Korn Ferry Sees Revenue Dip Despite Beating Estimates, Guidance Underwhelms
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: Dec 05 2024
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Source: Benzinga
Financial Performance: Korn Ferry reported a 4.3% year-over-year decline in revenue to $681.96 million, although this exceeded expectations. Adjusted EBITDA increased to $117 million, and the company declared a quarterly dividend of $0.37 per share.
Future Outlook: The company anticipates third-quarter adjusted EPS between $1.06-$1.18 and fee revenue of $635 million-$665 million, while also investing in new solutions like the Korn Ferry Talent Suite and expanding its offerings in EMEA through a recent investment.
Analyst Views on KFY
Wall Street analysts forecast KFY stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for KFY is 73.00 USD with a low forecast of 72.00 USD and a high forecast of 74.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
4 Analyst Rating
3 Buy
1 Hold
0 Sell
Strong Buy
Current: 67.800
Low
72.00
Averages
73.00
High
74.00
Current: 67.800
Low
72.00
Averages
73.00
High
74.00
About KFY
Korn Ferry is a global organizational consulting firm. The Company works with organizations to design their structures, roles, and responsibilities. Its businesses include consulting, digital, executive search, professional search & interim, and recruitment process outsourcing (RPO). Its consulting business aligns organizational structure, culture, performance, development, and people to drive growth by addressing four fundamental organizational and talent needs: organization strategy, assessment and succession, leadership and professional development, and total rewards. The Company's digital business builds, sells and delivers its technology products. Its executive search business helps organizations recruit board-level, chief executive, and other c-suite/senior executive and general management talent. Its professional search & interim business delivers enterprise talent acquisition solutions. The Company's RPO business offers scalable recruitment outsourcing and projects solutions.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
