profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Korn Ferry
$75.55-0.26% today
+15.6% in 1 year
1-year low $59.541-year high $86.28
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2021 to 2026.
0%20% a year
You pay $14.86 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
It holds more cash than debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Korn Ferry sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $2.86 billion in 2023 to $2.94 billion in 2026, with $277 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Korn Ferry handed back 68% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $116M$105M
Free cash flow 2026$324M
Bought back its own shares$116M
Paid as dividends$105M
Cash vs. debt$1.1B vs. $592M
Korn Ferry vs. similar companies
Korn Ferry grows the fastest of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Korn Ferry | 14.9× · Cheap | ||
 Robert Half International | 32.3× · Expensive | ||
 TriNet Group | 19.5× · Fair price | ||
 ManpowerGroup | No profit yet | ||
 Insperity | No profit yet |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Korn Ferry's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,820 | 2,643 | 2,864 | 2,796 | 2,761 | 2,939 | |
| – | 2,512 | 2,597 | 2,463 | 2,445 | – | |
| 156 | 470 | 359 | 281 | 348 | 375 | |
| – | 522 | 390 | 322 | 446 | – | |
| 114 | 326 | 210 | 169 | 246 | 277 | |
| 2.09 | 5.98 | 3.95 | 3.23 | 4.60 | 5.22 | |
| – | 95.0% | 90.7% | 88.1% | 88.6% | – | |
| 8.6% | 17.8% | 12.5% | 10.1% | 12.6% | 12.8% | |
| 6.3% | 12.3% | 7.3% | 6.1% | 8.9% | 9.4% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 3,057 | 3,465 | 3,574 | 3,679 | 3,861 | 4,065 |
| Cash | 851 | 978 | 844 | 941 | 1,007 | 1,095 |
| Total debt | 599 | 595 | 561 | 577 | 568 | 592 |
| Total liabilities | 1,688 | 1,915 | 1,921 | 1,942 | 1,989 | 2,086 |
| 1,366 | 1,544 | 1,648 | 1,733 | 1,866 | 1,973 | |
| 53 | 53 | 52 | 51 | 53 | 53 | |
| – | 16.9% | 11.5% | 8.3% | 11.9% | – | |
| 8.4% | 21.1% | 12.7% | 9.8% | 13.2% | 14.1% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 251 | 502 | 344 | 284 | 364 | 414 | |
| 31 | 49 | 70 | 55 | 62 | 90 | |
| 220 | 452 | 274 | 229 | 302 | 324 | |
| Dividends paid | 22 | 27 | 33 | 54 | 84 | 105 |
| 30 | 96 | 95 | 53 | 89 | 116 | |
| 27 | 29 | 36 | 40 | 48 | 48 |
Valuation
- 14.9×
- 13.1×
- 0.74
- 1.7×
- 1.4×
- 12.7×
- –
- 7.9%
- 6.7%
- 3.0%
Profitability
- 88.6%
- 12.8%
- 9.4%
- 17.0%
- 8.9%
- 9.6%
- 13.9%
- 6.8%
- 12.3%
- –
Growth
- +10.1%
- +20.1%
- +31.9%
- +36.9%
- −0.5%
Financial health
- -0.8×
- 0.28
- 14.2%
- 18.6×
- 2.01
- 2.01
- 0.73
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 44%of 982
Top 27%of 991
Top 26%of 876
Top 34%of 989
Top 22%of 988
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $70.00
- Range
- $70.00 – $70.00
- 2 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 2026 | 1.28 | 1.22 | +4.9% |
| Dec 9, 2025 | 1.33 | 1.31 | +1.5% |
| Sep 9, 2025 | 1.31 | 1.24 | +5.6% |
| Jun 18, 2025 | 1.32 | 1.26 | +4.8% |
| Mar 11, 2025 | 1.19 | 1.13 | +5.3% |
| Dec 5, 2024 | 1.21 | 1.21 | +0.0% |
| Sep 5, 2024 | 1.18 | 1.12 | +5.4% |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 1.26 | 1.12 | +12.5% |
3.0%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$30a year at today's yield, before tax
+36.9%2020 to 2025
Raised5 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.40 in 2015 → $1.92 in 2025
How safe it looks
37.7% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 32.3%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
6/7Passes 6 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
73Pass
Benjamin Graham
75Pass
Philip Fisher
76Pass
Peter Lynch
75Pass
Joel Greenblatt
23No pass
Charlie Munger
61Pass
Terry Smith
61Pass
Questions about Korn Ferry
Is Korn Ferry a good stock to buy?
A solid business, and the price looks low. 6 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Korn Ferry AI analysis
What does Korn Ferry do?
Korn Ferry, together with its subsidiaries, provides organizational consulting services worldwide. It operates through four segments: Consulting, Digital, Executive Search, and Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) & Professional Search. It is in Staffing & Employment Services, based in Los Angeles, CA, United States, with 9,253 employees.
Does Korn Ferry pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 3.0% a year, about 38% of its yearly profit. In 2026 it paid out $105 million in dividends.
Is Korn Ferry stock halal?
Yes. Korn Ferry passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 14% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Korn Ferry stock done over the past year?
Up 15.6% over the past twelve months, to $75.55. It traded between $59.54 and $86.28 and is 12.4% below its high.
Who are Korn Ferry's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Robert Half International, TriNet Group, ManpowerGroup and Insperity. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Korn Ferry's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.