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. Since then, KFY stock has increased by 24.7% and is now trading at $34.64. 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 2 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Korn Ferry.

Korn Ferry is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, June 18th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Korn Ferry.

Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March, 10th. The business services provider reported $0.75 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.73 by $0.02. The business services provider earned $515.30 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $500.22 million. Korn Ferry had a net margin of 7.68% and a return on equity of 14.14%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 8.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.81 EPS. View Korn Ferry's earnings history.

Korn Ferry declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, March 12th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 26th will be paid a dividend of $0.10 per share on Wednesday, April 15th. This represents a $0.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.15%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 25th. View Korn Ferry's dividend history.

4 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Korn Ferry's shares. Their forecasts range from $32.00 to $40.00. On average, they expect Korn Ferry's share price to reach $36.25 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Korn Ferry.

Press coverage about KFY stock has been trending negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of 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 -2.7 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 media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutKorn Ferry.

Korn Ferry saw a decline in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 962,500 shares, a decline of 7.5% from the April 30th total of 1,040,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 469,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.1 days. Currently, 1.8% of the shares of the company are sold short. 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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (14.93%), Invesco Ltd. (3.92%), State Street Corp (3.38%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (2.89%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (2.46%) and Jennison Associates LLC (2.41%). Company insiders that own Korn Ferry stock include 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 Nuveen Asset Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Principal Financial Group Inc., Two Sigma Investments LP, Two Sigma Advisers LP, Invesco Ltd., Echo Street Capital Management LLC, and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. View insider buying and selling activity for Korn Ferry.

KFY stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Tributary Capital Management LLC, APG Asset Management N.V., APG Asset Management N.V., APG Asset Management N.V., Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., State Street Corp, and Wells Fargo & Company MN. 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 $34.64.

Korn Ferry has a market capitalization of $1.91 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.

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.