Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) Issues Q4 Earnings Guidance

Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) issued an update on its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.22-1.30 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.23. Korn Ferry also updated its Q4 2025 guidance to 1.220-1.300 EPS.

Korn Ferry Trading Up 7.8 %

Shares of KFY stock opened at $67.43 on Wednesday. Korn Ferry has a twelve month low of $59.78 and a twelve month high of $80.64. The company has a market capitalization of $3.48 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.41 and a beta of 1.57. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $67.53 and a 200 day moving average price of $70.78. The company has a current ratio of 2.07, a quick ratio of 2.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22.

Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, March 11th. The business services provider reported $1.19 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.13 by $0.06. Korn Ferry had a net margin of 9.03% and a return on equity of 14.27%. The firm had revenue of $676.50 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $650.45 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.07 EPS. Korn Ferry’s revenue for the quarter was down .1% on a year-over-year basis. Research analysts forecast that Korn Ferry will post 4.75 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Korn Ferry Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, April 15th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 27th will be paid a $0.48 dividend. This represents a $1.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.85%. This is a positive change from Korn Ferry’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.37. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 27th. Korn Ferry’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 31.62%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

KFY has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Truist Financial increased their price objective on shares of Korn Ferry from $78.00 to $84.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, December 6th. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Korn Ferry from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, December 17th.

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.