Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS Acquires 916 Shares of Korn/Ferry International $KFY

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS grew its holdings in Korn/Ferry International (NYSE:KFY) by 7.4% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 13,260 shares of the business services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 916 shares during the period. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS’s holdings in Korn/Ferry International were worth $972,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the business. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd purchased a new stake in shares of Korn/Ferry International during the first quarter valued at $62,000. CX Institutional lifted its stake in Korn/Ferry International by 45.4% during the 2nd quarter. CX Institutional now owns 839 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $62,000 after acquiring an additional 262 shares during the period. Blue Trust Inc. lifted its stake 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 valued at $69,000 after acquiring an additional 163 shares during the period. Quarry LP boosted its holdings in shares of Korn/Ferry International by 193.6% during the 1st quarter. Quarry LP now owns 1,518 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $103,000 after acquiring an additional 1,001 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Headlands Technologies LLC bought a new stake in shares of Korn/Ferry International in the first quarter worth approximately $105,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 98.82% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts recently weighed in on KFY shares. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of Korn/Ferry International in a research report on Friday, October 31st. The Goldman Sachs Group decreased their target price on Korn/Ferry International from $85.00 to $74.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Friday. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $78.67.

Korn/Ferry International Price Performance

NYSE:KFY opened at $64.90 on Monday. 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’s 50-day simple moving average is $68.52 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $70.51. The stock has a market cap of $3.40 billion, a PE ratio of 13.78 and a beta of 1.49. Korn/Ferry International has a 52 week low of $59.23 and a 52 week high of $80.49.

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

Korn/Ferry International Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 26th were given a dividend of $0.48 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, September 26th. This represents a $1.92 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.0%. Korn/Ferry International’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 40.76%.

Korn/Ferry International declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback program on Thursday, September 18th that authorizes the company to buyback $331.40 million in shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the business services provider to buy up to 8.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually an indication that the company’s board believes its shares are undervalued.

Korn/Ferry International Profile

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.