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KFY vs. RHI, NSP, ASGN, MAN, BBSI, HSII, KFRC, KELYA, TBI, and HSON

Should you be buying Korn/Ferry International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Korn/Ferry International include Robert Half (RHI), Insperity (NSP), ASGN (ASGN), ManpowerGroup (MAN), Barrett Business Services (BBSI), Heidrick & Struggles International (HSII), Kforce (KFRC), Kelly Services (KELYA), TrueBlue (TBI), and Hudson Global (HSON). These companies are all part of the "human resource & employment services" industry.

Korn/Ferry International vs. Its Competitors

Robert Half (NYSE:RHI) and Korn/Ferry International (NYSE:KFY) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and valuation.

92.4% of Robert Half shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of Korn/Ferry International shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Robert Half shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Korn/Ferry International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Robert Half pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Korn/Ferry International pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Robert Half pays out 118.0% 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 International pays out 41.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Robert Half has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years and Korn/Ferry International has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Robert Half is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, Robert Half had 4 more articles in the media than Korn/Ferry International. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Robert Half and 6 mentions for Korn/Ferry International. Robert Half's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Korn/Ferry International's score of 0.47 indicating that Robert Half is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Robert Half
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Korn/Ferry International
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Robert Half currently has a consensus target price of $48.71, indicating a potential upside of 13.87%. Korn/Ferry International has a consensus target price of $81.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.73%. Given Robert Half's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Robert Half is more favorable than Korn/Ferry International.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Robert Half
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Korn/Ferry International
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Robert Half has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Korn/Ferry International has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Korn/Ferry International has a net margin of 8.91% compared to Robert Half's net margin of 3.62%. Robert Half's return on equity of 14.54% beat Korn/Ferry International's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Robert Half3.62% 14.54% 7.16%
Korn/Ferry International 8.91%14.49%7.21%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Robert Half$5.80B0.75$251.60M$2.0021.39
Korn/Ferry International$2.76B1.38$246.06M$4.6215.98

Summary

Robert Half beats Korn/Ferry International on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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KFY vs. The Competition

MetricKorn/Ferry InternationalStaffing IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.78B$1.45B$13.07B$20.43B
Dividend Yield2.62%3.24%2.60%3.76%
P/E Ratio15.9826.3728.1827.62
Price / Sales1.384.4639.2936.40
Price / Cash11.088.6525.0021.79
Price / Book2.033.986.184.52
Net Income$246.06M$39.36M$187.14M$984.47M
7 Day Performance0.67%5.17%1.72%2.61%
1 Month Performance9.04%5.61%3.15%4.99%
1 Year Performance8.86%-15.68%32.69%13.53%

Korn/Ferry International Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KFY
Korn/Ferry International
4.0271 of 5 stars
$73.56
-0.5%
$81.00
+10.1%
+10.9%$3.78B$2.76B15.879,076Analyst Upgrade
RHI
Robert Half
4.9115 of 5 stars
$40.36
+0.1%
$48.71
+20.7%
-32.8%$4.12B$5.80B20.1814,700News Coverage
High Trading Volume
NSP
Insperity
4.63 of 5 stars
$59.98
+0.7%
$80.00
+33.4%
-31.2%$2.26B$6.58B35.704,500Positive News
ASGN
ASGN
3.5569 of 5 stars
$49.14
+1.2%
$71.33
+45.2%
-40.1%$2.16B$4.10B14.003,200
MAN
ManpowerGroup
4.9079 of 5 stars
$38.80
+0.8%
$50.60
+30.4%
-39.0%$1.80B$17.85B16.8726,700Gap Up
BBSI
Barrett Business Services
4.1284 of 5 stars
$41.96
+2.7%
$45.00
+7.2%
+30.7%$1.08B$1.14B21.523,658Positive News
HSII
Heidrick & Struggles International
1.6895 of 5 stars
$43.21
+1.1%
$49.00
+13.4%
+47.7%$891.03M$1.13B123.462,201
KFRC
Kforce
3.5621 of 5 stars
$40.78
+1.6%
$53.67
+31.6%
-29.5%$759.69M$1.38B15.2212,000News Coverage
KELYA
Kelly Services
4.6455 of 5 stars
$11.23
+0.8%
$25.00
+122.6%
-42.2%$391.82M$4.33B-18.724,200Positive News
TBI
TrueBlue
3.2943 of 5 stars
$6.86
+0.5%
$10.00
+45.8%
-36.4%$204.75M$1.57B-1.494,200
HSON
Hudson Global
1.4158 of 5 stars
$8.41
-1.2%
N/A-45.4%$23.13M$140.06M-6.891,300Positive News
High Trading Volume

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This page (NYSE:KFY) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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