Kforce surges, having best day in almost two decades after results

Kforce

11/08/2020 15:54

** Kforce shares surge 30.12% to $41.34; on pace for biggest
daily pct gain in over 17 years
    ** Stock had earlier hit a high of $42.50 to mark its
highest level since early Nov
    ** The specialty staffing services co reported quarterly adj
EPS of 47 cents vs mean expectation of 6 analysts for 31
cents/sh  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nGNXbTxcyt
    ** Revenue rose 1.2% to $343.02 mln from a year ago;
analysts expected $313.8 mln
    ** ~317.4k KKRC shares have traded so far on Tues, or
roughly 244.1% of their 30-DMA full-day volume of 130.1k shares
    ** Tues gains put the stock in positive territory on the
year, now up 4.1%



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