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$76.35+4.49%
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Korn Ferry

KFY

$76.35

+$3.28 (+4.49%)

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ProfitabilitySolid marginsGrowthSteady growthCash FlowHealthy conversionValuationAttractively priced
What stands out

12.75% operating margin is respectable but not wide. ROIC at 10.67%. Suggests the business covers its cost of capital, but doesn't point to a wide moat.

What's changing

Revenue grew 6.4%, steady but not accelerating.

What deserves caution

Even for strong businesses, today's 14x P/E means the stock needs to keep delivering. There's no margin of safety if growth disappoints.

Valuation context

14.5x earnings, 13.1x FCF. The multiple is below average. Either the market is pricing in deterioration you should investigate, or there's genuine value here.

Price History

+7.5%

Valuation & Multiples

Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares

Market Cap$4.17B
EPS$5.28
P/E14.46
P/FCF13.07
EV/EBITDA8.17
FCF Yield7.7%
Div. Yield2.61%
Net Debt/FCF-0.7x
52-Week Range
$59.54$86.28

Profitability & Returns

Revenue (TTM)

$2.99B

▲ +6.4% YoY

Net Income (TTM)

$279M

▲ +12.7% YoY

Op. Margin

12.88%

▲ +0.2pp YoY

ROIC

10.86%

Cash Flow & Balance Sheet

FCF (TTM)

$319M

▲ +7.4% YoY

Op. Cash Flow (TTM)

$404M

▲ +13.7% YoY

Net Debt

-$219M

Net Cash Position

Cash & Equiv.

$816M

5Y CAGR: +10.1%

5Y CAGR: +8.0%

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SourceComputed from the 10-Q filed 1 Sept 2026, covering the period ending 31 Jul 2026, as reported to the SEC. Data last refreshed 3 Oct 2026. How this is calculated.

Price from market data, last close as of 22 Oct 2026. Fiscal year ends Apr. Sector medians are approximate S&P 500 benchmarks and update periodically.

Is Korn Ferry (KFY) overvalued?

At a P/E of 14.5 and a price-to-free-cash-flow of 13.1, Korn Ferry (KFY) trades below a two-stage DCF intrinsic value of about $111.82 per share, so at $76.35 the stock looks undervalued (46.5% below estimated intrinsic value). A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.

On quality, Korn Ferry scores 68/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard (a solid business on these measures), weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. It currently yields about 2.6%; see dividend safety for coverage and history. All figures are computed from SEC filings; read the full methodology, or see how the market compares in our US profitability statistics. This is analysis, not investment advice.

Frequently asked

What is Korn Ferry's fair value?+

Intrinsiqq's two-stage DCF estimates an intrinsic value of about $111.82 per share for KFY, projecting its recent free cash flow forward with a growth rate that fades toward a long-run rate and discounting it back to today. Applying a 25% margin of safety gives a more conservative fair-value entry around $83.86. At today's $76.35, that puts the stock about 46.5% below estimated intrinsic value. The result is sensitive to the growth and discount-rate inputs, so it is best to run conservative, base and optimistic cases. You can adjust all of them yourself with the sliders on the DCF tab.

Is Korn Ferry a high-quality business?+

Korn Ferry scores 68 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 8 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a solid business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a 12.9% operating margin and a 10.9% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from SEC filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full metric-by-metric breakdown is on the quality scorecard.

Does Korn Ferry (KFY) pay a dividend, and how much?+

Yes, Korn Ferry pays a regular dividend of about $2.12 per share per year (typically in quarterly installments), a yield of roughly 2.6% at the current price. That is a payout ratio of about 39.0% of earnings, so the dividend is amply covered by earnings. Korn Ferry has grown the dividend at roughly 40.6% a year over the past few years. A low headline yield is not the same as a weak dividend: what matters is how well earnings and free cash flow cover the payout and whether it is growing, not the percentage alone. For KFY's full payout history, growth streak and dividend-safety score, see the dividends tab.

Is Korn Ferry a good stock to buy right now?+

That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. KFY currently trades below its estimated intrinsic value and scores 68/100 on quality (solid). It also yields about 2.6%. A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from SEC filings, not investment advice.

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