Korn Ferry KFY
At closeNov 3, 2026, 6:40 PM EST
After hours · Nov 3, 6:40 PM ET
- YTD
- +15.30%
- 1 year
- +18.42%
- Market cap
- 4.15B
- Revenue (ttm)
- 2.96B
- Profit margin
- 9.47%
- EPS (ttm)
- 5.29
- Shares out
- 54.56M
- P/E ratio
- 14.39
- Forward P/E
- 12.00
- Dividend
- 2.20 (2.82%)
- Ex-dividend date
- Sep 21, 2026
- YTD return
- +15.30%
- 1-year return
- +18.42%
- Volume
- 401.81K
- Avg volume
- 494.93K
- Open
- 77.03
- Previous close
- 77.97
- Day's range
- 75.76 – 77.61
- 52-week range
- 58.95 – 87.51
- Beta
- 1.25
- Analysts
- Strong Buy
- Price target
- 90.50 (+18.9%)
- Earnings date
- Dec 8, 2026
2Y +4.50 (+6.27%)
Key statistics
- Enterprise value
- 4.04B
- PEG ratio
- 1.20
- Price / sales
- 1.41
- Price / book
- 1.94
- Dividend yield
- 2.82%
- Payout ratio
- 38.94%
- Revenue growth
- 6.80%
- Free cash flow
- 253.32M
- Total cash
- 816.29M
- Total debt
- 597.77M
- Return on equity
- 14.51%
- Short % of float
- 4.09%
- 50-day average
- 76.71
- 200-day average
- 71.16
Analyst view
Consensus: strong buy
- Target (low)
- 82.00
- Target (mean)
- 90.50
- Target (high)
- 100.00
- Strong buy0
- Buy4
- Hold1
- Sell0
- Strong sell0
Next earnings
Dec 8, 2026
Expected Dec 8, 2026. Consensus EPS estimate 1.37.
Financials — quick view
Earnings
| Report date | Quarter ending | EPS estimate | EPS reported | Surprise | Surprise % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 2026 | Oct 31, 2026 | 1.36 | — | — | — |
| Sep 9, 2026 | Jul 31, 2026 | 1.36 | 1.43 | +0.07 | +5.15% |
| Jun 23, 2026 | Apr 30, 2026 | 1.38 | 1.40 | +0.02 | +1.45% |
| Mar 9, 2026 | Jan 31, 2026 | 1.22 | 1.28 | +0.06 | +4.92% |
| Dec 9, 2025 | Oct 31, 2025 | 1.31 | 1.33 | +0.02 | +1.53% |
| Sep 9, 2025 | Jul 31, 2025 | 1.24 | 1.31 | +0.07 | +5.65% |
Upgrades / downgrades
| Date | Firm | Action | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2026 | UBS | main | Neutral | Neutral |
| Jun 24, 2026 | UBS | main | Neutral | Neutral |
| Jun 24, 2026 | Baird | main | Outperform | Outperform |
| Jun 9, 2026 | Truist Securities | main | Buy | Buy |
| Apr 9, 2026 | UBS | main | Neutral | Neutral |
| Mar 10, 2026 | UBS | main | Neutral | Neutral |
About Korn Ferry
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, integrates, 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.
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Staffing & Employment Services
- Country
- United States
- Website
- kornferry.com
News
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Insider holders
| Insider | Relation | Latest transaction | Date | Shares held |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARIAN MARK D. | Officer | Sale | Dec 10, 2024 | 68,869 |
| BENEBY DOYLE NOLAN | Director | Stock Award(Grant) | Sep 17, 2025 | 42,660 |
| BURNISON GARY D | Chief Executive Officer | Stock Award(Grant) | Jul 12, 2026 | 316,882 |
| DISTEFANO MICHAEL | Officer | Sale | Jul 14, 2026 | 79,852 |
| LEAMON JERRY | Director | Stock Award(Grant) | Sep 17, 2025 | 22,072 |
| MACDONALD JEANNE | Officer | Stock Award(Grant) | Jul 9, 2026 | 46,424 |
Institution ownership
| Holder | % held | Shares | Value | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackrock Inc. | 14.64% | 7,986,945 | 608.29M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 6.31% | 3,444,193 | 262.31M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 5.80% | 3,166,070 | 241.13M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Wellington Management Group, LLP | 4.62% | 2,519,474 | 191.88M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 4.27% | 2,327,565 | 177.27M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| State Street Corporation | 3.87% | 2,113,593 | 160.97M | Jun 29, 2026 |
Fund ownership
| Holder | % held | Shares | Value | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF | 5.61% | 3,058,348 | 232.92M | Sep 29, 2026 |
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund | 3.01% | 1,644,292 | 125.23M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| SCHWAB STRATEGIC TRUST-Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF | 2.60% | 1,420,811 | 108.21M | Aug 30, 2026 |
| iShares Trust-iShares Russell 2000 ETF | 2.52% | 1,375,494 | 104.76M | Sep 29, 2026 |
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund | 2.18% | 1,190,731 | 90.69M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Vanguard Explorer Fund | 1.59% | 866,941 | 66.03M | Jul 30, 2026 |