Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) Issues Q2 Earnings Guidance

Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) issued an update on its second quarter earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.14-1.26 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.20. Korn Ferry also updated its Q2 2025 guidance to 1.140-1.260 EPS.

Korn Ferry Stock Performance

Shares of KFY stock opened at $67.98 on Friday. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $69.46 and its two-hundred day moving average is $65.88. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23, a quick ratio of 1.83 and a current ratio of 1.79. Korn Ferry has a 1 year low of $44.45 and a 1 year high of $75.30. The firm has a market cap of $3.52 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.11 and a beta of 1.54.

Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, September 5th. The business services provider reported $1.18 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.12 by $0.06. The business had revenue of $682.80 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $663.84 million. Korn Ferry had a return on equity of 13.18% and a net margin of 6.05%. The company’s revenue was down 3.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.99 EPS. Analysts predict that Korn Ferry will post 4.81 earnings per share for the current year.

Korn Ferry Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, October 15th. Investors of record on Thursday, September 19th will be paid a $0.37 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 19th. This represents a $1.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.18%. Korn Ferry’s payout ratio is 45.96%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

KFY has been the topic of several recent research reports. StockNews.com raised shares of Korn Ferry from a hold rating to a buy rating in a report on Thursday, June 20th. Truist Financial reiterated a buy rating and set a $78.00 target price (up previously from $74.00) on shares of Korn Ferry in a report on Friday, June 14th. Robert W. Baird boosted their price target on Korn Ferry from $72.00 to $79.00 and gave the stock an outperform rating in a report on Friday, June 14th. Finally, UBS Group increased their price objective on Korn Ferry from $66.00 to $68.00 and gave the company a neutral rating in a research note on Friday, June 7th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of Moderate Buy and a consensus price target of $75.00.

Insider Buying and Selling at Korn Ferry

In other news, CEO Mark Arian sold 5,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, June 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $66.73, for a total transaction of $333,650.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 96,484 shares in the company, valued at $6,438,377.32. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. 1.50% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Korn Ferry Company Profile

Korn Ferry, together with its subsidiaries, provides organizational consulting services worldwide. It operates through four segments: Consulting, Digital, Executive Search, and Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) & Professional Search. The company provides executive search services to recruit board level, chief executive, other senior executive, and general management talent of organizations.