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KFY · CIK 0000056679 · FY2026 live · 2026-04-30

KORN FERRY

SafeSEC 10-KZ″Industrials82nd percentile in Industrials · 489 names

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Model

Z″

FY2026

4.52

Zone

Safe

Prior

—

Market DD

—

1y PD

—

4.52

Classic Z 2.47

−21.12.68+

Z″ 4.52 · distress below 1.10, grey to 2.60, safe above.

Z″ factor contributions

  • X1 Working capital / assets

    Short-term liquidity. Carries more weight in Z″ than in classic Z.

    0.23
    6.56 × = 1.49

  • X2 Retained earnings / assets

    Cushion from years of profits. Share buybacks can push this negative at otherwise healthy firms.

    0.43
    3.26 × = 1.41

  • X3 EBIT / assets

    Operating return on assets. Highest weight in Z″.

    0.09
    6.72 × = 0.62

  • X4 Book equity / liabilities

    Book equity versus the liability stack. Sales / assets is omitted so asset-light names keep turnover from dragging the score.

    0.95
    1.05 × = 0.99

Five-year path

Need two annual 10-Ks to draw a path. The desk will pull this issuer’s filings.

Meridian Rank

81.18

0–100 · Z″ family

  • Book standing

    82

  • Year change

    —

  • Market PD

    —

  • O-score

    79

Events on this name

Same published rows as Today.

  • Approaching grey

    watch · 41

    • Live score: — → 4.52
    • Cut: — → 1.10

Overview

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KORN FERRY is on Z″ at 4.52 (safe) for FY2026, from an SEC 10-K. Working capital / assets is the line that sets the print; retained earnings / assets is the runner-up. This is the first live year on the desk. No market tape loaded. Z″ omits sales/assets so asset-light names keep turnover from dragging the score. X4 is book equity on every name.

Book screen Safe; market PD —. Market PD has not been priced on this name.

Market DD · naive Merton

No market tape yet.

Pull a year of closes (Yahoo, Nasdaq if Yahoo is limited) and size equity from Nasdaq cap or EDGAR shares. Distance-to-default and 1-year PD stay blank until then.

Sector peers

Closest Z″ scores · 82nd percentile in Industrials.

Filing line items

Current assets

$1.9B

Total assets

$4.1B

Current liabilities

$982M

Total liabilities

$2.1B

Working capital

$924M

Retained earnings

$1.8B

EBIT

$375M

Total sales

$2.9B

Book equity

$2.0B

Accession 0000056679-26-000021. Live rank is the latest 10-K on EDGAR (FY2026, period 2026-04-30). Z″ is the live score. View as is a display overlay. X4 is book equity. Pulled 13 Sept 2026.