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 announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, December 9th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 20th will be given a dividend of $0.10 per share on Wednesday, January 15th. This represents a $0.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.93%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 19th. View Korn Ferry's Dividend History.

Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, December, 5th. The business services provider reported $0.81 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.80 by $0.01. The business services provider earned $492.40 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $494.92 million. Korn Ferry had a net margin of 9.10% and a return on equity of 14.73%. The company's revenue was down .6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.85 earnings per share. 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 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 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Korn Ferry's stock. Their forecasts range from $37.00 to $58.00. On average, they anticipate Korn Ferry's stock price to reach $48.25 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.0% 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.

Headlines about KFY stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. 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 media sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the business services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact 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 in 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 short-interest ratio is currently 3.7 days. Currently, 2.5% of the company's 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors 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 $43.09.

Korn Ferry has a market capitalization of $2.38 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.