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 investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.

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.

Which has more volatility & risk, HSII or KFY?

Heidrick & Struggles International has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Korn Ferry has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, 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	0.80	$54.41M	$0.35	126.29
Korn Ferry	$2.74B	1.30	$169.15M	$4.65	14.87

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HSII or KFY?

Korn Ferry received 147 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 55.18% 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 346 55.18%	Underperform Votes 281 44.82%

Does the media prefer HSII or KFY?

In the previous week, Korn Ferry had 9 more articles in the media than Heidrick & Struggles International. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Korn Ferry and 3 mentions for Heidrick & Struggles International. Heidrick & Struggles International's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Korn Ferry's score of 0.78 indicating that Heidrick & Struggles International is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Heidrick & Struggles International	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Korn Ferry	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend HSII or KFY?

Heidrick & Struggles International currently has a consensus target price of $48.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.60%. Korn Ferry has a consensus target price of $77.67, indicating a potential upside of 12.30%. Given Korn Ferry's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Korn Ferry is more favorable than Heidrick & Struggles International.

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%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in HSII or KFY?

90.1% of Heidrick & Struggles International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of Korn Ferry shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Heidrick & Struggles International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Korn Ferry shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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