Critical Contrast: Click (NASDAQ:CLIK) versus Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY)

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

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Click and Korn Ferry”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Click	$6.05 million	6.62	N/A	N/A	N/A
Korn Ferry	$2.74 billion	1.23	$169.15 million	$4.65	14.05

Korn Ferry has higher revenue and earnings than Click.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

98.8% of Korn Ferry shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Korn Ferry shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Click and Korn Ferry, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Click	0	0	0	0	0.00
Korn Ferry	0	1	2	0	2.67

Korn Ferry has a consensus price target of $77.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.85%. Given Korn Ferry’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Korn Ferry is more favorable than Click.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Click	N/A	N/A	N/A
Korn Ferry	9.03%	14.27%	7.02%

Summary

Korn Ferry beats Click on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Click

We are a human resources solutions provider, specializing in offering comprehensive human resources solutions in three principal sectors, namely (i) professional solution services, (ii) nursing solution services, and (iii) logistics and other solution services. We primarily focused on talent sourcing and the provision of temporary and permanent personnel to customers. Our primary market is in Hong Kong and our diverse clientele includes accounting and professional firms, Hong Kong listed companies, nursing homes, individual patients, logistics companies and warehouses. We specialize primarily in placing professional accountants and company secretaries, registered nurses and healthcare workers as well as other blue-collar workers, for direct hire and contract staffing roles. — Revenue increased by approximately $1.5 million or 36.1% from $4.2 million in FY2022 to $5.7 million in FY2023 which was mainly attributable to (i) increase in revenue from professional solution services by approximately $1.1 million or 112.5%; (ii) increase in revenue from logistic and other solution services by approximately $0.6 million or 47.2%; countered by (iii) slight decrease in revenue from nursing solution services by approximately $0.2 million or 8.5%. The increase in total revenue in FY2023 was largely driven by the professional solution services segment which represents services provided directly by our in-house employees rather than services provided by independent contractors from our talent pool as in nursing solution services and logistic and other services segments. Professional solution services provided by our Group include (i) the secondment of senior executives such as CFOs and company secretaries to perform compliance, financial reporting and financial management functions for customers; (ii) the provision of accounting and audit professionals to perform audit work under the instruction of Certified Public Accountant firms; and (iii) the provision of corporate finance experts to assist in drafting of documents including circulars, announcements and others for Hong Kong listed companies and listing documents for private companies planning to go public. Our principal executive office is located at Unit 709, 7/F., Ocean Centre, 5 Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Our registered office in the British Virgin Islands is located at the office of Corporate Registrations Limited, Sea Meadow House (P.O. Box 116), Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands. Our agent for service of process in the U.S. is Cogency Global Inc., located at 122 East 42nd Street, 18th Floor New York, NY.

About Korn Ferry

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.