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 Monday, December 9th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.10 per share on Wednesday, January 15th. This represents a $0.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.92%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 19th. View Korn Ferry's Dividend History.

Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, December, 5th. The business services provider reported $0.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.80 by $0.01. The business services provider had revenue of $492.40 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $494.92 million. Korn Ferry had a return on equity of 14.73% and a net margin of 9.10%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down .6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.85 EPS. View Korn Ferry's Earnings History.

Korn Ferry is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, March 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Korn Ferry.

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

5 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Korn Ferry's stock. Their forecasts range from $37.00 to $58.00. On average, they anticipate Korn Ferry's share price to reach $48.25 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.9% 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.

Media stories about KFY stock have trended somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Korn Ferry earned a media sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the business services provider a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Korn Ferry.

Korn Ferry saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,340,000 shares, an increase of 16.5% from the December 15th total of 1,150,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 358,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.7 days. Currently, 2.5% of the shares of the stock are sold short. 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 shareholders include Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.55%), Skyline Asset Management LP (0.25%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%), Curbstone Financial Management Corp (0.05%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%) and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.01%). 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 Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. View Insider Buying and Selling for Korn Ferry.

KFY stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Boston Trust Walden Corp, Skyline Asset Management LP, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Curbstone Financial Management Corp, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank and Advisors Preferred 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 $43.50.

Korn Ferry has a market capitalization of $2.40 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.