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

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

Korn Ferry announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, September 4th. Investors of record on Friday, September 27th will be given 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 1.08%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 26th. View Korn Ferry's Dividend History.

Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) posted its earnings results on Thursday, September, 5th. The business services provider reported $0.76 earnings per share (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 net margin of 9.25% and a return on equity of 15.26%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 4.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.78 EPS. 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 issued an update on its second quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, September, 5th. The company provided earnings per share 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 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for Korn Ferry's stock. Their predictions range from $37.00 to $63.00. On average, they expect Korn Ferry's share price to reach $50.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 35.6% 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 somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing 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 five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Korn Ferry earned a daily sentiment score of -1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories 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 company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Korn Ferry.

Korn Ferry saw a drop in short interest in the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totalling 778,000 shares, a drop of 19.0% from the August 15th total of 960,800 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 459,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.7 days. Currently, 1.4% 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 many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Rhumbline Advisers (0.30%), Foundry Partners LLC (0.23%), Skyline Asset Management LP (0.21%), Alberta Investment Management Corp (0.12%), State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D (0.12%) and Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL (0.08%). 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 Strs Ohio, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Bailard Inc. and Rhumbline Advisers. 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, Alberta Investment Management Corp, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Foundry Partners LLC, Pacer Advisors Inc., Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, Meeder Asset Management Inc. and Skyline Asset Management LP. 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 $36.87.

Korn Ferry has a market capitalization of $2.06 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.