---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-055949"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KFY"
cik: "0000056679"
company_name: "KORN FERRY"
filed_at: "2025-12-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T13:52:26.259409+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Korn Ferry Q2 FY2026 fee revenue $721.7M (+7% YoY); EPS $1.36 (+19% YoY)

## Summary
- Fee revenue $721.7M, +7% YoY (+6% constant currency); net income $72.4M, margin 10.0%.
- Diluted EPS $1.36, up 19% YoY; adjusted diluted EPS $1.33, up 10% YoY.
- Executive Search fee revenue +10% YoY, Professional Search & Interim +17% YoY.
- Adjusted EBITDA $124.8M (margin 17.3%); backlog of remaining fees $1.842B, +20% YoY.
- CEO cites fourth consecutive quarter of accelerated growth, led by Marquee and Diamond accounts.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-055949
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KFY
- cik: 0000056679
- company_name: KORN FERRY
- filed_at: 2025-12-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56679/000162828025055949/0001628280-25-055949-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56679/000162828025055949/kfy-20251209.htm

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