KFY vs. CRDO, NPO, CXM, MAN, ENV, QFIN, CXT, INST, MQ, and ICFI
Should you be buying Korn Ferry stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Korn Ferry include Credo Technology Group (CRDO), Enpro (NPO), Sprinklr (CXM), ManpowerGroup (MAN), Envestnet (ENV), Qifu Technology (QFIN), Crane NXT (CXT), Instructure (INST), Marqeta (MQ), and ICF International (ICFI). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Credo Technology Group (NASDAQ:CRDO) and Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and valuation.
80.5% of Credo Technology Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of Korn Ferry shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.9% of Credo Technology Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% 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 company is poised for long-term growth.
Credo Technology Group has a beta of 1.97, suggesting that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Korn Ferry has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Korn Ferry had 4 more articles in the media than Credo Technology Group. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Korn Ferry and 12 mentions for Credo Technology Group. Korn Ferry's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Credo Technology Group's score of 0.10 indicating that Credo Technology Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Korn Ferry received 308 more outperform votes than Credo Technology Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.96% of users gave Korn Ferry an outperform vote while only 54.55% of users gave Credo Technology Group an outperform vote.
Korn Ferry has higher revenue and earnings than Credo Technology Group. Credo Technology Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Korn Ferry, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Korn Ferry has a net margin of 5.34% compared to Korn Ferry's net margin of -20.59%. Credo Technology Group's return on equity of 12.59% beat Korn Ferry's return on equity.
Credo Technology Group currently has a consensus price target of $24.25, indicating a potential upside of 36.39%. Korn Ferry has a consensus price target of $69.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.24%. Given Korn Ferry's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Credo Technology Group is more favorable than Korn Ferry.
Summary
Korn Ferry beats Credo Technology Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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