Korn/Ferry International (NYSE:KFY) and TrueBlue (NYSE:TBI) Financial Survey

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Korn/Ferry International and TrueBlue, 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
TrueBlue	0	0	1	0	3.00

Korn/Ferry International currently has a consensus price target of $81.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.10%. TrueBlue has a consensus price target of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 34.77%. Given TrueBlue’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TrueBlue is more favorable than Korn/Ferry International.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Korn/Ferry International	8.91%	14.49%	7.21%
TrueBlue	-2.21%	-5.74%	-2.62%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Korn/Ferry International and TrueBlue”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Korn/Ferry International	$2.76 billion	1.39	$246.06 million	$4.62	15.92
TrueBlue	$1.57 billion	0.11	-$125.75 million	($1.15)	-5.16

Korn/Ferry International has higher revenue and earnings than TrueBlue. TrueBlue is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Korn/Ferry International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

98.8% of Korn/Ferry International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of TrueBlue shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Korn/Ferry International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of TrueBlue shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Korn/Ferry International has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TrueBlue has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Korn/Ferry International beats TrueBlue on 9 of the 13 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 TrueBlue

TrueBlue, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides specialized workforce solutions in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Puerto Rico. It operates through three segments: PeopleReady, PeopleManagement, and PeopleScout. The company PeopleReady segment provides general, industrial, and skilled trade contingent staffing services for construction, transportation, manufacturing, retail, hospitality, and renewable energy industries. The PeopleManagement segment offers contingent, on-site industrial staffing, and commercial driver services, which includes on-site management and recruitment for the contingent industrial workforce of manufacturing, warehousing, and distribution facilities; and recruitment and management of contingent and dedicated commercial drivers to the transportation and distribution industries under the Staff Management, SIMOS Insourcing Solutions, and Centerline Drivers brands. The company PeopleScout segment provides recruitment process outsourcing, talent advisory services, and managed service provider solutions including sourcing, screening, hiring, and onboarding services; operates Affinix, a technology platform for sourcing, screening, and delivering a permanent workforce to its clients; talent advisory services, such as employer branding, recruitment marketing, talent insights, diversity, equity and inclusion consulting, candidate assessment, and talent acquisition strategy consulting services; and contingent labor programs including vendor selection, performance management, compliance monitoring, and risk management. TrueBlue, Inc. was formerly known as Labor Ready, Inc. and changed its name to TrueBlue, Inc. in December 2007. The company was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in Tacoma, Washington.