William Blair Analysts Boost Earnings Estimates for Kforce

Kforce Inc. (NASDAQ:KFRC) – Stock analysts at William Blair increased their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for Kforce in a research report issued on Tuesday, February 4th. William Blair analyst T. Romeo now forecasts that the business services provider will post earnings per share of $0.48 for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.47. The consensus estimate for Kforce’s current full-year earnings is $2.68 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Kforce’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.80 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $2.74 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.56 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.88 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.91 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $3.32 EPS.

Several other equities analysts have also commented on the stock. Truist Financial dropped their price target on shares of Kforce from $68.00 to $58.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, October 29th. Sidoti upgraded shares of Kforce from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $71.00 price objective on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, October 15th. Finally, StockNews.com raised Kforce from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, November 30th.

Kforce Stock Up 1.0 %

Shares of KFRC opened at $54.28 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.04 billion, a PE ratio of 19.22 and a beta of 0.88. Kforce has a 1 year low of $52.96 and a 1 year high of $74.79. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a quick ratio of 2.06 and a current ratio of 2.06. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $57.26 and its 200-day simple moving average is $59.94.

Kforce Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 21st. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.39 per share. This represents a $1.56 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.87%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 7th. This is an increase from Kforce’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.38. Kforce’s payout ratio is 52.41%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. lifted its holdings in Kforce by 2.4% in the 3rd quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 719,163 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $44,193,000 after purchasing an additional 17,087 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in Kforce by 4.0% in the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 480,479 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $29,530,000 after purchasing an additional 18,386 shares in the last quarter. Tributary Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Kforce by 38.3% during the 4th quarter. Tributary Capital Management LLC now owns 422,930 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $23,980,000 after acquiring an additional 117,231 shares during the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP increased its stake in shares of Kforce by 6.7% during the 3rd quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 218,011 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $13,397,000 after acquiring an additional 13,631 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Kforce by 28.4% during the 3rd quarter. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC now owns 186,016 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $11,431,000 after acquiring an additional 41,180 shares during the last quarter. 92.77% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Kforce Company Profile

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.