Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. HURN scored 69.6, KFY scored 65.1 — HURN leads.
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Different reporting periods. KFY's fundamentals are as of July 2026, but HURN's are as of March 2026 — a 4-month gap. Growth, margin and valuation figures below therefore describe different windows and aren't strictly like-for-like.
HURN
Huron Consulting Group Inc.
Consulting Services · Quality-Growth
69.6
$167.05 · $2.7B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
4.5
HURN leads
KFY
Korn Ferry
Staffing & Employment Services · Quality-Growth
65.1
$71.66 · $4.0B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestKFY13.5x
Fastest growthHURN+11.7%
Strongest balance sheetKFY0.30
Highest qualityKFY71 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueKFY-11%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
HURN
stronger →← stronger
KFY
67
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
71
83
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
61
60
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
64
KFY is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
HURN
KFY
$104mC
FCF
$319mC
+11.7%B
Rev
+6.4%C+
2.25D
D/E
0.30A-
25.2xB
P/E
13.5xA-
1.47B
PEG
1.20B+
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
HURN
KFY
37% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
11% below
~17%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~4%/yr
-36%
1-yr DCF upside
+3%
-27%
5-yr DCF upside
+12%
-11%
10-yr DCF upside
+25%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
HURN
Why this score
Buying back stock
KFY
Why this score
Raising its dividend
Diluting shareholders
The companies
HURNHuron Consulting Group Inc.
Consulting Services · $167.05 · beta 0.09
Why now
Consulting Services · market cap $2.7b. 11% off the 52-week high of $186.78. Revenue growing +12%, comfortably above the S&P median. 4 sell-side analysts publish a mean 1-yr target of $190.75 (implying +14% upside).
Moat
ROE 27% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which.
Risk
D/E 2.25 is elevated — limits strategic flexibility and raises refinancing exposure if rates stay higher for longer.
Staffing & Employment Services · market cap $4.0b. 18% off the 52-week high of $87.51. 4 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $90.25 (implying +26% upside).
Moat
ROE 15% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. FCF converts 115% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Value re-rating depends on a catalyst. Without one — analyst day, divestiture, margin recovery, capital return — the stock can stay cheap on these multiples for years.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
KFY leads HURN by 1 point (71.7 to 70.7), its sharpest advantage coming in D/E (grade A-). A contrarian could still prefer HURN for its stronger Rev (grade B). All screen as growth-type names but sit in different sectors (Consulting Services versus Staffing & Employment Services), so their grades are relative to different peer sets.
Our AI analyst is busy right now, so this verdict is drawn directly from the pillars, grades and DCF above.
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Where HURN and KFY diverge
On the headline score the gap is 4.5 points in favor of HURN. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
GrowthHURN 83.1 · KFY 61.2HURN +21.9
QualityHURN 67.1 · KFY 70.7KFY +3.6
ValueHURN 60.5 · KFY 63.7KFY +3.2
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is HURN or KFY the better stock?
HURN scores higher: HURN 69.6, KFY 65.1 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do HURN and KFY differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where HURN leads by 22 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are HURN and KFY scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.