Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) Releases Q4 Earnings Guidance

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

Korn Ferry Stock Performance

NYSE:KFY opened at $67.43 on Wednesday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $67.53 and its 200 day simple moving average is $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 has a twelve month low of $59.78 and a twelve month high of $80.64. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.48 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.41 and a beta of 1.57.

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

Korn Ferry Increases Dividend

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

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

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

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.