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Korn Ferry (KFY) Competitors

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$75.68 +0.11 (+0.15%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

KFY vs. RHI, ASGN, MAN, NSP, KFRC, BBSI, HSII, KELYA, TBI, and HSON

Should you be buying Korn Ferry stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Korn Ferry include Robert Half (RHI), ASGN (ASGN), ManpowerGroup (MAN), Insperity (NSP), Kforce (KFRC), Barrett Business Services (BBSI), Heidrick & Struggles International (HSII), Kelly Services (KELYA), TrueBlue (TBI), and Hudson Global (HSON). These companies are all part of the "human resource & employment services" industry.

Korn Ferry vs.

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

Korn Ferry presently has a consensus price target of $75.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.90%. Robert Half has a consensus price target of $69.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.97%. Given Korn Ferry's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Korn Ferry is more favorable than Robert Half.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Korn Ferry
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Robert Half
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17

In the previous week, Robert Half had 5 more articles in the media than Korn Ferry. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Robert Half and 8 mentions for Korn Ferry. Korn Ferry's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Robert Half's score of 0.38 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
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Robert Half
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Robert Half received 161 more outperform votes than Korn Ferry when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.37% of users gave Robert Half an outperform vote while only 55.00% of users gave Korn Ferry an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Korn FerryOutperform Votes
341
55.00%
Underperform Votes
279
45.00%
Robert HalfOutperform Votes
502
61.37%
Underperform Votes
316
38.63%

Korn Ferry pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Robert Half pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Korn Ferry pays out 42.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Robert Half pays out 77.4% 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 21 consecutive years. Robert Half is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

98.8% of Korn Ferry shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Robert Half shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Korn Ferry shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Robert Half shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Korn Ferry has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Robert Half has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Korn Ferry has a net margin of 6.68% compared to Robert Half's net margin of 4.84%. Robert Half's return on equity of 18.78% beat Korn Ferry's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Korn Ferry6.68% 13.73% 6.71%
Robert Half 4.84%18.78%9.63%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Korn Ferry$2.77B1.42$169.15M$3.5021.62
Robert Half$6.39B1.17$411.15M$2.7426.50

Summary

Robert Half beats Korn Ferry on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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KFY vs. The Competition

MetricKorn FerryEmployment agencies IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.94B$1.10B$6.94B$19.87B
Dividend Yield1.93%1.64%2.92%3.53%
P/E Ratio21.6211.4946.3242.94
Price / Sales1.421.13205.2318.99
Price / Cash13.098.8924.4017.86
Price / Book2.291.885.095.52
Net Income$169.15M$48.71M$121.42M$986.45M
7 Day Performance-1.06%-1.08%0.18%0.45%
1 Month Performance8.49%-3.42%8.47%1.05%
1 Year Performance49.12%-18.90%30.83%24.67%

Korn Ferry Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KFY
Korn Ferry
4.459 of 5 stars
$75.68
+0.1%
$75.00
-0.9%
+46.8%$3.93B$2.80B21.629,076
RHI
Robert Half
4.1202 of 5 stars
$72.61
+1.8%
$69.00
-5.0%
-11.9%$7.50B$6.39B26.5015,000
ASGN
ASGN
2.5954 of 5 stars
$85.08
+0.8%
$97.44
+14.5%
-6.3%$3.76B$4.45B21.353,700
MAN
ManpowerGroup
4.9475 of 5 stars
$60.39
flat
$76.60
+26.8%
-20.9%$2.83B$18.08B76.4427,900
NSP
Insperity
4.5457 of 5 stars
$73.17
+0.9%
$95.67
+30.7%
-35.2%$2.74B$6.49B23.234,400
KFRC
Kforce
3.2874 of 5 stars
$57.98
+0.2%
$66.67
+15.0%
-12.6%$1.10B$1.53B19.951,800Positive News
BBSI
Barrett Business Services
4.6696 of 5 stars
$42.35
+1.8%
$41.67
-1.6%
+53.1%$1.08B$1.12B22.41130,513Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↓
HSII
Heidrick & Struggles International
2.5538 of 5 stars
$44.99
+0.4%
$42.00
-6.6%
+62.0%$914.74M$1.04B24.322,212
KELYA
Kelly Services
4.9596 of 5 stars
$13.96
-0.9%
$25.00
+79.1%
-33.4%$504.23M$4.84B12.143,700Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
TBI
TrueBlue
3.5292 of 5 stars
$6.86
+1.6%
$11.50
+67.6%
-50.7%$199.52M$1.91B-1.795,000Positive News
HSON
Hudson Global
1.1388 of 5 stars
$14.44
+0.3%
N/A-7.4%$39.33M$161.34M0.001,050Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Down

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This page (NYSE:KFY) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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