Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for KFY in the last 90 days.
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Korn Ferry (KFY) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Oct 12 close
$70.96−0.70 (−1.0%)
Gekko Brief
Oct 12 closeKorn Ferry closed at $70.96 on 12 October 2026, -1% on the day. The price sits between the 50-day ($79.39) and 200-day ($70.59) moving averages, inside a 52-week range of $58.95 to $87.51. The GekkoIndex reads 64.1, in the Accumulation zone, down 4.9 points over five sessions. Gekko Fair Value is $90.09, so the price is 21.2% below it.
The next earnings report is due on 8 December 2026, 57 days away. Over the last 8 reports the company beat the earnings estimate 7 times, with an average move of 4.7% across the report. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days from this point averaged +4% over the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
4 firms rate the stock: 3 buy, 1 hold and 0 sell, with a consensus target of $90.25. A typical daily move is about 2.4%, and a typical 20-day move about 5.5%. On the swing-trade checklist, 4 items read supportive and 0 read as a headwind.
A plain summary of the figures as of the Oct 12, 2026 close.
Korn Ferry price vs fair value
Close $70.96200-day averageGekko Fair Value $90.09
Korn Ferry quick facts
- Market cap
- $3.61B
- P/E ratio
- 13.6
- Forward P/E
- 13
- EPS, TTM
- $5.29
- Revenue, TTM
- $2.96B
- Profit margin
- 9.5%
- Dividend yield
- 2.82%
- Beta
- 1.26
- Volume
- 382,547 avg 606,888
- 1-year return
- +0.8%
- Typical daily move
- ±2.4%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±5.5%
- 50-day average
- $79.39
- 200-day average
- $70.59
- Next earnings
- Dec 8
- Shares outstanding
- 55.96M
Korn Ferry swing-trade checklist
Korn Ferry scores 4 supportive, 1 mixed and 0 headwinds across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
4 supportive1 mixed0 headwinds
- Trendmixed
Averages disagree
Close $70.96 sits between the 50-day ($79.39) and 200-day ($70.59) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
64.1, Accumulation
Reading 64.1 is in the Accumulation zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuesupportive
21.2% below
Price is 21.2% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
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No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings risksupportive
Reports in 57 days
Next report Dec 8, 2026, 57 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+4.0% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +4% over 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
See seasonality
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Korn Ferry stock chart and price history
Korn Ferry closed at $70.96 on Oct 12, 2026, +0.8% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $58.95 to $87.51.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −8.5%
- 3 months
- −3.5%
- 6 months
- +12.2%
- 1 year
- +0.8%
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About Korn Ferry
Korn Ferry helps organizations around the globe hire and shape their workforce. Clients turn to it most often for placing senior leadership, from board members and chief executives to other top management roles, which remains the service it is most associated with. Alongside that search work, it advises businesses on how to structure teams, assess talent, plan for succession, and build leadership skills, plus how to design pay and reward programs.
The business is divided into four parts: Consulting, Digital, Executive Search, and Recruitment Process Outsourcing & Professional Search. Through these units it also handles broader hiring needs, offering outsourced recruiting at scale, short-term project hiring, and placement for professional roles. Technology plays a part in how it guides clients toward better-fitting roles, structures, and team capabilities. Its customers include corporations both large and small, public and private, along with government agencies and nonprofit groups.
The company traces back to 1969 and its founding in Los Angeles, California, and operated for years under the name Korn/Ferry International before switching to its current name in early 2019. Korn Ferry trades on the NYSE under the ticker KFY.
- Listed
- NYSE
- Sector
- Commercial services
- Industry
- Personnel services
- Website
- kornferry.com
Korn Ferry GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Korn Ferry’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 64.1, in the Accumulation zone, down 4.9 points over five sessions.
64.1Accumulation
Down 4.9 points over five sessions.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 27 | −0.5% | +2.7% | ||
| Accumulation (current zone) | 189 | +1.2% | +3.4% | ||
| Neutral | 439 | −0.1% | −0.1% | ||
| Distribution | 22 | −0.2% | −0.3% | ||
| Selling | 5 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average KFY share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →
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Is Korn Ferry stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Korn Ferry trades 21.2% below Gekko Fair Value of $90.09, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Korn Ferry shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$90.09
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026
21.2% Undervalued
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 6.1% below the estimate.
Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
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Korn Ferry insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Korn Ferry, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in KFY were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Korn Ferry has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Jul 31, 2026
- $746K
- As a share of market cap
- 0.02%
- Trailing four quarters
- $106.2M
From company filings.
Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Jun 30
0of the funds Gekko tracks hold KFY.
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Korn Ferry earnings: next date and track record
Korn Ferry reports on Dec 8, 2026 (57 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Dec 8, 2026
57 days away
- EPS estimate
- $1.36
- Revenue estimate
- $870.3M
7 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±4.7%average move across the report
5 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, Jun 23, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- Korn Ferry reported Q4 fiscal year 2026 results described as 'outstanding,' marking their 5th consecutive quarter of top-line growth. The company announced a strategic reorganization shifting external reporting segments to a regional lens (Americas, EMEA, APAC) with solutions grouped into Search, Talent & Organizational Solutions, and Workforce Solutions. Management highlighted wins including Fortune 50 tech client engagements and multiple RPO deals across all three regions.
- Guidance
- Beginning Q1, Korn Ferry will report under a new regional segment structure. Management expressed confidence that the current environment allows good companies to become greater, though specific revenue or earnings targets were not provided in this excerpt.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2026 | $1.40 est $1.37 | $759.8M est $743.3M | +4.2% |
| Mar 9, 2026 | $1.28 est $1.24 | $717.4M est $695.1M | −1.6% |
| Dec 9, 2025 | $1.33 est $1.31 | $729.8M est $706.0M | +3.8% |
| Sep 9, 2025 | $1.31 est $1.24 | $715.5M est $704.5M | +0.3% |
| Jun 18, 2025 | $1.32 est $1.26 | $719.8M est $689.9M | +5.4% |
| Mar 11, 2025 | $1.19 est $1.13 | $676.5M est $690.1M | +6.3% |
| Dec 5, 2024 | $1.21 est $1.21 | $682.0M est $675.4M | −9.0% |
| Sep 5, 2024 | $1.18 est $1.12 | $682.8M est $663.9M | −6.6% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Korn Ferry stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Korn Ferry is $90.25, +27.2% from the last close, from 4 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$90.25consensus 12-month target, +27.2% from the last close
Now $70.96Avg $90.25
Low $82High $100
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 4 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14 | Goldman Sachs | $94 | +32.5% |
| Sep 11 | Truist Financial | $100 | +40.9% |
| Sep 10 | UBS | $82 | +15.6% |
| Sep 10 | Truist Financial | — | — |
| Sep 9 | Goldman Sachs | $94 | +32.5% |
+3.4%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
+4.0%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±2.4%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Korn Ferry seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, Korn Ferry averaged +4.0% across the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +1.9% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | 0.0% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +1.0% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +4.0% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +5.3% | 4 of 5 |
For scale, KFY’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 5.5%.
Korn Ferry market cap and key statistics
Korn Ferry’s market cap is $3.61B, with a P/E ratio of 13.6 and revenue of $2.96B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $3.61B
- P/E ratio
- 13.6
- Forward P/E
- 13
- EPS, TTM
- $5.29
- Gekko Fair Value
- $90.09
Trading
- Volume
- 382,547
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 606,888
- 52-week high
- $87.51
- 52-week low
- $58.95
- Shares outstanding
- 55.96M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $2.96B
- Profit margin
- 9.5%
- Return on equity
- 14.5%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +5.3%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 1.26
- Typical daily move
- ±2.4%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±5.5%
- Dividend yield
- 2.82%
Korn Ferry stock news this week
1 headline about Korn Ferry from the past week, newest first, each linking to the publisher.
Korn Ferry peers
Korn Ferry’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| RHIRobert Half | Accumulation | 10.6% below |
| MANManpowerGroup | Accumulation | 35.8% below |
| AMNAMN Healthcare Services | Neutral | 33.5% below |
| UPWKUpwork | Neutral | 43.3% below |
| KFRCKforce | Accumulation | 4.5% above |
| BBSIBarrett Business Services | Accumulation | 3.7% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
Korn Ferry stock FAQ
What is Korn Ferry’s market cap?
Korn Ferry’s market cap is $3.61B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $70.96, with 55.96M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 13.6.
What is the Korn Ferry stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Korn Ferry is $90.25, +27.2% from the last close. Of the 4 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 3 rate it a buy, 1 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Korn Ferry stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Korn Ferry is undervalued: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $70.96 is 21.2% below Gekko Fair Value of $90.09. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Korn Ferry report earnings next?
Korn Ferry is expected to report on Dec 8, 2026 (57 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $1.36 per share on revenue of $870.3M. Korn Ferry beat the earnings estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports, moving 4.7% on average across the report.
What is Korn Ferry’s 52-week high and low?
Korn Ferry’s 52-week high is $87.51 and its 52-week low is $58.95; it closed at $70.96 on Oct 12, 2026, +0.8% over the past year.
Is Korn Ferry stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 4 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, fair value, earnings risk and seasonality), 1 as mixed (trend). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
How this page works
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