NYSE:KFYKorn Ferry Stock Price, Forecast & News

Korn Ferry's stock was trading at $27.78 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, KFY shares have increased by 2.7% and is now trading at $28.52. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Korn Ferry 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 Korn Ferry.

Korn Ferry is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, September 3rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Korn Ferry.

Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) posted its earnings results on Thursday, July, 2nd. The business services provider reported $0.60 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.39 by $0.21. The business services provider earned $440.50 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $436.38 million. Korn Ferry had a net margin of 5.31% and a return on equity of 12.84%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 10.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.88 EPS. View Korn Ferry's earnings history.

Korn Ferry announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 1st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, July 15th will be given a dividend of $0.10 per share on Friday, July 31st. This represents a $0.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.40%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, July 14th. View Korn Ferry's dividend history.

4 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Korn Ferry's shares. Their forecasts range from $32.00 to $40.00. On average, they anticipate Korn Ferry's share price to reach $36.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 27.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Korn Ferry.

News stories about KFY stock have trended very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Korn Ferry earned a coverage optimism score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the business services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news about Korn Ferry.

Korn Ferry saw a increase in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,020,000 shares, an increase of 19.9% from the June 15th total of 850,600 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 386,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.6 days. Approximately 1.9% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Korn Ferry's Current Options Chain.

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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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Skyline Asset Management LP (0.27%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.08%) and Diversified Trust Co (0.02%). Company insiders that own Korn Ferry stock include Byrne K Mulrooney, 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 Envestnet Asset Management Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for Korn Ferry.

KFY stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Diversified Trust Co, and Skyline Asset Management LP. Company insiders that have bought Korn Ferry stock in the last two years include Gary D Burnison, and Robert P Rozek. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $28.52.

Korn Ferry has a market capitalization of $1.57 billion and generates $1.98 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $104.95 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.91 on an earnings per share basis. Korn Ferry employs 8,678 workers across the globe.

The official website for Korn Ferry is 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.