Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) Posts Earnings Results, Beats Estimates By $0.06 EPS

Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday. The business services provider reported $1.18 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.12 by $0.06, RTT News reports. The company had revenue of $682.80 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $663.84 million. Korn Ferry had a net margin of 6.05% and a return on equity of 13.18%. The firm’s revenue was down 3.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.99 EPS. Korn Ferry updated its Q2 2025 guidance to 1.140-1.260 EPS and its Q2 guidance to $1.14-1.26 EPS.

Korn Ferry Stock Down 2.0 %

NYSE KFY traded down $1.34 during trading on Friday, hitting $66.62. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 393,740 shares, compared to its average volume of 348,271. Korn Ferry has a fifty-two week low of $44.45 and a fifty-two week high of $75.30. The company has a market cap of $3.45 billion, a PE ratio of 20.69 and a beta of 1.54. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23, a current ratio of 1.79 and a quick ratio of 1.83. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $69.45 and its 200-day simple moving average is $65.94.

Korn Ferry Announces Dividend

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on the company. UBS Group lifted their target price on Korn Ferry from $66.00 to $68.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, June 7th. Truist Financial reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $78.00 price objective (up from $74.00) on shares of Korn Ferry in a research note on Friday, June 14th. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Korn Ferry from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, June 20th. Finally, Robert W. Baird increased their price objective on shares of Korn Ferry from $72.00 to $79.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, June 14th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $75.00.

Insider Activity

In related news, CEO Mark Arian sold 5,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred 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 sale, the chief executive officer now owns 91,484 shares in the company, valued at $6,038,858.84. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Corporate insiders own 1.50% of the company’s stock.

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.