Growth Metrics

Kforce (KFRC) Gross Margin (2010 - 2026)

Kforce (KFRC) reported Gross Margin of 27.26% for Q1 2026, up 52.0% year-over-year from 17.94% in Q1 2025, and little changed on a QoQ basis from 27.17% in Q4 2025.

Kforce (KFRC) has 17 years of Gross Margin data on file, last reported at 27.26% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Gross Margin rose 52.0% year-over-year to 27.26% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 27.32% (down 4.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 27.19%, down 24.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin was little changed at 27.26% in Q1 2026 per KFRC's latest filing, from 27.17% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 30.03% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 26.74% in Q1 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 27.73% (2025), against an average of 27.9%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Gross Margin jumped 254 bps; it then plunged 169 bps in 2023.
  • Tracing KFRC's Gross Margin over 5 years: stood at 28.47% in 2022, then retreated by 4 bps to 27.34% in 2023, then declined by 1 bps to 26.95% in 2024, then increased by 1 bps to 27.17% in 2025, then rose by 0 bps to 27.26% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest KFRC Gross Margin figures stand at 27.26% (Q1 2026), 27.17% (Q4 2025), and 27.73% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Korn Ferry 3.61 Bn 2.64 Bn 724.93 Mn 99.98%
2 Robert Half 2.93 Bn 2.65 Bn 479.91 Mn 36.91%
3 Trinet 2.15 Bn 684.96 Mn 1.16 Bn 94.37%
4 ManpowerGroup 1.48 Bn 1.25 Bn 723.00 Mn 16.03%
5 Insperity 1.31 Bn 754.86 Mn 302.00 Mn 15.94%
6 Barrett Business Services 814.51 Mn 722.64 Mn 43.19 Mn 14.07%
7 Kforce 805.03 Mn 803.69 Mn 90.07 Mn 27.26%
8 Kelly Services 399.73 Mn 374.13 Mn 196.40 Mn 18.87%
9 TrueBlue 187.20 Mn 163.07 Mn 79.02 Mn 19.83%
10 HireQuest 182.43 Mn 181.41 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 27.26%
Dec 31, 2025 27.17%
Sep 30, 2025 27.73%
Jun 30, 2025 27.11%
Mar 31, 2025 26.74%
Dec 31, 2024 26.95%
Sep 30, 2024 27.90%
Jun 30, 2024 27.78%
Mar 31, 2024 27.07%
Dec 31, 2023 27.34%
Sep 30, 2023 27.73%
Jun 30, 2023 28.33%
Mar 31, 2023 28.07%
Dec 31, 2022 28.47%
Sep 30, 2022 28.95%
Jun 30, 2022 30.03%
Mar 31, 2022 29.71%
Dec 31, 2021 29.24%
Sep 30, 2021 29.61%
Jun 30, 2021 29.47%
Mar 31, 2021 27.17%
Dec 31, 2020 28.37%
Sep 30, 2020 28.43%
Jun 30, 2020 28.38%
Mar 31, 2020 28.20%
Dec 31, 2019 29.15%
Sep 30, 2019 29.75%
Jun 30, 2019 29.81%
Mar 31, 2019 28.52%
Dec 31, 2018 29.58%
Sep 30, 2018 29.41%
Jun 30, 2018 30.41%
Mar 31, 2018 29.14%
Dec 31, 2017 29.96%
Sep 30, 2017 2,087.08%
Jun 30, 2017 30.54%
Mar 31, 2017 29.08%
Dec 31, 2016 30.57%
Sep 30, 2016 31.32%
Jun 30, 2016 31.72%
Mar 31, 2016 30.16%
Dec 31, 2015 31.59%
Sep 30, 2015 32.15%
Jun 30, 2015 31.43%
Mar 31, 2015 30.31%
Dec 31, 2014 30.86%
Sep 30, 2014 31.32%
Jun 30, 2014 31.18%
Mar 31, 2014 29.62%
Dec 31, 2013 31.68%
Sep 30, 2013 32.52%
Jun 30, 2013 32.71%
Mar 31, 2013 31.32%
Dec 31, 2012 32.83%
Sep 30, 2012 32.86%
Jun 30, 2012 32.75%
Mar 31, 2012 30.12%
Dec 31, 2011 31.72%
Sep 30, 2011 32.37%
Jun 30, 2011 32.08%
Mar 31, 2011 30.22%
Dec 31, 2010 34.88%
Sep 30, 2010 32.16%
Jun 30, 2010 31.85%