Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) Releases Earnings Results, Beats Expectations By $0.06 EPS

Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday. The business services provider reported $1.19 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.13 by $0.06, Zacks reports. Korn Ferry had a return on equity of 14.27% and a net margin of 9.03%. Korn Ferry updated its Q4 2025 guidance to 1.220-1.300 EPS.

Korn Ferry Price Performance

NYSE KFY opened at $62.42 on Tuesday. The company has a quick ratio of 2.07, a current ratio of 2.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22. The company has a market cap of $3.22 billion, a PE ratio of 13.34 and a beta of 1.57. Korn Ferry has a 52 week low of $59.78 and a 52 week high of $80.64. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $67.53 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $70.81.

Korn Ferry Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, April 15th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 27th will be issued a $0.48 dividend. This represents a $1.92 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.08%. This is a positive change from Korn Ferry’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.37. Korn Ferry’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 31.62%.

Insider Transactions at Korn Ferry

In other news, CEO Mark Arian sold 20,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $72.24, for a total value of $1,444,800.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 68,869 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,975,096.56. This trade represents a 22.51 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 1.40% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on the stock. StockNews.com raised shares of Korn Ferry from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, December 17th. Truist Financial increased their target price on shares of Korn Ferry from $78.00 to $84.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, December 6th.

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.