Korn/Ferry International (NYSE:KFY) and SThree (OTCMKTS:STREF) Financial Survey

Korn/Ferry International (NYSE:KFY) and SThree (OTCMKTS:STREF) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Korn/Ferry International and SThree”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Korn/Ferry International	$2.76 billion	1.38	$246.06 million	$4.62	15.79
SThree	$1.91 billion	N/A	$63.51 million	N/A	N/A

Korn/Ferry International has higher revenue and earnings than SThree.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

98.8% of Korn/Ferry International shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Korn/Ferry International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Korn/Ferry International and SThree’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Korn/Ferry International	8.95%	14.55%	7.29%
SThree	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Korn/Ferry International and SThree, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Korn/Ferry International	0	1	1	0	2.50
SThree	0	0	0	0	0.00

Korn/Ferry International currently has a consensus price target of $81.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.05%. Given Korn/Ferry International’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Korn/Ferry International is more favorable than SThree.

Summary

Korn/Ferry International beats SThree on 10 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Korn/Ferry International

Korn Ferry, together with its subsidiaries, provides organizational consulting services worldwide. It operates through four segments: Consulting, Digital, Executive Search, and Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) & Professional Search. The company provides executive search services to recruit board level, chief executive, other senior executive, and general management talent of organizations. It also offers organizational strategy, assessment and succession, leadership and professional development, and total reward services. In addition, the company provides RPO, business project, professional search, and outsource recruiting solutions. Further, the company offers tech-enabled solutions that identify structures, roles, capabilities, and behaviors to drive businesses. It serves public and private companies, and middle market and emerging growth companies, as well as government and non-profit organizations. The company was formerly known as Korn/Ferry International and changed its name to Korn Ferry in January 2019. Korn Ferry was founded in 1969 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

About SThree

SThree plc provides specialist contract and permanent staffing services for technology, engineering, life sciences, banking and finance, and other sectors. It offers permanent, contract, project, retained, and executive search recruitment solutions, as well as support and mobility services. The company provides its services under the Computer Futures, Progressive, Huxley, Real Staffing Group, Global Enterprise Partners, JP Gray, Madison Black, Newington International, and Orgtel brands. It has operations in the United Kingdom, Germany, the United States, the Netherlands, Japan, Dubai, Belgium, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Spain, Austria, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, and internationally. SThree plc was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.