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Kforce Inc is a staffing & employment services business based in the US. Kforce shares (KFRC) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Kforce employs 2,100 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $1.7 billion.
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| Latest market close | $57.54 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $54.07 - $80.08 |
| 50-day moving average | $59.26 |
| 200-day moving average | $67.21 |
| Wall St. target price | $73.33 |
| PE ratio | 13.9735 |
| Dividend yield | $1.12 (2.07%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $4.15 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $57.54 from 2022-09-26
| 1 week (2022-09-21) | -3.88% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2022-08-24) | N/A |
| 3 months (2022-06-28) | -4.99% |
| 6 months (2022-03-28) | -21.19% |
| 1 year (2021-09-28) | -6.53% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2020-09-28) | 75.53% |
| 3 years (2019-09-27) | 51.10% |
| 5 years (2017-09-28) | 181.37% |
Valuing Kforce stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Kforce's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Kforce's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 14x. In other words, Kforce shares trade at around 14x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Kforce's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.43. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Kforce's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Kforce's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $118.1 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Kforce's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $1.7 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 6.93% |
| Gross profit TTM | $456.9 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 15.04% |
| Return on equity TTM | 43.76% |
| Profit margin | 5.21% |
| Book value | $10.44 |
| Market capitalisation | $1.2 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Dividend payout ratio: 27.82% of net profits
Recently Kforce has paid out, on average, around 27.82% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 2.07% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Kforce shareholders could enjoy a 2.07% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Kforce's case, that would currently equate to about $1.12 per share.
While Kforce's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Kforce may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.
Kforce's most recent dividend payout was on 29 September 2022. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 14 September 2022 (the "ex-dividend date").
Kforce's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 19 October 1997. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Kforce shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Kforce shares which in turn could have impacted Kforce's share price.
Over the last 12 months, Kforce's shares have ranged in value from as little as $54.0706 up to $80.0823. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Kforce's is 1.1031. This would suggest that Kforce's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
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. This segment serves clients in various industries comprising financial and business services, communications, insurance, retail, and technology industries. The FA businesses segment offers talent solutions to its clients in areas, including financial planning and analysis, business intelligence analysis, accounting, transactional accounting, business and cost analysis, and taxation and treasury. It also provides consultants in lower skilled areas comprising loan servicing and support, customer and call center support, data entry, and other administrative roles.
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