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KFY (Korn Ferry) Operating Income : $327 Mil (TTM As of Jan. 2025)


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What is Korn Ferry Operating Income?

Korn Ferry's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jan. 2025 was $80 Mil. Its Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2025 was $327 Mil.

Operating Margin % is calculated as Operating Income divided by its Revenue. Korn Ferry's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jan. 2025 was $80 Mil. Korn Ferry's Revenue for the three months ended in Jan. 2025 was $677 Mil. Therefore, Korn Ferry's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was 11.76%.

Good Sign:

Korn Ferry operating margin is expanding. Margin expansion is usually a good sign.

Korn Ferry's 5-Year average Growth Rate for Operating Margin % was 7.20% per year.

Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition. Korn Ferry's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was 10.84%. Korn Ferry's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was 108.34%.


Korn Ferry Operating Income Historical Data

The historical data trend for Korn Ferry's Operating Income 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 Operating Income Chart

Korn Ferry Annual Data
Trend Apr15 Apr16 Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Apr20 Apr21 Apr22 Apr23 Apr24
Operating Income
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Korn Ferry Quarterly Data
Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24 Jan25
Operating Income 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 54.48 83.48 76.05 88.05 79.55

Korn Ferry Operating Income Calculation

Operating Income, is the profit a company earned through operations. All expenses, including cash expenses such as cost of goods sold (COGS), research & development, wages, and non-cash expenses, such as depreciation, depletion and amortization, have been deducted from the sales.

Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $327 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.


Korn Ferry  (NYSE:KFY) Operating Income Explanation

1. Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition.

Korn Ferry's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 is calculated as:

ROC % (Q: Jan. 2025 )
=NOPAT/Average Invested Capital
=Operating Income * ( 1 - Tax Rate % )/( (Invested Capital (Q: Oct. 2024 ) + Invested Capital (Q: Jan. 2025 ))/ count )
=318.192 * ( 1 - 27.75% )/( (2111.888 + 2129.145)/ 2 )
=229.89372/2120.5165
=10.84 %

where

Invested Capital(Q: Oct. 2024 )
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - Excess Cash
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - ( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities - max(0, Total Current Liabilities - Total Current Assets+Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities))
=3526.653 - 679.257 - ( 735.508 - max(0, 717.783 - 1482.447+735.508))
=2111.888

Invested Capital(Q: Jan. 2025 )
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - Excess Cash
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - ( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities - max(0, Total Current Liabilities - Total Current Assets+Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities))
=3649.659 - 780.951 - ( 805.386 - max(0, 817.757 - 1557.32+805.386))
=2129.145

Note: The Operating Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Jan. 2025) data.

2. Joel Greenblatt's definition of Return on Capital:

Korn Ferry's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 is calculated as:

ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %(Q: Jan. 2025 )
=EBIT/Average of (Net fixed Assets + Net Working Capital)
=EBIT/Average of (Property, Plant and Equipment+Net Working Capital)
     Q: Oct. 2024  Q: Jan. 2025
=EBIT/( ( (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) + (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) )/ count )
=350.38/( ( (323.246 + max(12.649, 0)) + (310.938 + max(-83.484, 0)) )/ 2 )
=350.38/( ( 335.895 + 310.938 )/ 2 )
=350.38/323.4165
=108.34 %

where Working Capital is:

Working Capital(Q: Oct. 2024 )
=(Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Defer. Rev. + Other Current Liabilities)
=(579.696 + 0 + 112.21) - (679.257 + 0 + 1.1368683772162E-13)
=12.649

Working Capital(Q: Jan. 2025 )
=(Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Defer. Rev. + Other Current Liabilities)
=(575.703 + 0 + 121.764) - (780.951 + 0 + -1.1368683772162E-13)
=-83.484

When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.

Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Jan. 2025) EBIT data.

3. Operating Income is also linked to Operating Margin %:

Korn Ferry's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Jan. 2025 )/Revenue (Q: Jan. 2025 )
=79.548/676.538
=11.76 %

* 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.

4. 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 Operating Income growth rate using Operating Income per share data.


Be Aware

Compared with a company's EBITDA margin, Operating Margin can be manipulated by adjusting the rate of depreciation, depletion and amortization (DDA).

If a company is facing competition, its Operating Margin may decline. Often the Operating Margin declines well before the company's revenue or even profit decline. Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important indicator of whether the company is facing problems.

For instance, by 2012, Nokia (NOK)'s problems were well known and its stock had lost more than 90% of its market value since 2007. But Nokia's Operating Margin had already been in decline since 2002, although its earnings per share were still rising. Investors who paid attention to Operating Margin would have avoided this huge loss. The same can be said for Research-in-Motion (RIMM).

Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important screening filter for GuruFocus. GuruFocus's Buffett-Munger screener requires that the profit margin is either consistent or expanding. The Model Portfolio of the Buffett-Munger screener has outperformed the market every year since inception in 2009.


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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
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Laura M Bishop director 1900 AVENUE OF THE STARS, SUITE 1500, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
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George T Shaheen director
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