William Blair Forecasts Stronger Earnings for Korn Ferry

Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) – William Blair increased their FY2025 EPS estimates for shares of Korn Ferry in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, March 12th. William Blair analyst T. Romeo now expects that the business services provider will earn $4.84 per share for the year, up from their prior estimate of $4.73. The consensus estimate for Korn Ferry’s current full-year earnings is $4.75 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Korn Ferry’s Q4 2025 earnings at $1.26 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.22 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.35 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.31 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $5.30 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $5.89 EPS.

Several other analysts also recently weighed in on the company. StockNews.com upgraded Korn Ferry from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 17th. Truist Financial lifted their price target on Korn Ferry from $78.00 to $84.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, December 6th.

Korn Ferry Trading Down 1.1 %

Shares of KFY stock opened at $66.54 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $3.43 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.22 and a beta of 1.57. Korn Ferry has a 1 year low of $59.78 and a 1 year high of $80.64. The company has a current ratio of 2.07, a quick ratio of 2.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $67.52 and a 200 day simple moving average of $70.75.

Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, March 11th. The business services provider reported $1.19 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.13 by $0.06. The company had revenue of $676.50 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $650.45 million. Korn Ferry had a net margin of 9.03% and a return on equity of 14.27%. Korn Ferry’s quarterly revenue was down .1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.07 EPS.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Korn Ferry

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of KFY. Wealthfront Advisers LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Korn Ferry in the 4th quarter valued at about $76,000. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in Korn Ferry by 230.4% during the 4th quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 1,381 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $93,000 after acquiring an additional 963 shares during the last quarter. Sterling Capital Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Korn Ferry by 828.3% in the 4th quarter. Sterling Capital Management LLC now owns 1,671 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $113,000 after acquiring an additional 1,491 shares in the last quarter. Venturi Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Korn Ferry in the fourth quarter valued at about $122,000. Finally, New Age Alpha Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Korn Ferry during the fourth quarter valued at about $162,000. 98.82% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Korn Ferry Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, April 15th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 27th will be paid a dividend of $0.48 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 27th. This is a positive change from Korn Ferry’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.37. This represents a $1.92 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.89%. Korn Ferry’s dividend payout ratio is currently 31.62%.

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.