4,046 Shares in Korn/Ferry International $KFY Acquired by R Squared Ltd

R Squared Ltd purchased a new position in shares of Korn/Ferry International (NYSE:KFY) during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm purchased 4,046 shares of the business services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $297,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the stock. Blue Trust Inc. grew its position in Korn/Ferry International by 21.1% during the 2nd quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 937 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $69,000 after acquiring an additional 163 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC grew its position in Korn/Ferry International by 3.0% during the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC now owns 5,648 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $414,000 after acquiring an additional 165 shares during the last quarter. Xponance Inc. grew its position in Korn/Ferry International by 3.8% during the 1st quarter. Xponance Inc. now owns 5,004 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $339,000 after acquiring an additional 184 shares during the last quarter. Hohimer Wealth Management LLC grew its position in Korn/Ferry International by 5.8% during the 1st quarter. Hohimer Wealth Management LLC now owns 3,439 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $233,000 after acquiring an additional 188 shares during the last quarter. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its holdings in Korn/Ferry International by 11.4% in the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 1,937 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $131,000 after buying an additional 199 shares during the period. 98.82% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

KFY has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Wall Street Zen cut Korn/Ferry International from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 9th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Korn/Ferry International in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $81.00.

Korn/Ferry International Trading Up 0.1%

KFY opened at $71.05 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $3.72 billion, a PE ratio of 15.08 and a beta of 1.47. The company has a quick ratio of 2.21, a current ratio of 2.21 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21. The business has a 50 day moving average of $71.97 and a 200-day moving average of $70.01. Korn/Ferry International has a 52 week low of $59.23 and a 52 week high of $80.64.

Korn/Ferry International (NYSE:KFY) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, September 9th. The business services provider reported $1.31 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.24 by $0.07. The company had revenue of $708.61 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $688.72 million. Korn/Ferry International had a return on equity of 14.55% and a net margin of 8.95%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.17 EPS. Korn/Ferry International has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.230-1.33 EPS. Equities research analysts predict that Korn/Ferry International will post 4.75 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Korn/Ferry International Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 26th were paid a $0.48 dividend. This represents a $1.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.7%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, September 26th. Korn/Ferry International’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 40.76%.

Korn/Ferry International declared that its board has approved a share buyback plan on Thursday, September 18th that permits the company to repurchase $331.40 million in shares. This repurchase authorization permits the business services provider to buy up to 8.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often an indication that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

About Korn/Ferry International

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.