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Korn Ferry (KFY)

Industrials | Staffing & Employment Services | Los Angeles, United States | NYSE
73.37 USD +0.39 (0.528%) ⇧ (Oct. 16, 2026, 9:42 a.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★★⯪☆Dividends:★★★⯪☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 8:06 a.m. EDT

Korn Ferry presents a compelling intermediate opportunity where a resilient business meets a depressed valuation, though short-term momentum remains muted. The company's fundamentals are solid, boasting a fortress-like balance sheet with a current ratio of 2.37 and healthy free cash flow generation. Management has demonstrated a commitment to returning capital, evidenced by a consistent dividend increase over the last few years, which now offers a robust 3% yield. However, the stock is currently trading below its 50-day moving average, reflecting recent weakness despite a massive 217% gain over the last nine years. The trailing twelve-month revenue growth of 6.8% confirms steady expansion, yet the market is pricing in caution, likely due to the recent single-year decline in performance. While the long-term trajectory remains overwhelmingly positive, the lack of immediate price acceleration suggests patience is required. Investors should view this as a high-conviction hold for income and medium-term appreciation, waiting for the technicals to align with the strong underlying business quality.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.087109
AutoARIMA0.089039
MSTL0.089464
AutoTheta0.137408

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 40%
H-stat 304.97
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.079
Excess Kurtosis -1.64
Attribute Value
Sector Industrials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-09-21
Last Dividend Date 2026-09-21
Debt to Equity Ratio 29.869
Revenue per Share 57.779
Market Cap 4,105,701,120
Trailing P/E 13.87
Forward P/E 11.49
Beta 1.27
Profit Margins 9.47%
Website https://www.kornferry.com

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 8:06 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a range-bound recovery rather than a breakout. Call open interest is heavily concentrated at strikes significantly above the current price (80 and 85), suggesting bets on a rebound to previous highs. Conversely, put open interest clusters at lower strikes (60-65), indicating a floor is expected. The imbalance in volume versus open interest suggests active trading around the current level rather than new directional positioning, while implied volatility remains moderate.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.73% 3.08% 2.60% 2.01%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-09-22 0.55 0.725020
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
dividendYield 3.01
exDividendDate 2026-09-22
trailingAnnualDividendRate 2.06
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.028224977
lastDividendValue 0.55
lastDividendDate 2026-09-22
dividendDate 2026-10-15

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.067543864
Address1 1,900 Avenue of the Stars
Address2 Suite 1225
All Time High 87.51
All Time Low 5.59
Ask 76.14
Ask Size 100
Audit Risk 1
Average Analyst Rating 1.4 - Strong Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 582,370
Average Daily Volume3 Month 480,198
Average Volume 480,198
Average Volume10Days 582,370
Beta 1.265
Bid 71.88
Bid Size 100
Board Risk 2
Book Value 39.267
City Los Angeles
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,798,675,200
Compensation Risk 1
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 73.37
Current Ratio 2.371
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 73.57
Day Low 73.07
Debt To Equity 29.869
Dividend Date 1,792,022,400
Dividend Yield 3.01
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,788,969,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,788,969,600
Earnings Growth 0.053
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.035
Earnings Timestamp 1,788,957,000
Earnings Timestamp End 1,796,733,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,796,733,000
Ebitda 419,623,008
Ebitda Margins 0.14199
Enterprise To Ebitda 8.99
Enterprise To Revenue 1.276
Enterprise Value 3,772,256,256
Eps Current Year 5.65667
Eps Forward 6.38295
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 5.29
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,790,035,200
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 20
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 78.7166
Fifty Day Average Change -5.346596
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.067922086
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 6.7543864
Fifty Two Week High 87.51
Fifty Two Week High Change -14.139999
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.16158152
Fifty Two Week Low 58.95
Fifty Two Week Low Change 14.420002
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.24461411
Fifty Two Week Range 58.95 - 87.51
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 918,743,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.35
Float Shares 54,030,176
Forward Eps 6.38295
Forward P E 11.494686
Free Cashflow 253,317,744
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 8,965
Fullday Change 0.38500214
Fullday Change Percent 0.52750856
Fullday Price 73.37
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.24725
Gross Profits 730,707,008
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.0099599995
Held Percent Institutions 0.96008
Implied Shares Outstanding 55,958,851
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 1,790,035,200
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 4,105,701,120
Market State REGULAR
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_396922
Most Recent Quarter 1,785,456,000
Net Income To Common 276,153,984
Next Fiscal Year End 1,809,043,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 4,138,834,436
Number Of Analyst Opinions 4
Open 70.19
Operating Cashflow 403,928,992
Operating Margins 0.11837
Overall Risk 1
Payout Ratio 0.38939998
Peg Ratio 1.2
Phone 310-552-1834
Previous Close 72.985
Price Eps Current Year 12.970529
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.8684902
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 1.3892426
Profit Margins 0.09466
Quick Ratio 2.169
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key strong_buy
Recommendation Mean 1.4
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.38500214
Regular Market Change Percent 0.52750856
Regular Market Day High 73.57
Regular Market Day Low 73.07
Regular Market Day Range 73.07 - 73.57
Regular Market Open 70.19
Regular Market Previous Close 72.985
Regular Market Price 73.37
Regular Market Time 1,792,158,157
Regular Market Volume 11,546
Return On Assets 0.06413
Return On Equity 0.14506
Revenue Growth 0.068
Revenue Per Share 57.779
Sand P52 Week Change 0.16207206
Sector Industrials
Sector Disp Industrials
Sector Key industrials
Share Holder Rights Risk 2
Shares Outstanding 55,958,851
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.041500002
Shares Short 2,321,605
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 2,237,228
Short Name Korn Ferry
Short Percent Of Float 0.0559
Short Ratio 3.71
Source Interval 15
State CA
Symbol KFY
Target High Price 100.0
Target Low Price 82.0
Target Mean Price 90.25
Target Median Price 89.5
Total Cash 816,291,008
Total Cash Per Share 14.962
Total Debt 597,769,984
Total Revenue 2,955,352,064
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 2.06
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.028224977
Trailing Eps 5.29
Trailing P E 13.869566
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 70.6678
Two Hundred Day Average Change 2.7022018
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.038238093
Type Disp Equity
Volume 11,546
Website https://www.kornferry.com
Zip 90,067