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Korn Ferry KFY

18 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported
SEC FILINGS ONLY5 YEARS OF DIVIDEND GROWTH
Revenue · FY2025
$2.9B
▲ 6.4% vs FY2024
Dividend streak
5 yrs
Raised every year since 2021
EPS · FY25
$5.22
Dividend / sh · FY25
$1.99
Payout · FY25
38%
ROE · FY25
14.5%
Net margin · FY25
9.4%
Dividend coverage
2.6×
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Result
USD 2.9B
Revenue, FY2025 · full 18-year series below
Revenue Net income
0.81.62.43.22.90.32008201120142017202020232025
0.81.62.43.22.90.32016201920222025

9 cents of every revenue dollar became profit this year.

Per share
USD 5.22
Diluted EPS, FY2025
EPS Dividend
2461.995.222008201120142017202020232025
2461.995.222016201920222025

Earnings covered the dividend 2.6 times — the rest stayed in the company.

Profitability
14.5%
Return on equity, FY2025
ROE
8162414.5%2008201120142017202020232025
8162414.5%2016201920222025
Operating margin12.8%
Net margin9.4%
Return on assets7.0%

Each USD of equity produced 14 cents of profit this year.

Returned to shareholders
USD 220.4M
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Dividends paidUSD 104.6M
Net buybacksUSD 115.7M
Share of profit79.4%
Consecutive raises5 years

USD 104.6M in dividends and USD 115.7M in buybacks — 79% of the year's profit went back to shareholders.

Growth
+10.1% a year
revenue, compounded over five years
CAGR
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs
Revenue
+0.9%
+10.1%
+8.1%
+9.3%
Net income
+9.8%
+19.4%
+24.5%
+10.9%
EPS, diluted
+9.7%
+20.1%
+24.6%
+9.9%
Dividend / share
+49.1%
+37.8%
+17.4%
Returned to shareholders
+19.7%
+33.0%
+26.0%
+19.9%

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where the series crosses a loss.

Share base
0.05B
Shares outstanding, FY2025
0.050.052008201120142017202020232025
0.060.052016201920222025
Change, 5 years−7.0%
Change, 10 years−12.3%

The share count shrank 7% in five years — the same company, cut into fewer, larger slices.

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Balance sheet
USD 4.1B
total assets, end of FY2025
Total assetsUSD 4.1B
EquityUSD 2.0B
CashUSD 1.1B
Gross debtUSD 398.6M
Net debtUSD -696.9M
Current ratio1.94×

The company holds more cash than debt.

History
18 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
Metric
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
Revenue $B
2.9
2.8
2.8
2.9
2.6
1.8
2.0
2.0
1.8
1.6
1.3
1.1
1.0
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.6
0.7
Operating income $B
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.3
0.5
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.1
−0.0
0.0
EBITDA $B
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
Income tax $B
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
−0.0
0.0
Net income $B
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.0
−0.0
EPS, diluted $
5.22
4.60
3.23
3.95
5.98
2.09
1.90
1.81
2.35
1.47
0.58
1.76
1.48
0.70
1.15
1.27
0.12
−0.23
Dividend / sh $
1.99
1.59
1.02
0.60
0.48
0.40
0.40
0.40
0.40
0.40
0.40
0.10
·
·
·
·
·
·
Payout %
38
34
32
16
8
20
22
23
17
28
71
6
·
·
·
1
·
·
ROE %
14.5
13.7
10.0
13.1
22.4
8.8
8.5
8.4
11.6
7.9
3.3
11.3
10.2
5.1
9.0
11.0
1.1
·
Shares out B
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.06
0.06
0.06
0.06
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
·

Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks figures not disclosed in the filing for that year.

How we verifyAUDITED
52 of 52
checks passed before publication
EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidity

Every figure was compared against the original statement: 0 failures and 0 presentation gaps.

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