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William Blair Issues Negative Estimate for Kforce Earnings

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Key Points

  • William Blair has lowered Kforce's Q3 2026 earnings estimates to $0.62 per share, down from the previous forecast of $0.82, while projecting full-year earnings at $2.70 per share.
  • Several analysts, including Truist Financial and UBS Group, have also downgraded their ratings and price targets for Kforce's stock.
  • Kforce announced a quarterly dividend of $0.39, representing an annualized yield of 4.28%, set to be paid out on September 26th.
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Kforce Inc. (NASDAQ:KFRC - Free Report) - William Blair lowered their Q3 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Kforce in a research report issued on Tuesday, July 29th. William Blair analyst T. Romeo now anticipates that the business services provider will post earnings of $0.62 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.82. The consensus estimate for Kforce's current full-year earnings is $2.70 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Kforce's FY2026 earnings at $2.10 EPS.

Other research analysts also recently issued research reports about the company. Wall Street Zen downgraded Kforce from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Friday, May 2nd. Truist Financial decreased their price objective on Kforce from $50.00 to $46.00 and set a "hold" rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, July 29th. Finally, UBS Group decreased their price objective on Kforce from $45.00 to $40.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, July 30th.

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Kforce Price Performance

KFRC stock traded up $0.06 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $34.30. 95,705 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 158,269. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a current ratio of 2.06 and a quick ratio of 2.06. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $41.62 and a 200 day moving average price of $45.53. Kforce has a 12 month low of $33.28 and a 12 month high of $67.33. The stock has a market capitalization of $639.08 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.78 and a beta of 0.75.

Kforce (NASDAQ:KFRC - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July 28th. The business services provider reported $0.59 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.60 by ($0.01). Kforce had a return on equity of 30.34% and a net margin of 3.59%. The firm had revenue of $334.32 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $333.78 million. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.75 EPS. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 6.2% on a year-over-year basis.

Kforce Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, September 26th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 12th will be given a $0.39 dividend. This represents a $1.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 12th. Kforce's payout ratio is currently 65.27%.

Institutional Trading of Kforce

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in KFRC. Signaturefd LLC boosted its stake in Kforce by 1,069.1% during the 1st quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 795 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $39,000 after purchasing an additional 727 shares during the last quarter. Point72 Asia Singapore Pte. Ltd. purchased a new stake in Kforce during the 4th quarter valued at $42,000. Quarry LP purchased a new stake in Kforce during the 1st quarter valued at $42,000. Meeder Asset Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Kforce by 336.1% in the 1st quarter. Meeder Asset Management Inc. now owns 955 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $47,000 after buying an additional 736 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Tower Research Capital LLC TRC boosted its stake in shares of Kforce by 147.3% in the 4th quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 1,118 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $63,000 after buying an additional 666 shares during the last quarter. 92.77% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Kforce Company Profile

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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.

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