Korn Ferry Stock Price, Forecast & Analysis (NYSE:KFY)

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

Korn Ferry declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, September 4th. Investors of record on Friday, September 27th will be paid a dividend of $0.10 per share on Tuesday, October 15th. This represents a $0.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.03%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 26th. View Korn Ferry's Dividend History.

Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, September, 5th. The business services provider reported $0.76 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.77 by $0.01. The business services provider earned $484.50 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $475.35 million. Korn Ferry had a return on equity of 15.26% and a net margin of 9.25%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 4.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.78 earnings per share. View Korn Ferry's Earnings History.

Korn Ferry is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, December 5th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Korn Ferry.

Korn Ferry updated its second quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, September, 5th. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.76-0.84 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.90. The company issued revenue guidance of $485-505 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $500.20 million.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Korn Ferry's stock. Their forecasts range from $37.00 to $63.00. On average, they expect Korn Ferry's stock price to reach $50.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 28.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Korn Ferry.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Korn Ferry in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Korn Ferry.

News stories about KFY stock have trended very negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Korn Ferry earned a news sentiment score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the business services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Korn Ferry.

Korn Ferry saw a increase in short interest during the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 973,000 shares, an increase of 24.1% from the September 30th total of 783,900 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 441,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.2 days. Approximately 1.8% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Korn Ferry's Current Options Chain.

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Korn Ferry's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Chartwell Investment Partners LLC (0.56%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.35%), Rhumbline Advisers (0.30%), Paradice Investment Management LLC (0.29%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.27%) and Foundry Partners LLC (0.23%). Company insiders that own Korn Ferry stock include Angel R Martinez, Byrne K Mulrooney, Debra J Perry, Gary D Burnison and Robert P Rozek. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Korn Ferry.

KFY stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Russell Investments Group Ltd., First Trust Advisors LP, State of Tennessee Treasury Department, Strs Ohio, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Chartwell Investment Partners LLC and Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS. View Insider Buying and Selling for Korn Ferry.

KFY stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, California Public Employees Retirement System, Paradice Investment Management LLC, Alberta Investment Management Corp, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Foundry Partners LLC, Pacer Advisors Inc. and SG Americas Securities LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Korn Ferry.

Shares of KFY 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of KFY stock can currently be purchased for approximately $38.88.

Korn Ferry has a market capitalization of $2.18 billion and generates $1.97 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $102.65 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.31 on an earnings per share basis. Korn Ferry employs 8,678 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Korn Ferry.

The official website for Korn Ferry is http://www.kornferry.com/.

Korn Ferry's mailing address is 1900 Avenue of the Stars Suite 2600, LOS ANGELES CA, 90067. The business services provider can be reached via phone at 310-552-1834.