FY2027 Earnings Estimate for Kforce Issued By William Blair

Kforce Inc. (NASDAQ:KFRC) – Stock analysts at William Blair upped their FY2027 earnings per share estimates for Kforce in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, November 4th. William Blair analyst T. Romeo now forecasts that the business services provider will post earnings of $2.97 per share for the year, up from their previous forecast of $2.79. The consensus estimate for Kforce’s current full-year earnings is $2.70 per share.

Other analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. Zacks Research cut Kforce from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. UBS Group dropped their price target on Kforce from $45.00 to $40.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, July 30th. Finally, Truist Financial dropped their target price on Kforce from $46.00 to $35.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, October 13th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and an average target price of $37.50.

Kforce Trading Up 28.5%

NASDAQ:KFRC opened at $31.53 on Wednesday. Kforce has a one year low of $24.49 and a one year high of $62.80. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a current ratio of 2.06 and a quick ratio of 2.06. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $29.47 and its 200 day simple moving average is $36.11. The firm has a market capitalization of $586.43 million, a P/E ratio of 11.76 and a beta of 0.68.

Kforce (NASDAQ:KFRC) last announced its earnings results on Monday, November 3rd. The business services provider reported $0.63 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.57 by $0.06. Kforce had a net margin of 3.59% and a return on equity of 30.34%. The firm had revenue of $332.65 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $328.34 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.75 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was down 5.9% on a year-over-year basis. Kforce has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.430-0.510 EPS.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Advisors Asset Management Inc. lifted its stake in Kforce by 6.5% during the 2nd quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 6,285 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $259,000 after acquiring an additional 384 shares during the period. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. lifted its position in Kforce by 4.6% during the first quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 10,841 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $530,000 after purchasing an additional 474 shares during the period. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. lifted its position in Kforce by 18.8% during the first quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 3,027 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $148,000 after purchasing an additional 480 shares during the period. Bank of New York Mellon Corp lifted its position in Kforce by 0.3% during the first quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 149,463 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $7,307,000 after purchasing an additional 492 shares during the period. Finally, Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. lifted its position in Kforce by 10.9% during the third quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 5,088 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $153,000 after purchasing an additional 500 shares during the period. 92.77% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Kforce Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 19th. Investors of record on Friday, December 5th will be given a $0.39 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 5th. This represents a $1.56 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.9%. Kforce’s dividend payout ratio is 68.72%.

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.