Kforce, Inc. (KFRC)
NYSEIndustrialsStaffing & Employment ServicesSnapshot 2026-09-04
$54.53+1.08%
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NYSEIndustrialsStaffing & Employment ServicesSnapshot 2026-09-04
QuarterlyIQ Insights · KFRC
Price, fair value, and the multiples that frame it on the same time axis. Scroll over the price chart to zoom.
Daily closes. Earnings/event dots inline.
A consensus fair price across 9 valuation methods, at three horizons. As of 2026-09-04. Estimates are diagnostics, not price targets. Short-horizon estimates are close to coin-flips, so confidence is a method-agreement read, not a prediction.
Today's peer multiple on trailing earnings, with no growth credited. This is the headline read.
Adds projected growth, so it leans optimistic by design. Read it as upside context, not a base case.
We take the 12-month fair value above and grade our own number — how the market prices this name versus what we'd justify, and where the two diverge.
At $55 KFRC trades at 26× p/e, in line with its 24× p/e peer median — but our blended $46 fair value sits below the price. It's a high-confidence read. Even valued only for durable growth at sustainable margins, it's worth about $66 — above today's price, so the premium reflects that growth case, not pure multiple expansion. Not investment advice.
One valuation read at a 12-month horizon, plus how price compares to peers and the company's own history.
Score 100 = cheapest in the cohort, 0 = richest. Bars are filled left-to-right based on the peer-relative score (or PEG/self-history where shown).
Each method's implied share price per horizon. Provisional rows use a projected (historical-CAGR) growth input rather than analyst or management guidance.
| Method | Horizon | Est. price | Multiple | Per-share input | EPS source | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dcf fcfe | 12M | $15.57 | — | — | Hist. CAGR | high |
| graham number | 12M | $18.64 | — | — | TTM | high |
| Peer EV/EBITDA | 12M | $53.26 | 15.4 | 3.89 | TTM | high |
| Peer P/FCF | 12M | $29.34 | 22.1 | 1.33 | TTM | high |
| Peer P/E | 12M |
A “consensus-then vs. actual-now” overlay is on the way — what our valuation estimate said on a past date versus where the price actually landed.
Not investment advice. Scores describe historical and current data; they are not forecasts of future returns. Consult a licensed advisor before making investment decisions.
A long-thesis check that carries the widest uncertainty of the three horizons.
Above average on quality vs scored peers
Direction of the business behind the multiple. Bands are backend reads; trailing-12-month basis.
Only weak execution quality — not the full expensive x weak x turbulent stack. Regime (Mania) does not concentrate fragility.
For similar setups historically (n=20,154): about 33% saw a 20%+ drawdown, and roughly 76% of those did not recover within the year. These are historical base rates for the cohort, not a forecast of this stock.
At today's price you pay about 41% over what the business is worth with no growth; closing that gap needs roughly 19.0 years of the forecast growth to come through. These describe the expectations embedded in the price, not a forecast of the move. Reverse-DCF base: $2.40/sh owner earnings.
Roughly priced in line with peers.
Self-history needs ~20 months of data.
Trailing four: 2025-Q2, 2025-Q3, 2026-Q1, 2026-Q2
Direction of the business behind the multiple. Bands are backend reads; trailing-12-month basis.
| $58.78 |
| 20.0 |
| 2.94 |
| ntm analyst |
| high |
| Peer P/S | 12M | $128.73 | 1.6 | 79.18 | TTM | high |
| PEG | 12M | $79.01 | 34.4 | 2.30 | TTM | high |
| residual income | 12M | $12.72 | — | — | TTM | high |
| triangulated | 12M | $53.94 | 24.0 | 2.25 | Triangulated | high |
| Peer P/FCF | 3Y | $13.01 | 22.1 | 0.59 | Hist. CAGR(prov.) | medium |
| Peer P/E | 3Y | $69.46 | 20.0 | 3.48 | Analyst | medium |
| Peer P/S | 3Y | $152.01 | 1.6 | 93.50 | Analyst | medium |
| PEG | 3Y | $119.54 | 34.4 | 3.48 | Analyst | medium |
| Peer P/FCF | 5Y | $7.57 | 22.1 | 0.34 | Hist. CAGR(prov.) | medium |
| Peer P/E | 5Y | $77.39 | 20.0 | 3.88 | Analyst | medium |
| Peer P/S | 5Y | $169.38 | 1.6 | 104.18 | Analyst | medium |
| PEG | 5Y | $133.19 | 34.4 | 3.88 | Analyst | medium |