(KFY) Korn Ferry - Ratings and Ratios
Consulting, Talent Suite, Cloud Platform
Dividends
| Dividend Yield | 2.74% |
| Yield on Cost 5y | 4.66% |
| Yield CAGR 5y | 37.74% |
| Payout Consistency | 96.5% |
| Payout Ratio | 47.4% |
| Risk via 10d forecast | |
|---|---|
| Volatility | 27.1% |
| Value at Risk 5%th | 40.0% |
| Relative Tail Risk | -10.32% |
| Reward TTM | |
|---|---|
| Sharpe Ratio | -0.55 |
| Alpha | -25.66 |
| CAGR/Max DD | 0.47 |
| Character TTM | |
|---|---|
| Hurst Exponent | 0.413 |
| Beta | 0.786 |
| Beta Downside | 0.742 |
| Drawdowns 3y | |
|---|---|
| Max DD | 24.14% |
| Mean DD | 8.83% |
| Median DD | 8.35% |
Description: KFY Korn Ferry November 09, 2025
Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) delivers global organizational consulting services, helping clients design talent strategies, optimize structures, and build workforce capabilities through its proprietary Korn Ferry Talent suite and related technology solutions.
The firm’s cloud-based HR platform portfolio includes Korn Ferry Architect (organization and talent planning), Korn Ferry Assess (leadership performance), Korn Ferry Listen (employee engagement surveys), Korn Ferry Sell (sales-force strategy), and Korn Ferry Pay (real-time compensation analytics), each aimed at enabling data-driven decision-making.
Korn Ferry serves a broad client base across public and private sectors, including consumer markets, financial services, healthcare, life sciences, industrial, technology, and specialty industries. The company, founded in 1969 and headquartered in Los Angeles, rebranded from Korn/Ferry International to Korn Ferry in January 2019.
Recent financials show FY 2023 revenue of roughly $2.2 billion, a year-over-year increase of about 7%, and an operating margin near 13%, reflecting steady demand for talent-analytics services. The HR consulting market is currently expanding at an estimated 10% CAGR, driven by accelerated digital transformation and the need for agile workforce planning in a tightening labor market.
For a deeper quantitative comparison of Korn Ferry’s valuation metrics, you might find ValueRay’s platform useful for independent analysis.
Piotroski VR‑10 (Strict, 0-10) 5.5
| Net Income (250.1m TTM) > 0 and > 6% of Revenue (6% = 167.6m TTM) |
| FCFTA 0.08 (>2.0%) and ΔFCFTA -0.46pp (YES ≥ +1.0pp, WARN ≥ +0.5pp) |
| NWC/Revenue 29.22% (prev 27.33%; Δ 1.90pp) (YES ≤20% & Δ≤-1pp; WARN ≤25% & Δ≤0 oder ≤40% & Δ≤-3pp) |
| CFO/TA 0.10 (>3.0%) and CFO 354.2m > Net Income 250.1m (YES >=105%, WARN >=100%) |
| Net Debt (-160.5m) to EBITDA (454.3m) ratio: -0.35 <= 3.0 (WARN <= 3.5) |
| Current Ratio 2.21 (target 1.5–3.0; WARN 1.2–<1.5 or >3.0–5.0; CFO/TA gate active) |
| Outstanding Shares last Quarter (52.4m) change vs 12m ago -0.71% (target <= -2.0% for YES) |
| Gross Margin 26.18% (prev 38.03%; Δ -11.85pp) >=18% & Δ>=+0.5pp (WARN >=15% & Δ>=0) |
| Asset Turnover 78.94% (prev 80.40%; Δ -1.46pp) >=50% & Δ>=+2pp (WARN >=35% & Δ>=0) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio 18.61 (EBITDA TTM 454.3m / Interest Expense TTM 19.9m) >= 6 (WARN >= 3) |
Altman Z'' 4.79
| (A) 0.22 = (Total Current Assets 1.49b - Total Current Liabilities 674.4m) / Total Assets 3.63b |
| (B) 0.45 = Retained Earnings (Balance) 1.63b / Total Assets 3.63b |
| (C) 0.10 = EBIT TTM 370.9m / Avg Total Assets 3.54b |
| (D) 1.09 = Book Value of Equity 1.89b / Total Liabilities 1.73b |
| Total Rating: 4.79 = (6.56 * A) + (3.26 * B) + (6.72 * C) + (1.05 * D) |
ValueRay F-Score (Strict, 0-100) 66.82
| 1. Piotroski 5.50pt |
| 2. FCF Yield 8.51% |
| 3. FCF Margin 10.01% |
| 4. Debt/Equity 0.28 |
| 5. Debt/Ebitda -0.35 |
| 6. ROIC - WACC (= 4.30)% |
| 7. RoE 13.65% |
| 8. Rev. Trend 9.63% |
| 9. EPS Trend -52.57% |
What is the price of KFY shares?
Over the past week, the price has changed by +0.46%, over one month by -0.45%, over three months by -9.16% and over the past year by -5.93%.
Is KFY a buy, sell or hold?
- Strong Buy: 3
- Buy: 1
- Hold: 1
- Sell: 0
- Strong Sell: 0
What are the forecasts/targets for the KFY price?
| Issuer | Target | Up/Down from current |
|---|---|---|
| Wallstreet Target Price | 81 | 22.6% |
| Analysts Target Price | 81 | 22.6% |
| ValueRay Target Price | 66.4 | 0.5% |
KFY Fundamental Data Overview December 05, 2025
P/E Trailing = 14.0763
P/E Forward = 12.3609
P/S = 1.2595
P/B = 1.8211
P/EG = 1.36
Beta = 1.35
Revenue TTM = 2.79b USD
EBIT TTM = 370.9m USD
EBITDA TTM = 454.3m USD
Long Term Debt = 397.9m USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 77.1m USD (from shortTermDebt, last fiscal year)
Debt = 524.4m USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter)
Net Debt = -160.5m USD (from netDebt column, last quarter)
Enterprise Value = 3.28b USD (3.48b + Debt 524.4m - CCE 721.1m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 18.61 (Ebit TTM 370.9m / Interest Expense TTM 19.9m)
FCF Yield = 8.51% (FCF TTM 279.6m / Enterprise Value 3.28b)
FCF Margin = 10.01% (FCF TTM 279.6m / Revenue TTM 2.79b)
Net Margin = 8.95% (Net Income TTM 250.1m / Revenue TTM 2.79b)
Gross Margin = 26.18% ((Revenue TTM 2.79b - Cost of Revenue TTM 2.06b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 24.73% (prev 27.99%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 0.90 (Enterprise Value 3.28b / Total Assets 3.63b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 0.67% (Interest Expense 3.52m / Debt 524.4m)
Taxrate = 27.24% (25.2m / 92.7m)
NOPAT = 269.9m (EBIT 370.9m * (1 - 27.24%))
Current Ratio = 2.21 (Total Current Assets 1.49b / Total Current Liabilities 674.4m)
Debt / Equity = 0.28 (Debt 524.4m / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 1.89b)
Debt / EBITDA = -0.35 (Net Debt -160.5m / EBITDA 454.3m)
Debt / FCF = -0.57 (Net Debt -160.5m / FCF TTM 279.6m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 1.83b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 6.89% (Net Income 250.1m / Total Assets 3.63b)
RoE = 13.65% (Net Income TTM 250.1m / Total Stockholder Equity 1.83b)
RoCE = 16.63% (EBIT 370.9m / Capital Employed (Equity 1.83b + L.T.Debt 397.9m))
RoIC = 12.10% (NOPAT 269.9m / Invested Capital 2.23b)
WACC = 7.81% (E(3.48b)/V(4.01b) * Re(8.91%) + D(524.4m)/V(4.01b) * Rd(0.67%) * (1-Tc(0.27)))
Discount Rate = 8.91% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares Correlation 3-Years: 33.33 | Cagr: 1.01%
[DCF Debug] Terminal Value 74.02% ; FCFE base≈280.3m ; Y1≈261.6m ; Y5≈241.9m
Fair Price DCF = 70.94 (DCF Value 3.72b / Shares Outstanding 52.4m; 5y FCF grow -8.47% → 3.0% )
EPS Correlation: -52.57 | EPS CAGR: -50.76% | SUE: -4.0 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: 9.63 | Revenue CAGR: 2.87% | SUE: 1.96 | # QB: 3
EPS next Quarter (2026-01-31): EPS=1.24 | Chg30d=+0.020 | Revisions Net=+1 | Analysts=5
EPS current Year (2026-04-30): EPS=5.24 | Chg30d=+0.024 | Revisions Net=+1 | Growth EPS=+7.5% | Growth Revenue=+3.5%
EPS next Year (2027-04-30): EPS=5.71 | Chg30d=+0.016 | Revisions Net=+1 | Growth EPS=+8.8% | Growth Revenue=+4.4%
Additional Sources for KFY Stock
Tweets: X | Stocktwits
Fund Manager Positions: Dataroma | Stockcircle