William Blair Has Bearish Estimate for Kforce Q3 Earnings

Kforce Inc. (NASDAQ:KFRC) – Investment analysts at William Blair dropped their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for Kforce in a report released on Tuesday, April 29th. William Blair analyst T. Romeo now expects that the business services provider will earn $0.60 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.80. The consensus estimate for Kforce’s current full-year earnings is $2.70 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Kforce’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.50 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $2.14 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.69 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $2.71 EPS.

A number of other research analysts also recently commented on the company. Truist Financial lowered their target price on Kforce from $58.00 to $50.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, April 15th. UBS Group lowered their price objective on shares of Kforce from $47.00 to $40.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday.

Kforce Stock Performance

NASDAQ KFRC opened at $38.44 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a current ratio of 2.06 and a quick ratio of 2.06. Kforce has a 1-year low of $35.50 and a 1-year high of $71.48. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $47.07 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $53.26. The stock has a market capitalization of $734.57 million, a PE ratio of 14.34 and a beta of 0.76.

Kforce (NASDAQ:KFRC) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, April 28th. The business services provider reported $0.45 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.48 by ($0.03). The company had revenue of $330.03 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $334.61 million. Kforce had a net margin of 3.59% and a return on equity of 30.34%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was down 6.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.58 EPS.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Kforce

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of KFRC. Marshall Wace LLP bought a new stake in Kforce in the fourth quarter worth $6,683,000. Tributary Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Kforce by 38.3% in the fourth quarter. Tributary Capital Management LLC now owns 422,930 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $23,980,000 after acquiring an additional 117,231 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Kforce during the 4th quarter worth about $5,146,000. Proficio Capital Partners LLC bought a new position in Kforce during the 4th quarter valued at about $4,951,000. Finally, Wellington Management Group LLP raised its position in Kforce by 36.3% in the 4th quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 297,111 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $16,846,000 after purchasing an additional 79,100 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 92.77% of the company’s stock.

Kforce Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 27th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 13th will be given a dividend of $0.39 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 13th. This represents a $1.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.06%. Kforce’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 61.18%.

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.