Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) Releases Q4 Earnings Guidance

Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) issued an update on its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.22-1.30 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.23. Korn Ferry also updated its Q4 2025 guidance to 1.220-1.300 EPS.

Korn Ferry Price Performance

KFY stock opened at $62.42 on Tuesday. The company has a quick ratio of 2.07, a current ratio of 2.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $67.53 and its 200 day simple moving average is $70.81. Korn Ferry has a 12-month low of $59.78 and a 12-month high of $80.64. The firm has a market cap of $3.22 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.34 and a beta of 1.57.

Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 11th. The business services provider reported $1.19 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.13 by $0.06. Korn Ferry had a return on equity of 14.27% and a net margin of 9.03%. The company had revenue of $676.50 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $650.45 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.07 EPS. The firm’s revenue was down .1% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, analysts expect that Korn Ferry will post 4.75 earnings per share for the current year.

Korn Ferry Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, April 15th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 27th will be paid 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 yield of 3.08%. Korn Ferry’s dividend payout ratio is currently 31.62%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

KFY has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. StockNews.com raised Korn Ferry from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 17th. Truist Financial upped 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.

Insider Transactions at Korn Ferry

In related news, CEO Mark Arian sold 20,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $72.24, for a total transaction of $1,444,800.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 68,869 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,975,096.56. This represents a 22.51 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. 1.40% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

About Korn Ferry

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.