Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) Issues Q2 2025 Earnings Guidance

Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) issued an update on its second quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 1.140-1.260 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 1.200. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Korn Ferry also updated its Q2 guidance to $1.14-1.26 EPS.

Korn Ferry Stock Down 2.0 %

Shares of KFY opened at $66.62 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $3.45 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.69 and a beta of 1.54. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $69.45 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $65.94. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23, a current ratio of 1.79 and a quick ratio of 1.83. Korn Ferry has a 1 year low of $44.45 and a 1 year high of $75.30.

Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, September 5th. The business services provider reported $1.18 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.12 by $0.06. The business had revenue of $682.80 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $663.84 million. Korn Ferry had a return on equity of 13.18% and a net margin of 6.05%. Korn Ferry’s revenue for the quarter was down 3.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.99 earnings per share. On average, analysts forecast that Korn Ferry will post 4.81 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Korn Ferry Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, October 15th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 19th will be paid a $0.37 dividend. This represents a $1.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.22%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 19th. Korn Ferry’s dividend payout ratio is currently 45.96%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

KFY has been the subject of several research reports. Robert W. Baird upped their target price on Korn Ferry from $72.00 to $79.00 and gave the stock an outperform rating in a research note on Friday, June 14th. StockNews.com raised Korn Ferry from a hold rating to a buy rating in a research note on Thursday, June 20th. Truist Financial reissued a buy rating and set a $78.00 price objective (up previously from $74.00) on shares of Korn Ferry in a research note on Friday, June 14th. Finally, UBS Group increased their price objective on Korn Ferry from $66.00 to $68.00 and gave the company a neutral rating in a research note on Friday, June 7th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of Moderate Buy and a consensus price target of $75.00.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CEO Mark Arian sold 5,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, June 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $66.01, for a total value of $330,050.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 91,484 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,038,858.84. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. 1.50% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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.