Kforce, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Diversified Commercial Services
  • ISIN: US4937321010
USD
45.94
1.87 (4.24%)
  • Price Points
  • Score
  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

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Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
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Why is Kforce, Inc. ?

1
High Management Efficiency with a high ROCE of 47.17%
2
Strong ability to service debt as the company has a low Debt to EBITDA ratio of 1.25 times
3
Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of -1.00% and Operating profit at -9.34% over the last 5 years
4
The company has declared Negative results for the last 6 consecutive quarters
  • OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Lowest at USD 57.33 MM
  • NET PROFIT(HY) At USD 13.09 MM has Grown at -31.85%
  • INTEREST(HY) At USD 1.43 MM has Grown at 33.46%
5
With ROCE of 26.05%, it has a very attractive valuation with a 10.60 Enterprise value to Capital Employed
  • The stock is trading at a fair value compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 12.54%, its profits have fallen by -30.9%
6
High Institutional Holdings at 100%
  • These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.
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How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Kforce, Inc. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Diversified Commercial Services should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Diversified Commercial Services)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Kforce, Inc. for you?

High Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Kforce, Inc.
12.54%
-0.34
69.26%
S&P 500
22.24%
1.67
13.28%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
-1.00%
EBIT Growth (5y)
-9.34%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
73.60
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0.34
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.49
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
7.07
Tax Ratio
25.22%
Dividend Payout Ratio
79.63%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
100.00%
ROCE (avg)
47.17%
ROE (avg)
38.34%
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Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
57
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
15.81
EV to EBIT
40.70
EV to EBITDA
36.64
EV to Capital Employed
10.60
EV to Sales
1.53
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
160.30%
ROCE (Latest)
26.05%
ROE (Latest)
27.95%
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Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bullish
RSI
No Signal
Bullish
Bollinger Bands
Bullish
Mildly Bearish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bearish (Daily)
KST
Bearish
Bearish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bearish
OBV
Mildly Bearish
No Trend
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
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Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

5What is working for the Company
DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 6.21 times

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 6.21

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -2.25% (YoY

-14What is not working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Lowest at USD 57.33 MM

NET PROFIT(HY)

At USD 13.09 MM has Grown at -31.85%

INTEREST(HY)

At USD 1.43 MM has Grown at 33.46%

ROCE(HY)

Lowest at 27.1%

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Highest at 90.35 %

Here's what is working for Kforce, Inc.

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Highest at 6.21 times and Grown
In each half year in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company has been able to sell its Debtors faster

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Dividend per share
Highest at USD 6.21 and Grown
In each year in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (USD)

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -2.25% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Here's what is not working for Kforce, Inc.

Operating Cash Flow
Lowest at USD 57.33 MM and Fallen
In each year in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company's cash revenues from business operations are falling

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

Net Profit
At USD 13.09 MM has Grown at -31.85%
Year on Year (YoY)
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is negative

Net Profit (USD MM)

Interest
At USD 1.43 MM has Grown at 33.46%
over previous Semi-Annual period
MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (USD MM)

Debt-Equity Ratio
Highest at 90.35 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company is borrowing more to fund its operations; it's liquidity situation may be stressed

Debt-Equity Ratio