Stocks · Industrials · Staffing & Employment Services
Kforce Inc. KFRC
$52.86 -2.20% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $946.7M
Strong trend
Next earnings report: Oct 26, 2026
Scroll or pinch to zoom, drag to move. Daily prices adjusted for splits. Markers: E = earnings (green beat, red miss), S = split, D = dividend.
Three things to know
- The diluted share count fell 8.8% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
- The shares trade at 24.9× trailing earnings, higher than 90% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 115 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 17%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 34%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 15%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 9%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 38%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 16%
- Gross marginBottom 48%
- Operating marginBottom 37%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 18%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 15%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 48%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 30%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 42%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 44%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 15%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 14%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 6%
- 6-month returnTop 6%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 9%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 25%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 27%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 49%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 45%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 23%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 19%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 30%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 26%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 15%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 48%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -3.9% | -1.3% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -22.0% | -9.0% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 27.2% | 27.5% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 9.7% | 4.0% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 4.4% | 1.7% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -1.3% | -3.9% | ↑ | Bottom 17% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -9.0% | -22.0% | ↑ | Bottom 34% |
| Gross margin | 27.5% | 27.2% | ↑ | Bottom 48% |
| Operating margin | 4.0% | 9.7% | ↓ | Bottom 37% |
| Net margin | 2.7% | 3.2% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 1.7% | 4.4% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 13.2% | — | Top 16% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -8.1% | — | Bottom 9% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 0.0%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +6.5 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.12×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 2.86%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 3.56%
- Shareholder yield
- 6.42%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -8.8%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -5.5%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +5.3%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $59.00
- Target vs current price
- +11.6%
- Analysts with a rating
- 10
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 40%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 2026 | +4.0% | +5.5% | +3.0% | +5.9% | — |
| Apr 27, 2026 | +15.0% | -1.2% | +35.9% | +28.1% | +78.4% |
| Feb 2, 2026 | -8.5% | +3.8% | +2.1% | -25.2% | +29.8% |
| Nov 3, 2025 | +10.5% | -3.0% | +19.1% | +18.8% | +30.2% |
| Jul 28, 2025 | -1.7% | +1.0% | -26.3% | -28.1% | -40.3% |
| Apr 28, 2025 | -6.2% | -2.6% | -12.0% | -8.1% | +2.5% |
| Feb 3, 2025 | +1.7% | -3.6% | -7.4% | -11.8% | -34.3% |
| Oct 28, 2024 | +8.7% | +2.1% | +2.4% | +6.9% | +2.1% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 2026 | $0.73 | $0.70 | +4.0% | $349.3M |
| Apr 27, 2026 | $0.46 | $0.40 | +15.0% | $330.4M |
| Feb 2, 2026 | $0.43 | $0.47 | -8.5% | $332.0M |
| Nov 3, 2025 | $0.63 | $0.57 | +10.5% | $332.6M |
| Jul 28, 2025 | $0.59 | $0.60 | -1.7% | $334.3M |
| Apr 28, 2025 | $0.45 | $0.48 | -6.2% | $330.0M |
| Feb 3, 2025 | $0.60 | $0.59 | +1.7% | $343.8M |
| Oct 28, 2024 | $0.75 | $0.69 | +8.7% | $353.3M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 24.9× | 19.3× | 90th | Top 30% |
| P/E (forward) | 20.8× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 18.6× | — | — | Bottom 44% |
| EV / Sales | 0.79× | — | — | Top 15% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 2.38% | — | — | Bottom 42% |
| Earnings yield | 4.01% | — | — | Top 30% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 13.3× – 27.9× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +75.1%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -9.0%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +77.8%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 115
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.2%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +5.6%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -4.5%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +26.2%
- RSI (14)
- 48.4
- Relative volume
- 0.54×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 33.6%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 52th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.65
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.20
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -12.6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -66.6%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 2021 | Nov 3, 2025 | -69.6% | 989 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jun 29, 2021 | Aug 26, 2021 | -11.4% | 41 days | 27 days (Oct 5, 2021) |
| Oct 23, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -10.1% | 3 days | 4 days (Nov 3, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $946.7M
- P/E (TTM)
- 24.9
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $2.12
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.34B
- Dividend yield
- 3.01%
- 52-week range
- $24.49 – $61.68
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.58B | $1.71B | $1.53B | $1.41B | $1.33B |
| Gross profit | $456.9M | $501.1M | $427.1M | $385.4M | $355.8M |
| Operating income | $106.6M | $116.9M | $87.1M | $69.7M | $50.1M |
| Net income | $75.2M | $75.4M | $61.1M | $50.4M | $34.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | $3.54 | $3.68 | $3.13 | $2.62 | $1.96 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $353.3M | $343.8M | $330.0M | $334.3M | $332.6M | $332.0M | $330.4M | $349.3M |
| Net income | $14.2M | $11.1M | $8.1M | $10.4M | $11.1M | $5.2M | $7.9M | $12.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.74 | $0.58 | $0.45 | $0.56 | $0.63 | $0.30 | $0.46 | $0.73 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $72.9M | $90.8M | $91.5M | $86.9M | $61.6M |
| Capital expenditure | -$6.4M | -$8.1M | -$7.8M | -$7.6M | -$14.8M |
| Free cash flow | $66.5M | $82.7M | $83.7M | $79.3M | $46.8M |
| Dividends paid | -$20.1M | -$24.0M | -$27.6M | -$28.2M | -$27.5M |
| Net share buybacks | -$66.2M | -$74.9M | -$75.0M | -$41.9M | -$50.9M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $330,000
- Total assets
- $410.2M
- Total liabilities
- $286.6M
- Total debt
- $122.1M
- Net debt
- $121.7M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $123.6M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2026 | $0.40 | Sep 25, 2026 |
| Jun 12, 2026 | $0.40 | Jun 26, 2026 |
| Mar 6, 2026 | $0.40 | Mar 20, 2026 |
| Dec 5, 2025 | $0.39 | Dec 19, 2025 |
| Sep 12, 2025 | $0.39 | Sep 26, 2025 |
| Jun 13, 2025 | $0.39 | Jun 27, 2025 |
| Mar 7, 2025 | $0.39 | Mar 21, 2025 |
| Dec 6, 2024 | $0.38 | Dec 20, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,551,706
- Days to cover
- 5.29
- Change vs previous report
- +15.3%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Oct 20, 1997
- 2-for-1
- May 23, 1996
- 2-for-1