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Korn Ferry (KFY) Competitors

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$78.19 -0.47 (-0.60%)
(As of 11/13/2024 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.

Robert Half (NYSE:RHI) and Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) 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 risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.

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

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
Robert Half4.84% 18.78% 9.63%
Korn Ferry 6.68%13.73%6.71%

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

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
Robert Half$6.39B1.25$411.15M$2.7428.14
Korn Ferry$2.80B1.47$169.15M$3.5022.63

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

Robert Half pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Korn Ferry pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. 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. Korn Ferry pays out 42.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Robert Half currently has a consensus target price of $69.00, suggesting a potential downside of 10.52%. Korn Ferry has a consensus target price of $75.00, suggesting a potential downside of 5.33%. Given Korn Ferry's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Korn Ferry is more favorable than Robert Half.

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

In the previous week, Robert Half had 5 more articles in the media than Korn Ferry. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Robert Half and 11 mentions for Korn Ferry. Korn Ferry's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Robert Half's score of 0.78 indicating that Korn Ferry is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Robert Half
9 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Korn Ferry
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

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

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KFY vs. The Competition

MetricKorn FerryEmployment agencies IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.12B$1.13B$7.01B$20.06B
Dividend Yield1.88%1.58%2.82%3.50%
P/E Ratio22.639.6832.5536.88
Price / Sales1.470.69283.9818.70
Price / Cash13.699.2527.5821.64
Price / Book2.402.034.674.70
Net Income$169.15M$48.71M$120.07M$982.08M
7 Day Performance-0.18%-1.15%3.21%0.41%
1 Month Performance10.30%158.05%7.48%2.73%
1 Year Performance66.08%-10.08%33.82%31.55%

Korn Ferry Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KFY
Korn Ferry
4.5201 of 5 stars
$78.19
-0.6%
$75.00
-4.1%
+63.3%$4.07B$2.80B22.349,076Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
RHI
Robert Half
4.3036 of 5 stars
$75.74
-0.1%
N/A-0.8%$7.87B$6.39B27.6415,000Analyst Revision
News Coverage
ASGN
ASGN
1.5586 of 5 stars
$98.38
-0.7%
N/A+13.2%$4.45B$4.45B24.913,700Short Interest ↑
MAN
ManpowerGroup
4.8563 of 5 stars
$64.37
-1.4%
N/A-14.2%$3.12B$18.91B81.4827,900Dividend Increase
Analyst Revision
NSP
Insperity
4.2177 of 5 stars
$79.69
-1.3%
N/A-29.2%$3.10B$6.49B25.304,400Gap Up
KFRC
Kforce
1.7351 of 5 stars
$61.22
-1.5%
N/A-1.8%$1.17B$1.53B21.111,800Gap Up
BBSI
Barrett Business Services
4.703 of 5 stars
$41.37
+0.4%
N/A+63.2%$1.06B$1.07B21.83130,513Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
HSII
Heidrick & Struggles International
2.702 of 5 stars
$47.53
+2.6%
N/A+84.2%$970.04M$1.09B25.692,212Gap Up
KELYA
Kelly Services
4.9282 of 5 stars
$16.52
-8.9%
N/A-19.2%$587.62M$4.84B12.613,700Earnings Report
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
TBI
TrueBlue
3.5247 of 5 stars
$7.87
-2.6%
N/A-43.9%$232.64M$1.91B-2.055,000
HSON
Hudson Global
1.4347 of 5 stars
$14.65
-2.3%
N/A-11.4%$40.30M$142.97M-20.931,050Analyst Forecast
News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:KFY) was last updated on 11/13/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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