Korn Ferry (KFY) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)

Korn Ferry's Operating Margin history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 12.55% for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Operating Margin rose 99.0% year-over-year to 12.55%; the TTM figure through Jan 2026 stood at 13.07% (up 121.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 12.54%, up 493.0% from the prior year.
• Operating Margin was 12.55% for Q1 2026 at Korn Ferry, down from 13.53% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 19.09% in Q2 2022 to a low of 1.82% in Q1 2023.
• Historically, Operating Margin has averaged 11.74% across 5 years, with a median of 11.93% in 2024.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Operating Margin slumped 1662 bps in 2023, then jumped 962 bps in 2024.
• A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 16.26% in 2022, then sank by 80 bps to 3.2% in 2023, then jumped by 301 bps to 12.83% in 2024, then grew by 5 bps to 13.53% in 2025, then slipped by 7 bps to 12.55% in 2026.
• The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 12.55% (Q1 2026), 13.53% (Q4 2025), and 11.66% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.