---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-049978"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KFY"
cik: "0000056679"
company_name: "KORN FERRY"
filed_at: "2024-12-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T07:40:55.109281+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Korn Ferry Q2 FY2025: Fee revenue $674.4M (-4% YoY); Operating margin 13.0% (up 980bps); EPS $1.14

## Summary
- Fee revenue $674.4M, down 4% YoY from $704.0M; total revenue $682.0M.
- Operating income $87.5M vs $22.8M; operating margin expanded 980bps to 13.0%.
- Adjusted EBITDA $117.0M (margin 17.4%), sixth consecutive quarter of profitability improvement.
- Diluted EPS $1.14 (adjusted $1.21) vs diluted loss per share ($0.04) in prior year.
- Declared $0.37/share dividend (payable Jan 15, 2025) and repurchased 456,250 shares for $32.6M in Q2.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-049978
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KFY
- cik: 0000056679
- company_name: KORN FERRY
- filed_at: 2024-12-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56679/000162828024049978/0001628280-24-049978-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56679/000162828024049978/kfy-20241204.htm

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