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Korn Ferry (KFY)

Industrials | Staffing & Employment Services | Los Angeles, United States | NYSE
86.28 USD +1.63 (1.926%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 86.28

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★★⯪☆Dividends:★★★⯪☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 2:01 a.m. EDT

The long-term outlook remains solid, driven by a robust nine-year price trajectory that is up over 200% and a recent year-over-year gain, indicating the market continues to reward the business's recovery. Fundamentals are healthy with a 14.6% ROE and a manageable payout ratio, supporting a steady dividend that has grown significantly over the last few years. However, the short-term picture is clouded by conflicting signals: while the stock has rallied off its lows, the statistical forecast models predict a slight downside drift over the next month, and options activity is screaming caution with massive put positioning. This creates a tension where the business quality supports a buy-and-hold thesis, but the immediate technical setup and speculative sentiment suggest a potential pullback or consolidation ahead.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.063541
MSTL0.089780
AutoETS0.091260
AutoARIMA0.091419

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 53%
H-stat 5.88
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.136
Excess Kurtosis -1.10
Attribute Value
Sector Industrials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-07-05
Last Dividend Date 2026-07-05
Debt to Equity Ratio 30.126
Revenue per Share 56.535
Market Cap 4,431,007,232
Trailing P/E 16.22
Forward P/E 13.63
Beta 1.20
Profit Margins 9.54%
Website https://www.kornferry.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 2:01 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with heavy out-of-the-money put volume relative to calls, particularly in the September and December expirations. While there is some interest in the $80 strike calls, the overwhelming open interest in deep OTM puts suggests a fear of a significant downside move or a 'crash' scenario, creating a skewed risk/reward profile against the current uptrend.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.77% 3.04% 2.48% 1.90%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-07-06 0.55 0.773558
2026-03-27 0.55 0.882117
2025-12-19 0.48 0.703194
2025-09-26 0.48 0.682012
2025-07-03 0.48 0.648824
2025-03-27 0.48 0.698690
2024-12-20 0.37 0.555889
2024-09-19 0.37 0.489353
2024-07-03 0.37 0.549206
2024-03-26 0.33 0.512263
2023-12-20 0.33 0.567303
2023-09-21 0.18 0.378231
2023-07-06 0.18 0.368777
2023-03-27 0.15 0.295334
2022-12-20 0.15 0.299880
2022-09-22 0.15 0.311980
2022-07-05 0.15 0.259157
2022-03-25 0.12 0.186741
2021-12-20 0.12 0.168044
2021-09-22 0.12 0.164226
2021-07-02 0.12 0.168848
2021-03-09 0.10 0.160026
2020-12-18 0.10 0.233645
2020-09-24 0.10 0.347222
2020-07-14 0.10 0.354359
2020-03-25 0.10 0.413565
2019-12-19 0.10 0.238607
2019-09-26 0.10 0.259067
2019-07-01 0.10 0.253614
2019-03-25 0.10 0.224921
2018-12-19 0.10 0.246245
2018-09-27 0.10 0.204708
2018-06-25 0.10 0.160102
2018-03-23 0.10 0.206612
2017-12-19 0.10 0.238379
2017-09-26 0.10 0.261506
2017-06-28 0.20 0.578035
2017-03-21 0.10 0.318979
2016-12-16 0.10 0.338409
2016-09-22 0.10 0.467071
2016-06-23 0.10 0.443459
2016-03-22 0.10 0.356379
2015-12-17 0.10 0.293945
2015-09-23 0.10 0.292826
2015-06-23 0.10 0.280505
2015-03-23 0.10 0.309215
Additional Data
dividendRate 2.2
dividendYield 2.6
exDividendDate 2026-07-06
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.99
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.023508564
lastDividendValue 0.55
lastDividendDate 2026-07-06
dividendDate 2026-07-31

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.16752362
Address1 1,900 Avenue of the Stars
Address2 Suite 1225
All Time High 87.51
All Time Low 5.59
Ask 138.86
Ask Size 100
Audit Risk 1
Average Analyst Rating 1.4 - Strong Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 326,200
Average Daily Volume3 Month 510,001
Average Volume 510,001
Average Volume10Days 326,200
Beta 1.203
Bid 82.8
Bid Size 200
Board Risk 1
Book Value 39.275
City Los Angeles
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 1
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 86.28
Current Ratio 1.941
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 87.51
Day Low 85.8
Debt To Equity 30.126
Dividend Date 1,785,456,000
Dividend Rate 2.2
Dividend Yield 2.6
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,782,230,400
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,782,230,400
Earnings Growth 0.15
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.138
Earnings Timestamp 1,782,217,800
Earnings Timestamp End 1,788,957,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,788,957,000
Ebitda 411,892,000
Ebitda Margins 0.14167
Enterprise To Ebitda 9.394
Enterprise To Revenue 1.331
Enterprise Value 3,869,500,928
Eps Current Year 5.78005
Eps Forward 6.33056
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 5.32
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,783,296,000
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 78.4962
Fifty Day Average Change 7.783798
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.09916146
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 16.752361
Fifty Two Week High 87.51
Fifty Two Week High Change -1.2300034
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.014055574
Fifty Two Week Low 58.95
Fifty Two Week Low Change 27.329998
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.46361318
Fifty Two Week Range 58.95 - 87.51
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 918,743,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.56
Float Shares 50,392,676
Forward Eps 6.33056
Forward P E 13.629126
Free Cashflow 244,188,256
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 8,965
Fullday Change 1.63
Fullday Change Percent 1.92557
Fullday Price 86.28
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.24304001
Gross Profits 706,619,008
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.01154
Held Percent Institutions 1.03127
Implied Shares Outstanding 51,356,133
Industry Staffing & Employment Services
Industry Disp Staffing & Employment Services
Industry Key staffing-employment-services
Ir Website http://ir.kornferry.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=100800&p=irol-irhome
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,783,296,000
Last Dividend Value 0.55
Last Fiscal Year End 1,777,507,200
Long Business Summary Korn Ferry, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of organizational consulting services worldwide. The company offers consulting services for talent strategies, organizational structures, and workforce capabilities; and develops, integrate, and commercializes with Korn Ferry Talent suite, as well as enabling technology across Korn Ferry's other solution areas. The company operates cloud human resources platforms comprising Korn Ferry Architect, for providing organization and talent planning architecture for an agile and future-focused workforce; Korn Ferry Assess, for empowering leaders to take actions that lead to business success; Korn Ferry Listen, for deploying engagement surveys and benchmark employee engagement; Korn Ferry Sell, for developing and replicating sales strategies; and Korn Ferry Pay, a self-service pay solution, that provides global data and insights needed in real-time to make decisions on employee compensation programs. It serves public and private companies, consumer markets, government and public services, financial services, healthcare, education, life sciences, industrial, technology, and specialties sectors. The company was formerly known as Korn/Ferry International and changed its name to Korn Ferry in January 2019. Korn Ferry was founded in 1969 and is based in Los Angeles, California.
Long Name Korn Ferry
Market us_market
Market Cap 4,431,007,232
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_396922
Most Recent Quarter 1,777,507,200
Net Income To Common 274,040,992
Next Fiscal Year End 1,809,043,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 4,347,296,658
Number Of Analyst Opinions 4
Open 86.1
Operating Cashflow 414,192,000
Operating Margins 0.14693
Overall Risk 1
Payout Ratio 0.3812
Peg Ratio 1.2
Phone 310-552-1834
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 86.28
Post Market Time 1,787,959,805
Previous Close 84.65
Price Eps Current Year 14.927207
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 2.1968172
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 1.5240084
Profit Margins 0.095419995
Quick Ratio 1.802
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key strong_buy
Recommendation Mean 1.4
Region US
Regular Market Change 1.63
Regular Market Change Percent 1.92557
Regular Market Day High 87.51
Regular Market Day Low 85.8
Regular Market Day Range 85.8 - 87.51
Regular Market Open 86.1
Regular Market Previous Close 84.65
Regular Market Price 86.28
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,202
Regular Market Volume 532,598
Return On Assets 0.05896
Return On Equity 0.14583999
Revenue Growth 0.067
Revenue Per Share 56.535
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20204377
Sector Industrials
Sector Disp Industrials
Sector Key industrials
Share Holder Rights Risk 2
Shares Outstanding 51,356,133
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0431
Shares Short 2,215,719
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 2,229,833
Short Name Korn Ferry
Short Percent Of Float 0.06
Short Ratio 5.92
Source Interval 15
State CA
Symbol KFY
Target High Price 85.0
Target Low Price 75.0
Target Mean Price 81.0
Target Median Price 82.0
Total Cash 1,120,909,952
Total Cash Per Share 22.04
Total Debt 596,172,032
Total Revenue 2,907,469,056
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.99
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.023508564
Trailing Eps 5.32
Trailing P E 16.218044
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 69.0864
Two Hundred Day Average Change 17.193596
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.24887091
Type Disp Equity
Volume 532,598
Website https://www.kornferry.com
Zip 90,067