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Employees: 9,400
Size Kforce (KFRC) is a United States Industrials company (Personnel Services) with a market value of $970M, the 2267th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $54.15 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 24.6%, against +22.5% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 10th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 2.1% over the last twelve months (peer median -0.3%); the operating margin is 4.5% (peer median 5.5%).
Valuation It trades at 18.0× forward earnings against a peer median of 13.6× (8th most expensive of 21).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 10% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is -1%, so the hurdle is +11 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 10.1 points above its cost of capital (8.9% WACC).
Short interest Short interest is 8.3% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 8 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.37B | $1.33B | $1.41B | $1.53B | $1.71B |
| Revenue growth | — | -5% | -8% | -10% | — |
| Gross profit | $375M | $356M | $380M | $422M | $497M |
| EBITDA | $66.9M | $55.6M | $79.3M | $98.0M | $127M |
| Net income | $40.9M | $34.8M | $50.4M | $61.1M | $75.4M |
| Free cash flow | $8.64M | $46.8M | $79.3M | $83.7M | $82.7M |
| Capital expenditure | $13.9M | $14.8M | $7.57M | $7.76M | $8.11M |
| Total debt | $122M | $82.9M | $47.6M | $57.5M | $46.6M |
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| Measure | KFRC | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +3.4% | -2.3% | 5th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +24.6% | +22.5% | 10th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -12.3% | -15.9% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +2.1% | -0.3% | 9th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 4.5% | 5.5% | 11th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 18.0× | 13.6× | 8th most expensive of 21 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 9.8% | 1.9% | 8th most demanding of 20 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | -1.0% | +7.7% | 2nd lowest of 20 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +10.8 pp | -5.2 pp | 4th most demanding of 20 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +10.1 pp | +7.4 pp | 9th highest of 20 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.8× | -0.9× | 2nd most indebted of 20 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kforce KFRC | United States | $970M | +25% | +2% | 5% | 18.0× | 9.8% | -1.0% |
| Grupa Pracuj spolka akcyjna GPP.WA | Poland | $919M | +23% | +5% | 37% | 13.1× | -1.9% | +22.1% |
| Michael Page PAGE.L | United Kingdom | $896M | +60% | -3% | 2% | 43.4× | 23.5% | +4.1% |
| UT Group Co.,Ltd. 2146.T | Japan | $868M | +22% | -13% | 7% | 16.1× | 6.7% | +7.7% |
| Open Up 2154.T | Japan | $1.11B | +12% | -11% | 10% | 13.1× | -6.5% | +11.1% |
| JAC Recruitment 2124.T | Japan | $1.21B | +34% | +12% | 26% | 19.3× | -1.0% | +16.4% |
| Hays HAS.L | United Kingdom | $1.24B | +75% | -3% | 1% | 33.0× | 18.3% | +2.6% |
| Synergie SDG.PA | France | $753M | -3% | +5% | 3% | 11.8× | -13.4% | +8.2% |
| Upwork UPWK | United States | $1.26B | +14% | -1% | 18% | 8.9× | -7.1% | +16.1% |
| Barrett Business Services BBSI | United States | $725M | 0% | +6% | 4% | 18.2× | 1.9% | +7.1% |
| SMS 2175.T | Japan | $1.31B | +33% | +8% | 11% | 31.1× | 19.2% | +12.5% |
| Beijing Career International 300662.SZ | China | $643M | -10% | +13% | 2% | 12.0× | 10.6% | +29.9% |
| Groupe Crit CEN.PA | France | $534M | -20% | +1% | 3% | 8.3× | n/a | n/a |
| dip 2379.T | Japan | $520M | -17% | -9% | 7% | 68.1× | -1.1% | +11.0% |
| HRnetGroup CHZ.SI | Singapore | $519M | -9% | +1% | 7% | 14.0× | -13.1% | +6.2% |
| Kelly Services KELYA | United States | $507M | +40% | -10% | 1% | 10.2× | 12.8% | -1.2% |
| Quess QUESS.NS | India | $505M | +41% | -12% | 2% | 17.1× | 16.3% | +7.1% |
| en Inc. 4849.T | Japan | $504M | +60% | -11% | 7% | 9.6× | 5.3% | +6.7% |
| SThree STEM.L | United Kingdom | $481M | +65% | -9% | 2% | 42.2× | 10.2% | +1.6% |
| ManpowerGroup MAN | United States | $2.07B | +49% | +7% | 2% | 10.3× | -0.4% | 0.0% |
| Fullcast 4848.T | Japan | $401M | +12% | +33% | 9% | 11.6× | -12.6% | +12.3% |