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William Blair Has Pessimistic Outlook of KFY Q2 Earnings

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Korn/Ferry International (NYSE:KFY - Free Report) - William Blair dropped their Q2 2026 earnings estimates for shares of Korn/Ferry International in a report released on Thursday, June 19th. William Blair analyst T. Romeo now expects that the business services provider will post earnings of $1.30 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $1.35. The consensus estimate for Korn/Ferry International's current full-year earnings is $4.75 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Korn/Ferry International's Q3 2026 earnings at $1.27 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.41 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $5.20 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $1.44 EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $1.42 EPS, Q4 2027 earnings at $1.57 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $5.79 EPS.

A number of other analysts also recently issued reports on KFY. Truist Financial boosted their price objective on shares of Korn/Ferry International from $80.00 to $88.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, June 20th. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Korn/Ferry International from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Monday. Finally, UBS Group cut their price objective on shares of Korn/Ferry International from $75.00 to $74.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, May 27th.

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Korn/Ferry International Stock Performance

Shares of KFY stock traded down $0.46 during midday trading on Monday, hitting $73.05. 884,820 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 390,063. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.77 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.81 and a beta of 1.42. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21, a quick ratio of 1.90 and a current ratio of 1.83. The firm's 50 day moving average price is $67.12 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $67.06. Korn/Ferry International has a 52 week low of $59.23 and a 52 week high of $80.64.

Korn/Ferry International (NYSE:KFY - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, June 18th. The business services provider reported $1.32 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.26 by $0.06. The business had revenue of $712.05 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $690.07 million. Korn/Ferry International had a net margin of 8.91% and a return on equity of 14.49%. Korn/Ferry International's revenue was up 3.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.26 EPS.

Korn/Ferry International Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 31st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, July 3rd will be issued a $0.48 dividend. This represents a $1.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.63%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 3rd. Korn/Ferry International's dividend payout ratio is currently 41.56%.

Institutional Trading of Korn/Ferry International

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of KFY. American Century Companies Inc. boosted its holdings in Korn/Ferry International by 89.1% in the 1st quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 1,802,461 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $122,261,000 after purchasing an additional 849,180 shares during the period. Wellington Management Group LLP acquired a new position in shares of Korn/Ferry International in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $51,454,000. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of Korn/Ferry International in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $42,360,000. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. raised its position in shares of Korn/Ferry International by 113.2% in the 4th quarter. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. now owns 826,157 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $55,724,000 after buying an additional 438,644 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Tidal Investments LLC raised its position in shares of Korn/Ferry International by 5,931.0% in the 4th quarter. Tidal Investments LLC now owns 352,030 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $23,744,000 after buying an additional 346,193 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 98.82% of the company's stock.

Korn/Ferry International Company Profile

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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.

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