---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000315213-21-000089"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RHI"
cik: "0000315213"
company_name: "ROBERT HALF INC."
filed_at: "2021-10-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T19:20:38.619194+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Robert Half Q3 net income $171M ($1.53 EPS) on revenue $1.713B; beats guidance

## Summary
- Net income $171M ($1.53 EPS) vs $76M ($0.67 EPS) in prior-year Q3; revenue $1.713B up 44% YoY.
- Permanent placement revenue +79% YoY; Protiviti +56% YoY; temp/consultant staffing +35% YoY.
- Total revenues 10% higher than pre-pandemic Q3 2019; ROIC was 53% in Q3.
- Results exceeded high end of company guidance driven by broad-based demand acceleration.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000315213-21-000089
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RHI
- cik: 0000315213
- company_name: ROBERT HALF INC.
- filed_at: 2021-10-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/315213/000031521321000089/0000315213-21-000089-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/315213/000031521321000089/rhi-20211021.htm

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