Research Analysts Set Expectations for Kforce Q3 Earnings

Kforce Inc. (NASDAQ:KFRC - Free Report) - Equities researchers at William Blair issued their Q3 2026 earnings per share estimates for shares of Kforce in a research report issued on Tuesday, February 4th. William Blair analyst T. Romeo expects that the business services provider will post earnings per share of $0.98 for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Kforce's current full-year earnings is $2.70 per share.

Several other research analysts have also commented on KFRC. Truist Financial decreased their price target on shares of Kforce from $68.00 to $58.00 and set a "hold" rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, October 29th. Sidoti raised Kforce from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $71.00 target price for the company in a report on Tuesday, October 15th. Finally, StockNews.com raised Kforce from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Saturday, November 30th.

Kforce Stock Performance

Kforce stock traded down $0.25 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $51.36. The company's stock had a trading volume of 110,334 shares, compared to its average volume of 104,110. The company has a current ratio of 2.06, a quick ratio of 2.06 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16. Kforce has a twelve month low of $51.11 and a twelve month high of $74.79. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $56.84 and a 200-day moving average price of $59.62. The firm has a market cap of $979.95 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.16 and a beta of 0.88.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Kforce

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Squarepoint Ops LLC bought a new stake in Kforce during the 2nd quarter valued at $328,000. AQR Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Kforce by 28.9% during the second quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 17,874 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $1,111,000 after purchasing an additional 4,011 shares in the last quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company lifted its holdings in Kforce by 4.1% in the second quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 9,508 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $591,000 after purchasing an additional 373 shares during the period. Sanctuary Advisors LLC bought a new position in Kforce in the 2nd quarter valued at about $211,000. Finally, Azzad Asset Management Inc. ADV increased its stake in Kforce by 1.5% during the 3rd quarter. Azzad Asset Management Inc. ADV now owns 13,189 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $810,000 after buying an additional 192 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 92.77% of the company's stock.

Kforce Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 21st. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 7th will be given a $0.39 dividend. This is a boost from Kforce's previous quarterly dividend of $0.38. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 7th. This represents a $1.56 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.04%. Kforce's dividend payout ratio is 56.72%.

About Kforce

Kforce Inc provides professional staffing services and solutions in the United States. It operates through two segments, Technology, and Finance and Accounting (FA). The Technology segment provides talent solutions to its clients primarily in the areas of information technology, such as systems/applications architecture and development, data management and analytics, business and artificial intelligence, machine learning, project and program management, and network architecture and security.