FY2025 EPS Estimates for Korn Ferry Raised by William Blair

Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) – Investment analysts at William Blair increased their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Korn Ferry in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, March 12th. William Blair analyst T. Romeo now expects that the business services provider will earn $4.84 per share for the year, up from their prior forecast of $4.73. The consensus estimate for Korn Ferry’s current full-year earnings is $4.75 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Korn Ferry’s Q4 2025 earnings at $1.26 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.22 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.35 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.31 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $5.30 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $5.89 EPS.

Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 11th. The business services provider reported $1.19 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.13 by $0.06. Korn Ferry had a net margin of 9.03% and a return on equity of 14.27%. The company had revenue of $676.50 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $650.45 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.07 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was down .1% on a year-over-year basis.

KFY has been the subject of several other reports. Truist Financial raised their target price on Korn Ferry from $78.00 to $84.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, December 6th. StockNews.com raised Korn Ferry from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 17th.

Korn Ferry Stock Up 0.1 %

KFY opened at $66.51 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $3.43 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.21 and a beta of 1.57. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $67.52 and a 200 day moving average price of $70.75. Korn Ferry has a twelve month low of $59.78 and a twelve month high of $80.64. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22, a quick ratio of 2.07 and a current ratio of 2.07.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Wealthfront Advisers LLC bought a new stake in Korn Ferry in the 4th quarter valued at about $76,000. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC grew its stake in Korn Ferry by 230.4% during the fourth quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 1,381 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $93,000 after acquiring an additional 963 shares in the last quarter. Sterling Capital Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Korn Ferry by 828.3% during the 4th quarter. Sterling Capital Management LLC now owns 1,671 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $113,000 after acquiring an additional 1,491 shares during the last quarter. Venturi Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Korn Ferry during the 4th quarter valued at about $122,000. Finally, New Age Alpha Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Korn Ferry during the fourth quarter valued at about $162,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 98.82% of the company’s stock.

Korn Ferry Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, April 15th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 27th will be paid a dividend of $0.48 per share. This represents a $1.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.89%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 27th. This is a positive change from Korn Ferry’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.37. Korn Ferry’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 31.62%.

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.