Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. HRB scored 75.2, FTDR scored 68.7 — HRB leads.
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HRB
H&R Block, Inc.
Personal Services · Quality-Growth
75.2
$44.05 · $5.4B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
6.5
HRB leads
FTDR
Frontdoor, Inc.
Personal Services · Quality-Growth
68.7
$79.80 · $5.5B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestHRB7.7x
Fastest growthFTDR+9.3%
Highest qualityHRB94 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueHRB-53%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
HRB
stronger →← stronger
FTDR
94
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
87
61
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
72
74
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
51
HRB is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
HRB
FTDR
$756mC+
FCF
$386mC
+4.9%C+
Rev
+9.3%B
—
D/E
4.17D
7.7xA
P/E
21.1xC+
0.57A-
PEG
2.38C
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
HRB
FTDR
53% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
21% above
~-14%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~12%/yr
+110%
1-yr DCF upside
-23%
+113%
5-yr DCF upside
-17%
+118%
10-yr DCF upside
-9%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
HRB
Why this score
Buying back stock
Raising its dividend
Durable high returns
FTDR
Why this score
Buying back stock
Durable high returns
The companies
HRBH&R Block, Inc.
Personal Services · $44.05 · beta 0.39
Why now
Personal Services · market cap $5.4b. Down 25% from 52-week high of $58.67 — deep drawdown territory. PEG 0.57 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 3 sell-side analysts rate this a Hold with a mean 1-yr target of $51.67 (implying +17% upside).
Moat
Net margin 19% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. FCF converts 103% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Value re-rating depends on a catalyst. Without one — analyst day, divestiture, margin recovery, capital return — the stock can stay cheap on these multiples for years.
FTDRFrontdoor, Inc.
Personal Services · $79.80 · beta 1.53
Why now
Personal Services · market cap $5.5b. 15% off the 52-week high of $93.43. 5 sell-side analysts publish a mean 1-yr target of $97.40 (implying +22% upside).
Moat
Net margin 13% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 96% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. FCF converts 141% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
D/E 4.17 is elevated — limits strategic flexibility and raises refinancing exposure if rates stay higher for longer. Beta 1.53 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
HRB leads FTDR by 11.8 points (76.8 to 65.0), its sharpest advantage coming in PEG (grade A-). A contrarian could still prefer FTDR for its stronger Rev (grade B). Note they play different roles — FTDR screens as growth, HRB screens as value — so the model rewards different traits for each.
Our AI analyst is busy right now, so this verdict is drawn directly from the pillars, grades and DCF above.
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Where HRB and FTDR diverge
On the headline score the gap is 6.5 points in favor of HRB. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
ValueHRB 74.2 · FTDR 51.3HRB +22.9
GrowthHRB 61.0 · FTDR 72.5FTDR +11.5
QualityHRB 94.0 · FTDR 87.4HRB +6.6
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is HRB or FTDR the better stock?
HRB scores higher: HRB 75.2, FTDR 68.7 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do HRB and FTDR differ most?
The widest gap is value, where HRB leads by 23 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are HRB and FTDR scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.