William Blair Brokers Decrease Earnings Estimates for KFY

Korn/Ferry International (NYSE:KFY - Free Report) - Research analysts at William Blair lowered their Q2 2026 EPS estimates for shares of Korn/Ferry International in a report released on Thursday, June 19th. William Blair analyst T. Romeo now anticipates that the business services provider will post earnings of $1.30 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast 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.

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

A number of other research firms have also commented on KFY. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Korn/Ferry International from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Sunday, June 15th. UBS Group reduced their price target on shares of Korn/Ferry International from $75.00 to $74.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, May 27th. Finally, Truist Financial raised their price objective on shares of Korn/Ferry International from $80.00 to $88.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday.

Korn/Ferry International Trading Down 1.1%

Shares of NYSE KFY opened at $70.31 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.90, a current ratio of 1.83 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21. Korn/Ferry International has a 12 month low of $59.23 and a 12 month high of $80.64. The company has a market cap of $3.63 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.22 and a beta of 1.42. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $66.25 and a 200-day simple moving average of $66.96.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Korn/Ferry International

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Invesco Ltd. lifted its position in shares of Korn/Ferry International by 5.6% in the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 1,840,784 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $124,161,000 after purchasing an additional 97,811 shares in the last quarter. American Century Companies Inc. increased its stake 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 buying an additional 849,180 shares during the period. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC lifted its position in Korn/Ferry International by 4.7% in the 1st quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 1,388,500 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $95,001,000 after buying an additional 62,779 shares in the last quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans boosted its stake in shares of Korn/Ferry International by 19.4% during the 4th quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 1,133,548 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $76,458,000 after buying an additional 184,170 shares during the period. Finally, Wellington Management Group LLP boosted its stake in shares of Korn/Ferry International by 22.3% during the 1st quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 932,890 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $63,278,000 after buying an additional 170,041 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 98.82% of the company's stock.

Korn/Ferry International Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 31st. Investors of record on Thursday, July 3rd will be paid a $0.48 dividend. This represents a $1.92 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.73%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 3rd. Korn/Ferry International's dividend payout ratio is currently 41.29%.

About Korn/Ferry International

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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