Korn/Ferry International

KFY Industrials Staffing & Employment Services

Korn/Ferry International’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended April 2026) was $2.9 billion, up 6.43% from fiscal 2025. In the quarter to July 2026, revenue grew 6.86%, EPS grew 5.47%, free cash flow fell 2.15% and total debt was flat, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for ten consecutive years.

73.03 0.01 +0.01%
Market cap
$4.0B
P/E
13.5×
Fwd P/E
12.9×
Dividend yield
2.92%
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
2.89
Beneish M
−2.56
Dividend safety
93/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 0.98
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — — — — — — — 3 — 1 —
Insider Ownership 0.00%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 3,980.00
Revenue 2,987.72
Net Income 282.88
Free Cash Flow 318.71
Net Debt (417.51)
Current Ratio 2.37 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.20 (at or below 0.5: strong)
P/E ratio 13.52
Fwd P/E 12.90
P/S ratio 1.23
P/B ratio 1.84
Past 5Y EPS Growth 20.09% (at or above 15%: strong)
This Y EPS Growth 8.15%
Next Y EPS Growth 11.78%
Next Y revenue growth 19.14% (at or above 10%: strong)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 11.12%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 27.02%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 53.30%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 49.87%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 55.69%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 35.79%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.40
Annual Dividend Rate 2.13
Annual Dividend Yield 2.92%
total individual payouts
2029 Powerpack
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 1.97
0.55
0.55
0.55
2025 1.54
0.48
0.48
0.48
0.48
2024 1.44
0.33
0.37
0.37
0.37
2023 0.84
0.15
0.18
0.18
0.33
2022 0.69
0.12
0.12
0.15
0.15
0.15
2021 0.46
0.10
0.12
0.12
0.12
2020 0.40
0.10
0.10
0.10
0.10
2019 0.40
0.10
0.10
0.10
0.10
2018 0.40
0.10
0.10
0.10
0.10
2017 0.40
0.10
0.10
0.10
0.10
2016 0.40
0.10
0.10
0.10
0.10
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Cash 984 1,043 1,134 816
Receivables 582 604 649 684
Inventory — — — —
Other 59 62 64 67
1,674 1,750 1,906 1,639
2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Payables 50 59 50 50
ST’ Debt — — — —
Other — — — —
935 956 982 691

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 8.12% 10.06% 0.86%
Cash Flow 19.63% 10.50% 6.40%
Earnings 24.50% 19.66% 10.18%
Book Value 6.57% 7.65% 6.18%

Revenue $m

Jul Oct Jan Apr Year
’26 765 — — — —
’26 716 730 725 768 2,939
’25 683 682 677 720 2,761
’24 706 712 677 700 2,796
’23 703 736 687 738 2,864
’22 588 643 685 727 2,643
’21 347 438 478 557 1,820
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Jul Oct Jan Apr Year
’26 (248) — — — —
’26 (237) 121 233 297 414
’25 (227) 122 214 256 364
’24 (274) 133 164 262 284
’23 (232) 133 192 251 344
’22 (161) 118 264 280 502
’21 (144) 52 146 197 251
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Jul Oct Jan Apr Year
’26 (266) — — — —
’26 (260) 101 212 272 324
’25 (238) 108 196 236 302
’24 (290) 117 152 250 229
’23 (249) 113 174 235 274
’22 (170) 108 250 263 452
’21 (153) 46 139 189 220
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Jul Oct Jan Apr Year
’26 1.32 — — — —
’26 1.26 1.36 1.23 1.39 5.22
’25 1.17 1.14 1.10 1.21 4.60
’24 0.89 (0.04) 1.13 1.24 3.23
’23 1.45 1.38 0.21 0.91 3.95
’22 1.37 1.38 1.54 1.70 5.98
’21 (0.58) 0.51 0.94 1.21 2.09
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.8
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to April

Group Line 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Trend 2027e 2028e 2029e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 27.47 37.38 34.35 21.45 41.97 46.47 44.45 54.77 59.23 58.95

Analyst estimates 2027–2029

Powerpack
High 44.08 68.98 49.54 45.86 84.68 78.49 60.22 80.64 78.50 87.51
People
People Employees 7,232 7,643 8,678 8,198 7,889 10,779 10,697 9,076 9,253 8,965
Revenue/emp, $m 0.22 0.24 0.23 0.24 0.23 0.25 0.27 0.31 0.30 0.33
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 1,622 1,820 1,974 1,977 1,820 2,643 2,864 2,796 2,761 2,939
Gross margin, % 26.42 27.18 27.32 27.76 24.18 29.16 24.29 22.12 24.88 24.55
EBT 116 206 134 151 164 433 296 223 345 388
EBT margin, % 7.15 11.32 6.81 7.63 8.99 16.38 10.33 7.96 12.49 13.22
Net income 87 136 105 107 116 331 213 173 251 281
Depreciation 47 49 46 55 62 64 68 78 80 99
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 28.85 32.83 35.69 36.39 34.39 50.06 55.63 54.77 53.33 57.14
Earnings 1.48 2.39 1.84 1.91 2.11 6.04 3.98 3.25 4.69 5.33
Cash flow 1.89 3.95 4.68 4.35 4.75 9.50 6.68 5.56 7.04 8.05
Capex (0.89) (0.76) (0.84) (0.76) (0.59) (0.94) (1.37) (1.08) (1.21) (1.75)
Free cash flow 1.00 3.20 3.84 3.59 4.16 8.56 5.31 4.48 5.83 6.31
Book value 19.34 22.00 22.48 22.52 25.86 29.34 32.11 34.04 36.16 38.48
Shares, m 56 55 55 54 53 53 51 51 52 51
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 21.90 22.28 25.69 15.17 32.33 10.28 11.98 18.68 13.13 12.47
P/S 1.13 1.63 1.32 0.79 1.97 1.24 0.86 1.11 1.16 1.16
P/B 1.69 2.43 2.09 1.28 2.63 2.12 1.48 1.78 1.71 1.73
EV/Sales 1.03 1.46 1.12 0.64 1.70 1.01 0.69 0.91 0.93 0.92
EV/FCF 29.88 15.03 10.44 6.45 14.07 5.90 7.25 11.10 8.53 8.35
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 106 219 259 236 251 502 344 284 364 414
Capex (50) (42) (47) (41) (31) (49) (70) (55) (62) (90)
Free cash flow 56 177 212 195 220 452 274 229 302 324
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 385 456 586 613 737 776 662 740 795 924
Total debt 256 211 223 394 395 395 396 397 398 399
Net debt (159) (324) (412) (337) (520) (640) (493) (587) (646) (736)
Shareholders’ equity 1,087 1,220 1,243 1,224 1,369 1,550 1,653 1,737 1,872 1,979
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 4.21 6.08 4.39 4.09 3.85 9.78 5.82 4.58 6.44 6.91
ROIC 8.10 14.54 10.58 12.41 11.47 32.29 17.04 11.57 17.65 18.84
ROE 7.82 11.48 8.25 8.42 8.62 21.86 12.80 9.80 13.46 14.23
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Apr 2026 · latest quarter Jul 2026

Charts ten years each

Korn/Ferry International vs peers in Staffing & Employment Services (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
KFY Korn/Ferry International $4.0B 13.5× 12.9× +6.86% (above 0%: growing) +5.47% (above 0%: growing) −2.15% (below 0%: shrinking) 25.61% 12.21%
RHI Robert Half Inc. $3.5B 29.0× 23.8× −2.44% (below 0%: shrinking) −36.59% (below 0%: shrinking) −2.55% (below 0%: shrinking) 35.47% (4.66%) Compare
TNET TriNet Group, Inc. $3.2B 18.9× 15.7× −4.43% (below 0%: shrinking) +50.65% (above 0%: growing) +17.54% (above 0%: growing) 20.07% 6.52% Compare
MAN ManpowerGroup Inc. $2.0B 16.2× 12.0× +4.44% (above 0%: growing) +86.44% (above 0%: growing) +96.09% (above 0%: growing) 15.85% 1.70% Compare
NSP Insperity, Inc. $1.9B — (loss-making) 40.1× +1.69% (above 0%: growing) n/m +147.67% (above 0%: growing) 12.87% 0.36% Compare
KFRC Kforce, Inc. $926.3M 24.1× 19.4× +4.49% (above 0%: growing) +23.73% (above 0%: growing) −145.85% (below 0%: shrinking) 28.47% 5.37% Compare
BBSI Barrett Business Services, Inc. $783.8M 23.4× 21.5× +3.77% (above 0%: growing) −26.39% (below 0%: shrinking) −5.41% (below 0%: shrinking) 20.31% 4.82% Compare
HHR HeadHunter Group PLC Sponsored ADR $761.1M 6.5× 7.9× +4.60% (above 0%: growing) n/m +41.15% (above 0%: growing) 56.09% 51.95% Compare
KELYB Kelly Services, Inc. $659.7M — (loss-making) — −5.77% (below 0%: shrinking) −40.38% (below 0%: shrinking) −48.93% (below 0%: shrinking) 20.42% 1.55% Compare
Median of peers $1.4B 21.1× 19.4× +2.73% −1.33% +7.50% 20.37% 3.26%

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Korn/Ferry International (KFY) key facts

  • Strength: Korn/Ferry International’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended April 2026) was $2.9 billion, up 6.43% from fiscal 2025.
  • Strength: Net income was $280.8 million, or $5.33 per share (basic), a net margin of 9.33%.
  • Korn/Ferry International (KFY) is a Staffing & Employment Services company in the Industrials sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, KFY traded at $73.03, a market capitalization of $4.0 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 13.5× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 1.2× sales; its P/E is higher than 27% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • Korn/Ferry International pays an annual dividend of $2.13 per share, a yield of 2.92%, with a payout ratio of 40.2%.
  • Return on equity was 14.2% and debt-to-equity 0.20.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 8 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 2.89 (grey zone) for fiscal 2026.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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