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

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

Kforce announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 7th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 8th will be given a dividend of $0.18 per share on Friday, March 22nd. This represents a $0.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.11%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 7th. View Kforce's Dividend History.

Kforce Inc. (NASDAQ:KFRC) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February, 6th. The business services provider reported $0.65 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.57 by $0.08. The business services provider had revenue of $358 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $352.21 million. Kforce had a return on equity of 37.58% and a net margin of 4.09%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 4.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.45 EPS. View Kforce's Earnings History.

Kforce is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 7th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Kforce.

Kforce updated its first quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 6th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.40-0.42 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.44. The company issued revenue guidance of $351-356 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $356.13 million.Kforce also updated its Q1 2019 guidance to $0.40-0.42 EPS.

4 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for Kforce's shares. Their predictions range from $33.00 to $45.00. On average, they anticipate Kforce's stock price to reach $40.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 17.2% 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 stories about KFRC stock have trended somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news 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 media sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the business services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

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Kforce's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (9.71%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (5.54%), LSV Asset Management (2.46%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (2.03%), Northern Trust Corp (1.85%) and Royce & Associates LP (1.80%). Company insiders that own Kforce stock include Andrew G Thomas, 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, N John Simmons, 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 BlackRock Inc., Two Sigma Investments LP, Macquarie Group Ltd., Bank of America Corp DE, Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio, Royce & Associates LP, Acadian Asset Management LLC and GSA Capital Partners LLP. Company insiders that have sold Kforce company stock in the last year include Andrew G Thomas, 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, N John Simmons, Ralph Struzziero and Richard M Cocchiaro. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kforce.

KFRC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including LSV Asset Management, Creative Planning, MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, Hsbc Holdings PLC, Tributary Capital Management LLC, Deprince Race & Zollo Inc., Deprince Race & Zollo Inc. and American Century Companies 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 $34.12.

Kforce has a market capitalization of $882.00 million and generates $1.42 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $57.98 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.30 on an earnings per share basis. Kforce employs 2,400 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]