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

Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY - Get Free Report) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday. The business services provider reported $1.18 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates 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 company had revenue of $682.80 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $663.84 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.99 EPS. The company'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 NYSE KFY traded down $1.34 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $66.62. 393,675 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 348,271. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $69.45 and a 200 day simple moving average of $65.94. The company has a current ratio of 1.79, a quick ratio of 1.83 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23. The stock has a market cap of $3.45 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.69 and a beta of 1.54. Korn Ferry has a 1 year low of $44.45 and a 1 year high of $75.30.

Korn Ferry Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, October 15th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 19th will be paid a dividend of $0.37 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 19th. This represents a $1.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.22%. Korn Ferry's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 45.96%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Truist Financial restated 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 price objective on shares of Korn Ferry from $72.00 to $79.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Friday, June 14th. StockNews.com raised Korn Ferry from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, June 20th. Finally, UBS Group upped their target price on Korn Ferry from $66.00 to $68.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research report on Friday, June 7th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Korn Ferry has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $75.00.

Insiders Place Their Bets

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 stock was sold at an average price of $66.01, for a total transaction of $330,050.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 91,484 shares in the company, valued at $6,038,858.84. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. 1.50% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.