KORN FERRY (KFY)
Industrials · Human Capital & Organizational Consulting · NYSE
A premier global consulting firm that integrates talent and organizational strategy to help companies align their leaders, teams, and business outcomes.
What KORN FERRY does
Korn Ferry is a global consulting firm that helps organizations align their strategy, leadership, and workforce to drive performance. The company provides a range of integrated services, including executive search, organizational strategy, talent acquisition (such as Recruitment Process Outsourcing), and leadership development. Its business is underpinned by extensive proprietary databases, behavioral science, and AI-enabled tools that connect talent, rewards, and organizational design to business outcomes.
Recent developments
Korn Ferry completed the acquisition of Auxey Holdco Limited (AMS) to expand its Workforce Solutions and operational talent capabilities. In Q1 FY 2027, the company reported a 7% year-over-year increase in fee revenue and reached a record backlog of estimated remaining fees under existing contracts of $1.9 billion.
From KORN FERRY's filing of 2026-09-09.
Themes: Talent acquisition / RPO, Organizational design / Strategy, Leadership development, Human capital consulting, AI-enabled workforce solutions, Executive search, Compensation and rewards strategy
Fundamentals
- Price$71.66 as of 2026-10-09 close
- Market cap$3.9B as of 2026-09-01 (share count; price 2026-10-09)
- 1-year return+1.7% 2025-10-09 close $70.43 → 2026-10-09 close $71.66
- P/E13.53 as of 2026-10-09
- Net margin+9.4% FY2026, SEC XBRL
- ROE+14.1% FY2026, SEC XBRL
- Debt / equity0.20 as of 2026-09-02
- Revenue growth (YoY)+6.4% as of 2026-09-02
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+0.9% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.67 as of 2026-09-02
- Last reported earnings2026-09-09 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +2.9%; at least 12 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer.
How KFY compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiobottom 25% 349 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-10-09
- net profit marginmiddle range 417 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-09-02
- operating marginmiddle range 392 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-09-02
- return on equitymiddle range 432 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-09-02
- 3-year revenue CAGRmiddle range 428 covered Industrials peers
- indicated dividend yieldtop 25% 271 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-09-02
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 417 covered Industrials peers, as of FY2026
Position among covered Industrials companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Top 10 scores & list membership
KFY is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.
Top 10 score
55.1 #471 of 1,383 scored · #70 of 238 in Industrials
Valuation 83rd (price to earnings 13.5, price to book 2) and capital return 68th (consecutive years of dividend increases 12 years, net share count bought back over the year 0.5); weakest is growth (31st, 3-year revenue CAGR 0.9%, revenue growth year over year 6.4%).
Scores as of 9 Oct 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 4.
Dividend coverage (FY2026)
Covered by reported results. In FY2026, KFY's dividend was covered by reported results (earnings payout 38%, free-cash-flow payout 32%). This describes past coverage, not a forecast.
- Earnings payout38% dividends / net income
- Free-cash-flow payout32% dividends / (operating cash flow − capex)
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2026 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How KORN FERRY looks technically
KORN FERRY (KFY) is trading 1.6% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 80 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. A strong downtrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 35, with sellers in control. Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 36, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 2 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive). It made a new 20-day low about 3 trading days ago. It is 18.1% below its highest point of the past year.
Trend
7
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 1.6% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +1.6% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $79.62 | $79.62 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $70.50 | $70.50 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 10 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 10 sessions |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 80 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 80 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a strong downtrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 35, with sellers in control | 35.2 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 36, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 35.7 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the lower half of its 14-day range ($70.26 to $77.11) — its "stochastic" reading is 20 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been slipping within that range over the last few sessions. | 20.4 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 2 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive) | 2 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $87.51 | $87.51 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 18.1% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -18.1% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 21.6% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +21.6% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 18.1% below its highest point of the past year | 18.1% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day low about 3 trading days ago | 3 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day low about 3 trading days ago | 3 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $87.51 (set on 2026-08-28) | $87.51 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($59.54 to $86.28), and it has given back around half of its rise from last year’s low — 55% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $68.90 to $69.75. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 54.7% |
| From the all-time high | it is 18.1% below its all-time high | -18.1% |
| Nearest price level | it is sitting right on a resistance level at $71.79 — a price it turned at six times since 2025-01-21, most recently on 2025-10-23. Since 2024-10-09 it has 7 such levels below the current price and 6 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | +0.2% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $7.54 (set on 2009-03-17) | $7.54 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 850.4% above its all-time low | +850.4% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are about average versus its own recent 6-month history | 66th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $1.83 between its high and its low — about 2.6% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $1.83 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $68.48 and $79.02 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $68.48 – $73.75 – $79.02 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 2.6% in a typical session — calmer than most companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 2.6% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 0.6 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (1.6% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 0.6 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.57× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Price gaps
1
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-10-09 0.2% below the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and had not traded back through that level by the close | -0.1% |
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Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed lower in its latest session, after a session that did not close lower — a single down day rather than a run | 1 session down |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 13.8 percentage points (the stock lost 11.7% while the market gained 2.1%) | -13.8% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 3.9 percentage points (the stock lost 0.3% while the market gained 3.6%) | -3.9% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 2.5 percentage points (the stock gained 12.1% while the market gained 14.5%) | -2.5% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 14.3 percentage points (the stock gained 1.7% while the market gained 16.0%) | -14.3% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 3 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, MACD momentum is positive — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 3 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 4 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a fresh 20-day low, a strong downtrend, with sellers in control, lagging the market over 6 months, trading below the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 4 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 6.9% below the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-09-02 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established downtrend, with the band above acting as the level that would have to be cleared. The band itself is thick, spanning 10.8% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that has held for a while and takes effort to cross. | -6.9% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 2% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $70.59 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 191 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +1.5% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 4% below the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-09-09 (its 10-Q), so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $74.56 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 23 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -3.9% |
Price levels it has turned at before
KFY last closed at $71.66 on 2026-10-09. Since 2024-10-09 it has turned at 7 prices below its last close and 6 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $71.79 | Resistance | 0.2% above the last close | turned there six times · 2025-01-21 to 2025-10-23 |
| $70.01 | Support | 2.3% below the last close | turned there six times · 2025-03-11 to 2026-09-29 |
| $74.19 | Resistance | 3.5% above the last close | turned there four times · 2024-11-19 to 2026-06-12 |
| $68.36 | Support | 4.6% below the last close | turned there 10 times · 2024-10-22 to 2026-06-22 |
| $75.43 | Resistance | 5.3% above the last close | turned there three times · 2025-07-01 to 2025-07-18 |
| $66.37 | Support | 7.4% below the last close | turned there 7 times · 2025-03-03 to 2026-06-30 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
No Elliott-wave labelling currently fits its swings: the recent highs and lows do not satisfy the three rules a five-wave count has to obey, so there is no count to show rather than a count we are unsure about.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-10-09.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Near 200-day moving-average support · Trading above the 200-day moving average · Broke down to a new 20-day low · MACD just crossed bullish (12/26/9) · Trading at this year’s average price paid (anchored VWAP) · Under water since its last earnings report (below the anchored VWAP) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout · fifty two week high low
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-10-09. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingStrong Buy (1.40 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 4 analysts
- Mean price target$90.25 range $82.00 – $100.00; median $89.50
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-10-10. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for KFY
- Consensus EPS estimate$1.35 next reporting period, as of 2026-10-10
- Readings revised upward0% of 4 comparable readings
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Dependence on global economic conditions and geopolitical stability.","Competition for, and the costs associated with, attracting and retaining skilled consultants.","Risks related to the successful integration of acquired businesses, specifically the recent acquisition of AMS."]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of KFY's 10-Q filed 2026-03-11 against the prior one filed 2025-12-09.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Reference to January 31, 2026 as the reporting date for Marquee and Diamond Accounts Program in newer filing (2026-03-11)
- Removed:
- Reference to October 31, 2025 as the reporting date for Marquee and Diamond Accounts Program in older filing (2025-12-09)
- Reworded:
- Older filing (2025-12-09): 'experimental learning programs' changed to 'experiential learning programs' in newer filing (2026-03-11) under Leadership & Professional Development capability
- Older filing (2025-12-09): 'the expansion of social media platforms' changed to 'the use of social media platforms' in newer filing (2026-03-11) in risk factors
- Older filing (2025-12-09): page number '26' changed to page number '27' in newer filing (2026-03-11)
- Notes:
- The newer filing text ends mid-sentence at 'our 350 Marquee and' while the older filing text ends at 'our 350 Marque' (truncated), preventing full comparison of the Marquee and Diamond Accounts Program section
Risk Factors
- Added:
- Newer filing (2026-03-11) includes nine months ended January 31, 2026 and 2025 comparative periods in Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income
- Newer filing includes additional stockholders' equity statement row for Balance as of January 31, 2026 with net income, comprehensive income, dividends, stock purchases, issuances, and stock-based compensation activity for Q3 FY2026
- Removed:
- Older filing (2025-12-09) included six months ended October 31, 2025 and 2024 comparative periods in Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income; newer filing replaced with nine-month periods
- Older filing included Statement of Cash Flows for six months ended October 31, 2025 and 2024; not present in newer filing excerpt
- Reworded:
- Balance sheet date changed from October 31, 2025 to January 31, 2026 in newer filing
- Income statement periods changed from three months and six months ended October 31 to three months and nine months ended January 31 in newer filing
- Comprehensive income statement periods changed from three months and six months ended October 31 to three months and nine months ended January 31 in newer filing
- Notes:
- Comparison is limited to the financial statement sections provided; Risk Factors Item 1A text was not substantively presented in either excerpt to enable full Risk Factors section comparison
- Page number in table of contents changed from 46/47 in older filing to 47/48 in newer filing, reflecting addition of content
- The newer filing excerpt appears truncated and does not include complete cash flow statement or all notes sections for full assessment
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
0 open-market purchases and 4 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days, of which we have read Form 4 filings through 2026-10-05. The 5 days since 2026-10-05 have not been checked yet.
- Last 30 days · read to 2026-10-050 buys · 1 sell ($278283) — 1 selling insider
- Last 90 days · read to 2026-10-050 buys · 4 sells ($982477) — 4 selling insiders
- Last 180 days · read to 2026-10-050 buys · 4 sells ($982477) — 4 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-09-23. Based on Form 4 filings read through 2026-10-05; anything filed since is not yet included.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about KFY's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
5 institutional 13F filers reported holding KFY as of 2026-06-30 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 5
- Reported shares held 10,411,496
- Reported value $693,197,434
reported quarterly holdings change (2026-03-31 → 2026-06-30): 0 new, 3 increased, 2 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
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Short interest (FINRA)
KFY had 2,168,576 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
KFY had 3.97% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 3.85 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 2,168,576
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 3.97%
- Prior settlement (shares) 2,237,228
- Reported change -3.07%
- Days to cover (reported) 3.85
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-09-15 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Spencer Stuart
- Heidrick & Struggles (HSII)
- Russell Reynolds Associates
- Egon Zehnder
- Robert Half (RHI)
- ManpowerGroup (MAN)
- Kelly Services (KELYA)
- McKinsey & Company
- Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
- Bain & Company
AI-enriched competitor set. Linked names are companies covered by stocks-llm; other named peers are shown for reference only.
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Frequently asked questions
What does KORN FERRY (KFY) do?
Korn Ferry is a global consulting firm that helps organizations align their strategy, leadership, and workforce to drive performance. The company provides a range of integrated services, including executive search, organizational strategy, talent acquisition (such as Recruitment Process Outsourcing), and leadership development.
What sector is KORN FERRY (KFY) in?
KORN FERRY (KFY) is classified in the Industrials sector. Its industry is Human Capital & Organizational Consulting. It trades on NYSE.
Does KFY pay a dividend?
Yes — KORN FERRY (KFY) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 2.87% and at least 12 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC EDGAR XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer (market data, as of 2026-09-02). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are KORN FERRY's (KFY) competitors?
Notable peers of KORN FERRY (KFY) include Spencer Stuart, Heidrick & Struggles, Russell Reynolds Associates, Egon Zehnder and Robert Half. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is KORN FERRY (KFY) overbought or oversold right now?
KORN FERRY (KFY) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 36, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-10-09). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on KFY come from?
Fundamentals come from SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-02 for the rest; prices are market data, as of 2026-09-02; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-02 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-10-09.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.