Korn Ferry (KFY) Competitors

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

Is KFY or RHI a better dividend stock?

Korn Ferry pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Robert Half pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Korn Ferry pays out 41.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Robert Half pays out 96.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Robert Half has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years. Robert Half is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in KFY or RHI?

98.8% of Korn Ferry shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Robert Half shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Korn Ferry shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Robert Half shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor KFY or RHI?

In the previous week, Robert Half had 7 more articles in the media than Korn Ferry. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Robert Half and 10 mentions for Korn Ferry. Korn Ferry's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Robert Half's score of 0.36 indicating that Korn Ferry is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Korn Ferry	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Robert Half	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer KFY or RHI?

Korn Ferry currently has a consensus target price of $75.67, indicating a potential upside of 21.48%. Robert Half has a consensus target price of $64.92, indicating a potential upside of 34.73%. Given Robert Half's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Robert Half is more favorable than Korn Ferry.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Korn Ferry	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Robert Half	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has more volatility and risk, KFY or RHI?

Korn Ferry has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Robert Half has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is KFY or RHI more profitable?

Korn Ferry has a net margin of 9.03% compared to Robert Half's net margin of 4.34%. Robert Half's return on equity of 17.20% beat Korn Ferry's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Korn Ferry	9.03%	14.27%	7.02%
Robert Half	4.34%	17.20%	8.63%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, KFY or RHI?

Robert Half has higher revenue and earnings than Korn Ferry. Korn Ferry is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Robert Half, 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
Korn Ferry	$2.74B	1.17	$169.15M	$4.65	13.39
Robert Half	$5.80B	0.85	$251.60M	$2.44	19.75

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in KFY or RHI?

Robert Half received 163 more outperform votes than Korn Ferry when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.08% of users gave Robert Half an outperform vote while only 55.13% of users gave Korn Ferry an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Korn Ferry	Outperform Votes 344 55.13%	Underperform Votes 280 44.87%
Robert Half	Outperform Votes 507 61.08%	Underperform Votes 323 38.92%

Summary

Robert Half beats Korn Ferry on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.