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Forensic Analysis · Staffing & Help Supply · as of Nov 9, 2026

Korn Ferry (KFY)

A forensic read on Korn Ferry built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.

A · High-quality, not compounding
Forensic grade
Safe
Financial health
4.5
Distress distance
Clean
Earnings quality
1
Forensic signals
14.5%
ROE
6.4%
Revenue growth

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Korn Ferry earns an A (High-quality, not compounding) forensic quality grade, and its balance-sheet distress test reads 4.5, placing it in the Safe zone. 1 forensic signal was flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by return on invested capital.

What the filings flag

13.9%
FY2026
Return on invested capital. Return on invested capital is 13.9% in the latest fiscal year and rising across FY2024–FY2026 from 9.2%. After-tax operating profit was $165M in FY2024 and $271M in FY2026, with operating income at 7.6% of revenue in FY2024, 12.5% in FY2025 and 12.8% in FY2026. The capital base behind it went from $1.8B in FY2024 to $1.9B in FY2026 (+8%), while the revenue it carried went from $2.8B to $2.9B. $278M of the $1.9B base at FY2026 is short-term investments and long-term marketable securities (14.3%) — securities held beside cash, which the base keeps because only cash is subtracted from it; they earn the balance sheet's yield, which is not in the operating profit above, so this rate understates what the operating capital earns. FY2024's operating profit carried a $69M restructuring charge that alone took about 2.9 points off that year's return, so about 2.9 of the 4.7-point rise across FY2024–FY2026 is that charge leaving the base year rather than the capital earning more.

Key fundamentals

Latest Revenue$2.94B
Revenue Growth YoY+6.4%
Revenue CAGR (2yr)+2.5%
Net Margin9.4%
Free Cash Flow$324.3M
Return on Equity14.5%
Debt / Equity0.20x

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Data from SEC EDGAR public filings · metrics as of Nov 9, 2026. Forensic signals flag probability, not certainty.

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