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KFY (Korn Ferry) EBITDA : $446 Mil (TTM As of Apr. 2025)


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What is Korn Ferry EBITDA?

Korn Ferry's EBITDA for the three months ended in Apr. 2025 was $115 Mil. Its EBITDA for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Apr. 2025 was $446 Mil.

During the past 12 months, the average EBITDA Growth Rate of Korn Ferry was 38.60% per year. During the past 3 years, the average EBITDA Growth Rate was -5.10% per year. During the past 5 years, the average EBITDA Growth Rate was 11.30% per year. During the past 10 years, the average EBITDA Growth Rate was 12.80% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the EBITDA Growth Rate using EBITDA data.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average EBITDA Growth Rate of Korn Ferry was 139.30% per year. The lowest was -49.90% per year. And the median was 13.60% per year.

Korn Ferry's EBITDA per Share for the three months ended in Apr. 2025 was $2.17. Its EBITDA per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Apr. 2025 was $8.46.

During the past 12 months, the average EBITDA per Share Growth Rate of Korn Ferry was 35.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average EBITDA per Share Growth Rate was -4.80% per year. During the past 5 years, the average EBITDA per Share Growth Rate was 12.30% per year. During the past 10 years, the average EBITDA per Share Growth Rate was 13.00% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the EBITDA per share growth rate using EBITDA per Share data.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average EBITDA per Share Growth Rate of Korn Ferry was 123.30% per year. The lowest was -54.60% per year. And the median was 12.65% per year.


Korn Ferry EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Korn Ferry's EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Korn Ferry EBITDA Chart

Korn Ferry Annual Data
Trend Apr16 Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Apr20 Apr21 Apr22 Apr23 Apr24 Apr25
EBITDA
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Korn Ferry Quarterly Data
Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24 Jan25 Apr25
EBITDA 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 110.49 110.13 112.56 108.09 114.79

Competitive Comparison of Korn Ferry's EBITDA

For the Staffing & Employment Services subindustry, Korn Ferry's EV-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and EV-to-EBITDA 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 EV-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Korn Ferry's EV-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Korn Ferry's EV-to-EBITDA falls into.


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Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization (EBITDA) is what the company earns before it expenses interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.

Korn Ferry's EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2025 is calculated as

Korn Ferry's EBITDA was directly provided by GuruFocus' data source Morningstar. For the fiscal year ended in Apr. 2025, Korn Ferry's EBITDA was $446 Mil.

Korn Ferry's EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2025 is calculated as

Korn Ferry's EBITDA was directly provided by GuruFocus' data source Morningstar. For the quarter ended in Apr. 2025, Korn Ferry's EBITDA was $115 Mil.

EBITDA for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Apr. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $446 Mil.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Sometimes companies may have already deducted Depreciation and Amortization from Gross Profit. In this case Depreciation and Amortization needs to be added back when calculating EBITDA.

Korn Ferry  (NYSE:KFY) EBITDA Explanation

EBITDA is a cash flow measure that ignores changes in working capital. EBITDA minus Depreciation, and Amortization (DA) equals Operating Income. Operating Income is profit before interest and taxes. Of course, Interest and taxes need to be paid.

While depreciation and amortization expenses do not need to be paid in cash, assets - especially tangible assets - do need to be replaced over time. EBITDA is not a measure of profit in any sense. EBITDA is a measure of cash generation by a business where the uses of that cash may be more or less discretionary depending on the nature of the business.

The EBITDA of a TV station is largely discretionary. Owners may use much of the EBITDA generated by a TV station as they see fit. The EBITDA of a railroad is largely non-discretionary. Owners must use much of the EBITDA generated by a railroad to replace the physical assets of the railroad or the business will literally fall apart over time.

EBITDA can be thought of as the cash a business generates that is available to:

Add more inventory
Add more receivables
Replace property, plant, and equipment
Add more property, plant, and equipment
Pay interest
Pay taxes
And finally: pay owners

EBITDA is widely used in financial analysis because Depreciation and Amortization are not present day cash expenses.. Depreciation and amortization are the spreading out of the costs of assets over the time in which those assets provide benefits. Today's depreciation and amortization expenses relate to assets bought in the past. The assets being expensed may or may not need to be replaced in the future. And the cost to replace the assets may be more or less than it was in the past. For this reason, the depreciation and amortization expenses a company records in the present year may have no relationship to the actual cash costs needed to maintain its assets in future years.

A company's depreciation expense depends on both its expectations about the assets it owns and its choice of accounting methods. Two companies owning identical assets may have different depreciation expenses because they have different expectations about the useful lives of those assets and because they make different accounting choices.

Analysts use EBITDA to remove this element of personal choice from a company's accounting statements. The use of EBITDA is an attempt to make the results of different companies more comparable and uniform.


Be Aware

Although depreciation is not a cash cost it is a real business cost because the company has to pay for the fixed assets when they purchase them. Both Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger hate the idea of EBITDA because in this calculation, depreciation is not counted as an expense.

EBITDA over Revenue is a good metric for comparing the operating efficiencies between companies because EBITDA is less vulnerable to companies' accounting choices. For this reason, EBITDA is used in ranking the Predictability of Companies. Also Price-to-EBITDA is sometimes used in valuations.


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Korn Ferry Business Description

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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; Professional Search & Interim; and RPO. The company generates the majority of its revenue from the Executive Search segment and Consulting segment. The consulting segment aligns organizational structure, culture, performance, development, and people to drive sustainable growth by addressing four fundamental organizational and talent needs. The Executive search segment helps organizations recruit board-level, chief executive, and other C-suite/senior executive and general management talent to deliver lasting impact.
Executives
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
Gary D Burnison director, officer: CEO C/O KORN FERRY INTERNATIONAL, 800 CENTURY PARK EAST STE 900, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
Michael Distefano officer: See Remarks 1900 AVENUE OF THE STARS, SUITE 1500, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
Robert P Rozek officer: EVP and CFO 343 STATE STREET, ROCHESTER NY 146500211
Jerry Leamon director C/O KORN/FERRY INTERNATIONAL, 1900 AVENUE OF THE STARS, SUITE 2600, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
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
Laura M Bishop director 1900 AVENUE OF THE STARS, SUITE 1500, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
Byrne K Mulrooney officer: CEO of Futurestep 2050 SPECTRUM BOULEVARD, FT. LAUDERDALE FL 33309
George T Shaheen director
Lori Jean Robinson director 5875 LANDERBROOK DRIVE, SUITE 220, CLEVELAND OH 44124
Len J Lauer director 2001 EDMUND HALLEY DRIVE, RESTON VA 20191
Angel R Martinez director C/O TUPPERWARE BRANDS CORP, PO BOX 2353, ORLANDO FL 32802-2353