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

Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday. The business services provider reported $1.18 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.12 by $0.06, RTT News reports. The firm had revenue of $682.80 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $663.84 million. Korn Ferry had a return on equity of 13.18% and a net margin of 6.05%. The business’s revenue was down 3.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.99 earnings per share. 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 Price Performance

KFY opened at $66.62 on Friday. 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 stock has a market capitalization of $3.45 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.69 and a beta of 1.54. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $69.45 and its 200-day simple moving average is $65.94. Korn Ferry has a one year low of $44.45 and a one year high of $75.30.

Korn Ferry Announces Dividend

The business 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.22%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 19th. Korn Ferry’s dividend payout ratio is presently 45.96%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Korn Ferry news, CEO Mark Arian sold 5,000 shares of the 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 transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 91,484 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,038,858.84. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. 1.50% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

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

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.