Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) Issues Q2 2025 Earnings Guidance

Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) updated its second quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided EPS guidance of 1.140-1.260 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 1.200. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Korn Ferry also updated its Q2 guidance to $1.14-1.26 EPS.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts have issued reports on the company. Robert W. Baird boosted their price target on Korn Ferry from $72.00 to $79.00 and gave the company an outperform rating in a research note on Friday, June 14th. Truist Financial reissued a buy rating and issued a $78.00 price target (up from $74.00) on shares of Korn Ferry in a research note on Friday, June 14th. UBS Group increased their target price on Korn Ferry from $66.00 to $68.00 and gave the stock a neutral rating in a report on Friday, June 7th. Finally, StockNews.com upgraded shares of Korn Ferry from a hold rating to a buy rating in a report on Thursday, June 20th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Korn Ferry currently has a consensus rating of Moderate Buy and an average target price of $75.00.

Korn Ferry Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:KFY opened at $66.62 on Friday. The company’s 50-day moving average is $69.45 and its 200 day moving average is $65.94. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23, a quick ratio of 1.83 and a current ratio of 1.79. The company has a market capitalization of $3.45 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.69 and a beta of 1.54. Korn Ferry has a fifty-two week low of $44.45 and a fifty-two week high of $75.30.

Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, September 5th. The business services provider reported $1.18 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.12 by $0.06. The company had revenue of $682.80 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $663.84 million. Korn Ferry had a net margin of 6.05% and a return on equity of 13.18%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was down 3.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.99 EPS. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Korn Ferry will post 4.81 earnings per share for the current year.

Korn Ferry Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, October 15th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 19th will be issued a dividend of $0.37 per share. This represents a $1.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.22%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 19th. Korn Ferry’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 45.96%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Korn Ferry

In other news, CEO Mark Arian sold 5,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $66.01, for a total transaction of $330,050.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 91,484 shares in the company, valued at $6,038,858.84. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this link. Insiders own 1.50% of the company’s stock.

Korn Ferry Company Profile

Korn Ferry, together with its subsidiaries, provides organizational consulting services worldwide. It operates through four segments: Consulting, Digital, Executive Search, and Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) & Professional Search. The company provides executive search services to recruit board level, chief executive, other senior executive, and general management talent of organizations.