KFY · Korn Ferry - Financials
Annual line items from SEC XBRL filings, sourced from EDGAR's Company Facts API with fallback to the quarterly Financial Statement Data Sets. See issuer overview for Form 4 activity and 10-K signals.
Income Statement
| Line item | Q3 '26 | Q2 '26 | Q1 '26 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $725.04M | $729.80M | $715.54M | $681.96M | $676.54M | $682.76M | $712.45M | $676.87M | $706.26M | $735.72M |
| Cost of Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gross Profit | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R&D | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SG&A | $65.94M | $50.25M | $63.87M | $64.54M | $65.33M | $60.00M | $65.74M | $62.66M | $65.92M | $65.09M |
| Total Operating Expenses | $634.02M | $631.04M | $632.10M | $594.48M | $598.31M | $606.71M | $689.63M | $627.01M | $649.49M | $616.07M |
| D&A | $22.99M | $31.57M | $22.69M | $19.69M | $20.49M | $19.58M | $19.55M | $19.51M | $19.01M | $17.09M |
| Operating Income | $91.02M | $98.75M | $83.45M | $87.48M | $78.23M | $76.05M | $22.82M | $49.87M | $56.77M | $119.65M |
| Interest Expense | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Income Tax | $26.68M | $26.64M | $25.25M | $24.90M | $22.80M | $22.35M | $2.34M | $9.02M | $18.42M | $28.89M |
| Net Income | $65.27M | $72.40M | $66.64M | $60.80M | $58.41M | $62.60M | ($1.71M) | $59.07M | $46.60M | $73.54M |
| EPS - Basic | $1.25 | $1.38 | $1.28 | $1.16 | $1.12 | $1.19 | ($0.04) | $1.14 | $0.89 | $1.39 |
| EPS - Diluted | $1.23 | $1.36 | $1.26 | $1.14 | $1.10 | $1.17 | ($0.04) | $1.13 | $0.89 | $1.38 |
Balance Sheet
| Line item | Q3 '26 | Q2 '26 | Q1 '26 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | $938.37M | $761.58M | $684.86M | $1.01B | $779.30M | $633.38M | $941.00M | $736.80M | $562.21M | $844.02M |
| Accounts Receivable | $626.81M | $607.30M | $600.36M | $565.25M | $575.70M | $573.02M | $541.01M | $589.72M | $592.33M | $569.60M |
| Inventory | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Accounts Payable | $60.03M | $53.03M | $55.06M | $58.88M | $51.66M | $49.61M | $50.11M | $46.37M | $50.73M | $53.39M |
| Current Assets | $1.79B | $1.61B | $1.49B | $1.75B | $1.56B | $1.42B | $1.67B | $1.54B | $1.37B | $1.64B |
| Total Assets | $3.95B | $3.72B | $3.63B | $3.86B | $3.65B | $3.45B | $3.68B | $3.56B | $3.31B | $3.57B |
| Current Liabilities | $889.55M | $749.25M | $674.40M | $955.60M | $817.76M | $658.02M | $934.52M | $842.64M | $655.79M | $976.26M |
| Long-term Debt | $398.35M | $398.14M | $397.94M | $397.74M | $397.54M | $397.14M | $396.95M | $396.75M | $396.38M | $396.19M |
| Total Liabilities | $1.94B | $1.77B | $1.73B | $1.99B | $1.85B | $1.69B | $1.94B | $1.85B | $1.62B | $1.92B |
| Stockholders' Equity | $2.00B | $1.94B | $1.89B | $1.87B | $1.79B | $1.75B | $1.73B | $1.70B | $1.69B | $1.65B |
| Retained Earnings | $1.72B | $1.68B | $1.63B | $1.59B | $1.55B | $1.47B | $1.43B | $1.38B | $1.35B | $1.31B |
Cash Flow
| Line item | Q3 '26 | Q2 '26 | Q1 '26 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | - | - | ($237.37M) | - | - | ($227.19M) | - | - | ($274.49M) | - |
| Investing Cash Flow | - | - | ($32.18M) | - | - | ($26.74M) | - | - | $11.44M | - |
| Financing Cash Flow | - | - | ($51.55M) | - | - | ($56.08M) | - | - | ($20.63M) | - |
| CapEx | - | - | $22.60M | - | - | $10.50M | - | - | $15.66M | - |
| Free Cash Flow | - | - | ($259.97M) | - | - | ($237.68M) | - | - | ($290.15M) | - |
Ratios
| Metric | Q3 '26 | Q2 '26 | Q1 '26 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Operating margin | 12.6% | 13.5% | 11.7% | 12.8% | 11.6% | 11.1% | 3.2% | 7.4% | 8.0% | 16.3% |
| EBITDA margin | 15.7% | 17.9% | 14.8% | 15.7% | 14.6% | 14.0% | 5.9% | 10.2% | 10.7% | 18.6% |
| Net margin | 9.0% | 9.9% | 9.3% | 8.9% | 8.6% | 9.2% | -0.2% | 8.7% | 6.6% | 10.0% |
| Free cash flow margin | - | - | -36.3% | - | - | -34.8% | - | - | -41.1% | - |
| FCF / Net income | - | - | -3.90 | - | - | -3.80 | - | - | -6.23 | - |
| R&D / Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SG&A / Revenue | 9.1% | 6.9% | 8.9% | 9.5% | 9.7% | 8.8% | 9.2% | 9.3% | 9.3% | 8.8% |
| Effective tax rate | 29.0% | 26.9% | 27.5% | 29.1% | 28.1% | 26.3% | 371.6% | 13.2% | 28.3% | 28.2% |
| Return on assets | 1.7% | 1.9% | 1.8% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.8% | -0.0% | 1.7% | 1.4% | 2.1% |
| Return on equity | 3.3% | 3.7% | 3.5% | 3.3% | 3.3% | 3.6% | -0.1% | 3.5% | 2.8% | 4.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 2.7% | 3.1% | 2.6% | 2.7% | 2.6% | 2.6% | 0.5% | 2.1% | 2.0% | 4.2% |
| Liquidity | ||||||||||
| Current ratio | 2.01 | 2.14 | 2.21 | 1.83 | 1.90 | 2.15 | 1.79 | 1.83 | 2.08 | 1.68 |
| Quick ratio | 2.01 | 2.14 | 2.21 | 1.83 | 1.90 | 2.15 | 1.79 | 1.83 | 2.08 | 1.68 |
| Cash ratio | 1.05 | 1.02 | 1.02 | 1.05 | 0.95 | 0.96 | 1.01 | 0.87 | 0.86 | 0.86 |
| Leverage | ||||||||||
| Debt / Equity | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.24 |
| Debt / Assets | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.11 |
| Debt / EBITDA | 3.49 | 3.05 | 3.75 | 3.71 | 4.03 | 4.15 | 9.37 | 5.72 | 5.23 | 2.90 |
| Interest coverage | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Equity multiplier | 1.97 | 1.91 | 1.92 | 2.07 | 2.04 | 1.97 | 2.12 | 2.09 | 1.96 | 2.17 |
| Liabilities / Assets | 0.49 | 0.48 | 0.48 | 0.52 | 0.51 | 0.49 | 0.53 | 0.52 | 0.49 | 0.54 |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Asset turnover | 0.18 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.18 | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.21 | 0.21 |
| Inventory turnover | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Days sales outstanding | 316d | 304d | 306d | 303d | 311d | 306d | 277d | 318d | 306d | 283d |
| Days inventory outstanding | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Days payable outstanding | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cash conversion cycle | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| P / E | 56.5x | 47.6x | 56.2x | 54.1x | 64.3x | 63.0x | - | 51.9x | 59.2x | 34.8x |
| P / B | 1.8x | 1.7x | 2.0x | 1.7x | 2.1x | 2.2x | 1.8x | 1.8x | 1.6x | 1.5x |
| P / S | 5.0x | 4.7x | 5.2x | 4.8x | 5.5x | 5.7x | 4.4x | 4.5x | 3.8x | 3.4x |
| EV / EBITDA | 27.2x | 23.3x | 32.3x | 24.7x | 33.6x | 38.2x | 60.7x | 38.5x | 33.3x | 15.0x |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 7.2% | 7.0% | 4.8% | -4.3% | -0.0% | -3.3% | -3.2% | -1.5% | 0.4% | 14.3% |
| Revenue CAGR (3y) | 1.8% | -0.3% | 0.6% | 2.0% | -0.4% | 5.1% | 17.6% | 12.3% | 26.7% | 13.4% |
| Revenue CAGR (5y) | 8.7% | 10.8% | 15.6% | 6.2% | 5.1% | 6.6% | 7.0% | 6.8% | 8.1% | 10.1% |
| Gross profit growth (YoY) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Operating income growth (YoY) | 16.3% | 12.9% | 9.7% | 283.4% | 56.9% | 34.0% | -80.9% | 298.5% | -49.1% | 15.3% |
| Net income growth (YoY) | 11.7% | 19.1% | 6.4% | - | -1.1% | 34.3% | - | 425.2% | -39.7% | -2.9% |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 11.8% | 19.3% | 7.7% | - | -2.7% | 31.5% | - | 438.1% | -38.6% | 0.0% |
| EPS CAGR (3y) | 80.3% | -0.5% | -4.6% | -6.2% | -10.6% | -5.1% | - | 6.3% | - | 21.5% |
| EPS CAGR (5y) | 5.5% | 21.7% | - | 8.2% | 25.0% | 9.0% | - | 7.2% | - | 16.6% |
| FCF growth (YoY) | - | - | -9.4% | - | - | 18.1% | - | - | -16.7% | - |
| FCF CAGR (5y) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Book value growth (YoY) | 11.7% | 4.2% | 7.9% | 7.7% | 5.2% | 4.0% | 5.2% | 5.9% | 7.8% | 6.7% |
Sales by segment
From XBRL dimensional facts in the 10-K period ending 2025-04-30.
Business segments
$2.76B totalConsulting$674.07M · 24.4%
Executive Search North America$542.07M · 19.6%
Professional Search Interim$507.25M · 18.4%
Digital$363.73M · 13.2%
RPO$361.99M · 13.1%
Executive Search EMEA$195.27M · 7.1%
Executive Search Asia Pacific$87.84M · 3.2%
Executive Search Latin America$28.88M · 1.0%
Product / service
$5.49B totalService$2.73B · 49.7%
Industrial$814.62M · 14.8%
Financial Service$516.74M · 9.4%
Life Sciences And Healthcare$475.78M · 8.7%
Technology$396.03M · 7.2%
Consumer Goods$349.20M · 6.4%
Education Non Profit And General$177.72M · 3.2%
Reimbursed Out Of Pocket Engagement Expenses$31.00M · 0.6%
Peer comparison
Same SIC group: Services-Employment Agencies
Comparing KORN FERRY against the 4 most active filers in the same SIC group.
Dividends
$1.99/share trailing 12 months · +25.2% YoY
| Ex-date | Per share |
|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2026 | $0.5500 |
| Dec 19, 2025 | $0.4800 |
| Sep 26, 2025 | $0.4800 |
| Jul 3, 2025 | $0.4800 |
| Mar 27, 2025 | $0.4800 |
| Dec 20, 2024 | $0.3700 |
| Sep 19, 2024 | $0.3700 |
| Jul 3, 2024 | $0.3700 |
| Mar 26, 2024 | $0.3300 |
| Dec 20, 2023 | $0.3300 |
| Sep 21, 2023 | $0.1800 |
| Jul 6, 2023 | $0.1800 |
| Mar 27, 2023 | $0.1500 |
| Dec 20, 2022 | $0.1500 |
| Sep 22, 2022 | $0.1500 |
| Jul 5, 2022 | $0.1500 |
| Mar 25, 2022 | $0.1200 |
| Dec 20, 2021 | $0.1200 |
| Sep 22, 2021 | $0.1200 |
| Jul 2, 2021 | $0.1200 |
| Mar 9, 2021 | $0.1000 |
| Dec 18, 2020 | $0.1000 |
| Sep 24, 2020 | $0.1000 |
| Jul 14, 2020 | $0.1000 |