Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) Issues Earnings Results, Beats Expectations By $0.06 EPS

Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday. The business services provider reported $1.19 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.13 by $0.06, Zacks reports. Korn Ferry had a net margin of 9.03% and a return on equity of 14.27%. Korn Ferry updated its Q4 2025 guidance to 1.220-1.300 EPS.

Korn Ferry Stock Performance

NYSE:KFY opened at $62.42 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 2.07, a quick ratio of 2.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.22 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.34 and a beta of 1.57. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $67.53 and its 200 day simple moving average is $70.81. Korn Ferry has a twelve month low of $59.78 and a twelve month high of $80.64.

Korn Ferry Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, April 15th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 27th will be issued a dividend of $0.48 per share. This is a positive change from Korn Ferry’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.37. This represents a $1.92 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.08%. Korn Ferry’s payout ratio is presently 31.62%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on KFY shares. Truist Financial lifted their price target on shares of Korn Ferry from $78.00 to $84.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, December 6th. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Korn Ferry from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 17th.

Insider Activity at Korn Ferry

In related news, CEO Mark Arian sold 20,000 shares of Korn Ferry stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $72.24, for a total transaction of $1,444,800.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 68,869 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,975,096.56. The trade was a 22.51 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Company insiders own 1.40% 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.