Kforce (KFRC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kforce in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" KFRC shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in KFRC, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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4 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Kforce's shares. Their KFRC share price targets range from $63.00 to $72.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $68.33 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.8% from the stock's current price.
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Kforce's stock was trading at $67.56 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, KFRC shares have decreased by 7.0% and is now trading at $62.81.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, April 29th 2024.
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Kforce will be holding an earnings conference call on Monday, April 29th at 5:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Kforce Inc. (NASDAQ:KFRC) announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February, 5th. The business services provider reported $0.82 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.79 by $0.03. The business services provider earned $363.45 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $363.29 million. Kforce had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 38.24% and a net margin of 3.99%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 13.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.93 earnings per share.

Kforce announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 2nd. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 15th will be given a dividend of $0.38 per share on Friday, March 29th. This represents a $1.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.42%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 14th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.36.
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Kforce (NASDAQ:KFRC) pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.40%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 5 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 48.56%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, KFRC will have a dividend payout ratio of 42.70% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Kforce issued an update on its first quarter 2024 earnings guidance on Monday, February, 5th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.540-0.620 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 0.660. The company issued revenue guidance of $351.0 million-$359.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $361.1 million.

680 employees have rated Kforce Chief Executive Officer David L. Dunkel on Glassdoor.com. David L. Dunkel has an approval rating of 88% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Kforce investors own include Extra Space Storage (EXR), Hanesbrands (HBI), Brinker International (EAT), DHT (DHT), International Paper (IP), Novavax (NVAX), Domtar (UFS), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Eastman Chemical (EMN) and Iron Mountain (IRM).

Kforce's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (3.75%), Tributary Capital Management LLC (1.57%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.05%), Annex Advisory Services LLC (0.04%) and Curated Wealth Partners LLC (0.00%). Insiders that own company stock include Andrew G Thomas, David L Dunkel, David M Kelly, Elaine Rosen, Jeffrey B Hackman, Jeffrey B Hackman, Joseph J Liberatore, N John Simmons and Ralph Struzziero.
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