This firm's average rating is Strong Buy from 4 analysts. Do analysts base this consensus on technical analyses? We know that typical technical analysis utilizes price momentum, patterns, and trends looking at historical prices. It aims to identify signals based on KornFerry International market sentiment investors' perception of the future value of KornFerry. Let us look at a few aspects of KornFerry technical analysis.
Using predictive
technical analysis, we can analyze different prices and returns patterns and
diagnose historical swings to determine the real value of Korn Ferry. In general, sophisticated investors focus on analyzing Korn Ferry stock price patterns and their correlations with different microeconomic environment and drivers. They apply predictive analytics to build Korn Ferry's daily price indicators and compare them against related drivers such as
momentum indicators and various other types of predictive indicators. Using this methodology combined with a more conventional
technical analysis and
fundamental analysis, we attempt to find the most accurate representation of
Korn Ferry's intrinsic value. In addition to deriving basic predictive indicators for Korn Ferry, many experienced traders also check how macroeconomic factors affect Korn Ferry price patterns. Please read more on our
technical analysis page or use our predictive modules below to complement your research.
Sophisticated investors, who have witnessed
many market ups and downs, anticipate that the market will even out over time. This tendency of Korn Ferry's price to converge to an average value over time is called mean reversion. However, historically, high market prices usually discourage investors that believe in mean reversion to invest, while low prices are viewed as an opportunity to buy.
Please note, it is not enough to conduct a financial or market analysis of a single entity such as Korn Ferry. Your research has to be compared to or analyzed against Korn Ferry's peers to derive any actionable benefits. When done correctly, Korn Ferry's competitive analysis will give you plenty of quantitative and qualitative data to validate your investment decisions or develop an entirely new strategy toward taking a position in Korn Ferry.
How important is Korn Ferry's Liquidity
Korn Ferry
financial leverage refers to using borrowed capital as a funding source to finance Korn Ferry ongoing operations. It is usually used to expand the firm's asset base and generate returns on borrowed capital. Korn Ferry financial leverage is typically calculated by taking the company's all interest-bearing debt and dividing it by total capital. So the higher the debt-to-capital ratio (i.e., financial leverage), the riskier the company. Financial leverage can amplify the potential profits to Korn Ferry's owners, but it also increases the potential losses and risk of financial distress, including bankruptcy, if the firm cannot cover its debt costs. The degree of Korn Ferry's financial leverage can be measured in several ways, including by ratios such as the debt-to-equity ratio (total debt / total equity), equity multiplier (total assets / total equity), or the debt ratio (total debt / total assets). Please check the
breakdown between Korn Ferry's total debt and its cash.
Korn Ferry Gross Profit
Korn Ferry Gross Profit growth is one of the most critical measures in evaluating the company. The Gross Profit growth rate is calculated simply by comparing Korn Ferry previous period's values with its current period's values. Each time period you're measuring should be of equal lengths the increase or decrease, in a company's Gross Profit between two periods. Here we show Korn Ferry Gross Profit growth over the last 10 years. Please check Korn Ferry's
gross profit and other
fundamental indicators for more details.
Closer look at KornFerry International Variance
KornFerry International has current Variance of 5.58. Variance is another measure of security risk that shows the amount of dispersion of equity returns around their mean value. Variance is calculated as the average squared deviations from the mean. Evaluating a set of investment alternatives one can use variance to help determine the volatility when purchasing a specific security. Similar to Standard Deviation, the variance is a measure of how far a set of numbers is spread out around its mean.
Variance is also a measure of stock volatility and can help determine the risk an investor might take on when purchasing a specific security. A relatively big variance indicates that the daily prices or returns are far from the mean and a small variance indicates that they are located around the mean.
Variance | = | SUM(RET DEV)2 N |
| = | 5.58 |
| SUM | = | Summation notation |
| RET DEV | = | Actual returns deviation over selected period |
| N | = | Number of points for the period |
Let's now compare KornFerry International Variance to its closest peers:
| KFY | 5.582695184478813 |
| ADP | 1.55 |
| DHX | 13.06 |
| HHR | 3.26 |
| HQI | 18.8 |
Our perspective of the current KornFerry International rise
The risk adjusted performance is down to 0.19 as of today. KornFerry International has relatively low volatility with skewness of 0.4 and kurtosis of -0.24. However, we advise all investors to independently investigate KornFerry International to ensure all accessible information is consistent with the expectations about its upside potential and future expected returns.
Our Final Take On KornFerry International
While some other companies within the staffing & employment services industry are still a little expensive, even after the recent corrections, KornFerry International may offer a potential longer-term growth to investors. To conclude, as of the 22nd of February 2021, our concluding 30 days buy-hold-sell recommendation on the company is
Strong Hold. We believe KornFerry International is
overvalued with
low probability of distress for the next two years.
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