Kforce (NASDAQ:KFRC) Releases Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Kforce (NASDAQ:KFRC) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Monday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.440-0.520 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 0.520. The company issued revenue guidance of $330.0 million-$338.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $339.8 million.

Kforce Stock Down 0.5 %

Shares of NASDAQ:KFRC traded down $0.25 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $54.05. 33,194 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 95,007. The firm has a market cap of $1.03 billion, a PE ratio of 18.65 and a beta of 0.88. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $57.26 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $59.94. The company has a quick ratio of 2.06, a current ratio of 2.06 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16. Kforce has a fifty-two week low of $52.96 and a fifty-two week high of $74.79.

Kforce Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 21st. Investors of record on Friday, March 7th will be given a $0.39 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 7th. This represents a $1.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.89%. This is a boost from Kforce’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.38. Kforce’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 52.41%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Sidoti raised Kforce from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $71.00 price objective on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, October 15th. Truist Financial cut their target price on shares of Kforce from $68.00 to $58.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, October 29th. Finally, StockNews.com upgraded shares of Kforce from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, November 30th.

About Kforce

Kforce Inc provides professional staffing services and solutions in the United States. It operates through two segments, Technology, and Finance and Accounting (FA). The Technology segment provides talent solutions to its clients primarily in the areas of information technology, such as systems/applications architecture and development, data management and analytics, business and artificial intelligence, machine learning, project and program management, and network architecture and security.