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MENLO PARK, Calif., July 24, 2024 /CNW/ — Robert Half Inc. (NYSE: RHI) today reported revenues and earnings for the second quarter ended June 30, 2024.

For the three months ended June 30, 2024, net income was $68 million, or $0.66 per share, on revenues of $1.473 billion. For the three months ended June 30, 2023, net income was $106 million, or $1.00 per share, on revenues of $1.639 billion.

For the six months ended June 30, 2024, net income was $132 million, or $1.27 per share, on revenues of $2.948 billion. For the six months ended June 30, 2023, net income was $228 million, or $2.14 per share, on revenues of $3.356 billion.

“Client and candidate caution continues to impact hiring activity and new project starts as macroeconomic and interest rate uncertainty persist. Second-quarter revenues and earnings were within our guidance range. Protiviti posted strong results, led by U.S. growth in revenues and segment income both on a sequential and year-on-year basis,” said M. Keith Waddell, president and chief executive officer at Robert Half. “We remain confident in our ability to navigate the current climate and optimistic about our growth prospects.

“We’d like to thank our employees across the globe, whose commitment to success made possible a number of new accolades. Robert Half again ranked No. 1 on Forbes’ list of America’s Best Professional Recruiting Firms, and our people-first culture was reflected in our selection as one of Fortune’s Best Workplaces for Millennials, Forbes’ Best Employers for Diversity, and — just yesterday — Forbes’ Best Employers for Women,” Waddell concluded.

Robert Half management will conduct a conference call today at 5 p.m. EDT. The prepared remarks for this call are available now in the Investor Center of the Robert Half website (www.roberthalf.com/investor-center). Simply click on the Quarterly Conference Calls link. The dial-in number is 888-394-8218 (+1-323-994-2093 outside the United States and Canada). The confirmation code to access the call is 9156621.

A recording of this call will be available for audio replay beginning at approximately 8 p.m. EDT on July 24 and ending after 12 months. To access the replay, visit https://webcasts.com/RobertHalfQ22024. The conference call also will be archived in audio format on the Company’s website at roberthalf.com.

Robert Half is the world’s first and largest specialized talent solutions and business consulting firm, connecting highly skilled job seekers with rewarding opportunities at great companies. We offer contract talent and permanent placement solutions in the fields of finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal, and administrative and customer support, and we also provide executive search services. Robert Half is the parent company of Protiviti®, a global consulting firm that delivers internal audit, risk, business and technology consulting solutions. In the past 12 months, Robert Half, including Protiviti, has been named Fortune® World’s Most Admired Companies™ and 100 Best Companies to Work For, and a Forbes Best Employer for Diversity.

Certain information contained in Management’s Discussion and Analysis and in other parts of this report may be deemed forward-looking statements regarding events and financial trends that may affect the future operating results or financial positions of Robert Half Inc. (the “Company”). Forward-looking statements are not guarantees or promises that goals or targets will be met. These statements may be identified by words such as “anticipate,” “potential,” “estimate,” “forecast,” “target,” “project,” “plan,” “intend,” “believe,” “expect,”  “should,” “could,” “would,” “may,” “might,” “will,” or variations or negatives thereof or by similar or comparable words or phrases. In addition, historical, current, and forward-looking information about the Company’s environmental, social, and governance and compliance programs, including targets or goals, may not be considered material for the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) or other mandatory reporting purposes and may be based on standards for measuring progress that are still developing, on internal controls, diligence, or processes that are evolving, on representations reviewed or provided by third parties, and on assumptions that are subject to change in the future. Forward-looking statements are estimates only, based on management’s current expectations, currently available information and current strategy, plans, or forecasts, and involve certain known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and assumptions that are difficult to predict and often beyond our control and are inherently uncertain. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, outcomes, or the timing of these results or outcomes, to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the statements.

These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following: changes to or new interpretations of United States of America (“U.S.”) or international tax regulations; the global financial and economic situation; changes in levels of unemployment and other economic conditions in the U.S. or foreign countries where the Company does business, or in particular regions or industries; reduction in the supply of candidates for contract employment or the Company’s ability to attract candidates; the development, proliferation and adoption of artificial intelligence (“AI”) by the Company and the third parties it serves; the entry of new competitors into the marketplace or expansion by existing competitors; the ability of the Company to maintain existing client relationships and attract new clients in the context of changing economic or competitive conditions; the impact of competitive pressures, including any change in the demand for the Company’s services, on the Company’s ability to maintain its margins; the possibility of the Company incurring liability for its activities, including the activities of its engagement professionals, or for events impacting its engagement professionals on clients’ premises; the possibility that adverse publicity could impact the Company’s ability to attract and retain clients and candidates; the success of the Company in attracting, training, and retaining qualified management personnel and other staff employees; the Company’s ability to comply with governmental regulations affecting personnel services businesses in particular or employer/employee relationships in general; whether there will be ongoing demand for Sarbanes-Oxley or other regulatory compliance services; the Company’s reliance on short-term contracts for a significant percentage of its business; litigation relating to prior or current transactions or activities, including litigation that may be disclosed from time to time in the Company’s SEC filings; the impact of extreme weather conditions on the Company and its candidates and clients, the ability of the Company to manage its international operations and comply with foreign laws and regulations; the impact of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; the possibility that the additional costs the Company will incur as a result of health care or other reform legislation may adversely affect the Company’s profit margins or the demand for the Company’s services; the possibility that the Company’s computer and communications hardware and software systems could be damaged or their service interrupted or the Company could experience a cybersecurity breach; and the possibility that the Company may fail to maintain adequate financial and management controls, and as a result suffer errors in its financial reporting.

Additionally, with respect to Protiviti, other risks and uncertainties include the fact that future success will depend on its ability to retain employees and attract clients; there can be no assurance that there will be ongoing demand for broad based consulting, regulatory compliance, technology services, public sector or other high demand advisory services; failure to produce projected revenues could adversely affect financial results; and there is the possibility of involvement in litigation relating to prior or current transactions or activities.

A summary of additional risks and uncertainties can be found in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, and in the Company’s other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Because long-term contracts are not a significant part of the Company’s business, future results cannot be reliably predicted by considering past trends or extrapolating past results. The Company undertakes no obligation to update information contained in this release, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, and notwithstanding any historical practice of doing so.

A copy of this release is available at www.roberthalf.com/investor-center

ATTACHED: 

Summary of Operations

Supplemental Financial Information

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

 

ROBERT HALF INC.

SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

Three Months Ended
June 30,

Six Months Ended
June 30,

2024

2023

2024

2023

(Unaudited)

(Unaudited)

Service revenues

$  1,472,524

$  1,639,478

$  2,948,461

$  3,355,813

Costs of services

895,845

979,309

1,808,985

2,005,912

Gross margin

576,679

660,169

1,139,476

1,349,901

Selling, general and administrative expenses

500,832

541,904

1,022,427

1,094,133

Income from investments held in employee deferred compensation trusts
     (which is completely offset by related costs and expenses)

(15,733)

(28,347)

(59,109)

(55,638)

Amortization of intangible assets

304

721

608

1,442

Interest income, net

(5,186)

(5,320)

(11,599)

(10,145)

Income before income taxes

96,462

151,211

187,149

320,109

Provision for income taxes

28,306

44,919

55,292

91,812

Net income

$      68,156

$    106,292

$    131,857

$    228,297

Diluted net income per share

$          0.66

$          1.00

$          1.27

$          2.14

Weighted average shares:

Basic

103,151

106,102

103,469

106,260

Diluted

103,328

106,422

103,864

106,775

 

ROBERT HALF INC.

SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION

(in thousands)

Three Months Ended
June 30,

Six Months Ended
June 30,

2024

2023

2024

2023

(Unaudited)

(Unaudited)

SERVICE REVENUES INFORMATION

Contract talent solutions

Finance and accounting

$    623,120

$    721,391

$ 1,265,090

$ 1,499,224

Administrative and customer support

190,344

211,023

390,276

430,373

Technology

157,899

181,776

315,869

375,858

Elimination of intersegment revenues (1)

(116,466)

(114,807)

(229,280)

(240,598)

Total contract talent solutions

854,897

999,383

1,741,955

2,064,857

Permanent placement talent solutions

131,063

149,254

255,830

305,991

Protiviti

486,564

490,841

950,676

984,965

Total service revenues

$ 1,472,524

$ 1,639,478

$ 2,948,461

$ 3,355,813

(1)

Service revenues for finance and accounting, administrative and customer support, and technology include intersegment revenues, which represent revenues from services provided to the Company’s Protiviti segment in connection with the Company’s blended business solutions. Intersegment revenues for each functional specialization are aggregated and then eliminated as a single line.

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

Six Months Ended June 30,

2024

2023

2024

2023

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

(Unaudited)

(Unaudited)

BUSINESS SEGMENT INCOME INFORMATION:

Contract talent solutions

$  38,146

4.5 %

$  81,316

8.1 %

$  88,264

5.1 %

$  183,462

8.9 %

Permanent placement talent solutions

$  16,148

12.3 %

$  21,730

14.6 %

$  28,003

10.9 %

$  45,557

14.9 %

Protiviti

$  37,286

7.7 %

$  43,566

8.9 %

$  59,891

6.3 %

$  82,387

8.4 %

 

June 30,

2024

2023

(Unaudited)

SELECTED BALANCE SHEET INFORMATION:

Cash and cash equivalents

$    547,370

$    722,763

Accounts receivable, net

$    893,467

$    974,008

Total assets

$ 2,937,749

$ 3,067,641

Total current liabilities

$ 1,263,264

$ 1,276,571

Total stockholders’ equity

$ 1,480,155

$ 1,625,271

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

2024

2023

(Unaudited)

SELECTED CASH FLOW INFORMATION:

Depreciation

$         25,520

$         25,229

Capitalized cloud computing implementation costs

$         15,557

$         20,184

Capital expenditures

$         24,174

$         19,093

Open market repurchases of common stock (shares)

1,660

1,137

ROBERT HALF INC.
NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

The financial results of Robert Half Inc. (the “Company”) are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and the rules of the SEC. To help readers understand the Company’s financial performance, the Company supplements its GAAP financial results with the following non-GAAP measures: adjusted gross margin; adjusted selling, general and administrative expenses; combined segment income; and as adjusted revenue growth rates.

The following measures: adjusted gross margin and adjusted selling, general and administrative expenses, include gains and losses on investments held to fund the Company’s obligations under employee deferred compensation plans. The Company provides these measures because they are used by management to review its operational results.

Combined segment income is income before income taxes, adjusted for interest income and amortization of intangible assets. The Company provides combined segment income because it is how management evaluates performance.

As adjusted revenue growth rates represent year-over-year revenue growth rates after removing the impacts on reported revenues from the changes in the number of billing days and foreign currency exchange rates. The Company provides this data because it focuses on the Company’s revenue growth rates attributable to operating activities and aids in evaluating revenue trends over time. The impacts from the changes in billing days and foreign currency exchange rates are calculated as follows:

Billing days impact is calculated by dividing each comparative period’s reported revenues by the number of billing days for that period to arrive at a per billing day amount. Same billing day growth rates are then calculated based on the per billing day amounts. Management calculates a global, weighted-average number of billing days for each reporting period based upon inputs from all countries and all functional specializations and segments.Foreign currency impact is calculated by retranslating current period international revenues, using foreign currency exchange rates from the prior year’s comparable period.

The non-GAAP financial measures provided herein may not provide information that is directly comparable to that provided by other companies in the Company’s industry, as other companies may calculate such financial results differently. The Company’s non-GAAP financial measures are not measurements of financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered as alternatives to amounts presented in accordance with GAAP. The Company does not consider these non-GAAP financial measures to be a substitute for, or superior to, the information provided by GAAP financial results. A reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures is provided on the following pages.

ROBERT HALF INC.

NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

ADJUSTED GROSS MARGIN (UNAUDITED):

(in thousands)

Three Months Ended June 30,

Relationships

Six Months Ended June 30,

Relationships

As Reported

As Adjusted

As Reported

As Adjusted

As Reported

As Adjusted

As Reported

As Adjusted

2024

2023

2024

2023

2024

2023

2024

2023

2024

2023

2024

2023

2024

2023

2024

2023

Gross Margin

Contract talent solutions

$   336,161

$   398,636

$   336,161

$   398,636

39.3 %

39.9 %

39.3 %

39.9 %

$     686,731

$     822,261

$     686,731

$     822,261

39.4 %

39.8 %

39.4 %

39.8 %

Permanent placement talent
     solutions

130,801

148,975

130,801

148,975

99.8 %

99.8 %

99.8 %

99.8 %

255,349

305,370

255,349

305,370

99.8 %

99.8 %

99.8 %

99.8 %

Total talent solutions

466,962

547,611

466,962

547,611

47.4 %

47.7 %

47.4 %

47.7 %

942,080

1,127,631

942,080

1,127,631

47.2 %

47.6 %

47.2 %

47.6 %

Protiviti

109,717

112,558

112,947

117,882

22.5 %

22.9 %

23.2 %

24.0 %

197,396

222,270

208,983

232,366

20.8 %

22.6 %

22.0 %

23.6 %

Total

$   576,679

$   660,169

$   579,909

$   665,493

39.2 %

40.3 %

39.4 %

40.6 %

$    1,139,476

$  1,349,901

$    1,151,063

$  1,359,997

38.6 %

40.2 %

39.0 %

40.5 %

The following tables provide reconciliations of the non-GAAP adjusted gross margin to reported gross margin for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023:

Three Months Ended June 30, 2024

Three Months Ended June 30, 2023

Contract talent

solutions

Permanent
placement talent
solutions

Total talent
solutions

Protiviti

Total

Contract talent

solutions

Permanent
placement talent
solutions

Total talent
solutions

Protiviti

Total

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

Gross Margin

As Reported

$    336,161

39.3 %

$  130,801

99.8 %

$    466,962

47.4 %

$   109,717

22.5 %

$     576,679

39.2 %

$    398,636

39.9 %

$  148,975

99.8 %

$    547,611

47.7 %

$   112,558

22.9 %

$     660,169

40.3 %

Adjustments (1)

3,230

0.7 %

3,230

0.2 %

5,324

1.1 %

5,324

0.3 %

As Adjusted

$    336,161

39.3 %

$  130,801

99.8 %

$    466,962

47.4 %

$   112,947

23.2 %

$     579,909

39.4 %

$    398,636

39.9 %

$  148,975

99.8 %

$    547,611

47.7 %

$   117,882

24.0 %

$     665,493

40.6 %

The following tables provide reconciliations of the non-GAAP adjusted gross margin to reported gross margin for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023:

Six Months Ended June 30, 2024

Six Months Ended June 30, 2023

Contract talent

solutions

Permanent
placement talent
solutions

Total talent
solutions

Protiviti

Total

Contract talent

solutions

Permanent
placement talent
solutions

Total talent
solutions

Protiviti

Total

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

Gross Margin

As Reported

$    686,731

39.4 %

$  255,349

99.8 %

$    942,080

47.2 %

$ 197,396

20.8 %

$   1,139,476

38.6 %

$    822,261

39.8 %

$  305,370

99.8 %

$   1,127,631

47.6 %

$ 222,270

22.6 %

$   1,349,901

40.2 %

Adjustments (1)

11,587

1.2 %

11,587

0.4 %

10,096

1.0 %

10,096

0.3 %

As Adjusted

$    686,731

39.4 %

$  255,349

99.8 %

$    942,080

47.2 %

$ 208,983

22.0 %

$   1,151,063

39.0 %

$    822,261

39.8 %

$  305,370

99.8 %

$   1,127,631

47.6 %

$ 232,366

23.6 %

$   1,359,997

40.5 %

(1)

Changes in the Company’s employee deferred compensation plan obligations related to Protiviti operations are included in costs of services, while the related investment income is presented separately. The non-GAAP financial adjustments shown in the table above are to reclassify investment income from investments held in employee deferred compensation trusts to the same line item that includes the corresponding change in obligation. These adjustments have no impact on income before income taxes.

 

ROBERT HALF INC

NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

ADJUSTED SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES (UNAUDITED):

(in thousands)

Three Months Ended June 30,

Relationships

Six Months Ended June 30,

Relationships

As Reported

As Adjusted

As Reported

As Adjusted

As Reported

As Adjusted

As Reported

As Adjusted

2024

2023

2024

2023

2024

2023

2024

2023

2024

2023

2024

2023

2024

2023

2024

2023

Selling, General and

  Administrative Expenses

Contract talent solutions

$   308,886

$   337,742

$   298,015

$   317,320

36.1 %

33.8 %

34.9 %

31.8 %

$     640,474

$     679,464

$     598,467

$     638,799

36.8 %

32.9 %

34.4 %

30.9 %

Permanent placement talent
     solutions

116,285

129,846

114,653

127,245

88.7 %

87.0 %

87.5 %

85.3 %

232,861

264,690

227,346

259,813

91.0 %

86.5 %

88.9 %

84.9 %

Total talent solutions

425,171

467,588

412,668

444,565

43.1 %

40.7 %

41.9 %

38.7 %

873,335

944,154

825,813

898,612

43.7 %

39.8 %

41.3 %

37.9 %

Protiviti

75,661

74,316

75,661

74,316

15.6 %

15.1 %

15.6 %

15.1 %

149,092

149,979

149,092

149,979

15.7 %

15.2 %

15.7 %

15.2 %

Total

$   500,832

$   541,904

$   488,329

$   518,881

34.0 %

33.1 %

33.2 %

31.6 %

$    1,022,427

$    1,094,133

$     974,905

$    1,048,591

34.7 %

32.6 %

33.1 %

31.2 %

The following tables provide reconciliations of the non-GAAP adjusted selling, general and administrative expenses to reported selling, general and administrative expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023:

Three Months Ended June 30, 2024

Three Months Ended June 30, 2023

Contract talent

solutions

Permanent
placement talent
solutions

Total talent
solutions

Protiviti

Total

Contract talent

solutions

Permanent
placement talent
solutions

Total talent
solutions

Protiviti

Total

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

Selling, General and

  Administrative Expenses

As Reported

$ 308,886

36.1 %

$ 116,285

88.7 %

$  425,171

43.1 %

$     75,661

15.6 %

$   500,832

34.0 %

$ 337,742

33.8 %

$ 129,846

87.0 %

$ 467,588

40.7 %

$     74,316

15.1 %

$   541,904

33.1 %

Adjustments (1)

(10,871)

(1.2 %)

(1,632)

(1.2 %)

(12,503)

(1.2 %)

(12,503)

(0.8 %)

(20,422)

(2.0 %)

(2,601)

(1.7 %)

(23,023)

(2.0 %)

(23,023)

(1.5 %)

As Adjusted

$ 298,015

34.9 %

$ 114,653

87.5 %

$  412,668

41.9 %

$     75,661

15.6 %

$   488,329

33.2 %

$ 317,320

31.8 %

$ 127,245

85.3 %

$ 444,565

38.7 %

$     74,316

15.1 %

$   518,881

31.6 %

The following tables provide reconciliations of the non-GAAP adjusted selling, general and administrative expenses to reported selling, general and administrative expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023:

Six Months Ended June 30, 2024

Six Months Ended June 30, 2023

Contract talent
solutions

Permanent
placement talent
solutions

Total talent
solutions

Protiviti

Total

Contract talent
solutions

Permanent
placement talent
solutions

Total talent
solutions

Protiviti

Total

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

Selling, General and

  Administrative Expenses

As Reported

$  640,474

36.8 %

$ 232,861

91.0 %

$  873,335

43.7 %

$  149,092

15.7 %

$   1,022,427

34.7 %

$  679,464

32.9 %

$ 264,690

86.5 %

$  944,154

39.8 %

$  149,979

15.2 %

$   1,094,133

32.6 %

Adjustments (1)

(42,007)

(2.4 %)

(5,515)

(2.1 %)

(47,522)

(2.4) %

(47,522)

(1.6 %)

(40,665)

(2.0 %)

(4,877)

(1.6 %)

(45,542)

(1.9 %)

(45,542)

(1.4 %)

As Adjusted

$  598,467

34.4 %

$ 227,346

88.9 %

$  825,813

41.3 %

$  149,092

15.7 %

$  974,905

33.1 %

$  638,799

30.9 %

$ 259,813

84.9 %

$  898,612

37.9 %

$  149,979

15.2 %

$   1,048,591

31.2 %

(1)

Changes in the Company’s employee deferred compensation plan obligations related to talent solutions operations are included in selling, general and administrative expenses, while the related investment income is presented separately. The non-GAAP financial adjustments shown in the table above are to reclassify investment income from investments held in employee deferred compensation trusts to the same line item that includes the corresponding change in obligation. These adjustments have no impact on income before income taxes.

 

ROBERT HALF INC.

NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

COMBINED SEGMENT INCOME (UNAUDITED):

(in thousands)

The following tables provide reconciliations of the non-GAAP combined segment income to reported income before income
taxes for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023:

Three Months Ended June 30,

Six Months Ended June 30,

2024

2023

2024

2023

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

Income before income taxes

$    96,462

6.6 %

$  151,211

9.2 %

$ 187,149

6.3 %

$ 320,109

9.5 %

Interest income, net

(5,186)

(0.4 %)

(5,320)

(0.3 %)

(11,599)

(0.3 %)

(10,145)

(0.2 %)

Amortization of intangible assets

304

0.0 %

721

0.0 %

608

0.0 %

1,442

0.0 %

Combined segment income

$    91,580

6.2 %

$  146,612

8.9 %

$ 176,158

6.0 %

$ 311,406

9.3 %

 

ROBERT HALF INC.

NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

REVENUE GROWTH RATES (%) (UNAUDITED): 

Year-Over-Year Growth Rates

(As Reported)

Non-GAAP Year-Over-Year Growth Rates

(As Adjusted)

2023

2024

2023

2024

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q1

Q2

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q1

Q2

Global

Finance and accounting

-3.0

-11.0

-16.0

-17.2

-17.5

-13.6

-3.1

-10.8

-15.2

-17.8

-17.0

-13.5

Administrative and customer support

-23.0

-23.0

-21.5

-18.7

-8.9

-9.8

-23.2

-23.0

-21.2

-19.4

-8.3

-9.8

Technology

-9.0

-16.7

-21.3

-21.7

-18.6

-13.1

-9.3

-16.2

-20.0

-21.8

-17.8

-13.1

Elimination of intersegment revenues (1)

-12.8

-16.5

-24.2

-26.6

-10.3

1.4

-12.7

-16.5

-23.8

-27.2

-9.9

1.3

Total contract talent solutions

-7.8

-14.3

-17.3

-17.2

-16.7

-14.5

-8.0

-14.0

-16.4

-17.7

-16.2

-14.4

Permanent placement talent solutions

-16.1

-25.4

-23.3

-22.0

-20.4

-12.2

-15.8

-25.0

-22.5

-22.6

-19.8

-12.0

Total talent solutions

-9.0

-15.9

-18.1

-17.8

-17.2

-14.2

-9.1

-15.6

-17.3

-18.3

-16.7

-14.0

Protiviti

4.6

-1.2

-6.0

-7.1

-6.1

-0.9

4.4

-1.0

-4.9

-7.5

-5.4

-0.9

Total

-5.4

-12.0

-14.7

-14.7

-14.0

-10.2

-5.6

-11.7

-13.8

-15.2

-13.4

-10.1

United States

Contract talent solutions

-8.6

-16.0

-20.7

-20.5

-19.1

-15.7

-9.9

-15.9

-19.2

-20.3

-18.6

-15.8

Permanent placement talent solutions

-16.9

-26.2

-26.9

-22.6

-19.3

-11.5

-18.1

-26.1

-25.5

-22.5

-18.7

-11.7

Total talent solutions

-9.7

-17.4

-21.5

-20.7

-19.1

-15.2

-11.0

-17.2

-20.0

-20.6

-18.6

-15.3

Protiviti

7.5

-2.4

-7.4

-7.3

-4.8

3.3

5.9

-2.3

-5.6

-7.2

-4.2

3.1

Total

-5.2

-13.3

-17.5

-16.8

-14.9

-9.6

-6.6

-13.2

-15.9

-16.7

-14.3

-9.7

International

Contract talent solutions

-4.7

-7.6

-3.1

-4.4

-8.4

-10.0

-1.2

-6.2

-4.9

-7.5

-7.5

-9.4

Permanent placement talent solutions

-14.0

-23.4

-13.0

-20.6

-23.2

-13.8

-10.5

-21.9

-14.2

-22.8

-22.1

-13.0

Total talent solutions

-6.4

-10.6

-4.8

-7.2

-10.8

-10.7

-2.9

-9.2

-6.6

-10.1

-9.9

-10.0

Protiviti

-5.7

3.3

0.3

-6.1

-11.3

-16.2

-1.5

4.2

-1.5

-8.9

-10.1

-15.9

Total

-6.2

-7.0

-3.5

-6.9

-10.9

-12.2

-2.5

-5.8

-5.3

-9.8

-10.0

-11.6

(1)

Service revenues for finance and accounting, administrative and customer support, and technology include intersegment revenues, which represent revenues from services provided to Protiviti in connection with the Company’s blended business solutions. Intersegment revenues for each functional specialization are aggregated and then eliminated as a single line item.

The non-GAAP financial measures included in the table above adjust for the following items:

Billing Days. The “As Reported” revenue growth rates are based upon reported revenues. Management calculates the billing day impact by dividing each comparative period’s reported revenues by the number of billing days for that period to arrive at a per billing day amount. Same billing day growth rates are then calculated based on the per billing day amounts. Management calculates a global, weighted-average number of billing days for each reporting period based upon input from all countries and all functional specializations and segments.

Foreign Currency Translation. The “As Reported” revenue growth rates are based upon reported revenues, which include the impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates. The foreign currency impact is calculated by retranslating current period international revenues, using foreign currency exchange rates from the prior year’s comparable period.

The term “As Adjusted” means that the impact of different billing days and constant currency fluctuations are removed from the revenue growth rate calculation. A reconciliation of the non-GAAP year-over-year revenue growth rates to the “As Reported” year-over-year revenue growth rates is included herein, on Pages 10-12.

ROBERT HALF INC

NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

REVENUE GROWTH RATE (%) RECONCILIATION (UNAUDITED):

Year-Over-Year Revenue Growth – GLOBAL

Q1 2023

Q2 2023

Q3 2023

Q4 2023

Q1 2024

 Q2 2024

Finance and accounting

As Reported

-3.0

-11.0

-16.0

-17.2

-17.5

-13.6

Billing Days Impact

-1.3

0.1

1.6

0.1

0.7

-0.3

Currency Impact

1.2

0.1

-0.8

-0.7

-0.2

0.4

As Adjusted

-3.1

-10.8

-15.2

-17.8

-17.0

-13.5

Administrative and customer support

As Reported

-23.0

-23.0

-21.5

-18.7

-8.9

-9.8

Billing Days Impact

-1.1

0.1

1.4

0.2

0.8

-0.3

Currency Impact

0.9

-0.1

-1.1

-0.9

-0.2

0.3

As Adjusted

-23.2

-23.0

-21.2

-19.4

-8.3

-9.8

Technology

As Reported

-9.0

-16.7

-21.3

-21.7

-18.6

-13.1

Billing Days Impact

-1.3

0.1

1.5

0.1

0.7

-0.3

Currency Impact

1.0

0.4

-0.2

-0.2

0.1

0.3

As Adjusted

-9.3

-16.2

-20.0

-21.8

-17.8

-13.1

Elimination of intersegment revenues

As Reported

-12.8

-16.5

-24.2

-26.6

-10.3

1.4

Billing Days Impact

-1.3

0.1

1.4

0.1

0.7

-0.3

Currency Impact

1.4

-0.1

-1.0

-0.7

-0.3

0.2

As Adjusted

-12.7

-16.5

-23.8

-27.2

-9.9

1.3

Total contract talent solutions

As Reported

-7.8

-14.3

-17.3

-17.2

-16.7

-14.5

Billing Days Impact

-1.3

0.1

1.6

0.2

0.6

-0.3

Currency Impact

1.1

0.2

-0.7

-0.7

-0.1

0.4

As Adjusted

-8.0

-14.0

-16.4

-17.7

-16.2

-14.4

Permanent placement talent solutions

As Reported

-16.1

-25.4

-23.3

-22.0

-20.4

-12.2

Billing Days Impact

-1.1

0.1

1.5

0.1

0.7

-0.3

Currency Impact

1.4

0.3

-0.7

-0.7

-0.1

0.5

As Adjusted

-15.8

-25.0

-22.5

-22.6

-19.8

-12.0

Total talent solutions

As Reported

-9.0

-15.9

-18.1

-17.8

-17.2

-14.2

Billing Days Impact

-1.2

0.1

1.5

0.2

0.6

-0.2

Currency Impact

1.1

0.2

-0.7

-0.7

-0.1

0.4

As Adjusted

-9.1

-15.6

-17.3

-18.3

-16.7

-14.0

Protiviti

As Reported

4.6

-1.2

-6.0

-7.1

-6.1

-0.9

Billing Days Impact

-1.5

0.2

1.8

0.2

0.7

-0.3

Currency Impact

1.3

0.0

-0.7

-0.6

0.0

0.3

As Adjusted

4.4

-1.0

-4.9

-7.5

-5.4

-0.9

Total

As Reported

-5.4

-12.0

-14.7

-14.7

-14.0

-10.2

Billing Days Impact

-1.4

0.2

1.6

0.1

0.7

-0.3

Currency Impact

1.2

0.1

-0.7

-0.6

-0.1

0.4

As Adjusted

-5.6

-11.7

-13.8

-15.2

-13.4

-10.1

 

ROBERT HALF INC

NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

REVENUE GROWTH RATE (%) RECONCILIATION (UNAUDITED):

Year-Over-Year Revenue Growth – UNITED STATES

Q1 2023

Q2 2023

Q3 2023

Q4 2023

Q1 2024

 Q2 2024

Contract talent solutions

As Reported

-8.6

-16.0

-20.7

-20.5

-19.1

-15.7

Billing Days Impact

-1.3

0.1

1.5

0.2

0.5

-0.1

Currency Impact

As Adjusted

-9.9

-15.9

-19.2

-20.3

-18.6

-15.8

Permanent placement talent solutions

As Reported

-16.9

-26.2

-26.9

-22.6

-19.3

-11.5

Billing Days Impact

-1.2

0.1

1.4

0.1

0.6

-0.2

Currency Impact

As Adjusted

-18.1

-26.1

-25.5

-22.5

-18.7

-11.7

Total talent solutions

As Reported

-9.7

-17.4

-21.5

-20.7

-19.1

-15.2

Billing Days Impact

-1.3

0.2

1.5

0.1

0.5

-0.1

Currency Impact

As Adjusted

-11.0

-17.2

-20.0

-20.6

-18.6

-15.3

Protiviti

As Reported

7.5

-2.4

-7.4

-7.3

-4.8

3.3

Billing Days Impact

-1.6

0.1

1.8

0.1

0.6

-0.2

Currency Impact

As Adjusted

5.9

-2.3

-5.6

-7.2

-4.2

3.1

Total

As Reported

-5.2

-13.3

-17.5

-16.8

-14.9

-9.6

Billing Days Impact

-1.4

0.1

1.6

0.1

0.6

-0.1

Currency Impact

As Adjusted

-6.6

-13.2

-15.9

-16.7

-14.3

-9.7

 

ROBERT HALF INC.

NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

REVENUE GROWTH RATE (%) RECONCILIATION (UNAUDITED):

Year-Over-Year Revenue Growth – INTERNATIONAL

Q1 2023

Q2 2023

Q3 2023

Q4 2023

Q1 2024

 Q2 2024

Contract talent solutions

As Reported

-4.7

-7.6

-3.1

-4.4

-8.4

-10.0

Billing Days Impact

-1.7

0.6

1.8

0.1

1.5

-1.1

Currency Impact

5.2

0.8

-3.6

-3.2

-0.6

1.7

As Adjusted

-1.2

-6.2

-4.9

-7.5

-7.5

-9.4

Permanent placement talent solutions

As Reported

-14.0

-23.4

-13.0

-20.6

-23.2

-13.8

Billing Days Impact

-1.6

0.5

1.6

0.1

1.3

-1.0

Currency Impact

5.1

1.0

-2.8

-2.3

-0.2

1.8

As Adjusted

-10.5

-21.9

-14.2

-22.8

-22.1

-13.0

Total talent solutions

As Reported

-6.4

-10.6

-4.8

-7.2

-10.8

-10.7

Billing Days Impact

-1.7

0.6

1.7

0.2

1.4

-1.0

Currency Impact

5.2

0.8

-3.5

-3.1

-0.5

1.7

As Adjusted

-2.9

-9.2

-6.6

-10.1

-9.9

-10.0

Protiviti

As Reported

-5.7

3.3

0.3

-6.1

-11.3

-16.2

Billing Days Impact

-1.7

0.7

1.8

0.2

1.4

-1.0

Currency Impact

5.9

0.2

-3.6

-3.0

-0.2

1.3

As Adjusted

-1.5

4.2

-1.5

-8.9

-10.1

-15.9

Total

As Reported

-6.2

-7.0

-3.5

-6.9

-10.9

-12.2

Billing Days Impact

-1.7

0.5

1.7

0.1

1.3

-1.0

Currency Impact

5.4

0.7

-3.5

-3.0

-0.4

1.6

As Adjusted

-2.5

-5.8

-5.3

-9.8

-10.0

-11.6

 

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Workday Adaptive Planning Achieves FedRAMP Moderate Authorization to Support Federal Workforce and Budget Planning

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New Milestone Helps Federal Agencies Plan Workforce and Budgets in One Secure, Modern System

WASHINGTON, July 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Workday Government, a wholly owned subsidiary of Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ: WDAY), the enterprise AI platform for HR, finance, and IT, today announced that Workday Adaptive Planning has achieved FedRAMP Authorization at the Moderate Impact Level. The authorization confirms that Workday Adaptive Planning meets the security and compliance standards required to handle sensitive, unclassified federal data, giving agencies a secure, compliant foundation for modern planning.

Federal agencies are under pressure to do more with less, manage costs, and maintain clear records of their decisions. Yet disconnected data, legacy systems, and manual spreadsheet work can make it hard to understand how organizational decisions affect the workforce. Workday Adaptive Planning helps agencies modernize planning by bringing workforce planning, budgeting, and forecasting together so agencies can plan with connected workforce and financial data.

“Federal agencies must align their people, funding, and priorities to deliver their missions effectively,” said Lynn Martin, general manager, Workday Government. “With FedRAMP Moderate authorization, Workday Adaptive Planning gives agencies the secure foundation they need to unify workforce and financial planning. This clarity allows leaders to evaluate trade-offs, allocate resources with impact, and prepare confidently for what lies ahead.”

With Workday Adaptive Planning, agencies can model and assess the workforce implications of organizational change, such as hiring freezes, budget reductions, or reorganizations, to understand the potential effects on headcount, costs, project timelines, and mission readiness. Agencies can also use workforce data to identify talent trends and skills gaps. Finance teams can evaluate competing program requests, allocate costs across funds and programs, monitor budgets throughout the procurement lifecycle, and identify potential overruns earlier. Built-in audit capabilities and FIPS 140-3 compliant security help agencies strengthen fiscal discipline, maintain compliance, and make faster, better-informed decisions.

“Federal agencies need a planning tool they can trust to protect their data and still move fast,” said Ben Pierce, general manager, Workday Adaptive Planning. “With FedRAMP authorization, Workday Adaptive Planning gives them a secure, modern way to make budgeting and workforce planning less painful and a lot more useful.”

As part of Workday Government Cloud, Workday Adaptive Planning works alongside Workday human capital management and financial solutions, helping agencies plan with connected data. By bringing planning into the same platform that powers HR and finance, Workday Government helps agencies move beyond systems that simply record work to a modern, connected foundation for planning safely and collaboratively.

Workday Adaptive Planning is expected to be available to Workday Government customers in early 2027.

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Explore how Workday Adaptive Planning gives government organizations the power to plan, budget, and forecast the future here.Learn about the mission of Workday Government here.

About Workday Government
Workday Government is a wholly owned subsidiary of Workday, the enterprise AI platform for HR, finance, and IT. Workday Government is dedicated to serving the U.S. government by unifying HR and finance on one intelligent platform with AI at the core, empowering agencies at every level with the clarity, confidence, and insights they need to adapt quickly, make better decisions, and deliver on their missions. Workday Government supports a range of agencies across the civilian, defense, and intelligence communities. For more information about Workday Government, visit workday.com/federal. For more information about Workday visit workday.com.

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Any unreleased services, features, or functions referenced in this document, our website, or other press releases or public statements that are not currently available are subject to change at Workday’s discretion and may not be delivered as planned or at all. Customers who purchase Workday services should make their purchase decisions based upon services, features, and functions that are currently available.

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Ontinue Wins Gold Stevie® Award for Advancing the Future of Managed Security Operations

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ZURICH, July 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Ontinue, a leading MXDR partner providing nonstop managed security operations through its Agentic SOC, today announced it received a Gold Stevie® for Technology Excellence Award, recognizing the innovation behind its ION MXDR platform and Agentic SOC. The award was presented in the New Product of the Year – Information Technology (Cybersecurity) category, honoring Ontinue’s continued advancement of AI-powered security operations.

Ontinue was recognized for pioneering the Agentic SOC, a new operating model that treats security decision-making itself as software: governed, measurable, and built to scale with attackers who now operate at machine speed. Rather than layering AI onto existing workflows, Ontinue re-engineered its ION MXDR platform around a multi-agent architecture, with specialized agents spanning threat hunting, investigation, response, and posture hardening, that reason over each customer’s accumulated context and progressively take on more decision-making as trust is earned, while Ontinue’s Cyber Defenders retain governance and accountability throughout.

Ontinue defines an Agentic SOC as a security operations model in which software agents progressively assume responsibility for security decisions and actions, under continuous human governance, using accumulated context, policy, and learned behavior. In December 2024, this model went live in production for every ION MXDR customer, extending autonomous investigation to Tier 2-level incidents for the first time in the industry. The result is a platform that acts less like a tool and more like a team.

Ontinue’s Agentic SOC, by the numbers:

Autonomously investigates incidents within minutesCuts mean time to investigate by 50 percentResolves 99.5 percent of incidents without customer involvementDrives median response time for high-severity incidents under nine minutesPre-approves 97 percent of response actions, based on trust earned directly from customers

For Ontinue’s customers, that translates directly into business outcomes, such has stronger Secure Scores, security teams freed from alert fatigue, and hundreds of analyst hours returned to work that actually moves the business forward.

“The cybersecurity industry doesn’t need more AI features, it needs a fundamentally better way to operate security,” said Moritz Mann, Chief Executive Officer at Ontinue. “This recognition validates the work our teams have done over the past two years to transform AI from an assistant into a trusted operational capability. It’s recognition of an operating model that is already delivering measurable outcomes for customers every day.”

“We congratulate all of the winners in the third annual Stevie® Awards for Technology Excellence for their outstanding achievements,” said Stevie Awards President Maggie Miller. “Their innovations are helping shape the future of technology across every industry, and we look forward to celebrating their success on October 28.”

The Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence celebrate the remarkable accomplishments of individuals, teams, and organizations shaping the future of technology across all industry sectors. More than 700 nominations from organizations of all sizes in 37 nations and territories were submitted this year for consideration in a wide range of tech-related categories. More than 180 professionals worldwide participated in the judging process to select this year’s honorees.

Details about the Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence and the list of 2026 Stevie winners are available at http://Tech.StevieAwards.com.

About Ontinue
As a leading provider of AI-powered managed security operations, Ontinue is on a mission to give every organization the freedom to focus on what they do best; by making nonstop security excellence accessible, not just aspirational. By combining advanced AI with deep human expertise, Ontinue delivers managed security operations that are tailored to each organization’s unique environment, operational needs, and risk profile.

Ontinue’s ION SecOps Platform integrates AI-driven insights, automation, and real-time collaboration to continuously prevent, detect, and respond to threats. With deep expertise in Microsoft security technologies, Ontinue helps customers maximize the value of their existing investments while achieving stronger, more scalable security outcomes.

Continuous protection. AI-powered Nonstop SecOps. That’s Ontinue.

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Stevie Awards are conferred in nine programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, the Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards®, The International Business Awards®, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, the Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 12,000 entries each year from organizations in more than 70 nations. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at http://www.StevieAwards.com.

CONTACT: Alison Raymond, araymond@ontinue.com 

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Nearly half would let AI negotiate their salary, while 76% have never heard that AI can provide biased career guidance

SAN FRANCISCO, July 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Artificial intelligence has become a mainstream source of career and financial advice for American workers, according to a national survey of 2,131 U.S. adults conducted by The Harris Poll in collaboration with Ruth AI, the AI career strategist built for women.

The full study, The Trust Gap, is available at https://ruthapp.ai/research and has already drawn coverage from Fast Company.

Nearly half of Americans (45%) have used an AI platform such as ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini for career or work-related advice. That rises to 66% of Millennials and 63% of Gen Z. One in three U.S. adults has used AI for advice about money at work, including salary, raises, bonuses, or negotiating pay.

Americans are also increasingly willing to let AI act on their behalf. Eighty-one percent would be comfortable having an AI agent handle at least one part of a job search, climbing to 90% of Millennials. A majority would let AI search for jobs (67%), conduct pre-interview research (67%), update their resume (65%), or apply for jobs outright (55%). Nearly half would let AI negotiate their benefits (49%) or salary (47%).

Yet awareness of the technology’s documented limitations remains low. Three in four Americans (76%) had never heard that independent research has found AI can produce biased career and salary guidance. Seventy-two percent agree that AI can sound confident even when its advice turns out to be wrong.

“Americans are handing AI some of the most consequential decisions of their working lives, from the job search to the salary ask, while most have never heard that the guidance can carry bias,” said Valerie Chapman, founder and CEO of Ruth AI. “We are delegating faster than we are asking questions. The responsibility now falls on the people building AI to earn the trust users are already giving it.”

About the Survey

The survey was conducted online within the United States by The Harris Poll from June 11-13, 2026, among a nationally representative sample of 2,131 U.S. adults, including 420 Gen Z adults, 620 Millennials, 519 Gen X adults, and 572 Baby Boomers. Data were weighted to the U.S. general adult population. Some questions were asked only of respondents who had used AI for the relevant purpose. References to research on biased AI guidance refer to external academic research (Sorokovikova, Chizhov, Eremenko & Yamshchikov, 2025; arXiv:2506.10491) and are not findings measured by this survey.

About The Harris Poll Thought Leadership Practice

Building on more than 60 years of experience pulsing societal opinion, The Harris Poll Thought Leadership Practice designs research that is credible, creative, and culturally relevant, driving thought leadership and uncovering trends for today’s biggest brands.

About Ruth AI

Ruth AI is an AI career strategist built for women, on a mission to close the $1.6 trillion gender wage gap. Based in San Francisco, Ruth AI is building a suite of AI agents that help women build personal brands, negotiate their worth, and launch their businesses. Learn more at https://ruthapp.ai.

Media Contact

Valerie Chapman
Founder and CEO, Ruth AI
419380@email4pr.com
786-375-1110

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