Heidrick & Struggles International (HSII) Competitors

Heidrick & Struggles International (NASDAQ:HSII) and Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Do analysts rate HSII or KFY?

Heidrick & Struggles International presently has a consensus target price of $48.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.99%. Korn Ferry has a consensus target price of $75.67, suggesting a potential upside of 11.75%. Given Heidrick & Struggles International's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Heidrick & Struggles International is more favorable than Korn Ferry.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Heidrick & Struggles International	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Korn Ferry	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is HSII or KFY more profitable?

Korn Ferry has a net margin of 9.03% compared to Heidrick & Struggles International's net margin of 3.53%. Korn Ferry's return on equity of 14.27% beat Heidrick & Struggles International's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Heidrick & Struggles International	3.53%	12.38%	5.44%
Korn Ferry	9.03%	14.27%	7.02%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HSII or KFY?

Korn Ferry received 145 more outperform votes than Heidrick & Struggles International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.90% of users gave Heidrick & Struggles International an outperform vote while only 55.13% of users gave Korn Ferry an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Heidrick & Struggles International	Outperform Votes 199 55.90%	Underperform Votes 157 44.10%
Korn Ferry	Outperform Votes 344 55.13%	Underperform Votes 280 44.87%

Is HSII or KFY a better dividend stock?

Heidrick & Struggles International pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Korn Ferry pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Heidrick & Struggles International pays out 171.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Korn Ferry pays out 41.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Korn Ferry has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Korn Ferry is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of HSII or KFY?

90.1% of Heidrick & Struggles International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of Korn Ferry shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Heidrick & Struggles International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Korn Ferry shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, HSII or KFY?

Heidrick & Struggles International has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Korn Ferry has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, HSII or KFY?

Korn Ferry has higher revenue and earnings than Heidrick & Struggles International. Korn Ferry is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Heidrick & Struggles International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Heidrick & Struggles International	$1.13B	0.78	$54.41M	$0.35	122.46
Korn Ferry	$2.74B	1.27	$169.15M	$4.65	14.56

Does the media refer more to HSII or KFY?

In the previous week, Korn Ferry had 1 more articles in the media than Heidrick & Struggles International. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Korn Ferry and 5 mentions for Heidrick & Struggles International. Korn Ferry's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Heidrick & Struggles International's score of 1.35 indicating that Korn Ferry is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Heidrick & Struggles International	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Korn Ferry	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Korn Ferry beats Heidrick & Struggles International on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.