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 EPS guidance of $1.22-1.30 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $1.23. Korn Ferry also updated its Q4 2025 guidance to 1.220-1.300 EPS.

Korn Ferry Price Performance

Korn Ferry stock opened at $66.54 on Thursday. Korn Ferry has a 12 month low of $59.78 and a 12 month high of $80.64. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22, a current ratio of 2.07 and a quick ratio of 2.07. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $67.52 and a 200-day simple moving average of $70.75. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.43 billion, a PE ratio of 14.22 and a beta of 1.57.

Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) last released its quarterly 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 return on equity of 14.27% and a net margin of 9.03%. The business had revenue of $676.50 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $650.45 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.07 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was down .1% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities analysts predict that Korn Ferry will post 4.75 earnings per share for the current year.

Korn Ferry Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared 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. This represents a $1.92 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.89%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 27th. This is a boost from Korn Ferry’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.37. Korn Ferry’s dividend payout ratio is 31.62%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on KFY. StockNews.com raised Korn Ferry from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, December 17th. Truist Financial upped their price objective on Korn Ferry from $78.00 to $84.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a 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.