NASDAQ:KFRC - Kforce Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Kforce trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "KFRC."

Kforce announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 1st. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.18 per share on Friday, December 21st. This represents a $0.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.44%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 6th. View Kforce's Dividend History.

Kforce Inc. (NASDAQ:KFRC) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 31st. The business services provider reported $0.64 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.66 by $0.02. The business services provider earned $355.45 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $356.89 million. Kforce had a return on equity of 36.45% and a net margin of 3.40%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 4.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.45 earnings per share. View Kforce's Earnings History.

Kforce is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 5th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Kforce.

Kforce issued an update on its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, October, 31st. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.56-0.58 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.59. The company issued revenue guidance of $349-354 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $355.07 million.

4 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Kforce's shares. Their predictions range from $33.00 to $45.00. On average, they expect Kforce's stock price to reach $40.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 35.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Kforce.

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, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Kforce.

News headlines about KFRC stock have trended somewhat positive on Sunday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Kforce earned a news sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the business services provider a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Some companies that are related to Kforce include AMN Healthcare Services (AMN), Dometic Group AB (publ) (DTCGF), TTEC (TTEC), Trueblue (TBI), Kelly Services (KELYB), Kelly Services (KELYA), SThree (STREF), Barrett Business Services (BBSI), Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN), StarTek (SRT), DLH (DLHC), R C M Technologies (RCMT), Hudson Global (HSON), Staffing 360 Solutions (STAF) and Tapinator (TAPM).

Kforce's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (10.33%), Vanguard Group Inc. (8.68%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (5.57%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (2.43%), AQR Capital Management LLC (2.22%) and Royce & Associates LP (1.97%). Company insiders that own Kforce stock include David L Dunkel, David M Kelly, Elaine Rosen, Gordon Tunstall, Howard W Sutter, Jeffrey B Hackman, John Allred, Joseph J Liberatore, Kye L Mitchell, Michael R Blackman, N John Simmons, Peter M Alonso, Ralph Struzziero and Richard M Cocchiaro. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Kforce.

KFRC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Macquarie Group Ltd., Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, Tributary Capital Management LLC, Royce & Associates LP, Deprince Race & Zollo Inc., Wells Fargo & Company MN, Polaris Capital Management LLC and Columbia Partners L.L.C. Investment Management. Company insiders that have sold Kforce company stock in the last year include David L Dunkel, David M Kelly, Gordon Tunstall, Howard W Sutter, Jeffrey B Hackman, John Allred, Joseph J Liberatore, Kye L Mitchell, Michael R Blackman, Ralph Struzziero and Richard M Cocchiaro. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kforce.

KFRC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Morgan Stanley, AQR Capital Management LLC, Matarin Capital Management LLC, Vanguard Group Inc., American Century Companies Inc., Acadian Asset Management LLC and Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kforce.

Shares of KFRC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of KFRC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $29.50.

Kforce has a market capitalization of $768.92 million and generates $1.36 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $33.28 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.57 on an earnings per share basis. Kforce employs 2,600 workers across the globe.

The official website for Kforce is http://www.kforce.com.

Kforce's mailing address is 1001 EAST PALM AVENUE, TAMPA FL, 33605. The business services provider can be reached via phone at 813-552-5000 or via email at [email protected]