Kforce (NASDAQ:KFRC) Announces Earnings Results, Beats Estimates By $0.06 EPS

Kforce (NASDAQ:KFRC) issued its earnings results on Monday. The business services provider reported $0.63 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.57 by $0.06, Briefing.com reports. Kforce had a net margin of 3.59% and a return on equity of 30.34%. Kforce’s revenue was down 5.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.75 earnings per share. Kforce updated its Q4 2025 guidance to 0.430-0.510 EPS.

Kforce Stock Down 2.8%

Shares of KFRC traded down $0.70 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $24.60. 460,713 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 191,325. 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 52 week low of $24.49 and a 52 week high of $62.80. The company has a market cap of $457.52 million, a PE ratio of 9.18 and a beta of 0.66. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $29.48 and a 200 day simple moving average of $36.20.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

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

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Kforce

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in KFRC. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC boosted its stake in shares of Kforce by 273.0% during the 2nd quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 1,865 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $77,000 after buying an additional 1,365 shares during the last quarter. Vident Advisory LLC boosted its position in Kforce by 13.9% during the second quarter. Vident Advisory LLC now owns 14,797 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $609,000 after purchasing an additional 1,810 shares during the last quarter. Man Group plc acquired a new position in Kforce during the second quarter valued at approximately $808,000. Engineers Gate Manager LP raised its stake in shares of Kforce by 37.1% during the 2nd quarter. Engineers Gate Manager LP now owns 38,078 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,566,000 after purchasing an additional 10,308 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Balyasny Asset Management L.P. grew its stake in shares of Kforce by 70.7% in the second quarter. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. now owns 19,823 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $815,000 after buying an additional 8,209 shares in the last quarter. 92.77% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.