Kforce (KFRC) Competitors

Kforce (NASDAQ:KFRC) and Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.

Do analysts rate KFRC or KFY?

Kforce presently has a consensus price target of $66.67, suggesting a potential upside of 37.39%. Korn Ferry has a consensus price target of $77.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.70%. Given Kforce's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Kforce is more favorable than Korn Ferry.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kforce	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Korn Ferry	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Which has more risk & volatility, KFRC or KFY?

Kforce has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Korn Ferry has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings & valuation, KFRC or KFY?

Korn Ferry has higher revenue and earnings than Kforce. Korn Ferry is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kforce, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kforce	$1.41B	0.66	$50.41M	$2.68	18.11
Korn Ferry	$2.74B	1.21	$169.15M	$4.68	13.74

Is KFRC or KFY a better dividend stock?

Kforce pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Korn Ferry pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Kforce pays out 56.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Korn Ferry pays out 31.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in KFRC or KFY?

Kforce received 73 more outperform votes than Korn Ferry when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.18% of users gave Kforce an outperform vote while only 55.06% of users gave Korn Ferry an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kforce	Outperform Votes 416 62.18%	Underperform Votes 253 37.82%
Korn Ferry	Outperform Votes 343 55.06%	Underperform Votes 280 44.94%

Is KFRC or KFY more profitable?

Korn Ferry has a net margin of 9.03% compared to Kforce's net margin of 3.59%. Kforce's return on equity of 30.34% beat Korn Ferry's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kforce	3.59%	30.34%	13.76%
Korn Ferry	9.03%	14.27%	7.02%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of KFRC or KFY?

92.8% of Kforce shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of Korn Ferry shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% of Kforce shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Korn Ferry shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor KFRC or KFY?

In the previous week, Kforce had 2 more articles in the media than Korn Ferry. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Kforce and 1 mentions for Korn Ferry. Korn Ferry's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Kforce's score of -0.46 indicating that Korn Ferry is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kforce	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Korn Ferry	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Korn Ferry beats Kforce on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.