Korn Ferry (KFY)Industrials | Staffing & Employment Services | Los Angeles, United States | NYSE
65.76 USD
+0.34
(0.520%)
⇧
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 65.70 -0.06 (-0.061%) ⇩ (April 17, 2026, 6:24 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★★☆ | Dividends: ★★★★☆ |
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 2:47 p.m. EDT
Korn Ferry (KFY) presents a mixed opportunity. Short-term traders may find potential in the recent price dip and the increased call options for higher strikes, suggesting a possible upward move. Long-term investors are attracted by the consistent dividend payments and strong fundamentals, despite the recent price stagnation. However, the high debt-to-equity ratio and mixed options activity indicate caution. The stock could be a good buy for long-term investors looking for steady returns, but short-term traders should monitor the options activity and market sentiment closely. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.066868 |
| MSTL | 0.067125 |
| AutoETS | 0.068787 |
| AutoTheta | 0.087338 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 80% |
| H-stat | 0.68 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.465 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.04 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Industrials |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2026-03-26 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2026-03-26 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 28.115 |
| Revenue per Share | 55.427 |
| Market Cap | 3,432,339,712 |
| Trailing P/E | 13.05 |
| Forward P/E | 11.41 |
| Beta | 1.29 |
| Profit Margins | 9.39% |
| Website | https://www.kornferry.com |
As of April 11, 2026, 2:47 p.m. EDT: Options activity shows a mix of bullish and bearish signals. The recent increase in call options for strikes above the current price, especially for 70.0 and 80.0, suggests some speculation on potential upward movement. However, the puts for lower strikes like 55.0 indicate caution or bearish sentiment. The overall volatility and positioning suggest a balanced view with some potential for short-term price movements, but not a clear consensus on direction.
| Last Yield | 1yr Yield | 3yr Avg | 5yr Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.88% | 2.95% | 2.42% | 1.85% |
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-27 | 0.55 | 0.882117 |
| 2025-12-19 | 0.48 | 0.709283 |
| 2025-09-26 | 0.48 | 0.692716 |
| 2025-07-03 | 0.48 | 0.663523 |
| 2025-03-27 | 0.48 | 0.719144 |
| 2024-12-20 | 0.37 | 0.576204 |
| 2024-09-19 | 0.37 | 0.510070 |
| 2024-07-03 | 0.37 | 0.575365 |
| 2024-03-26 | 0.33 | 0.539607 |
| 2023-12-20 | 0.33 | 0.600670 |
| 2023-09-21 | 0.18 | 0.402712 |
| 2023-07-06 | 0.18 | 0.394114 |
| 2023-03-27 | 0.15 | 0.316784 |
| 2022-12-20 | 0.15 | 0.322625 |
| 2022-09-22 | 0.15 | 0.336662 |
| 2022-07-05 | 0.15 | 0.280516 |
| 2022-03-25 | 0.12 | 0.202652 |
| 2021-12-20 | 0.12 | 0.182704 |
| 2021-09-22 | 0.12 | 0.178846 |
| 2021-07-02 | 0.12 | 0.184189 |
| 2021-03-09 | 0.10 | 0.174852 |
| 2020-12-18 | 0.10 | 0.255700 |
| 2020-09-24 | 0.10 | 0.380923 |
| 2020-07-14 | 0.10 | 0.390124 |
| 2020-03-25 | 0.10 | 0.456932 |
| 2019-12-19 | 0.10 | 0.264725 |
| 2019-09-26 | 0.10 | 0.288120 |
| 2019-07-01 | 0.10 | 0.282775 |
| 2019-03-25 | 0.10 | 0.251411 |
| 2018-12-19 | 0.10 | 0.275861 |
| 2018-09-27 | 0.10 | 0.229863 |
| 2018-06-25 | 0.10 | 0.180141 |
| 2018-03-23 | 0.10 | 0.232833 |
| 2017-12-19 | 0.10 | 0.269170 |
| 2017-09-26 | 0.10 | 0.295994 |
| 2017-06-28 | 0.20 | 0.655979 |
| 2017-03-21 | 0.10 | 0.364115 |
| 2016-12-16 | 0.10 | 0.387510 |
| 2016-09-22 | 0.10 | 0.536660 |
| 2016-06-23 | 0.10 | 0.511934 |
| 2016-03-22 | 0.10 | 0.413267 |
| 2015-12-17 | 0.10 | 0.342079 |
| 2015-09-23 | 0.10 | 0.341764 |
| 2015-06-23 | 0.10 | 0.328357 |
| 2015-03-23 | 0.10 | 0.362974 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.099865556 |
| Address1 | 1,900 Avenue of the Stars |
| Address2 | Suite 1225 |
| All Time High | 84.68 |
| All Time Low | 5.59 |
| Ask | 65.81 |
| Ask Size | 200 |
| Audit Risk | 1 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.4 - Strong Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 515,830 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 587,385 |
| Average Volume | 587,385 |
| Average Volume10Days | 515,830 |
| Beta | 1.288 |
| Bid | 26.29 |
| Bid Size | 200 |
| Board Risk | 1 |
| Book Value | 38.91 |
| 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 | 65.76 |
| Current Ratio | 2.011 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 66.58 |
| Day Low | 65.41 |
| Debt To Equity | 28.115 |
| Dividend Date | 1,776,211,200 |
| Dividend Rate | 2.2 |
| Dividend Yield | 3.35 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,773,072,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,773,072,000 |
| Earnings Growth | 0.117 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 0.117 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,773,059,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,773,059,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,773,059,400 |
| Ebitda | 419,384,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.14665 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 7.201 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 1.056 |
| Enterprise Value | 3,019,946,752 |
| Eps Current Year | 5.32423 |
| Eps Forward | 5.76275 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 5.04 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,774,569,600 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 62.8886 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 2.8714027 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.04565856 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 9.986555 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 78.5 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -12.739998 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.16229297 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 58.95 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 6.8100014 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.11552165 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 58.95 - 78.5 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 918,743,400,000 |
| Five Year Avg Dividend Yield | 1.49 |
| Float Shares | 51,350,056 |
| Forward Eps | 5.76275 |
| Forward P E | 11.411219 |
| Free Cashflow | 291,440,864 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 9,253 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.24795 |
| Gross Profits | 709,075,008 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.01 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.00149 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 52,194,945 |
| 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 | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,774,569,600 |
| Last Dividend Value | 0.55 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,745,971,200 |
| 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, financial services, healthcare, 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 | 3,432,339,712 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_396922 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,769,817,600 |
| Net Income To Common | 265,308,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,777,507,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 3,412,094,841 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 4 |
| Open | 65.7 |
| Operating Cashflow | 373,320,992 |
| Operating Margins | 0.12174 |
| Overall Risk | 1 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.38099998 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.2 |
| Phone | 310-552-1834 |
| Post Market Change | -0.060661316 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -0.092246525 |
| Post Market Price | 65.69934 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,464,686 |
| Previous Close | 65.42 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 12.351082 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 1.690054 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 1.2002258 |
| Profit Margins | 0.0939 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.859 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | strong_buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.4 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.340004 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 0.519725 |
| Regular Market Day High | 66.58 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 65.41 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 65.41 - 66.58 |
| Regular Market Open | 65.7 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 65.42 |
| Regular Market Price | 65.76 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,002 |
| Regular Market Volume | 440,066 |
| Return On Assets | 0.05964 |
| Return On Equity | 0.14303 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.073 |
| Revenue Per Share | 55.427 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.36506534 |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Sector Disp | Industrials |
| Sector Key | industrials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 2 |
| Shares Outstanding | 51,887,087 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0311 |
| Shares Short | 1,615,533 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 1,290,284 |
| Short Name | Korn Ferry |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0431 |
| Short Ratio | 2.28 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | CA |
| Symbol | KFY |
| Target High Price | 84.0 |
| Target Low Price | 70.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 75.5 |
| Target Median Price | 74.0 |
| Total Cash | 962,212,992 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 18.544 |
| Total Debt | 564,547,008 |
| Total Revenue | 2,859,745,024 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 1.92 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.029348822 |
| Trailing Eps | 5.04 |
| Trailing P E | 13.04762 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 68.04375 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -2.2837448 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.03356289 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 440,066 |
| Website | https://www.kornferry.com |
| Zip | 90,067 |