Valuation
26% of the score
94median 53
Korn Ferry is valued at 10x its operating profit, including debt: a low multiple.
60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
10x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points
KFYKorn Ferry
$78.30+16% 1Y
$78.30
$59.0352 weeks$86.28
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 75 out of 100, Strong
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
Strong. Korn Ferry scores higher than 86% of the 2,231 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by valuation and return on capital, held back by return on new capital.
Industrials median 61 · all companies 55
How the score has moved
At each fiscal year end, from the reports and price of the time71
78
85
83
79
76
75
202120222023202420252026today
The biggest move was up 7 points from 2021 to 2022, mostly valuation.
Return on capital
18% of the score
73median 24
Over 7 years the business earned 14% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
14%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 14%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
42median 33
For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 2 cents. New capital earned 5.5%, and 38% of profit went back into the business.
-5%
12%
2.1%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
80median 63
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countDown 0.3% a year over 5 years: buybacks
675%
-3%
-0.3%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 5.9% a year, sales 10%
10012%
-2%
-4.2%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
50median 63
Today's operating margin of 13% is 1.18x its normal 11%: above its usual level. Normal is half the 10 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.
2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
1.2x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow 13%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
100median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDAMore cash than debt
100Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 163x
1001.5x
12x
162.8x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
89median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 1.53x profit over 3 years
1000.7x
1x
1.3x
1.5x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 3.5% of assets
778%
0%
-8%
-3.5%
0 pointsfull points
How the RyuScore works
Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.
Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-07-31, latest annual report FY2026.
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