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Robert Half Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Robert Half Inc. had return on equity of 10.0% and a net margin of 2.5%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMSept 2026
Net margin6.5%5.5%7.5%7.5%6.0%9.3%9.1%6.4%4.3%2.5%2.3%
Return on equity31.6%26.5%40.1%41.2%26.1%46.3%44.6%26.0%17.0%10.0%9.8%
Return on assets19.3%15.9%23.0%21.6%12.6%21.7%22.2%13.8%8.6%4.7%4.3%
Effective tax rate38.0%43.9%26.6%27.4%27.4%25.5%26.6%28.7%29.7%31.6%37.1%
SG&A as % of revenue30.6%31.3%31.2%32.2%32.6%30.2%29.3%33.0%34.6%35.8%35.9%
Dividends ÷ net income33.2%41.6%31.4%32.0%50.9%28.5%28.8%50.1%87.6%179.1%195.9%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

2 of 2 checks passed · September 30, 2026
What it owns · $2.8bn
Short-term assets $2.1bnLonger-term assets $723m
What it owes, and who funded it · $2.8bn
Short-term liabilities $1.4bnLonger-term liabilities $201mShareholders' equity $1.2bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $2.1bn of assets due within a year against $1.4bn of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $2.1bn short-term assets against $201m of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt Cash or debt not separately reported. Not assessable.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Robert Half Inc.'s latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

52 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Robert Half's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 20 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 22.7% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 14 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 40.8%, moving by 1.8 percentage points (standard deviation) across 9 years.

  • Durability 4 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 9.6%; its worst year was 1.4%.

  • Cash conversion 14 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 9 years, at a median 7.8% of revenue.

  • Discipline 15 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 10.7% over five years.

AI disruption exposure: High. In this industry, the core product is information work that AI systems increasingly perform. The score above includes a 15-point deduction for that exposure (67 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Robert Half Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 30, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Robert Half Inc.