KFY Stock Analysis: Korn Ferry | NYSE
Staffing & Employment Services | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 4.087m USD | 12M Return: 7.5% | US5006432000 | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 40.6M
EPS Trend: 97.5%
Qual. Beats: 1
Rev. Trend: 59.6%
Qual. Beats: 7
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Seasonality 11.7 years of data
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Korn Ferry (NYSE: KFY) is a global organizational consulting firm that provides talent strategy, organizational structure, and workforce capability consulting. The company packages its services around the Korn Ferry Talent suite and a set of cloud-based HR platforms-Architect, Assess, Listen, Sell, and Pay-that support functions like workforce planning, leadership assessment, employee engagement, sales strategy, and compensation decisions. Its clients span a wide range of end markets, including public and private companies, consumer, government, financial services, healthcare, education, life sciences, industrial, technology, and specialty sectors. The firm was founded in 1969, is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, and was renamed from Korn/Ferry International to Korn Ferry in January 2019.
As a mid-cap U.S. listed company in the Industrials sector, Korn Ferry sits within the Human Resource & Employment Services sub-industry, a segment that also includes executive search peers and broader staffing/workforce solutions providers. The companys business model blends fee-based advisory and search work with subscription-style access to its proprietary talent data, assessments, and software platforms, which can create recurring revenue alongside project-based engagements.
- Executive search and RPO demand recovers with corporate hiring
- Professional staffing and talent consulting segment drives margin expansion
- Bonus payouts and deferred comp tied to growth pressure net income
- Digital subscription revenue from Korn Ferry Talent suite scales recurring base
- Cyclical exposure to layoffs and hiring slowdowns in financial services clients
| Net Income: 279.8m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.08 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 0.65 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 31.72% < 20% (prev 29.22%; Δ 2.50% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.11 > 3% & CFO 403.9m > Net Income 279.8m |
| Net Debt (-28.9m) to EBITDA (512.4m): -0.06 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 2.37 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (51.3m) vs 12m ago -1.95% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 9.86% > 18% (prev 88.37%; Δ -78.51% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 80.23% > 50% (prev 76.95%; Δ 3.28% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 19.88 > 6 (EBIT TTM 414.1m / Interest Expense TTM 20.8m) |
| A: 0.25 (Total Current Assets 1.64b - Total Current Liabilities 691.2m) / Total Assets 3.82b |
| B: 0.47 (Retained Earnings 1.80b / Total Assets 3.82b) |
| C: 0.11 (EBIT TTM 414.1m / Avg Total Assets 3.72b) |
| D: 1.10 (Book Value of Equity 1.99b / Total Liabilities 1.82b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 5.07 = AAA |
| DSRI: 0.99 (Receivables 683.5m/647.4m, Revenue 2.99b/2.79b) |
| GMI: 8.96 (GM 88.37% / 9.86%) |
| AQI: 0.93 (AQ_t 0.47 / AQ_t-1 0.50) |
| SGI: 1.07 (Revenue 2.99b / 2.79b) |
| TATA: -0.03 (NI 279.8m - CFO 403.9m) / TA 3.82b) |
| Beneish M = 4.18 (Cap -4..+1) = D |
As of October 22, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 73.07 with a total of 321,238 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by +3.03%, over one month by -4.13%, over three months by -5.69% and over the past year by +7.47%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 70.70 (which is 3.2% or 1.3 ATR below the current price).
Korn Ferry has received a consensus analysts rating of 4.60. Therefore, it is recommended to buy KFY.
- StrongBuy: 4
- Buy: 0
- Hold: 1
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 90.3 | 23.5% |
P/E Trailing = 13.8053
P/E Forward = 13.0039
P/S = 1.3828
P/B = 2.0752
P/EG = 1.203
Revenue TTM = 2.99b USD
EBIT TTM = 414.1m USD
EBITDA TTM = 512.4m USD
Long Term Debt = 398.8m USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 30.6m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 787.4m USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 194.3m
Net Debt = -28.9m USD (calculated: Debt 787.4m - CCE 816.3m)
Enterprise Value = 4.06b USD (4.09b + Debt 787.4m - CCE 816.3m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 19.88 (Ebit TTM 414.1m / Interest Expense TTM 20.8m)
EV/FCF = 12.73x (Enterprise Value 4.06b / FCF TTM 318.7m)
FCF Yield = 7.85% (FCF TTM 318.7m / Enterprise Value 4.06b)
FCF Margin = 10.67% (FCF TTM 318.7m / Revenue TTM 2.99b)
Net Margin = 9.36% (Net Income TTM 279.8m / Revenue TTM 2.99b)
Gross Margin = 9.86% ((Revenue TTM 2.99b - Cost of Revenue TTM 2.69b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 22.71% (prev -150.8%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 1.06 (Enterprise Value 4.06b / Total Assets 3.82b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 2.64% (Interest Expense 20.8m / Debt 787.4m)
Taxrate = 27.45% (107.0m / 389.9m)
NOPAT = 300.4m (EBIT 414.1m * (1 - 27.45%))
Current Ratio = 2.37 (Total Current Assets 1.64b / Total Current Liabilities 691.2m)
Debt / Equity = 0.39 (Debt 787.4m / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 1.99b)
Debt / EBITDA = -0.06 (Net Debt -28.9m / EBITDA 512.4m)
Debt / FCF = -0.09 (Net Debt -28.9m / FCF TTM 318.7m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 1.98b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 7.51% (Net Income 279.8m / Total Assets 3.82b)
RoE = 14.14% (Net Income TTM 279.8m / Total Stockholder Equity 1.98b)
RoCE = 17.42% (EBIT 414.1m / Capital Employed (Equity 1.98b + L.T.Debt 398.8m))
RoIC = 9.99% (NOPAT 300.4m / Invested Capital 3.01b)
WACC = 5.74% (E(4.09b)/V(4.87b) * Re(6.48%) + D(787.4m)/V(4.87b) * Rd(2.64%) * (1-Tc(0.27)))
Discount Rate = 6.48% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -26.30 | Cagr: -0.12%
[DCF] Terminal Value 77.81% ; FCFF base≈303.1m ; Y1≈344.4m ; Y5≈495.9m
[DCF] Fair Price = 134.1 (EV 7.48b - Net Debt -28.9m = Equity 7.51b / Shares 56.0m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow 13.99% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: 97.49 | EPS CAGR: 12.12% | SUE: 2.94 | # QB: 1
Revenue Correlation: 59.61 | Revenue CAGR: 1.82% | SUE: 1.92 | # QB: 7
EPS current Quarter (2026-10-31): EPS=1.36 | Chg30d=-0.93% | Revisions=-25% | Analysts=3
EPS next Quarter (2027-01-31): EPS=1.39 | Chg30d=-1.74% | Revisions=-25% | Analysts=3
EPS current Year (2027-04-30): EPS=5.66 | Chg30d=-1.54% | Revisions=-25% | GrowthEPS=+7.1% | GrowthRev=+20.4%
EPS next Year (2028-04-30): EPS=6.38 | Chg30d=-0.83% | Revisions=+38% | GrowthEPS=+12.8% | GrowthRev=+10.9%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +0% (up=4, down=4)