William Blair Has Pessimistic Outlook of Kforce Q2 Earnings

Kforce Inc. (NASDAQ:KFRC - Free Report) - Equities research analysts at William Blair reduced their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Kforce in a research report issued on Tuesday, April 29th. William Blair analyst T. Romeo now anticipates that the business services provider will post earnings of $0.60 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.73. The consensus estimate for Kforce's current full-year earnings is $2.70 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Kforce's Q1 2026 earnings at $0.44 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.82 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $0.77 EPS.

Other research analysts also recently issued research reports about the stock. StockNews.com downgraded shares of Kforce from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Friday. UBS Group lowered their target price on shares of Kforce from $47.00 to $40.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, April 30th. Finally, Truist Financial reduced their price target on Kforce from $58.00 to $50.00 and set a "hold" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, April 15th.

Kforce Stock Down 1.3 %

KFRC traded down $0.49 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $38.13. 54,046 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 125,371. 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 company has a market cap of $728.72 million, a PE ratio of 14.25 and a beta of 0.76. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is $46.84 and its 200-day simple moving average is $53.08. Kforce has a one year low of $35.50 and a one year high of $71.48.

Kforce (NASDAQ:KFRC - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Monday, April 28th. The business services provider reported $0.45 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.48 by ($0.03). Kforce had a net margin of 3.59% and a return on equity of 30.34%. The firm had revenue of $330.03 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $334.61 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.58 EPS. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 6.2% compared to the same quarter last year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Barclays PLC boosted its stake in Kforce by 171.9% during the 3rd quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 42,166 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $2,591,000 after purchasing an additional 26,657 shares during the period. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. boosted its position in shares of Kforce by 10.6% in the fourth quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 9,307 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $528,000 after acquiring an additional 889 shares during the period. Heritage Family Offices LLP acquired a new stake in shares of Kforce in the fourth quarter worth $258,000. Annex Advisory Services LLC increased its position in Kforce by 59.2% during the fourth quarter. Annex Advisory Services LLC now owns 19,436 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $1,102,000 after acquiring an additional 7,225 shares during the period. Finally, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC raised its stake in Kforce by 2.1% during the 4th quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 34,523 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $1,957,000 after purchasing an additional 708 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 92.77% of the company's stock.

Kforce Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 27th. Investors of record on Friday, June 13th will be issued a dividend of $0.39 per share. This represents a $1.56 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.09%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 13th. Kforce's dividend payout ratio is currently 61.18%.

Kforce Company Profile

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.