Company Analysis

Kforce Inc. (KFRC)

NYSE: KFRC · Services-Help Supply Services · Tampa, FL · filing with the SEC since 1996
Grade5.7
◀ Past 4.1● Present 6.4▶ Future 5.9

The grade of Kforce Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.7/10
◀ Past4.125% of the headline
● Present6.445% of the headline
▶ Future5.930% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

4.1/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
0.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2024-05-06.

weight 45% of this tense · 8th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Kforce Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2024-05-06) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
5.6/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+0.1% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 33% of this tense · 56th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Kforce Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $1.3 billion in fiscal 2016 to $1.3 billion in fiscal 2025, up 0.1% a year; it rose in 5 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 22% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span0.1%bottom 42% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 44% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 14% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak22.3%top 47% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 4.6% a year. 100% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 9 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 83rd percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Kforce Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 4.6% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 100% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 9 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-05 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 19% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 14% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.4/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
7.9/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 28%: 28¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 66%: owes 66¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 79th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Kforce Inc. earned about 28 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 99 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 66 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 5.5% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 36% of its family
  • return on equitytop 9% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 3% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 8% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
4.9/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 49% of 18 in its family; net margin 2.6%.

weight 45% of this tense · 49th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Kforce Inc.'s standing among 18 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.3 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 47% by size; a net margin of 2.6% ranks in the top 25%; revenue growth of -8.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 25% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$1.33Bbottom 47% of its family
  • net margin2.6%top 25% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-8.1%bottom 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
7.4/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 26% of 16 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2022.

weight 22% of this tense · 74th percentile among 16 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Kforce Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Liberatore, Joseph J (President & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2022-12-13, 3.9 years (bottom 35% of its family); the 12 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 15 years (top 10%); no officer or director change was reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 12 people in charge now (top 3%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge0 in three years among 12 peopletop 3% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed15.0 yearstop 10% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record3.9 yearsbottom 35% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.9/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 43% of 17 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 57th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Kforce Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $2 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 0.6% of its assets as net cash, top 38% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 3.5% of revenue (top 47%); a gross margin of 27.2% (top 43%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets0.6%top 38% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue3.5%top 47% of its family
  • gross margin27.2%top 43% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
5.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 47% of 18 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 53rd percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Kforce Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -8.1% a year over the last three filed years against 0.1% over all 10, slowing (bottom 36% of its family); the newest year grew -5.4% (bottom 31%); capital spending grew 22.3% a year (top 9%) (its annual reports). Kforce Inc. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Technology at $1.2 billion (93%), Finance and Accounting at $99 million (7%); 0 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-8.1 points a yearbottom 36% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-5.4%bottom 31% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending22.3%top 9% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
6.8/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 32% of 17 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 68th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Kforce Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.3 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 4.3% above the $1.3 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 50% of its family); net income of $35 million against a prior three-year average of $62 million (top 21%); a net margin of 2.6% against 4% before (top 26%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace4.3%top 50% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-44%top 21% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-1.4 pointstop 26% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton KFRC · research, not advice