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Korn Ferry (Korn Ferry) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 7.86% (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Korn Ferry Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Korn Ferry's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $2,877 Mil. Korn Ferry's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was $226 Mil. Korn Ferry's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 7.86%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Korn Ferry's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

KFY' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.48   Med: 8.26   Max: 20
Current: 7.36

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Korn Ferry was 20.00%. The lowest was 2.48%. And the median was 8.26%.

KFY's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
60.5% of 1109 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 5.61 vs KFY: 7.36

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Korn Ferry's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 26.69%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Korn Ferry Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Korn Ferry's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Korn Ferry Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Korn Ferry Annual Data
Trend Apr14 Apr15 Apr16 Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Apr20 Apr21 Apr22 Apr23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.74 11.78 5.75 16.18 14.71

Korn Ferry Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 14.47 14.71 10.19 7.76 7.86

Competitive Comparison of Korn Ferry's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Staffing & Employment Services subindustry, Korn Ferry's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Korn Ferry's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Korn Ferry's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Korn Ferry's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Korn Ferry Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Korn Ferrys Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=321.601/2187.26538
=14.70 %

Korn Ferry's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $226 Mil.



Korn Ferry  (NYSE:KFY) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Korn Ferry (Korn Ferry) Business Description

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Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1900 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1500, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 90067
Korn Ferry is a United States-based firm engaged in organizational consulting and management recruitment that helps clients fill mid- to high-level management positions. The company's segment includes Consulting; Digital; Executive Search and RPO and Professional Search.
Executives
Matthew J Espe director
Jeanne Macdonald officer: CEO RPO 1900 AVENUE OF THE STARS, SUITE 1500, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
Charles L. Harrington director 5875 TRINITY PKWY #300, CENTREVILLE VA 20120
Michael Distefano officer: See Remarks 1900 AVENUE OF THE STARS, SUITE 1500, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
Gary D Burnison director, officer: CEO C/O KORN FERRY INTERNATIONAL, 800 CENTURY PARK EAST STE 900, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
Laura M Bishop director 1900 AVENUE OF THE STARS, SUITE 1500, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
Robert P Rozek officer: EVP and CFO 343 STATE STREET, ROCHESTER NY 146500211
Byrne K Mulrooney officer: CEO of Futurestep 2050 SPECTRUM BOULEVARD, FT. LAUDERDALE FL 33309
Jerry Leamon director C/O KORN/FERRY INTERNATIONAL, 1900 AVENUE OF THE STARS, SUITE 2600, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
George T Shaheen director
Len J Lauer director 2001 EDMUND HALLEY DRIVE, RESTON VA 20191
Lori Jean Robinson director 5875 LANDERBROOK DRIVE, SUITE 220, CLEVELAND OH 44124
Mark Arian officer: CEO of Hay Group C/O KORN/FERRY INTERNATIONAL, 1900 AVE. OF THE STARS, SUITE 2600, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
Debra J Perry director 515 RIDGEWOOD AVENUE, GLEN RIDGE NJ 07028
Angel R Martinez director C/O TUPPERWARE BRANDS CORP, PO BOX 2353, ORLANDO FL 32802-2353

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