William Blair Forecasts Stronger Earnings for Korn Ferry

Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) – William Blair lifted their FY2025 earnings estimates for Korn Ferry in a report issued on Wednesday, March 12th. William Blair analyst T. Romeo now anticipates that the business services provider will post earnings per share of $4.84 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 results on Tuesday, March 11th. The business services provider reported $1.19 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.13 by $0.06. The business had revenue of $676.50 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $650.45 million. Korn Ferry had a net margin of 9.03% and a return on equity of 14.27%. The company’s revenue was down .1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.07 earnings per share.

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

Korn Ferry Stock Performance

Shares of Korn Ferry stock opened at $66.51 on Thursday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $67.52 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $70.75. Korn Ferry has a 12 month low of $59.78 and a 12 month high of $80.64. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.43 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.21 and a beta of 1.57. The company has a current ratio of 2.07, a quick ratio of 2.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22.

Korn Ferry Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, April 15th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 27th will be given a $0.48 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 27th. This is a boost from Korn Ferry’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.37. This represents a $1.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.89%. Korn Ferry’s payout ratio is 31.62%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Korn Ferry

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC increased its position in shares of Korn Ferry by 80.8% during the third quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 15,042 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,132,000 after acquiring an additional 6,721 shares during the period. Principal Financial Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of Korn Ferry by 5.7% during the 3rd quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 271,969 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $20,463,000 after acquiring an additional 14,601 shares during the period. Atria Investments Inc lifted its holdings in shares of Korn Ferry by 34.4% in the third quarter. Atria Investments Inc now owns 4,097 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $308,000 after purchasing an additional 1,049 shares in the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. lifted its holdings in Korn Ferry by 3.6% in the 3rd quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 797,315 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $59,990,000 after purchasing an additional 27,773 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Empowered Funds LLC purchased a new position in Korn Ferry during the third quarter worth about $1,214,000. 98.82% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.