KORN FERRY vs ROBERT HALF INC., two Staffing Services stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where KFY and RHI diverge most: on revenue growth, KFY reads +6.9% and RHI reads -4.9%; on operating margin, KFY reads 12.2% and RHI reads -4.7%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What KFY's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | KFY | RHI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $71.59 | $33.92 |
| Market cap | $3.9B | $3.5B |
| Sector | Staffing Services | Staffing Services |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 13.6 | 29.5 |
| P/B | 1.95 | 2.88 |
| P/S | 1.31 | 0.66 |
| EV/EBITDA | 7.3 | 52.5 |
| Revenue growth | +6.9% | -4.9% |
| Gross margin | — | 35.5% |
| Operating margin | 12.2% | -4.7% |
| Net margin | 9.4% | 2.2% |
| Return on equity | 14.0% | 9.5% |
| Return on assets | 7.3% | 4.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 11.8% | 0.6% |
| FCF yield | 8.2% | 6.2% |
| Dividend yield | 2.8% | 7.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.20 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 2.37 | 1.47 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.11 | 3.33 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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