StackAdapt Launches Integrated Email and Data Hub, Bridging Martech and Programmatic Advertising Under One Platform
TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--StackAdapt (www.stackadapt.com), the leading technology company in advertising and marketing, today announced the launch of its new email marketing and Data Hub solutions. This expansion helps marketers bridge the gap between adtech and martech—increasing efficiency, streamlining workflows, and bringing data, messaging, and media together in one connected strategy. StackAdapt is the first programmatic advertising platform to natively unify owned and paid media within a single platform—built from the ground up—giving marketers a powerful, privacy-first way to activate first-party data. With email marketing available in-platform, marketers can deliver consistent messaging, deepen engagement, and create more connected experiences from impression to inbox to impact.
As part of the exclusive early access release, the StackAdapt Marketing Platform enables marketers to reach customers across display, native, video, CTV, DOOH, in-game, audio, and email, activating all channels within a single workflow. By removing silos, they can orchestrate more cohesive campaigns that align programmatic advertising with owned messaging strategies like email. Powered by AI and real-time optimization, the solution helps teams maximize reach, personalize at scale, and turn insights into action. As part of early access, clients gain immediate scale to begin activating email alongside their programmatic advertising efforts, and each client account is eligible to send up to 1 million free emails.
The new email solution is made possible by StackAdapt's proprietary Data Hub, which enables users to upload and segment first-party data, orchestrate customer journeys, and measure outcomes across media and messaging channels. As marketers prepare for a privacy-first world, first-party data has become more essential than ever. StackAdapt's new capabilities empower brands to act on this opportunity, activating their data and delivering coordinated, cross-channel experiences from a single platform.
Now, marketers can seamlessly connect customer behaviours across channels, triggering a CTV ad view after an email message or optimizing campaigns based on real purchase signals, all within one platform. The platform integrates with major CRM systems enabling privacy compliance while providing real-time insights into revenue, conversions, and audience behaviour.
With this launch, StackAdapt has achieved a new position as a next-generation marketing platform that helps agencies and brands seamlessly integrate paid media, email, first-party data, and AI-driven personalization to unlock more effective, connected customer journeys. The result is an end-to-end solution designed for today's marketing reality where first-party data is central, customer journeys are nonlinear, and marketers have a more efficient way to unify brand storytelling with performance-driven execution.
'Bringing email into the StackAdapt ecosystem gives our clients an entirely new way to activate their first-party data and close the loop between media and messaging,' said Vitaly Pecherskiy, Co-founder and CEO at StackAdapt. 'As marketers face increasing pressure to do more with less, consolidating tools and proving performance is critical. We have always believed the future of advertising lies in agility, intelligence, and connectedness, and this evolution brings that vision to life in a powerful way.'
As privacy regulations grow and third-party cookies fade, first-party data has become essential to digital marketing success. This move offers a streamlined, all-in-one solution for activating that data and driving performance.
'StackAdapt's Data Hub is a game-changer. Bringing first-party data securely into one place unlocks powerful new ways to connect with the right audience, at the right time, with the right message,' said Carole Lawson, Chief Innovation Officer at Marketstorm. 'Activating that data across both programmatic and email campaigns? That's amazing. What's really exciting is how it simplifies the process — fewer silos, more clarity and visibility from first impression to final conversion across the entire platform. It's the kind of smart, streamlined innovation that gives us a real advantage.'
StackAdapt is first to market with a truly unified adtech and martech solution purpose-built for marketers seeking scale without unnecessary complexity. By combining programmatic and email in one platform, marketers gain a 360-degree view of the customer journey and the tools to act on it. Driven by AI, automation, and privacy-first design, this agility, combined with deep audience insight, allows teams to move faster and deliver measurable results at every stage of the funnel.
With this launch, StackAdapt is laying the foundation for a more connected marketing ecosystem, one where activation, measurement, and messaging come together to deliver high-performance campaigns with greater efficiency and insight.
To learn more or request access, visit www.stackadapt. com.
StackAdapt is the leading technology company that empowers marketers to reach, engage, and convert audiences with precision. With 465 billion automated optimizations per second, the AI-powered StackAdapt Marketing Platform seamlessly connects brand and performance marketing to drive measurable results across the entire customer journey. The most forward-thinking marketers choose StackAdapt to orchestrate high-impact campaigns across programmatic advertising and marketing channels. For further information, visit www.stackadapt.com.
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Korn Ferry Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year FY'25 Results of Operations
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We unlock the potential in your people and unleash transformation across your business—synchronizing strategy, operations, and talent to accelerate performance, fuel growth, and inspire a legacy of change. That's why the world's most forward-thinking companies across every major industry turn to us—for a shared commitment to lasting impact and the bold ambition to Be More Than. Forward-Looking Statements Statements in this press release and our conference call that relate to our outlook, projections, goals, strategies, future plans and expectations, including statements relating to expected labor market conditions, expected demand for and relevance of our products and services, expected results of our business diversification strategy, expected benefits of the acquisition of Trilogy, impact of global events on our business, and other statements of future events or conditions are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. 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The potential risks and uncertainties include those relating to global and local political and or economic developments in or affecting countries where we have operations, such as inflation, trade wars, interest rates, labor market conditions, global slowdowns, or recessions, competition, geopolitical tensions, shifts in global trade patterns, changes in demand for our services as a result of automation, dependence on and costs of attracting and retaining qualified and experienced consultants, impact of inflationary pressures on our profitability, our ability to maintain relationships with customers and suppliers and retaining key employees, maintaining our brand name and professional reputation, potential legal liability and regulatory developments, portability of client relationships, consolidation of or within the industries we serve, changes and developments in government laws and regulations, evolving investor and customer expectations with regard to corporate responsibility matters, currency fluctuations in our international operations, risks related to growth, alignment of our cost structure, including as a result of recent workforce, real estate, and other restructuring initiatives, restrictions imposed by off-limits agreements, reliance on information processing systems, cyber security vulnerabilities or events, changes to data security, data privacy, and data protection laws, dependence on third parties for the execution of critical functions, limited protection of our intellectual property ('IP'), our ability to enhance, develop and respond to new technology, including artificial intelligence, our ability to successfully recover from a disaster or other business continuity problems, employment liability risk, an impairment in the carrying value of goodwill and other intangible assets, treaties, or regulations on our business and our Company, deferred tax assets that we may not be able to use, our ability to develop new products and services, changes in our accounting estimates and assumptions, the utilization and billing rates of our consultants, seasonality, the expansion of social media platforms, the ability to effect acquisitions and integrate acquired businesses, resulting organizational changes, our indebtedness, and those relating to the ultimate magnitude and duration of any pandemic or outbreaks. 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Korn Ferry Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year FY'25 Results of Operations
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Korn Ferry (NYSE: KFY), a global consulting firm, today announced fourth quarter and annual fee revenue of $712.0 million and $2,730.1 million, respectively. In addition, fourth quarter diluted earnings per share was $1.21 and adjusted diluted earnings per share was $1.32, while full year diluted earnings per share was $4.60 and adjusted diluted earnings per share was $4.88. 'Even amid the ever-changing global economic and political dynamics, we continue to deliver on our financial and strategic objectives, just as we have over the past several years. Our results reinforce the premise of Korn Ferry's diversification strategy and our continued momentum,' said Gary D. Burnison, CEO, Korn Ferry. 'Through ongoing investments to extend our offerings and solutions and expand our impact, we are powering performance for clients. This foundational focus for the future underpins our conviction to a strategy that will continue to propel us forward.' Selected Financial Results Fourth Quarter Year to Date FY'25 FY'24 FY'25 FY'24 Fee revenue $ 712.0 $ 690.8 $ 2,730.1 $ 2,762.7 Total revenue $ 719.8 $ 699.9 $ 2,761.1 $ 2,795.5 Net income attributable to Korn Ferry $ 64.2 $ 65.2 $ 246.1 $ 169.2 Net income attributable to Korn Ferry margin 9.0 % 9.4 % 9.0 % 6.1 % Basic earnings per share $ 1.23 $ 1.26 $ 4.69 $ 3.25 Diluted earnings per share $ 1.21 $ 1.24 $ 4.60 $ 3.23 Adjusted Results (b): Fourth Quarter Year to Date FY'25 FY'24 FY'25 FY'24 Adjusted EBITDA $ 121.1 $ 112.3 $ 463.9 $ 408.2 Adjusted EBITDA margin 17.0 % 16.3 % 17.0 % 14.8 % Adjusted net income attributable to Korn Ferry (c) $ 70.1 $ 65.7 $ 261.2 $ 224.0 Adjusted basic earnings per share (c) $ 1.34 $ 1.27 $ 4.98 $ 4.31 Adjusted diluted earnings per share (c) $ 1.32 $ 1.26 $ 4.88 $ 4.28 Expand ______________________ (a) Numbers may not total due to rounding. (b) Adjusted EBITDA refers to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, further adjusted to exclude integration/acquisition costs, impairment of fixed assets, impairment of right-of-use assets, restructuring charges, net and management separation charges when applicable. Adjusted results on a consolidated basis are non-GAAP financial measures that adjust for the following, as applicable (see attached reconciliations): Expand Fourth Quarter Year to Date FY'25 FY'24 FY'25 FY'24 Management separation charges (d) $ 4.6 $ — $ 4.6 $ — Integration/acquisition costs $ 1.7 $ 1.8 $ 8.8 $ 14.9 Restructuring charges, net $ — $ — $ 1.9 $ 68.6 Impairment of fixed assets $ — $ — $ 0.5 $ 1.6 Impairment of right-of-use assets $ — $ — $ 2.5 $ 1.6 Expand (c) Due to actions taken in connection with the worldwide minimum tax, the Company released a valuation allowance in FY'24 and recorded a $9.7 million non-recurring tax benefit, which is included in the Company's US GAAP results but excluded from the Adjusted results. (d) Contractual obligations due upon executive's death. Expand Fiscal 2025 Fourth Quarter Results The Company reported fee revenue in Q4 FY'25 of $712.0 million, an increase of 3% year-over-year (up 4.0% at constant currency). During the quarter, the increase in fee revenue was due to higher fee revenue in Executive Search and Recruitment process outsourcing ("RPO"), partially offset by a decline in fee revenue in Consulting. Net income attributable to Korn Ferry was $64.2 million with a margin of 9.0% in Q4 FY'25, compared to net income attributable to Korn Ferry of $65.2 million with a margin of 9.4%, in Q4 FY'24, a decrease of 40bps compared to the year-ago quarter. Adjusted EBITDA was $121.1 million in Q4 FY'25 compared to $112.3 million in Q4 FY'24. Adjusted EBITDA margin was 17.0% in Q4 FY'25, an increase of 70bps compared to the year-ago quarter. Net income attributable to Korn Ferry and net income attributable to Korn Ferry margin decreased slightly from the prior year, primarily due to certain income tax benefits recorded in Q4 FY'24 which reduced the prior year quarterly effective tax rate by approximately 4 percentage points. Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin increased due to an increase in fee revenue and disciplined cost management. Fiscal 2025 Full Year Results The Company reported fee revenue in FY'25 of $2,730.1 million, a decrease of 1% in both actual and constant currency compared to FY'24. Net income attributable to Korn Ferry was $246.1 million with a margin of 9.0% in FY'25, compared to net income attributable to Korn Ferry of $169.2 million with a margin of 6.1%, in FY'24, an increase of 290bps. Adjusted EBITDA was $463.9 million in FY'25 compared to $408.2 million in FY'24. Adjusted EBITDA margin was 17.0% in FY'25, an increase of 220bps compared to the year-ago period. Net income attributable to Korn Ferry and net income attributable to Korn Ferry margin increased as a result of disciplined cost management, strong consultant productivity and a decrease in restructuring charges, net, partially offset by a higher effective tax rate in FY'25 as a result of the favorable impact of the valuation allowance release mentioned in footnote (c) above on FY'24's effective tax rate. Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin increased due to disciplined cost management and strong consultant productivity. ______________________ (a) Numbers may not total due to rounding. (b) Estimated fee revenue associated with signed contracts for which revenue has not yet been recognized. (c) Represents number of employees originating, delivering and executing consulting services. (d) The number of hours worked by consultant and execution staff during the period. (e) The amount of fee revenue divided by the number of hours worked by consultants and execution staff. (f) Adjusted results exclude the following: Expand Fourth Quarter Year to Date FY'25 FY'24 FY'25 FY'24 Management separation charges (g) $ 4.6 $ — $ 4.6 $ — Restructuring charges, net $ — $ — $ 1.7 $ 18.9 Impairment of right-of-use assets $ — $ — $ — $ 0.6 Expand (g) Contractual obligations due upon executive's death. Expand Fee revenue was $169.4 million in Q4 FY'25 compared to $182.2 million in Q4 FY'24, a decrease of $12.8 million or 7% in both actual and constant currency. The year-over-year decrease in Consulting fee revenue was primarily due to a greater mix of larger engagements which convert to fee revenue over a longer duration and ongoing slower delivery of backlog engagements driven by clients. Adjusted EBITDA was $29.1 million in Q4 FY'25 compared to $32.3 million in the year-ago quarter. Adjusted EBITDA margin in the quarter decreased year-over-year by 60bps to 17.2%. This decrease resulted primarily from lower fee revenue discussed above. ______________________ (a) Numbers may not total due to rounding. (b) Estimated fee revenue associated with signed contracts for which revenue has not yet been recognized. (c) Adjusted results exclude the following: Expand Fourth Quarter Year to Date FY'25 FY'24 FY'25 FY'24 Restructuring charges, net $ — $ — $ — $ 9.5 Impairment of fixed assets $ — $ — $ 0.4 $ 1.5 Expand Fee revenue was $91.6 million in Q4 FY'25 compared to $91.3 million in Q4 FY'24, essentially flat year-over-year (up 1% at constant currency). Adjusted EBITDA was $28.5 million in Q4 FY'25, relatively flat compared to $28.0 million in the year-ago quarter. Adjusted EBITDA margin in the quarter increased slightly year-over-year by 40bps to 31.1%. ______________________ (a) Executive Search is the sum of the individual Executive Search Reporting Segments described in our annual and quarterly reporting on Forms 10-K and 10-Q and is presented on a consolidated basis as it is consistent with the Company's discussion of its Solutions, and financial metrics used by the Company's investor base. (b) Numbers may not total due to rounding. (c) Estimated fee revenue associated with signed contracts for which revenue has not yet been recognized. (d) Represents new engagements opened in the respective period. (e) Executive Search Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin are non-GAAP financial measures that adjust for the following: Expand Fourth Quarter Year to Date FY'25 FY'24 FY'25 FY'24 Restructuring charges, net $ — $ — $ 0.2 $ 28.2 Impairment of right-of-use assets $ — $ — $ 2.5 $ 0.9 Impairment of fixed assets $ — $ — $ 0.2 $ 0.1 Expand Fee revenue was $227.0 million in Q4 FY'25 compared to $198.7 million Q4 FY'24, an increase of $28.3 million or 14% (up 15% at constant currency). The year-over-year increase in fee revenue was primarily driven by an increase in the number of engagements billed and an increase in weighted-average fee billed per engagement. The Company experienced fee revenue growth in North America, EMEA and APAC regions. Adjusted EBITDA was $54.2 million in Q4 FY'25 compared to $45.5 million in the year-ago quarter. Adjusted EBITDA margin increased by 100bps to 23.9% in Q4 FY'25. The increase in Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin was due to higher fee revenue and increased consultant productivity. _____________________ (a) Numbers may not total due to rounding. (b) Estimated fee revenue associated with signed contracts for which revenue has not yet been recognized. (c) Represents new engagements opened in the respective period. (d) Fee revenue from interim divided by the number of hours worked by consultants. (e) The number of billable consultants based on a weekly average in the respective period. (f) Adjusted results exclude the following: Expand Fee revenue was $130.7 million in Q4 FY'25 compared to $129.2 million Q4 FY'24, an increase of $1.5 million or 1% (up 2% at a constant currency). Fee revenue increased due to higher fee revenue from Interim as a result of the acquisition of Trilogy, effective November 1, 2024, partially offset by a decrease in fee revenue in Permanent Placement due to an industry wide slowdown in demand. Adjusted EBITDA was $27.4 million in Q4 FY'25 compared to $28.1 million in the year-ago quarter. Adjusted EBITDA margin was 21.0%, down year-over-year by 80bps. ______________________ (a) Numbers may not total due to rounding. (b) Estimated fee revenue associated with signed contracts for which revenue has not yet been recognized. (c) Estimated total value of a contract at the point of execution of the contract. (d) Adjusted results exclude the following: Expand Fee revenue was $93.3 million in Q4 FY'25 compared to $89.5 million in Q4 FY'24, an increase of $3.8 million or 4% (up 5% at constant currency). RPO fee revenue increased due to recent new client wins being stood up and an increase in demand from our base clients in the North America and Asia Pacific regions. Adjusted EBITDA was $14.5 million in Q4 FY'25 compared to $11.8 million in the year-ago quarter. Adjusted EBITDA margin increased 230bps to 15.5% in Q4 FY'25. The increase in Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin both resulted from an increase in fee revenue and disciplined cost management. Outlook Assuming worldwide geopolitical conditions, economic conditions, financial markets and foreign exchange rates remain steady, on a consolidated basis: Q1 FY'26 fee revenue is expected to be in the range of $675 million and $695 million; and Q1 FY'26 diluted earnings per share is expected to range between $1.16 to $1.24. On a consolidated adjusted basis: Q1 FY'26 adjusted diluted earnings per share is expected to be in the range from $1.18 to $1.26. ______________________ (1) Consolidated adjusted diluted earnings per share is a non-GAAP financial measure that excludes the items listed in the table. Expand Earnings Conference Call Webcast The earnings conference call will be held today at 12:00 PM (EDT) and hosted by CEO Gary Burnison, CFO Robert Rozek, SVP Business Development & Analytics Gregg Kvochak and VP Investor Relations Tiffany Louder. The conference call will be webcast and available online at We will also post to the investor relations section of our website earnings slides, which will accompany our webcast, and other important information, and encourage you to review the information that we make available on our website. About Korn Ferry Korn Ferry is a global consulting firm that powers performance. We unlock the potential in your people and unleash transformation across your business—synchronizing strategy, operations, and talent to accelerate performance, fuel growth, and inspire a legacy of change. That's why the world's most forward-thinking companies across every major industry turn to us—for a shared commitment to lasting impact and the bold ambition to Be More Than. Forward-Looking Statements Statements in this press release and our conference call that relate to our outlook, projections, goals, strategies, future plans and expectations, including statements relating to expected labor market conditions, expected demand for and relevance of our products and services, expected results of our business diversification strategy, expected benefits of the acquisition of Trilogy, impact of global events on our business, and other statements of future events or conditions are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Words such as 'believes', 'expects', 'anticipates', 'goals', 'estimates', 'guidance', 'may', 'should', 'could', 'will' or 'likely', and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements. Such statements are based on current expectations; actual results in future periods may differ materially from those currently expected or desired because of a number of risks and uncertainties that are beyond the control of Korn Ferry. The potential risks and uncertainties include those relating to global and local political and or economic developments in or affecting countries where we have operations, such as inflation, trade wars, interest rates, labor market conditions, global slowdowns, or recessions, competition, geopolitical tensions, shifts in global trade patterns, changes in demand for our services as a result of automation, dependence on and costs of attracting and retaining qualified and experienced consultants, impact of inflationary pressures on our profitability, our ability to maintain relationships with customers and suppliers and retaining key employees, maintaining our brand name and professional reputation, potential legal liability and regulatory developments, portability of client relationships, consolidation of or within the industries we serve, changes and developments in government laws and regulations, evolving investor and customer expectations with regard to corporate responsibility matters, currency fluctuations in our international operations, risks related to growth, alignment of our cost structure, including as a result of recent workforce, real estate, and other restructuring initiatives, restrictions imposed by off-limits agreements, reliance on information processing systems, cyber security vulnerabilities or events, changes to data security, data privacy, and data protection laws, dependence on third parties for the execution of critical functions, limited protection of our intellectual property ("IP"), our ability to enhance, develop and respond to new technology, including artificial intelligence, our ability to successfully recover from a disaster or other business continuity problems, employment liability risk, an impairment in the carrying value of goodwill and other intangible assets, treaties, or regulations on our business and our Company, deferred tax assets that we may not be able to use, our ability to develop new products and services, changes in our accounting estimates and assumptions, the utilization and billing rates of our consultants, seasonality, the expansion of social media platforms, the ability to effect acquisitions and integrate acquired businesses, resulting organizational changes, our indebtedness, and those relating to the ultimate magnitude and duration of any pandemic or outbreaks. For a detailed description of risks and uncertainties that could cause differences from our expectations, please refer to Korn Ferry's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Korn Ferry disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures This press release contains financial information calculated other than in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ('GAAP'). In particular, it includes: Adjusted net income attributable to Korn Ferry, adjusted to exclude integration/acquisition costs, impairment of fixed assets, impairment of right-of-use assets, management separation charges and restructuring charges, net of income tax effect, and to exclude a $9.7 million non-recurring tax benefit in fiscal 2024 from actions taken in connection with the worldwide minimum tax that resulted in the release of a valuation allowance; Adjusted basic and diluted earnings per share, adjusted to exclude integration/acquisition costs, impairment of fixed assets, impairment of right-of-use assets, management separation charges and restructuring charges, net of income tax effect, and to exclude a $9.7 million non-recurring tax benefit in fiscal 2024 from actions taken in connection with the worldwide minimum tax that resulted in the release of a valuation allowance; Constant currency (calculated using a quarterly average) percentages that represent the percentage change that would have resulted had exchange rates in the prior period been the same as those in effect in the current period; and Consolidated and Executive Search Adjusted EBITDA, which is earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, further adjusted to exclude integration/acquisition costs, impairment of fixed assets, impairment of right-of-use assets, management separation charges and restructuring charges, net when applicable, and Consolidated and Executive Search Adjusted EBITDA margin. This non-GAAP disclosure has limitations as an analytical tool, should not be viewed as a substitute for financial information determined in accordance with GAAP, and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of the Company's results as reported under GAAP, nor is it necessarily comparable to non-GAAP performance measures that may be presented by other companies. Management believes the presentation of non-GAAP financial measures in this press release provides meaningful supplemental information regarding Korn Ferry's performance by excluding certain charges that may not be indicative of Korn Ferry's ongoing operating results. These non-GAAP financial measures are performance measures and are not indicative of the liquidity of Korn Ferry. These charges, which are described in the footnotes in the attached reconciliations, represent 1) costs we incurred to acquire and integrate a portion of our Professional Search & Interim business, 2) impairment of fixed assets primarily due to software impairment charge in our Digital segment, 3) impairment of right-of-use assets due to the decision to terminate and sublease some of our offices, 4) restructuring charges, net to align workforce to challenging macroeconomic business environment, 5) separation charges due to contractual obligations due upon executive's death and 6) to exclude a $9.7 million non-recurring tax benefit in fiscal 2024 from actions taken in connection with the worldwide minimum tax that resulted in the release of a valuation allowance. The use of non-GAAP financial measures facilitates comparisons to Korn Ferry's historical performance. Korn Ferry includes non-GAAP financial measures because management believes they are useful to investors in allowing for greater transparency with respect to supplemental information used by management in its evaluation of Korn Ferry's ongoing operations and financial and operational decision-making. Adjusted net income attributable to Korn Ferry, adjusted basic and diluted earnings per share and Consolidated and Executive Search Adjusted EBITDA, exclude certain charges that management does not consider on-going in nature and allows management and investors to make more meaningful period-to-period comparisons of the Company's operating results. Management further believes that Consolidated and Executive Search Adjusted EBITDA is useful to investors because it is frequently used by investors and other interested parties to measure operating performance among companies with different capital structures, effective tax rates and tax attributes and capitalized asset values, all of which can vary substantially from company to company. In the case of constant currency percentages, management believes the presentation of such information provides useful supplemental information regarding Korn Ferry's performance as excluding the impact of exchange rate changes on Korn Ferry's financial performance allows investors to make more meaningful period-to-period comparisons of the Company's operating results, to better identify operating trends that may otherwise be masked or distorted by exchange rate changes and to perform related trend analysis, and provides a higher degree of transparency of information used by management in its evaluation of Korn Ferry's ongoing operations and financial and operational decision-making. KORN FERRY AND SUBSIDIARIES FINANCIAL SUMMARY BY REPORTING SEGMENT (dollars in thousands) (unaudited) Three Months Ended April 30, Year Ended April 30, 2025 2024 % Change 2025 2024 % Change Fee revenue: Consulting $ 169,363 $ 182,177 (7.0 %) $ 662,708 $ 695,007 (4.6 %) Digital 91,634 91,304 0.4 % 363,530 366,699 (0.9 %) Executive Search: North America 143,014 125,468 14.0 % 535,921 506,927 5.7 % EMEA 53,479 45,643 17.2 % 194,088 184,516 5.2 % Asia Pacific 23,630 20,696 14.2 % 87,337 85,863 1.7 % Latin America 6,880 6,896 (0.2 %) 28,862 28,937 (0.3 %) Total Executive Search (a) 227,003 198,703 14.2 % 846,208 806,243 5.0 % Professional Search & Interim 130,710 129,162 1.2 % 503,515 540,615 (6.9 %) RPO 93,338 89,454 4.3 % 354,127 354,107 0.0 % Total fee revenue 712,048 690,800 3.1 % 2,730,088 2,762,671 (1.2 %) Reimbursed out-of-pocket engagement expenses 7,779 9,123 (14.7 %) 30,998 32,834 (5.6 %) Total revenue $ 719,827 $ 699,923 2.8 % $ 2,761,086 $ 2,795,505 (1.2 %) Expand (a) Total Executive Search is the sum of the individual Executive Search Reporting Segments and is presented on a consolidated basis as it is consistent with the Company's discussion of its Solutions, and financial metrics used by the Company's investor base. Expand KORN FERRY AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (in thousands, except per share amounts) April 30, 2025 2024 ASSETS Cash and cash equivalents $ 1,006,964 $ 941,005 Marketable securities 36,388 42,742 Receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $40,461 and $44,192 at April 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively 565,255 541,014 Income taxes and other receivables 38,394 40,696 Unearned compensation 61,649 59,247 Prepaid expenses and other assets 41,488 49,456 Total current assets 1,750,138 1,674,160 Marketable securities, non-current 233,626 211,681 Property and equipment, net 173,610 161,849 Operating lease right-of-use assets, net 152,712 160,464 Cash surrender value of company-owned life insurance policies, net of loans 252,621 218,977 Deferred income taxes 144,560 133,564 Goodwill 948,832 908,376 Intangible assets, net 70,193 88,833 Unearned compensation, non-current 106,965 99,913 Investments and other assets 27,967 21,052 Total assets $ 3,861,224 $ 3,678,869 LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY Accounts payable $ 58,884 $ 50,112 Income taxes payable 23,079 24,076 Compensation and benefits payable 530,473 525,466 Operating lease liability, current 38,573 36,073 Other accrued liabilities 304,589 298,792 Total current liabilities 955,598 934,519 Deferred compensation and other retirement plans 477,770 440,396 Operating lease liability, non-current 131,762 143,507 Long-term debt 397,736 396,946 Deferred tax liabilities 5,981 4,540 Other liabilities 20,238 21,636 Total liabilities 1,989,085 1,941,544 Stockholders' equity Common stock: $0.01 par value, 150,000 shares authorized, 78,264 and 77,460 shares issued and 51,458 and 51,983 shares outstanding at April 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively 364,425 414,885 Retained earnings 1,588,274 1,425,844 Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net (86,243 ) (107,671 ) Total Korn Ferry stockholders' equity 1,866,456 1,733,058 Noncontrolling interest 5,683 4,267 Total stockholders' equity 1,872,139 1,737,325 Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 3,861,224 $ 3,678,869 Expand KORN FERRY AND SUBSIDIARIES RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES (dollars in thousands) (unaudited) Three Months Ended April 30, Year Ended April 30, Net income attributable to Korn Ferry $ 64,244 $ 65,189 $ 246,062 $ 169,154 Net income attributable to non-controlling interest 894 423 5,014 3,407 Net income 65,138 65,612 251,076 172,561 Income tax provision 23,789 20,302 93,836 50,081 Income before provision for income taxes 88,927 85,914 344,912 222,642 Interest expense, net 5,331 4,686 20,363 20,968 Depreciation and amortization 20,531 19,891 80,287 77,966 Integration/acquisition costs (1) 1,738 1,809 8,837 14,866 Impairment of fixed assets (2) — — 509 1,575 Impairment of right-of-use assets (3) — — 2,452 1,629 Restructuring charges, net (4) — — 1,892 68,558 Management separation charges (5) 4,614 — 4,614 — Adjusted EBITDA $ 121,141 $ 112,300 $ 463,866 $ 408,204 Net income attributable to Korn Ferry margin 9.0 % 9.4 % 9.0 % 6.1 % Net income attributable to non-controlling interest 0.1 % 0.1 % 0.2 % 0.1 % Income tax provision 3.3 % 2.9 % 3.4 % 1.8 % Interest expense, net 0.8 % 0.7 % 0.8 % 0.8 % Depreciation and amortization 2.9 % 2.9 % 2.9 % 2.8 % Integration/acquisition costs (1) 0.2 % 0.3 % 0.3 % 0.5 % Impairment of fixed assets (2) — % — % 0.0 % 0.1 % Impairment of right-of-use assets (3) — % — % 0.1 % 0.1 % Restructuring charges, net (4) — % — % 0.1 % 2.5 % Management separation charges (5) 0.7 % — % 0.2 % — % Adjusted EBITDA margin 17.0 % 16.3 % 17.0 % 14.8 % Net income attributable to Korn Ferry $ 64,244 $ 65,189 $ 246,062 $ 169,154 Integration/acquisition costs (1) 1,738 1,809 8,837 14,866 Impairment of fixed assets (2) — — 509 1,575 Impairment of right-of-use assets (3) — — 2,452 1,629 Restructuring charges, net (4) — — 1,892 68,558 Management separation charges (5) 4,614 — 4,614 — Tax effect on the adjusted items (6) (487 ) (1,267 ) (3,187 ) (22,030 ) Tax adjustment (7) — — — (9,714 ) Adjusted net income attributable to Korn Ferry $ 70,109 $ 65,731 $ 261,179 $ 224,038 Expand Explanation of Non-GAAP Adjustments (1) Costs associated with current and previous acquisitions, such as legal and professional fees, retention awards and the on-going integration expenses. (2) Costs associated with impairment of fixed assets primarily due to software impairment charge in our Digital segment. (3) Costs associated with impairment of right-of-use assets due to terminating and deciding to sublease some of our offices. (4) Restructuring charges incurred to align our workforce to eliminate excess capacity resulting from challenging macroeconomic business environment. (5) Contractual obligations due upon executive's death. (6) Tax effect on integration/acquisition costs, impairment of fixed assets and right-of-use assets, restructuring charges, net and separation charges. (7) Due to actions taken in connection with the worldwide minimum tax, the Company recorded a $9.7 million non-recurring tax benefit in fiscal 2024 that resulted in the release of a valuation allowance, which is included in the Company's US GAAP results but excluded from the Adjusted results. Expand Three Months Ended April 30, Year Ended April 30, 2025 2024 2025 2024 Basic earnings per common share $ 1.23 $ 1.26 $ 4.69 $ 3.25 Integration/acquisition costs (1) 0.03 0.04 0.17 0.29 Impairment of fixed assets (2) — — 0.01 0.03 Impairment of right-of-use assets (3) — — 0.05 0.03 Restructuring charges, net (4) — — 0.03 1.33 Management separation charges (5) 0.09 — 0.09 — Tax effect on the adjusted items (6) (0.01 ) (0.03 ) (0.06 ) (0.43 ) Tax adjustment (7) — — — (0.19 ) Adjusted basic earnings per share $ 1.34 $ 1.27 $ 4.98 $ 4.31 Diluted earnings per common share $ 1.21 $ 1.24 $ 4.60 $ 3.23 Integration/acquisition costs (1) 0.03 0.04 0.16 0.29 Impairment of fixed assets (2) — — 0.01 0.03 Impairment of right-of-use assets (3) — — 0.05 0.03 Restructuring charges, net (4) — — 0.03 1.32 Management separation charges (5) 0.09 — 0.09 — Tax effect on the adjusted items (6) (0.01 ) (0.02 ) (0.06 ) (0.43 ) Tax adjustment (7) — — — (0.19 ) Adjusted diluted earnings per share $ 1.32 $ 1.26 $ 4.88 $ 4.28 Expand Explanation of Non-GAAP Adjustments (1) Costs associated with current and previous acquisitions, such as legal and professional fees, retention awards and the on-going integration expenses. (2) Costs associated with impairment of fixed assets primarily due to software impairment charge in our Digital segment. (2) Costs associated with impairment of right-of-use assets due to terminating and deciding to sublease some of our offices. (4) Restructuring charges incurred to align our workforce to eliminate excess capacity resulting from challenging macroeconomic business environment. (5) Contractual obligations due upon executive's death. (6) Tax effect on integration/acquisition costs, impairment of fixed assets and right-of-use assets, restructuring charges, net and management separation charges. (7) Due to actions taken in connection with the worldwide minimum tax, the Company recorded a $9.7 million non-recurring tax benefit in fiscal 2024 that resulted in the release of a valuation allowance, which is included in the Company's US GAAP results but excluded from the Adjusted results. Expand
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IMPACT Community Capital Highlights $307M in Affordable Housing Investment in 2025 Impact Report
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