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Korn Ferry (KFY) Competitors

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$66.56 -0.04 (-0.06%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:16 PM ET)

KFY vs. RHI, ASGN, NSP, MAN, 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), Insperity (NSP), ManpowerGroup (MAN), 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 contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and earnings.

Robert Half received 160 more outperform votes than Korn Ferry when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.34% of users gave Robert Half an outperform vote while only 55.06% of users gave Korn Ferry an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Robert HalfOutperform Votes
503
61.34%
Underperform Votes
317
38.66%
Korn FerryOutperform Votes
343
55.06%
Underperform Votes
280
44.94%

In the previous week, Robert Half had 12 more articles in the media than Korn Ferry. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Robert Half and 6 mentions for Korn Ferry. Korn Ferry's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Robert Half's score of 0.64 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
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Korn Ferry
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Robert Half has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Korn Ferry has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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$5.89B1.25$411.15M$2.7426.03
Korn Ferry$2.74B1.25$169.15M$4.6814.22

Robert Half presently has a consensus target price of $71.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.45%. Korn Ferry has a consensus target price of $77.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.69%. 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
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Korn Ferry
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

Korn Ferry has a net margin of 9.03% 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 9.03%14.27%7.02%

Robert Half pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Korn Ferry pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. 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 31.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Robert Half has raised 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.

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

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$3.43B$882.54M$6.78B$19.19B
Dividend Yield2.11%1.73%2.82%3.58%
P/E Ratio14.229.4644.3041.22
Price / Sales1.251.14430.6717.58
Price / Cash12.398.7929.5221.28
Price / Book1.931.805.595.32
Net Income$169.15M$48.71M$125.43M$989.67M
7 Day Performance-5.06%-3.96%3.94%-3.45%
1 Month Performance-13.54%-4.40%8.53%-3.73%
1 Year Performance13.45%-28.80%18.39%12.06%

Korn Ferry Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KFY
Korn Ferry
4.5533 of 5 stars
$66.56
-0.1%
$77.00
+15.7%
+14.5%$3.43B$2.74B14.229,076Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
Positive News
High Trading Volume
RHI
Robert Half
4.0059 of 5 stars
$75.69
-0.5%
$71.00
-6.2%
-17.2%$7.82B$5.89B27.6415,000
ASGN
ASGN
2.3278 of 5 stars
$88.15
+0.1%
$97.83
+11.0%
-10.3%$3.90B$4.45B22.283,700
NSP
Insperity
4.7458 of 5 stars
$80.52
-3.4%
$95.67
+18.8%
-34.2%$3.01B$6.55B26.474,400News Coverage
MAN
ManpowerGroup
4.9284 of 5 stars
$60.22
-1.6%
$76.60
+27.2%
-27.0%$2.83B$18.08B77.4427,900
KFRC
Kforce
3.2157 of 5 stars
$59.40
-0.6%
$66.67
+12.2%
-17.2%$1.13B$1.53B20.611,800Positive News
BBSI
Barrett Business Services
4.2193 of 5 stars
$43.61
+0.1%
$41.67
-4.5%
+50.4%$1.13B$1.12B23.05130,513
HSII
Heidrick & Struggles International
2.4853 of 5 stars
$45.70
+0.6%
$46.00
+0.7%
+51.9%$932.69M$1.09B24.572,212
KELYA
Kelly Services
4.6537 of 5 stars
$13.66
-1.2%
$25.00
+83.0%
-39.3%$486.43M$4.37B12.033,700
TBI
TrueBlue
2.7865 of 5 stars
$8.95
+1.0%
$11.50
+28.5%
-46.3%$264.55M$1.67B-2.315,000Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
HSON
Hudson Global
0.9836 of 5 stars
$14.90
flat
N/A-12.0%$40.68M$161.34M-12.961,050Analyst Forecast
News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:KFY) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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