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

Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) issued its quarterly earnings data 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. Korn Ferry had a net margin of 6.05% and a return on equity of 13.18%. The business had revenue of $682.80 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $663.84 million. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.99 earnings per share. Korn Ferry’s quarterly revenue was down 3.3% compared to the same quarter last year. 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 Performance

Shares of Korn Ferry stock opened at $67.98 on Friday. Korn Ferry has a 1 year low of $44.45 and a 1 year high of $75.30. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $69.46 and its 200 day moving average is $65.88. The stock has a market cap of $3.52 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.11 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.

Korn Ferry Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, October 15th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 19th will be issued a dividend of $0.37 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 19th. This represents a $1.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.18%. Korn Ferry’s payout ratio is presently 45.96%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Korn Ferry

In other news, CEO Mark Arian sold 5,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $66.01, for a total value of $330,050.00. Following the transaction, 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 at this link. 1.50% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms have recently commented on KFY. StockNews.com upgraded 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 report on Friday, June 14th. Robert W. Baird upped their target price on shares of Korn Ferry from $72.00 to $79.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, June 14th. Finally, UBS Group lifted their price target on shares of Korn Ferry from $66.00 to $68.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, June 7th. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Korn Ferry has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average 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.