unchanged |
| Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund 0.06% of their portfolio | 94.9k $4.8m | Added +8.1k |
| Ruffer LLP 0.26% of their portfolio | 92.0k $4.6m | Reduced -33.6k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 91.6k $4.6m | Reduced -167.8k |
| Creative Planning 0.00% of their portfolio | 91.4k $4.6m | Added +9.6k |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP 0.00% of their portfolio | 85.7k $4.3m | Reduced -2.9k |