NYSE:KFY - Korn Ferry Stock Price, Forecast & News

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 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.99%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 26th. View Korn Ferry's Dividend History.

Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, December, 5th. The business services provider reported $0.81 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.80 by $0.01. The business services provider earned $492.40 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $494.92 million. Korn Ferry had a net margin of 9.25% and a return on equity of 15.26%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down .6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.85 EPS. View Korn Ferry's Earnings History.

Korn Ferry updated its third quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, December, 5th. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.70-0.78 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.81. The company issued revenue guidance of $490-510 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $485.08 million.

5 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Korn Ferry's stock. Their forecasts range from $37.00 to $63.00. On average, they anticipate Korn Ferry's share price to reach $50.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 24.3% 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.

Press coverage about KFY stock has trended somewhat positive on Friday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Korn Ferry earned a news impact score of 1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the business services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Korn Ferry.

Korn Ferry saw a increase in short interest during the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 973,000 shares, an increase of 24.1% from the September 15th total of 783,900 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 441,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.2 days. Approximately 1.8% of the company's stock are short sold. View Korn Ferry's Current Options Chain.

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Korn Ferry's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (2.92%), Man Group plc (1.04%), Millennium Management LLC (0.99%), Voya Investment Management LLC (0.76%), Chartwell Investment Partners LLC (0.56%) and Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.35%). 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 Millennium Management LLC, Man Group plc, Russell Investments Group Ltd., First Trust Advisors LP, State of Tennessee Treasury Department, Strs Ohio, State Street Corp and Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio. View Insider Buying and Selling for Korn Ferry.

KFY stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Voya Investment Management LLC, 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, Voloridge Investment Management LLC and Barclays PLC. 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 $40.21.

Korn Ferry has a market capitalization of $2.25 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.