Kforce Inc. $KFRC Shares Sold by Copeland Capital Management LLC

Copeland Capital Management LLC lessened its stake in Kforce Inc. (NASDAQ:KFRC) by 6.8% during the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 498,843 shares of the business services provider’s stock after selling 36,642 shares during the period. Copeland Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Kforce were worth $20,517,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in KFRC. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC increased its position in Kforce by 9.6% in the 4th quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 37,257 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $2,112,000 after acquiring an additional 3,259 shares during the period. GAMMA Investing LLC increased its position in Kforce by 21,725.0% in the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 6,111 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $299,000 after acquiring an additional 6,083 shares during the period. Rhumbline Advisers increased its position in Kforce by 18.1% in the 1st quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 47,349 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $2,315,000 after acquiring an additional 7,256 shares during the period. Annex Advisory Services LLC increased its position in Kforce by 57.5% in the 1st quarter. Annex Advisory Services LLC now owns 30,621 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $1,497,000 after acquiring an additional 11,185 shares during the period. Finally, SG Americas Securities LLC increased its position in Kforce by 198.9% in the 1st quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 8,487 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $415,000 after acquiring an additional 5,648 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 92.77% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts recently issued reports on KFRC shares. Zacks Research upgraded Kforce from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday. Truist Financial dropped their target price on Kforce from $50.00 to $46.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, July 29th. Finally, UBS Group dropped their target price on Kforce from $45.00 to $40.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, July 30th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Kforce presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $52.33.

Kforce Stock Performance

NASDAQ KFRC opened at $29.90 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 2.06, a quick ratio of 2.06 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16. The business’s 50 day moving average is $32.42 and its two-hundred day moving average is $39.39. Kforce Inc. has a 12-month low of $29.33 and a 12-month high of $62.80. The stock has a market capitalization of $556.02 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.15 and a beta of 0.66.

Kforce (NASDAQ:KFRC) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July 28th. The business services provider reported $0.59 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.60 by ($0.01). The firm had revenue of $334.32 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $333.78 million. Kforce had a return on equity of 30.34% and a net margin of 3.59%.The business’s revenue was down 6.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.75 EPS. Kforce has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.530-0.61 EPS. Research analysts expect that Kforce Inc. will post 2.7 EPS for the current year.

Kforce Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 26th. Investors of record on Friday, September 12th were issued a $0.39 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, September 12th. This represents a $1.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.2%. Kforce’s dividend payout ratio is currently 65.27%.

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.