Connect with us

Technology

ROBERT HALF REPORTS SECOND-QUARTER FINANCIAL RESULTS

Published

on

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

 

View original content to download multimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/robert-half-reports-second-quarter-financial-results-302205820.html

SOURCE Robert Half

Continue Reading
Click to comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Technology

NIX United Achieves AWS AI Competency After Rigorous Audit

Published

on

By

AI-enabled software development company NIX United has officially achieved the AWS AI Competency designation from Amazon Web Services (AWS). The recognition validates NIX’s proven expertise in architecting, securing, and deploying enterprise-grade artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions on AWS.

TAMPA, Fla., July 23, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — For enterprise organizations, the designation provides independent validation of NIX’s end-to-end AI capabilities across solution architecture, data security, governance, and operational excellence. It is based on successful production deployments, including a generative AI customer feedback analytics platform and an AI-powered medical education solution. The competency also provides eligible customers with access to AWS-validated frameworks, specialized technical resources, and AWS GenAI Innovation Funding programs.

“AI must be engineered for long-term production value,” said Artur Bakulin, Head of RnD and Innovation at NIX United. “Earning the AWS AI Competency reflects our commitment to building AI architectures grounded in verifiable return on investment.”

Moving Beyond AI Demos to Production Value

While AI adoption accelerates, organizations face a critical barrier: transitioning from impressive proofs of concept to production-grade applications. Building AI for the modern enterprise requires solving complex challenges around regulatory compliance and seamless system integration.

To earn the AWS AI Competency, NIX completed a comprehensive technical audit demonstrating its ability to deliver scalable AI solutions. The evaluation covered engineering practices, security controls, governance frameworks, and operational excellence, while highlighting NIX’s experience applying generative AI to complex business workflows.

Strategic Benefits for Enterprise Clients

“AI must be engineered for long-term production value,” said Artur Bakulin, Head of RnD and Innovation at NIX United. “Earning the AWS AI Competency reflects our commitment to building AI architectures grounded in verifiable return on investment.”

For NIX clients, this designation provides:

Reduced project risk through AWS-validated architectures that support data privacy, security, and regulatory compliance.Faster project execution with access to eligible AWS funding programs, including subsidized AI assessments, Proofs of Concept (PoCs), and AWS GenAI Innovation Funding.Long-term scalability with solutions engineered to move seamlessly from pilot projects to business-critical production environments.

Organizations exploring generative AI initiatives can work with NIX experts to evaluate their eligibility for the AWS GenAI Innovation Funding Program and identify opportunities to accelerate adoption.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What specific competency did NIX United achieve?

A: NIX achieved the AWS AI Competency, a formal designation by Amazon Web Services verifying a partner’s technical proficiency and robust customer success in delivering generative AI solutions.

Q: What criteria did AWS use to evaluate NIX United?

A: AWS conducted a comprehensive technical audit covering NIX’s solution architecture, security controls, governance frameworks, and delivery methodology.

Q: How can enterprise clients fund their AI initiatives with NIX United?

A: Through NIX’s status as an advanced AWS partner, eligible clients can access the AWS GenAI Innovation Funding Program to offset costs for AI assessments, proofs-of-concept, and full-scale implementations.

Media Contact

Yevheniia Kryvenko, NIX United, 1 7272563558, yevheniia.kryvenko@nixs.com, NIX United

View original content:https://www.prweb.com/releases/nix-united-achieves-aws-ai-competency-after-rigorous-audit-302831769.html

SOURCE NIX United

Continue Reading

Technology

Apollo and San Jose Earthquakes Announce Official Sleeve and Go-to-Market Partnership, Bringing the AI GTM System to Major League Soccer

Published

on

By

First-of-its-kind partnership to help Earthquakes capitalize on soccer’s surging popularity through AI-powered GTM transformation

SAN FRANCISCO, July 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Apollo, the AI go-to-market system, announced today a multiyear Official Sleeve Partnership with Major League Soccer’s San Jose Earthquakes that entails becoming both the club’s Official Go-to-Market Partner and the first go-to-market (GTM) company to combine a professional sports sponsorship with a full-scale partnership for revenue operations transformation.

As soccer continues its unprecedented rise in popularity across the United States, with MLS seeing a 62% year-over-year increase in viewership to kick off the 2026 season, the unique partnership positions the Earthquakes to modernize their GTM, accelerate revenue and capitalize on the sport’s expanding global audience.

In the partnership, Apollo will serve as both a brand sponsor with its logo featured prominently on the right sleeve of the Earthquakes’ jersey, and as a technology partner, powering the club’s GTM strategy. The club will deploy Apollo’s system across key revenue-generating functions, including group ticket sales, sponsorship pipeline management, inbound lead routing and season ticket renewals, creating a modern GTM system designed to drive fan engagement and commercial growth.

“We see this partnership as a natural extension of Apollo’s mission to make world-class go-to-market accessible to everyone by bringing it to the world’s most popular game,” said Matt Curl, CEO of Apollo. “Soccer is entering an incredible growth phase in the U.S., creating a once-in-a-generation opportunity for clubs to deepen fan relationships and accelerate commercial growth. Every professional sports team is running a revenue business focused on finding customers, engaging fans, growing sponsorships and driving renewals. By bringing together data, intelligence and execution into one system, we’re helping the Earthquakes build a modern commercial operation that will become a model for the future of sports.”  

The partnership reflects Apollo’s broader vision that every organization can benefit from its AI GTM system. With the rise in soccer’s popularity, clubs face increasing pressure to convert fan interest into lasting relationships, ticket sales, sponsorships and recurring revenue. While sports organizations have historically relied on fragmented tools across ticketing, sponsorship sales, CRM and marketing, Apollo brings those workflows together into one connected system to help organizations capitalize on this moment.

For the Earthquakes, that means:

Modernizing group ticket sales workflowsImproving inbound lead managementGrowing sponsorship pipelineStreamlining season ticket renewal campaignsGiving sales and marketing teams a unified system

“While excitement around soccer continues to grow across the country, we’re investing in the technology and systems that will help us better engage our supporters and continue growing our commercial business,” said Earthquakes President Jared Shawlee. “I started my career in sales and have never seen the kind of technology that Apollo provides. This will transform our approach to sales and marketing by giving us one system to connect data, automate workflows and create a more connected experience for Quakes fans throughout their journey with the club.”

“We are excited to roll out the Apollo AI GTM system to revenue teams across our organization,” added Earthquakes Chief Strategy Officer Ian Anderson. “Apollo is at the forefront of AI-powered GTM and the Quakes are committed to being ahead of the technology curve for our industry.”

The Earthquakes become Apollo’s first official sports partner, laying the foundation for a broader strategy to bring modern GTM technology to sports organizations worldwide. Apollo plans to use the partnership as a blueprint for working with hundreds of professional sports organizations facing similar revenue and commercial challenges.

“This is just the beginning,” added Curl. “Professional sports organizations have the same GTM challenges as fast-growing businesses. We’re excited to demonstrate what’s possible when data, intelligence, and execution come together in a single system to help teams build stronger relationships with fans, partners, and customers.”

The partnership will officially debut ahead of the Earthquakes’ annual California Clasico match on Saturday, July 25, against the LA Galaxy at Stanford Stadium, with Apollo and the club jointly celebrating the launch through customer events, social activations and in-stadium experiences.

About Apollo
Apollo is the AI GTM System that uniquely combines data, intelligence, and execution in one loop helping every business find and win their next customer. Trusted by millions of users and over 600,000 companies worldwide, Apollo combines one of the industry’s largest B2B contact databases with a purpose built GTM intelligence engine and a full execution stack, in an all-in-one system. Learn more at apollo.io.

About San Jose Earthquakes
The San Jose Earthquakes, one of Major League Soccer’s original teams, are the epicenter for soccer in Northern California, playing at the highest professional level in the United States. The club won MLS Cups in 2001 and 2003 and took home Supporters’ Shields in 2005 and 2012. The Earthquakes are based out of PayPal Park, an 18,000-seat soccer-specific stadium that opened in 2015 and is the first cloud-enabled venue in MLS. The organization was originally founded in 1974 in the North American Soccer League, and in 2024, celebrated its 50th anniversary of positively impacting communities around Northern California. The club’s nonprofit arm, the Quakes Foundation, focuses on health and fitness initiatives for local underserved youth and fighting food insecurity. For more information about the Earthquakes, visit sjearthquakes.com.

View original content to download multimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/apollo-and-san-jose-earthquakes-announce-official-sleeve-and-go-to-market-partnership-bringing-the-ai-gtm-system-to-major-league-soccer-302832676.html

SOURCE Apollo.io

Continue Reading

Technology

CIQ Arms Federal Agencies and Contractors with Kernel-Level Detection and BOD 26-04-Compliant Remediation

Published

on

By

RLC Pro Hardened and Ascender Pro together give federal teams kernel exploitation detection as it happens and CVE remediation before it wipes out an entire fleet

RENO, Nev., July 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — CIQ, the founding commercial sponsor of Rocky Linux, today announced the launch of an RLC Pro Hardened and Ascender Pro deployment that gives federal agencies real-time kernel exploit detection, audit-ready compliance, and automated remediation in a single deployment. The pairing gives federal teams a stronger position inside the three-day remediation window Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 26-04 sets for the highest-risk vulnerabilities on federal systems.

On June 10, 2026, CISA issued BOD 26-04, and the three-day clock starts when a flaw enters the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, not when a patch ships. For the most dangerous vulnerabilities, the exploit often arrives before the patch does, leaving agencies with a compliance deadline and no fix to apply yet. Non-compliance penalties can include a range of administrative consequences, including greater regulatory oversight and asset disconnection.

RLC Pro Hardened, CIQ’s federal-ready Enterprise Linux distribution, answers that gap. It is the first Enterprise Linux distribution to ship runtime kernel exploitation detection enabled and supported by default, giving agencies a record of what happened during the window before a fix shipped. CIQ delivered that capability well before BOD 26-04 put federal agencies on a three-day clock.

“A single critical vulnerability can impact an entire federal fleet before it’s even confirmed as a CVE,” said Gregory Kurtzer, founder and CEO of CIQ. “RLC Pro Hardened’s LKRG catches the exploit behavior at the kernel the moment it happens, patch or no patch. Once remediation is required, Ascender Pro orchestrates it across the entire fleet and proves it happened, system by system. Agencies get both sides covered without rebuilding their infrastructure.”

RLC Pro Hardened ships with Linux Kernel Runtime Guard (LKRG), which validates kernel integrity continuously and records kernel-level exploitation as it happens. The distribution also arrives audit-ready, with FIPS 140-3 validated cryptography and CIQ-engineered lockdown playbooks for DISA STIG, CIS and NIST 800-171.

Ascender Pro adds Reaqt, an event-driven engine that watches fleet logs, matches them against rule sets, and fires the right Ansible playbook automatically. Across a fleet, that closes issues faster than manual, ticket-driven review.

More About BOD 26-04

BOD 26-04 replaced the severity-score deadlines of BOD 22-01 and BOD 19-02 with a risk model. It scores each vulnerability on four factors: public exposure, presence in the KEV catalog, exploit automation and technical impact. A vulnerability that meets all four carries a three-calendar-day remediation deadline, the shortest CISA has set in a Binding Operational Directive. Agency remediation policies must support the directive by August 7, 2026.

About CIQ

CIQ is the founding support and services partner for Rocky Linux and a leading provider of enterprise Linux infrastructure. CIQ delivers commercially supported Linux offerings, high-performance computing solutions and AI infrastructure to enterprises, government agencies, research institutions and supercomputing centers worldwide. CIQ’s products include the Rocky Linux from CIQ (RLC Pro) family of operating systems, Ascender Pro for IT automation, Fuzzball job-based container orchestration, Warewulf cluster provisioning and Apptainer, the leading container system for high-performance computing. For more information, visit ciq.com.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Cristin Connelly
Cathey Communications for CIQ
cristin@cathey.co

View original content to download multimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ciq-arms-federal-agencies-and-contractors-with-kernel-level-detection-and-bod-26-04-compliant-remediation-302833327.html

SOURCE CIQ

Continue Reading

Trending