Benzinga | Sep 2, 2020 10:17AM EDT

Earnings Preview for Korn Ferry

Korn Ferry (NYSE: KFY) announces its next round of earnings this Thursday, September 03. Here is Benzinga's everything-that-matters guide for this Thursday's Q1 earnings announcement.

Earnings and Revenue

Based on Korn Ferry management projections, analysts predict EPS of $0.08 on revenue of $361.98 million. In the same quarter last year, Korn Ferry reported earnings per share of $0.76 on revenue of $496.20 million. If the company were to report inline earnings when it publishes results Thursday, quarterly profit would be down 89.47%. Here's how the company's EPS has stacked up against analyst estimates in the past:

Quarter Q4 2020 Q3 2020 Q2 2019 Q1 2019EPS Estimate 0.39 0.73 0.80 0.76EPS Actual 0.60 0.75 0.81 0.76Revenue Estimate 439.48 M 500.28 M 494.92 M 475.34 MRevenue Actual 448.98 M 527.98 M 492.39 M 496.20 M

Stock Performance

Over the last 52-week period, shares are down 21.93%. Given that these returns are generally negative, long-term shareholders won't be happy going into this earnings release.

Don't be surprised to see the stock move on comments made during its conference call. Korn Ferry is scheduled to hold the call at 12:00:00 ET and can be accessed here: https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/xfhsgx8u