Kforce (NASDAQ:KFRC) Posts Earnings Results, Beats Expectations By $0.06 EPS

Kforce (NASDAQ:KFRC) issued its earnings results on Monday. The business services provider reported $0.63 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.57 by $0.06, Briefing.com reports. Kforce had a return on equity of 30.34% and a net margin of 3.59%.During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.75 earnings per share. Kforce’s quarterly revenue was down 5.9% on a year-over-year basis. Kforce updated its Q4 2025 guidance to 0.430-0.510 EPS.

Kforce Price Performance

KFRC stock traded down $0.70 during midday trading on Monday, reaching $24.60. The company had a trading volume of 460,713 shares, compared to its average volume of 191,325. The company has a market capitalization of $457.52 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.18 and a beta of 0.66. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a current ratio of 2.06 and a quick ratio of 2.06. Kforce has a 1-year low of $24.49 and a 1-year high of $62.80. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $29.48 and a 200-day moving average price of $36.20.

Institutional Trading of Kforce

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC increased its stake in Kforce by 273.0% in the second quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 1,865 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $77,000 after acquiring an additional 1,365 shares during the last quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP boosted its holdings in shares of Kforce by 4,933.3% in the 2nd quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP now owns 4,228 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $174,000 after purchasing an additional 4,144 shares in the last quarter. Occudo Quantitative Strategies LP increased its stake in shares of Kforce by 15.9% in the 2nd quarter. Occudo Quantitative Strategies LP now owns 9,665 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $398,000 after purchasing an additional 1,328 shares during the last quarter. Quantinno Capital Management LP raised its holdings in shares of Kforce by 23.2% during the 2nd quarter. Quantinno Capital Management LP now owns 10,815 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $445,000 after buying an additional 2,036 shares in the last quarter. Finally, MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of Kforce by 4.6% during the 1st quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 10,841 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $530,000 after buying an additional 474 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 92.77% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have commented on the stock. Zacks Research cut shares of Kforce from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. UBS Group reduced their target price on shares of Kforce from $45.00 to $40.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, July 30th. Finally, Truist Financial decreased their price target on shares of Kforce from $46.00 to $35.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, October 13th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Kforce has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and an average price target of $37.50.

About Kforce

Kforce Inc provides professional staffing services and solutions in the United States. It operates through two segments, Technology, and Finance and Accounting (FA). The Technology segment provides talent solutions to its clients primarily in the areas of information technology, such as systems/applications architecture and development, data management and analytics, business and artificial intelligence, machine learning, project and program management, and network architecture and security.