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Korn Ferry

IndustrialsBusiness Services & Software
Ticker KFYLOS ANGELES, CAFiscal year ends AprilBook value per share $38.84Diluted shares 51.3M

Korn Ferry (NYSE: KFY) is a global consulting firm that helps organizations align leadership, talent, structure and workforce capabilities with business strategy. Its services span consulting on organization strategy, leadership, succession and rewards; digital talent tools and subscription offerings through Korn… From the company’s description.

Over the twelve months to Jul 31, 2026, Korn Ferry reported revenue of $2.99B, up 6.9% from a year earlier, and net income of $282.88M. Its operating margin was 12.9%, and operations generated $403.93M in cash. In fiscal 2025, it reported revenue of $2.94B, up 6.4% from fiscal 2024, and net income of $280.82M.

Fiscal year 2025 · ends 04-30Changes are against fiscal 2024The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-07-31
Sales & profitability
$2.94BFY2025
+6.4% year over year
Last 12 mo $2.99B
12.75%FY2025
+0.2 percentage points
Last 12 mo 12.88%
$280.82MFY2025
+11.8% year over year
Last 12 mo $282.88M
14.06%FY2025
+0.8 percentage points
Last 12 mo 14.03%
Cash & financing
$414.19MFY2025
+13.7% year over year
Last 12 mo $403.93M
$324.29MFY2025
+7.4% year over year
Last 12 mo $318.71M
0.20FY2025
Was 0.21× a year earlier
Last 12 mo 0.20
52.5MFY2025
−0.5% year over year
Last 12 mo 51.3M

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.

What Korn Ferry does

In the company’s own words

Korn Ferry (NYSE: KFY) is a global consulting firm that helps organizations align leadership, talent, structure and workforce capabilities with business strategy. Its services span consulting on organization strategy, leadership, succession and rewards; digital talent tools and subscription offerings through Korn Ferry Talent Suite; executive and professional recruitment, interim staffing, and recruitment process outsourcing. Its clients include businesses, public institutions and not-for-profit organizations, from emerging companies to global enterprises. The business is organized into five solution areas: Consulting, Digital, Executive Search, Professional Search & Interim, and RPO. In fiscal 2026, these generated fee revenue of $691.7 million, $363.5 million, $924.1 million, $561.1 million and $367.1 million, respectively; Executive Search includes four geographic reportable segments. The company recorded $2.91 billion in fee revenue and employed 8,965 full-time professionals in fiscal 2026. It operates 98 offices across 51 countries. Its website is http://ir.kornferry.com.

Company details
Sector
Industrials
Industry (SIC)
Business Services & Software
Headquarters
LOS ANGELES, CA
Fiscal year end
April
CIK
56679
SIC
7361

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2011–2025 · USD
$-298.77M$597.54M$1.49B$2.39B$3.29B201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025Last 12 moLast 12 monthsLast 12 months

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns Korn Ferry — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

381
funds hold it
0 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$1.97B
held by funds, at market
53.8%
of shares held by funds
1
bond issues held by funds

Largest fund holders · Korn Ferry’s weight in each

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF
IJR · iShares Trust
0.19%of fund net assets
VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.00%of fund net assets
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
IWM · iShares Trust
0.11%of fund net assets
Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF
SCHD · SCHWAB STRATEGIC TRUST
—of fund net assets
—of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

Korn Ferry’s bonds, as funds hold them

Funds report holding 1 issues of Korn Ferry’s debt, $161.38M at market value — what funds hold, not the company’s total debt. Weighted-average coupon 4.63%, maturing 2027 to 2027.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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