Half Robert International Earnings Preview For Thursday (RHI)
Half Robert International (NYSE:RHI) is anticipated to report earnings after the closing bell on April 19, 2012.
Who They Are:
Robert Half International Inc. provides staffing and risk consulting services in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Its Accountemps division offers temporary staffing in the fields of accounting, tax, and finance. The company was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California. Half Robert International shares trade an average of 939,000 shares per day and has a marketcap of $4.3 Billion.
Book Value: $5.63
Float Short: 6.01%
What To Expect:
On average, 14 Analysts are expecting a drop of $-0.02 in earnings per share compared to last quarter's results of $0.30. Investors will be looking to top $0.28 per share based on the estimated mean earnings.
Analyst estimates range between $0.26 and $0.29 per share.
Here is a look at the fiscal year revenue for Half Robert International. 
Recent Stock and Valuation Performance:
The P/E ratio has dropped, as the current trailing twelve months P/E ratio is 28.8, while the forward P/E ratio is now 22.03. An upside earnings report may provide greater wind in the sails.
The stock has fallen in price -1.93% in the last month, with a one year change of 2.60%.
When comparing to the S&P 500, the year to date difference is -4.75%.
Revenue year-over-year has decreased to $3.78 billion for 2011 vs. $3.18 billion for 2010. The bottom line has rising earnings year-over-year of $149.92 million for 2011 vs. $66.07 million for 2010.The company's earnings before interest and taxes are rising with an EBIT year-over-year of $249.27 million for 2011 vs. $114.59 million for 2010. Rising revenue along with rising earnings is a very good sign and what we want to see with our companies. Be sure to check the margins in the earnings release to make sure the bottom line is keeping up with the top line.
Here are the last few quarters to get an idea how well they perform compared to estimates 
Reported earnings per share compared to the mean estimate. Differences are rounded.
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