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 (EPS) guidance of $1.14-1.26 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.20. Korn Ferry also updated its Q2 2025 guidance to 1.140-1.260 EPS.

Korn Ferry Stock Performance

NYSE:KFY opened at $71.29 on Thursday. 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 fifty-two week low of $44.45 and a fifty-two week high of $75.30. The company has a market cap of $3.76 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.14 and a beta of 1.54. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $69.43 and a 200-day moving average price of $65.87.

Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) last released its earnings results on Thursday, June 13th. The business services provider reported $1.26 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.13 by $0.13. The firm had revenue of $690.80 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $687.36 million. Korn Ferry had a net margin of 6.05% and a return on equity of 13.18%. The business’s quarterly revenue was down 5.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.01 EPS. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Korn Ferry will post 4.81 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Korn Ferry Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, October 15th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 19th will be issued a dividend of $0.37 per share. This represents a $1.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.08%. Korn Ferry’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 45.96%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have issued reports on KFY. StockNews.com upgraded Korn Ferry from a hold rating to a buy rating in a research report on Thursday, June 20th. Robert W. Baird upped their price objective on shares of Korn Ferry from $72.00 to $79.00 and gave the stock an outperform rating in a research report on Friday, June 14th. Truist Financial restated a buy rating and issued a $78.00 target price (up previously from $74.00) on shares of Korn Ferry in a research report on Friday, June 14th. Finally, UBS Group upped their target price on Korn Ferry from $66.00 to $68.00 and gave the stock a neutral rating in a report on Friday, June 7th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of Moderate Buy and an average target price of $75.00.

Insider Buying and Selling at Korn Ferry

In related news, CEO Mark Arian sold 5,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $66.01, for a total transaction of $330,050.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 91,484 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,038,858.84. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Insiders own 1.50% of the company’s stock.

About Korn Ferry

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.