Kforce Inc
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Kforce Inc. is a staffing and consulting company that helps businesses find skilled workers, mainly in technology and finance and accounting. It places professionals in contract jobs, long-term project roles, and permanent positions, and it also provides project-based consulting services when clients need extra help or specialized expertise. Its main customers are companies and public organizations that need hard-to-find talent without building a large internal recruiting team. Kforce earns money by charging clients for the people it places and for the services its consultants deliver, so its business depends on matching the right candidates to the right roles and keeping those client relationships active. What makes Kforce’s business model different is that it sits between employers and specialized talent in fields where skills matter and hiring can be slow. It is not selling software or finished products; it is selling access to people, recruiting know-how, and flexible staffing capacity that lets clients scale up work without adding permanent headcount.

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Last Earnings Call
Fiscal Period
Q1 2026
Call Date
Apr 27, 2026
AI Summary
Q1 2026

Revenue rebound: Kforce reported first-quarter revenue of $330.4 million, its first year-over-year revenue growth since Q4 2022, and said momentum continued into Q2.

Profit beat: EPS of $0.46 came in above the high end of guidance, helped by stronger gross margins and operating leverage.

Guidance up: Q2 revenue guidance of $344 million to $352 million implies about 4% year-over-year growth at the midpoint, with EPS guided to $0.67 to $0.75.

Broad demand: Management said demand improved across industries, with especially strong trends in information, manufacturing, and retail, while financial services stayed stable.

AI tailwind: The company said AI is changing job requirements quickly, boosting demand for flexible talent, consulting, and blended delivery models, including its new AI studio and India AI pods.

Capital returns: Kforce returned $18.6 million to shareholders in Q1 through dividends and buybacks and said it will keep repurchasing shares opportunistically.

Key Financials
Revenue
$330.4 million
Earnings per share
$0.46
Gross margin
27.3%
Flex gross profit margin
not specified
SG&A as a percentage of revenue
23.2%
Operating margin
3.6%
Effective tax rate
30.2%
Operating cash flow
-$4.1 million
Capital returned to shareholders
$18.6 million
Dividends
$6.8 million
Share repurchases
approximately $11.8 million
Net debt
$90.2 million
Leverage
1.2x
Q2 revenue growth midpoint
approximately 4%
Technology mix
93% of what we do
Financial services business outlook
mid- to slight high single-digit range
Data and AI pipeline
up nearly 50% year-over-year
Client visits
up nearly 10% year-over-year
Job orders
up nearly 20% year-over-year
New assignment starts
low double digits
Bill rate
approximately $90 per hour
Top client adoption of multi-shore delivery
60% of the 25 largest clients
Earnings Call Recording
Other Earnings Calls

Management

Mr. Joseph J. Liberatore
CEO, President & Director
No Bio Available
Mr. Jeffrey B. Hackman
CFO & Principal Accounting Officer
No Bio Available
Mr. David M. Kelly
COO, Chief Administrative Officer & Corporate Secretary
No Bio Available
Mr. Andrew G. Thomas
Chief Experience Officer
No Bio Available
Mr. Denis Edwards
Chief Information Officer
No Bio Available
Ms. Jennifer Smayda J.D.
General Counsel
No Bio Available
Mr. Michael R. Blackman
Chief Corporate Development Officer
No Bio Available
Mr. David J. Bair
President of Consulting Solutions
No Bio Available
Mr. John Megally
President of Regional Services
No Bio Available
Mr. Virgil Palumbo
President of Organizational Efficiency
No Bio Available

Contacts

Address
FLORIDA
Tampa
1001 E Palm Ave
Contacts
+18135525000.0
www.kforce.com
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