Growth Metrics

Korn Ferry (KFY) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2026)

Korn Ferry has reported Return on Invested Capital over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.14% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Invested Capital at 0.14% for Q1 2026, up 1.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Jan 2026 was 0.14% (up 1.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.14%, up 4.0%.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q1 2026 was 0.14% at Korn Ferry, roughly flat from 0.14% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Invested Capital for KFY hit a ceiling of 0.24% in Q4 2022 and a floor of 0.07% in Q4 2023.
  • Median Return on Invested Capital over the past 5 years was 0.14% (2025), compared with a mean of 0.15%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Invested Capital: rose 15bps in 2022 and later decreased -17bps in 2023.
  • Korn Ferry's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.24% in 2022, then tumbled by -72bps to 0.07% in 2023, then surged by 90bps to 0.13% in 2024, then increased by 8bps to 0.14% in 2025, then rose by 0bps to 0.14% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Invested Capital were 0.14% (Q1 2026), 0.14% (Q4 2025), and 0.14% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.