Korn Ferry Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year FY'26 Results of Operations
Korn Ferry delivered Q4 FY'26 fee revenue of $759.8 million, up 7% year-over-year, and full-year fee revenue of $2.9 billion, also a 7% increase. Net income margin expanded by 60 basis points in the quarter to 9.6%, while Adjusted EBITDA margin held steady at 17.0%. The company returned substantial capital to shareholders, repurchasing 1.24 million shares for $78.8 million and paying dividends of $28.3 million during the quarter. Estimated remaining fees under existing contracts grew 10% year-over-year to $1.9 billion, signaling strong future demand.
Key figures
- Eps
- 1.39
- Revenue
- $759.8 million
- Guidance
- Q1 FY'27 fee revenue $725M-$745M; diluted EPS $1.32-$1.38
- Revenue Yoy
- 7%
- Backlog
- $1.9 billion
- Buyback cost
- $78.8 million
- Net income fy
- $277.4 million
- Net income q4
- $73.1 million
- Fee revenue fy
- $2.9 billion
- Adjusted ebitda fy
- $497.8 million
- Adjusted ebitda q4
- $129.5 million
- Shares repurchased
- 1240458
- Net income margin fy
- 9.5%
- Net income margin q4
- 9.6%
- Adjusted ebitda margin fy
- 17.1%
- Adjusted ebitda margin q4
- 17.0%
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