H&R Block reported fiscal 2026 third-quarter revenue of $2.4 billion, a 5.3% year-over-year increase, while simultaneously raising its full-year revenue guidance and authorizing an additional $100 million in stock buybacks.
While the financial world focused on the earnings report, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! host Peter Sagal took a more historical look at the tax giant during a recent quiz segment, asking: "no one, so Henry just invented someone with the initial R so people would think the company wasn't just him."
The contrast between the firm's modern-day dominance—evidenced by maintaining its assisted tax preparation market share for three straight years—and the humble, almost accidental origins described by Sagal highlights a company that has successfully pivoted from a bootstrap operation into a financial powerhouse.