Kforce Inc
KFRC NYSE Services-Help Supply Services Financials FY2016βFY2025
What Kforce Inc does
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- Legal name
- KFORCE INC
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K Β· Feb 20, 2026
- Accession Β· CIK
- 0000930420-26-000007
0000930420
Revenue and margins
Kforce Inc had $1.3B of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 5.4% on the year before.
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 5.1% a year. Loss periods are shown in red.
Returns on capital
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Cash flow
Free cash flow was $46.8M in fiscal 2025, 3.5% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.
Dividends, buybacks and share count
Kforce Inc returned $78.4M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 167% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 5.5%.
Balance sheet
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Kforce Inc can carry it.
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $97.0M | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.3M | $2.1M |
| Current ratio | 2.3x | 2.1x | 2.4x | 2.0x | 1.8x |
| Quick ratio | 2.3x | 2.1x | 2.4x | 2.0x | 1.8x |
| Total assets | $503M | $392M | $358M | $358M | $366M |
| Total liabilities | $315M | $210M | $199M | $203M | $241M |
| Shareholders' equity | $188M | $182M | $159M | $155M | $125M |
| Net debt (β = net cash) | β | β | β | β | β |
Insider trades
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. 'Plan' marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
β
$0.0M
No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Piotroski F-score
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8β9 is strong, 0β2 weak.
| Test | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Return on assets rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Debt fell relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Current ratio rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Share count didn't rise | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Gross margin rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| F-score | β / 3 | 4 / 8 | 6 / 8 | 6 / 8 | 5 / 8 | 6 / 8 | 7 / 8 | 5 / 8 | 4 / 8 | 4 / 8 |
| Accruals ratio | β1.9% | 1.1% | β7.8% | 16.9% | β12.4% | 0.5% | β3.4% | β8.1% | β10.2% | β7.4% |
| Altman Z'' | 5.60 | 6.03 | 6.88 | 7.90 | 7.56 | 7.68 | 9.46 | 9.85 | 9.16 | 7.97 |
10 years of figures
US$ millions unless stated. Hover a ratio's name for its definition.
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $1.3B | $1.3B | $1.3B | $1.3B | $1.4B | $1.6B | $1.7B | $1.5B | $1.4B | $1.3B |
| Gross profit | $408M | $376M | $386M | $395M | $396M | $457M | $501M | $427M | $385M | $361M |
| Operating income | $59.1M | $60.0M | $72.4M | $74.8M | $80.3M | $107M | $117M | $87.1M | $69.7M | $50.1M |
| Pretax income | $56.0M | $54.9M | $67.9M | $71.4M | $75.2M | $99.3M | $102M | $85.3M | $67.6M | $46.9M |
| Income tax | $23.2M | $25.3M | $17.0M | $16.8M | $19.2M | $24.1M | $27.0M | $24.2M | $17.2M | $12.1M |
| Net income | $32.8M | $33.3M | $58.0M | $131M | $56.0M | $75.2M | $75.4M | $61.1M | $50.4M | $34.8M |
| Diluted EPS | $1.25 | $1.30 | $2.30 | $5.50 | $2.62 | $3.54 | $3.68 | $3.13 | $2.68 | $1.96 |
| Diluted shares | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.02B | 0.02B | 0.02B | 0.02B | 0.02B | 0.02B | 0.02B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | $39.8M | $29.3M | $87.7M | $66.6M | $109M | $72.9M | $90.8M | $91.5M | $86.9M | $61.6M |
| Capital expenditure | $12.4M | $5.8M | $5.2M | $10.4M | $6.5M | $6.4M | $8.1M | $7.8M | $7.6M | $14.8M |
| Free cash flow | $27.4M | $23.5M | $82.6M | $56.3M | $103M | $66.5M | $82.7M | $83.7M | $79.3M | $46.8M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $8.8M | $8.5M | $8.3M | $6.5M | $5.3M | $4.5M | $4.4M | $5.0M | $5.9M | $5.5M |
| Stock-based compensation | $6.7M | $7.6M | $8.8M | $9.9M | $11.6M | $14.0M | $17.7M | $17.7M | $14.0M | $13.7M |
| Acquisitions | $0.0M | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Share buybacks | $46.0M | $14.6M | $22.2M | $124M | $35.6M | $66.2M | $74.9M | $75.0M | $41.9M | $50.9M |
| Dividends paid | $12.4M | $12.1M | $14.9M | $16.6M | $16.8M | $20.1M | $24.0M | $27.6M | $28.2M | $27.5M |
| Dividends and buybacks | $58.5M | $26.8M | $37.1M | $141M | $52.4M | $86.3M | $98.9M | $103M | $70.2M | $78.4M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $1.5M | $0.4M | $0.1M | $19.8M | $103M | $97.0M | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.3M | $2.1M |
| Total debt | β | β | β | β | $0.0M | β | β | β | β | β |
| Current assets | $219M | $245M | $248M | $245M | $339M | $372M | $278M | $244M | $225M | $202M |
| Current liabilities | $83.4M | $83.7M | $90.4M | $85.0M | $108M | $160M | $131M | $103M | $112M | $114M |
| Property and equipment, net | $43.1M | $39.7M | $34.3M | $30.0M | $26.8M | $6.0M | $8.6M | $9.4M | $7.7M | $6.0M |
| Goodwill | $46.0M | $25.0M | $25.0M | $25.0M | $25.0M | $25.0M | $25.0M | $25.0M | $25.0M | $25.0M |
| Intangible assets | $3.6M | $3.3M | $3.0M | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Total assets | $365M | $384M | $380M | $381M | $479M | $503M | $392M | $358M | $358M | $366M |
| Total liabilities | $244M | $250M | $212M | $214M | $299M | $315M | $210M | $199M | $203M | $241M |
| Preferred stock | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Shareholders' equity | $122M | $134M | $168M | $167M | $180M | $188M | $182M | $159M | $155M | $125M |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 31.0% | 30.0% | 29.6% | 29.3% | 28.3% | 28.9% | 29.3% | 27.9% | 27.4% | 27.2% |
| Operating margin | 4.5% | 4.8% | 5.6% | 5.6% | 5.7% | 6.7% | 6.8% | 5.7% | 5.0% | 3.8% |
| EBITDA margin | 5.1% | 5.5% | 6.2% | 6.0% | 6.1% | 7.0% | 7.1% | 6.0% | 5.4% | 4.2% |
| Net margin | 2.5% | 2.7% | 4.4% | 9.7% | 4.0% | 4.8% | 4.4% | 4.0% | 3.6% | 2.6% |
| FCF margin | 2.1% | 1.9% | 6.3% | 4.2% | 7.3% | 4.2% | 4.8% | 5.5% | 5.6% | 3.5% |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on capital | β | β | β | β | 78.2% | β | β | β | β | β |
| Return on capital employed | 20.9% | 20.0% | 25.0% | 25.3% | 21.6% | 31.1% | 44.8% | 34.2% | 28.4% | 19.9% |
| Return on equity | 26.9% | 26.0% | 38.3% | 78.0% | 32.3% | 40.8% | 40.7% | 35.8% | 32.1% | 24.9% |
| Return on assets | 9.0% | 8.9% | 15.2% | 34.4% | 13.0% | 15.3% | 16.8% | 16.3% | 14.1% | 9.6% |
| Return on tangible equity | 45.4% | 31.4% | 41.3% | 92.0% | 36.2% | 46.0% | 48.0% | 45.6% | 38.9% | 35.0% |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | β | β5.0% | 4.0% | 3.3% | 3.7% | 13.0% | 8.3% | β10.5% | β8.3% | β5.4% |
| Net income growth | β | 1.6% | 74.2% | 125.7% | β57.2% | 34.2% | 0.3% | β19.0% | β17.5% | β30.9% |
| EPS growth | β | 4.0% | 76.9% | 139.1% | β52.4% | 35.1% | 4.0% | β14.9% | β14.4% | β26.9% |
| FCF growth | β | β14.3% | 251.4% | β31.9% | 82.5% | β35.3% | 24.4% | 1.2% | β5.3% | β41.0% |
| Share count change | β | β2.6% | β1.3% | β5.9% | β10.0% | β0.9% | β3.3% | β4.9% | β3.6% | β5.5% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Net debt / EBITDA | β | β | β | β | β1.2x | β | β | β | β | β |
| Debt / equity | β | β | β | β | 0.0x | β | β | β | β | β |
| Current ratio | 2.6x | 2.9x | 2.7x | 2.9x | 3.1x | 2.3x | 2.1x | 2.4x | 2.0x | 1.8x |
| Quick ratio | 2.6x | 2.9x | 2.7x | 2.9x | 3.1x | 2.3x | 2.1x | 2.4x | 2.0x | 1.8x |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Capex / revenue | 0.9% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.8% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 1.1% |
| Stock comp / revenue | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 1.2% | 1.0% | 1.0% |
| Payouts / FCF | 213.3% | 113.9% | 44.9% | 250.7% | 51.0% | 129.9% | 119.6% | 122.6% | 88.5% | 167.5% |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Piotroski F-score | β | 4.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Altman Z'' | 5.6 | 6.0 | 6.9 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 9.5 | 9.9 | 9.2 | 8.0 |
| Accruals ratio | β1.9% | 1.1% | β7.8% | 16.9% | β12.4% | 0.5% | β3.4% | β8.1% | β10.2% | β7.4% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000930420). Data updated October 24, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only β not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.