William Blair Analysts Reduce Earnings Estimates for Kforce

Key Points

• William Blair has reduced its Q3 2025 EPS estimates for Kforce from $0.60 to $0.57, indicating a pessimistic outlook for the company's earnings.
• Kforce's stock has decreased by 18.1%, with a current price of $38.40, which is significantly below its 12-month high of $71.48.
• The company recently announced a quarterly dividend of $0.39 per share, representing an annualized yield of 4.06% and a payout ratio of 65.27%.

Kforce Inc. (NASDAQ:KFRC - Free Report) - Research analysts at William Blair decreased their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for shares of 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 $0.57 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.60. The consensus estimate for Kforce's current full-year earnings is $2.70 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Kforce's Q4 2025 earnings at $0.45 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $2.06 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.35 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.53 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.60 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $2.79 EPS.

KFRC has been the subject of a number of other reports. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Kforce from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Friday, May 2nd. UBS Group reduced their target price on shares of Kforce from $45.00 to $40.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, Truist Financial cut their price target on shares of Kforce from $50.00 to $46.00 and set a "hold" rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday.

Kforce Stock Performance

KFRC stock traded down $0.65 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $34.20. 352,795 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 158,763. The company has a quick ratio of 2.06, a current ratio of 2.06 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16. Kforce has a 52 week low of $33.28 and a 52 week high of $67.33. The business has a 50-day moving average of $41.62 and a two-hundred day moving average of $45.68. The firm has a market capitalization of $637.09 million, a PE ratio of 12.76 and a beta of 0.75.

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

Kforce Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, September 26th. Investors of record on Friday, September 12th will be issued a $0.39 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 12th. This represents a $1.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.6%. Kforce's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 65.27%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Kforce

In related news, Director David L. Dunkel purchased 1,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 5th. The stock was acquired at an average price of $37.80 per share, with a total value of $37,800.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director directly owned 517,329 shares in the company, valued at approximately $19,555,036.20. This trade represents a 0.19% increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. 4.40% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of Kforce

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of KFRC. Signaturefd LLC grew its holdings in Kforce by 1,069.1% during the 1st quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 795 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $39,000 after acquiring an additional 727 shares during the period. Point72 Asia Singapore Pte. Ltd. acquired a new stake in Kforce during the 4th quarter worth $42,000. Quarry LP acquired a new stake in Kforce during the 1st quarter worth $42,000. Meeder Asset Management Inc. grew its holdings in Kforce by 336.1% during the 1st quarter. Meeder Asset Management Inc. now owns 955 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $47,000 after acquiring an additional 736 shares during the period. Finally, Tower Research Capital LLC TRC grew its holdings in Kforce by 147.3% during the 4th quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 1,118 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $63,000 after acquiring an additional 666 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 92.77% of the company's stock.

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.