Korn/Ferry International (NYSE:KFY)

RedScourge (74.90) Submitted: 3/13/2013 1:52:40 PM : Start Price: $18.08 KFY Score: -9.12

I like this business, and these guys seem to be a leader in it, plus have a track record of growth and pretty good financials. Probably will buy stock in this after studying it some more.

coryjobe (90.71) Submitted: 7/24/2010 3:29:13 PM : Start Price: $13.72 KFY Score: -27.01

Revenue growth was across all of Korn/Ferry’s major operating segments. Revenue grew 55% from last year, this marks the fourth consecutive quarter of sequential fee growth. Conditions in the labot markets have appeard to start to revover, if managers keep hiring temporary help instead of full time employee’s it could hurt KFY’s sales. KFY has been trying to expand into Europe, they acquired Whitehead Mann, who is the leading exutive search firm in London. Their London office is now the largest in the world. They have a strong cash position right now and have shown the desire to make acquisitions to expand into nine more European contries.

supercoffee (94.43) Submitted: 9/9/2008 1:48:07 PM : Start Price: $19.46 KFY Score: +47.12

SELL SELL LABOR READY WAS BETTER

NASAGeek (91.74) Submitted: 6/26/2008 9:21:56 PM : Start Price: $16.02 KFY Score: -23.72

magicformulainvesting.com screen at $153M market cap, top 25 companies on June 26, 2008

manna03 (77.88) Submitted: 6/11/2008 11:52:39 AM : Start Price: $16.39 KFY Score: -20.55

This company should do well on a national level.

lucky2bear (67.39) Submitted: 6/5/2008 12:49:17 PM : Start Price: $17.93 KFY Score: -24.90

boiseidfool's tip on BetterInvesting 5/26/08 Growth Screen in January 2008.

boiseidfool (81.97) Submitted: 5/26/2008 11:29:25 PM : Start Price: $16.59 KFY Score: -18.99

This company is one of 62 listed on the BetterInvesting Growth Screen in January 2008. It met 4 criteria: it is projected by Value Line to double earnings in the next five years, has actually doubled earnings in the past 5 years, is selling at price-earnings multiples (P/E’s) that are 110 percent or less of Value Line’s projected earnings growth rate and has a safety rating of average or better. It was listed in the March 2008 BetterInvesting magazine.

saurabhprasad (98.73) Submitted: 1/24/2008 12:46:45 PM : Start Price: $15.70 KFY Score: +16.68

KFY belongs to an interesting segment of market because weighing scale of staffing stocks is the same as beauty contest.
If stock market is going down because of fears of recession, the same fear is pervading through board rooms and office cubes across the country.
As a boss, fear of recession makes me less likely to hire someone for my pet project.
Also, it makes me less likely to leave the company because they changed the coffee in kitchen.
Key thing to see here is there need not be a recession for this to happen, just the fear of it is enough.

And staffing stocks will take the brunt till the fear goes away, unless they get ridiculously cheap. P/E of 9 in this environment is not cheap; enticing but not cheap.

Valanar42 (93.48) Submitted: 1/11/2008 2:13:23 PM : Start Price: $16.24 KFY Score: -15.08

MFP. This company has zero debt, and enough good management to hold decent returns on investments.

Couple that with the fact that the P/E is at 12, and this company really is a bargain right now.

cummingsr (< 20) Submitted: 10/11/2007 11:42:07 AM : Start Price: $18.54 KFY Score: -15.90

This is in my Magic portfolio and is characterized by a high ROA and a solid earnings growth to price earnings ratio comparison. i.e. a PEG of about 1. It works as a classic value play.

The downside exposure would be to a general economic slump accompanied by a slowdown in searches and hiring. i.e. a cyclical turn which would be temporary.

CTrading (< 20) Submitted: 8/16/2007 2:38:35 PM : Start Price: $22.57 KFY Score: -47.48

MFI CAP 88 TOP 50 8/16/07

dblzro00 (47.41) Submitted: 3/6/2007 8:12:00 PM : Start Price: $22.75 KFY Score: -49.22

distilled from Magic Formula- March cohort

NetscribeBusServ (< 20) Submitted: 2/27/2007 7:49:19 AM : Start Price: $24.12 KFY Score: -49.86

KornFerry International, with a presence in 40 countries with over 70 offices, is a premier global provider of executive search, outsourced recruiting and leadership development solutions in the recruitment industry. Its services range from corporate governance and CEO recruitment to executive search, middle-management recruitment and Leadership Development Solutions (LDS). Fee based revenues comprises of 95% of total revenues for the fiscal April 2006.

In many economies the top-level workforce is aging at a very rapid pace and there is a shortage of qualified people to replace them. KFY would be a major beneficiary over others, as it has 37 years of record in top-level recruitments.

The economic upswing combined with the globalization of business and shortage of qualified executives, fuels job growth and hiring. KFY has a leading position in Asia, which is experiencing a secular growth and is also a leading player in the emerging recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) market with its Futurestep division.

The company has been selected as an advisor by Bruce Power, industry leader in nuclear energy, for a period of five years, for its executive and middle-management recruitment and leadership development initiatives. KFY will build a talent pipeline for Bruce Power on a local, national and international basis, and will also work with Bruce Power staff to strengthen the company’s ongoing professional development programs. KFY is well positioned given the tightness in the US labor market, which is particularly pronounced for managers and professionals.

mweav (98.53) Submitted: 2/3/2007 10:38:52 AM : Start Price: $23.84 KFY Score: -48.29

leader in executive search and training

myinequities (28.59) Submitted: 9/13/2006 5:16:17 PM : Start Price: $21.44 KFY Score: +52.26

To think KFY will continue its upward climb is to believe that the economy will not go soft or there will be no recession. Boy, I don't feel comfortable with that. The economy and labor market may not soften as much as the worst naysayers think, but I don't believe the positive trend is sustainable. KFY has dipped on weak spots in the past 18 months many times, even when the labor outlook was stronger than it is now. I actually expect KFY to notably dip before the end of the year, but am going long since the timing may not work out for market psychology reasons.