Organizational consulting firm Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) will be announcing earnings results this Monday before market hours. Here's what to expect.
Korn Ferry beat analysts' revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $729.8 million, up 7% year on year. It was a slower quarter for the company, with revenue guidance for next quarter slightly missing analysts' expectations and a slight miss of analysts' EPS guidance for next quarter estimates.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Korn Ferry's revenue to grow 4.8% year on year, improving from its flat revenue in the same quarter last year.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Korn Ferry rarely misses Wall Street's revenue estimates.
Looking at Korn Ferry's peers in the professional staffing & hr solutions segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. First Advantage delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 36.8%, beating analysts' expectations by 7.3%, and Robert Half reported a revenue decline of 5.8%, topping estimates by 1.1%. First Advantage traded up 20.9% following the results while Robert Half was also up 27.8%.
Read our full analysis of First Advantage's results here and Robert Half's results here .
The euphoria surrounding Trump's November win lit a fire under major indices, but potential tariffs have caused the market to do a 180 in 2025. While some of the professional staffing & hr solutions stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 4.9% on average over the last month. Korn Ferry is down 6.3% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $80.25 (compared to the current share price of $63.83).
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