Korn Ferry (KFY) Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Korn Ferry in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" KFY shares.
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4 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Korn Ferry's stock. Their KFY share price forecasts range from $59.00 to $65.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $62.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 25.6% from the stock's current price.
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Korn Ferry's stock was trading at $50.62 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, KFY shares have decreased by 1.4% and is now trading at $49.90.
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Korn Ferry saw a increase in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,370,000 shares, an increase of 18.1% from the April 15th total of 1,160,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 295,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.6 days. Currently, 2.7% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, June 28th 2023.
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Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, March, 8th. The business services provider reported $1.01 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.89 by $0.12. The business services provider had revenue of $686.80 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $669.56 million. Korn Ferry had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 19.22% and a net margin of 8.89%. Korn Ferry's revenue was up .3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.59 EPS.

Korn Ferry declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, March 7th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 28th will be given a dividend of $0.15 per share on Friday, April 14th. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.20%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 27th.
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Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.28%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 12.66%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, KFY will have a dividend payout ratio of 14.74% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Korn Ferry updated its fourth quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Wednesday, March, 8th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.97-$1.05 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $0.95. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

554 employees have rated Korn Ferry Chief Executive Officer Gary D. Burnison on Glassdoor.com. Gary D. Burnison has an approval rating of 45% among the company's employees. This puts Gary D. Burnison in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Korn Ferry trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "KFY."

Korn Ferry's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (15.58%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (6.04%), American Century Companies Inc. (4.86%), State Street Corp (3.61%), Pictet Asset Management SA (2.68%) and Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (2.58%). Insiders that own company stock include Byrne K Mulrooney, Byrne K Mulrooney, Gary D Burnison, George T Shaheen, Jerry Leamon, Robert P Rozek and Todd Cione.
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Shares of KFY stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of KFY stock can currently be purchased for approximately $49.90.

Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) has a market capitalization of $2.62 billion and generates $2.64 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $326.36 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.74 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 10,779 workers across the globe.

Korn Ferry's mailing address is 1900 Avenue of the Stars Suite 2600, LOS ANGELES CA, 90067. The official website for the company is www.kornferry.com. The business services provider can be reached via phone at (310) 552-1834, via email at ir@kornferry.com, or via fax at 310-553-6452.