The short version

From the latest prices and each company's SEC filings. Who's ahead on each measure, not which to buy.

  • Rollins is the larger company, worth $15.5B, about 2.6 times H&R Block.
  • Rollins grew revenue faster over the last year (+7.9% vs +3.0%).
  • H&R Block keeps more of each dollar of revenue as operating profit (23.0% vs 18.6%).
  • On earnings, H&R Block is the cheaper stock (8.5x vs 29.7x).
  • Rollins's price assumes faster free cash flow growth: about 7% a year, against -7% for H&R Block (reverse DCF).

Side by side

The stronger figure is shaded where higher (or, for valuation multiples, lower) reads as better. How the implied growth works.

MeasureHRBROL
Market cap$6.0B$15.5B
Share price$44.05$31.98
Revenue (last fiscal year)$3.9B$3.8B
Free cash flow (last fiscal year)$756M$650M
Revenue growth, last year+3.0%+7.9%
Revenue growth per year, last 5 fiscal years+3.3%+11.6%
Operating margin23.0%18.6%
Net margin18.6%13.6%
Return on equity624.4%37.2%
P/E (trailing)8.46x29.7x
Price / free cash flow10.0x23.8x
EV / EBITDA6.60x19.2x
FCF growth the price implies-7.3%7.3%
Dividend yield3.6%2.1%
Debt / equity26.7x1.35x
Fundamental gradeCC
Superinvestors holding it15
Insider purchases, last 12 months010

Results from SEC filings

Revenue and free cash flow by fiscal year, from each company's 10-K filings.

H&R Block

YearRevenueFree cash flowOp. margin
2022$3.5B$747M21.5%
2023$3.5B$752M21.6%
2024$3.6B$657M22.3%
2025$3.8B$599M22.0%
2026$3.9B$756M23.0%

Rollins

YearRevenueFree cash flowOp. margin
2021$2.4B$375M18.5%
2022$2.7B$435M18.3%
2023$3.1B$496M19.0%
2024$3.4B$580M19.4%
2025$3.8B$650M19.3%

Where the revenue comes from

H&R Block · by products, 2026

Service revenues$3.7B93%
Royalty, product and other revenues$281M7%

Rollins · by products, 2025

Residential revenues$1.7B45%
Commercial revenues$1.2B33%
Termite and ancillary revenues$782M21%
Other revenues$25M1%
Franchise revenues$16M0%
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Questions

Which is bigger, H&R Block or Rollins?

Rollins (ROL), at $15.5B against $6.0B.

Is HRB or ROL cheaper?

By trailing P/E, H&R Block (8.46x) is cheaper than Rollins (29.7x). A lower multiple can also mean the market expects less growth.

Which grows faster, HRB or ROL?

Rollins: revenue grew +7.9% over the last year, against +3.0%.

Prices and ratios as of the last daily update; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice.