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Korn Ferry
(NYSE:KFY) 

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Korn Ferry, together with its subsidiaries, provides organizational consulting services worldwide. It operates through four segments: Consulting, Digital, Executive Search, and RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing) & Professional Search. The company provides executive search services to fill executi...

Founded: 1969
Full Time Employees: 8,198
Sector: Industrials
Industry: Staffing & Employment Services

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      fee revenue
    759,772,000 717,385,000 721,699,000 708,613,000 712,048,000 668,729,000 674,365,000 674,946,000 690,800,000 668,679,000 704,003,000 699,189,000 730,874,000 680,782,000 727,849,000 695,903,000 721,139,000 680,741,000 639,443,000 585,395,000 555,151,000 475,360,000 435,439,000 344,097,000 440,469,000 515,325,000 492,389,000 484,549,000 490,756,000 474,504,000 495,205,000 465,568,000 475,364,000 447,581,000 443,018,000 401,254,000 406,065,000 381,918,000 401,917,000 375,621,000 399,960,000 344,158,000 280,600,000 267,394,000 271,717,000 249,545,000 255,702,000 251,188,000 251,712,000 242,184,000 237,968,000 228,437,000 227,902,000 202,004,000 196,231,000 186,694,000 198,087,000 185,951,000 200,136,000 206,331,000 197,298,000 186,489,000 185,350,000 175,112,000 168,690,000 146,742,000 140,145,000 116,803,000 106,980,000 136,210,000 189,300,000 205,733,000 208,204,000 201,156,000 195,857,000 185,353,000 179,702,000 165,239,000 155,718,000 152,763,000 145,266,000 129,626,000 125,789,000 122,201,000 82,049,500 116,885,000 108,505,000 102,807,000 57,649,750 81,362,000 76,650,000 72,587,000 59,764,500 75,536,000 79,572,000 83,950,000   
      reimbursed out-of-pocket engagement expenses
    8,484,000 7,657,000 8,101,000 6,930,000 7,779,000 7,809,000 7,595,000 7,815,000 9,123,000 8,194,000 8,444,000 7,073,000 7,250,000 6,063,000 7,870,000 7,245,000 5,864,000 4,215,000 3,955,000 2,703,000 2,243,000 2,520,000 2,350,000 2,786,000 8,507,000 12,654,000 11,788,000 11,649,000 11,779,000 11,668,000 11,588,000 12,794,000 13,000,000 13,189,000 12,450,000 13,663,000 13,522,000 12,277,000 13,037,000 17,312,000 17,201,000 14,721,000 10,739,000 11,941,000 10,436,000 9,326,000 9,015,000 9,137,000 9,086,000 8,753,000 8,269,000 9,150,000 10,705,000 8,268,000 8,568,000 9,329,000 9,471,000 8,672,000 9,852,000 8,259,000 8,478,000 7,620,000 7,854,000 8,050,000 8,215,000 6,158,000 6,411,000 6,485,000 7,446,000 8,283,000 10,437,000 11,739,000 12,246,000 10,935,000 10,967,000 10,924,000 10,058,000 8,269,000 9,069,000 8,383,000 7,658,000 7,191,000 7,143,000 6,894,000 7,035,000 6,737,000 5,036,000 5,376,000 5,988,000 5,323,000 5,315,000 5,746,000 6,303,000 5,127,000 6,086,000    
      total revenue
    768,256,000 725,042,000 729,800,000 715,543,000 719,827,000 676,538,000 681,960,000 682,761,000 699,923,000 676,873,000 712,447,000 706,262,000 738,124,000 686,845,000 735,719,000 703,148,000 727,003,000 684,956,000 643,398,000 588,098,000 557,394,000 477,880,000 437,789,000 346,883,000 448,976,000 527,979,000 504,177,000 496,198,000 502,535,000 486,172,000 506,793,000 478,362,000 488,364,000 460,770,000 455,468,000 414,917,000 419,587,000 394,195,000 414,954,000 392,933,000 417,161,000 358,879,000 291,339,000 279,335,000 282,153,000 258,871,000 264,717,000 260,325,000 260,798,000 250,937,000 246,237,000 237,587,000 238,607,000 210,272,000 204,799,000 196,023,000 207,558,000 194,623,000 209,988,000 214,590,000 205,776,000 194,109,000 193,204,000 183,162,000 176,905,000 152,900,000 146,556,000 123,288,000 114,426,000 144,493,000 199,737,000 217,472,000 220,450,000 212,091,000 206,824,000 196,277,000 189,760,000 173,508,000 164,787,000 161,146,000 99,711,250 136,817,000 132,932,000 129,095,000 86,336,500 123,622,000 113,541,000 108,183,000 61,745,750 86,685,000 81,965,000        
      yoy
    6.73% 7.17% 7.02% 4.80% 2.84% -0.05% -4.28% -3.33% -5.18% -1.45% -3.16% 0.44% 1.53% 0.28% 14.35% 19.56% 30.43% 43.33% 46.97% 69.54% 24.15% -9.49% -13.17% -30.09% -10.66% 8.60% -0.52% 3.73% 2.90% 5.51% 11.27% 15.29% 16.39% 16.89% 9.76% 5.59% 0.58% 9.84% 42.43% 40.67% 47.85% 38.63% 10.06% 7.30% 8.19% 3.16% 7.50% 9.57% 9.30% 19.34% 20.23% 21.20% 14.96% 8.04% -2.47% -8.65% 0.87% 0.26% 8.69% 17.16% 16.32% 26.95% 31.83% 48.56% 54.60% 5.82% -26.63% -43.31% -48.09% -31.87% -3.43% 10.80% 16.17% 22.24% 25.51% 21.80% 90.31% 26.82% 23.96% 24.83% 15.49% 10.67% 17.08% 19.33% 39.83% 42.61% 38.52%            
      qoq
    5.96% -0.65% 1.99% -0.60% 6.40% -0.80% -0.12% -2.45% 3.41% -4.99% 0.88% -4.32% 7.47% -6.64% 4.63% -3.28% 6.14% 6.46% 9.40% 5.51% 16.64% 9.16% 26.21% -22.74% -14.96% 4.72% 1.61% -1.26% 3.37% -4.07% 5.94% -2.05% 5.99% 1.16% 9.77% -1.11% 6.44% -5.00% 5.60% -5.81% 16.24% 23.18% 4.30% -1.00% 8.99% -2.21% 1.69% -0.18% 3.93% 1.91% 3.64% -0.43% 13.48% 2.67% 4.48% -5.56% 6.65% -7.32% -2.14% 4.28% 6.01% 0.47% 5.48% 3.54% 15.70% 4.33% 18.87% 7.74% -20.81% -27.66% -8.16% -1.35% 3.94% 2.55% 5.37% 3.43% 9.37% 5.29% 2.26% 61.61% -27.12% 2.92% 2.97% 49.53% -30.16% 8.88% 4.95% 75.21% -28.77% 5.76%         
      compensation and benefits
    486,737,000 456,823,000 462,034,000 461,411,000 443,503,000 425,319,000 437,427,000 451,775,000 454,208,000 456,216,000 453,859,000 479,881,000 491,429,000 479,382,000 464,766,000 465,626,000 467,706,000 445,870,000 431,640,000 396,236,000 380,350,000 326,333,000 307,185,000 284,012,000 283,519,000 348,597,000 337,382,000 328,496,000 331,665,000 321,835,000 335,835,000 321,905,000 317,871,000 310,751,000 301,043,000 273,954,000 275,493,000 262,438,000 270,609,000 262,967,000 286,852,000 242,429,000 188,608,000 179,456,000 182,886,000 164,802,000 174,656,000 169,106,000 170,595,000 162,228,000 161,296,000 152,770,000 154,487,000 139,788,000 133,035,000 128,036,000 139,593,000 125,741,000 131,481,000 137,371,000 133,554,000 126,088,000 127,555,000 120,208,000 118,225,000 102,654,000 102,076,000 90,385,000 76,783,000 93,978,000 129,748,000 142,123,000 148,072,000 138,594,000 130,404,000 122,986,000 128,840,000 112,343,000 102,072,000 104,437,000 95,096,000 86,936,000 81,209,000 77,955,000 52,125,250 74,616,000 69,009,000 64,876,000 39,074,500 53,625,000 51,355,000  42,409,250 54,549,000 55,581,000 59,508,000 60,459,000 64,633,000 
      general and administrative expenses
    67,659,000 65,944,000 50,250,000 63,874,000 68,623,000 65,325,000 64,541,000 59,999,000 64,724,000 62,661,000 65,737,000 65,917,000 66,130,000 72,785,000 65,086,000 64,457,000 62,129,000 60,811,000 64,065,000 50,267,000 50,940,000 47,271,000 46,476,000 47,089,000 59,786,000 71,355,000 62,009,000 65,807,000 64,350,000 61,179,000 57,738,000 168,724,000 62,010,000 58,516,000 58,603,000 58,261,000 59,938,000 56,818,000 54,134,000 55,342,000 73,569,000 57,395,000 44,563,000 37,491,000 41,637,000 36,767,000 30,145,000 37,368,000 39,109,000 37,265,000 35,795,000 39,871,000 40,096,000 35,915,000 33,317,000 33,443,000 34,668,000 35,242,000 34,189,000 34,773,000 28,982,000 31,534,000 27,363,000 28,615,000 28,427,000 31,635,000 27,164,000 28,054,000 29,566,000 30,963,000 32,323,000 34,030,000 33,374,000 35,255,000 34,212,000 31,701,000 25,881,000 26,806,000 28,260,000 24,365,000 25,428,000 21,305,000 24,012,000 22,717,000 16,245,500 22,736,000 21,402,000 20,844,000 13,256,500 18,724,000 17,492,000 16,810,000 13,823,500 16,697,000 19,921,000 18,675,000 24,005,000 31,084,000 
      reimbursed expenses
    8,484,000 7,657,000 8,101,000 6,930,000 7,779,000 7,809,000 7,595,000 7,815,000 9,123,000 8,194,000 8,444,000 7,073,000 7,250,000 6,063,000 7,870,000 7,245,000 5,864,000 4,215,000 3,955,000 2,703,000 2,243,000 2,520,000 2,350,000 2,786,000 8,507,000 12,654,000 11,788,000 11,649,000 11,779,000 11,668,000 11,588,000 12,794,000 13,000,000 13,189,000 12,450,000 13,663,000 13,522,000 12,277,000 13,037,000 17,312,000 17,201,000 14,721,000 10,739,000 11,941,000 10,436,000 9,326,000 9,015,000 9,137,000 9,086,000 8,753,000 8,269,000 9,150,000                                               
      cost of services
    82,262,000 80,607,000 79,087,000 77,194,000 74,827,000 78,047,000 64,657,000 67,544,000 68,499,000 75,814,000 78,512,000 77,190,000 81,347,000 57,903,000 61,257,000 37,992,000 36,411,000 31,666,000 24,329,000 21,993,000 21,832,000 20,028,000 15,901,000 14,269,000 19,515,000 30,822,000 18,414,000 17,135,000 20,467,000 17,066,000 19,627,000 18,327,000 20,495,000 17,467,000 19,883,000 15,813,000 19,231,000 16,545,000 18,874,000 16,832,000 20,974,000 17,494,000 11,236,000 10,120,000 11,868,000 8,653,000 9,706,000 9,465,000 10,213,000 9,056,000 11,132,000 9,509,000                                               
      depreciation and amortization
    21,591,000 22,994,000 31,573,000 22,686,000 20,531,000 20,490,000 19,688,000 19,578,000 19,891,000 19,509,000 19,554,000 19,012,000 17,976,000 17,037,000 17,093,000 16,229,000 16,140,000 16,104,000 15,633,000 15,644,000 15,777,000 15,735,000 15,298,000 15,035,000 14,956,000 14,863,000 12,715,000 12,777,000 11,999,000 11,741,000 11,018,000 11,731,000 11,707,000 12,225,000 12,447,000 12,209,000 12,290,000 11,774,000 11,752,000 11,444,000 11,287,000 10,330,000 7,180,000 7,423,000 7,234,000 6,814,000 6,779,000 6,770,000 7,315,000 6,333,000 6,580,000 5,944,000 5,877,000 5,088,000 4,297,000 3,742,000 3,650,000 3,523,000 3,475,000 3,369,000 3,320,000 3,239,000 3,144,000 2,968,000 3,049,000 2,755,000 2,860,000 2,829,000 2,946,000 2,924,000 2,881,000 2,832,000 2,740,000 2,812,000 2,539,000 2,350,000 2,066,000 2,557,000 2,368,000 2,289,000 2,405,000 2,177,000 2,219,000 2,201,000 1,714,000 2,341,000 2,140,000 2,242,000 2,197,000 2,546,000 2,500,000 2,787,000 3,869,000 4,000,000 4,061,000 4,231,000   
      restructuring charges
         1,316,000 576,000   4,612,000 63,525,000 421,000 1,411,000 41,162,000        838,000 2,407,000 27,487,000 40,466,000 18,093,000          280,000 6,279,000 3,801,000  24,520,000        9,886,000    3,682,000 2,921,000 4,441,000 15,495,000   929,000     2,130,000    2,774,000 18,183,000 25,070,000 16,845,000                      8,526,000       
      total operating expenses
    666,733,000 634,025,000 631,045,000 632,095,000 615,263,000 598,306,000 594,484,000 606,711,000 616,445,000 627,006,000 689,631,000 649,494,000 665,543,000 674,332,000 616,072,000 591,549,000 588,250,000 558,666,000 539,622,000 486,843,000 471,142,000 412,725,000 389,617,000 390,678,000 426,749,000 496,384,000 442,308,000 435,864,000 440,260,000 423,489,000 435,806,000 533,481,000 425,083,000 412,148,000 404,224,000 374,180,000 386,753,000 363,653,000 368,406,000 388,417,000 412,319,000 372,946,000 262,326,000 246,431,000 254,061,000 225,944,000 230,301,000 241,732,000 236,318,000 223,635,000 223,072,000 220,926,000 223,215,000 201,566,000 202,030,000 179,014,000 192,206,000 178,458,000 184,581,000 188,648,000 179,530,000 173,617,000 173,429,000 163,890,000 163,276,000 146,517,000 144,338,000 148,240,000 144,682,000 155,751,000 178,249,000 193,718,000 200,272,000 190,911,000 181,442,000 171,164,000 170,409,000 152,100,000 143,639,000 140,798,000 132,287,000 118,102,000 114,846,000 110,351,000 112,407,000 106,518,000 98,071,000 93,600,000 92,430,000 80,439,000 76,807,000 85,237,000       
      operating income
    101,523,000 91,017,000 98,755,000 83,448,000 104,564,000 78,232,000 87,476,000 76,050,000 83,478,000 49,867,000 22,816,000 56,768,000 72,581,000 12,513,000 119,647,000 111,599,000 138,753,000 126,290,000 103,776,000 101,255,000 86,252,000 65,155,000 48,172,000 -43,795,000 22,227,000 31,595,000 61,869,000 60,334,000 62,275,000 62,683,000 70,987,000 -55,119,000 63,281,000 48,622,000 51,244,000 40,737,000 32,834,000 30,542,000 46,548,000 4,516,000 4,842,000 -14,067,000 29,013,000 32,904,000 28,092,000 32,927,000 34,416,000 18,593,000 24,480,000 27,302,000 23,165,000 16,661,000 15,392,000 8,706,000 2,769,000 17,009,000 15,352,000 16,165,000 25,407,000 25,942,000 26,246,000 20,492,000 19,775,000 19,272,000 13,629,000 6,383,000 2,218,000 -24,952,000 -30,256,000 -11,258,000 21,488,000 23,754,000 20,178,000 21,180,000 25,382,000 25,113,000 19,351,000 21,408,000 21,148,000 20,348,000 20,637,000 18,715,000 18,086,000 18,744,000 18,624,000 17,104,000 15,470,000 14,583,000 11,290,000 6,246,000 5,158,000 -6,904,000 1,142,000 183,000 -15,939,000    
      yoy
    -2.91% 16.34% 12.89% 9.73% 25.26% 56.88% 283.40% 33.97% 15.01% 298.52% -80.93% -49.13% -47.69% -90.09% 15.29% 10.22% 60.87% 93.83% 115.43% -331.20% 288.05% 106.22% -22.14% -172.59% -64.31% -49.60% -12.84% -209.46% -1.59% 28.92% 38.53% -235.30% 92.73% 59.20% 10.09% 802.06% 578.11% -317.12% 60.44% -86.28% -82.76% -142.72% -15.70% 76.97% 14.75% 20.60% 48.57% 11.60% 59.04% 213.60% 736.58% -2.05% 0.26% -46.14% -89.10% -34.43% -41.51% -21.12% 28.48% 34.61% 92.57% 221.04% 791.57% -177.24% -145.05% -156.70% -89.68% -205.04% -249.95% -153.15% -15.34% -5.41% 4.27% -1.07% 20.02% 23.42% -6.23% 14.39% 16.93% 8.56% 10.81% 9.42% 16.91% 28.53% 64.96% 173.84% 199.92% -311.23% 888.62% 3313.11% -132.36%        
      qoq
    11.54% -7.84% 18.34% -20.19% 33.66% -10.57% 15.02% -8.90% 67.40% 118.56% -59.81% -21.79% 480.04% -89.54% 7.21% -19.57% 9.87% 21.69% 2.49% 17.39% 32.38% 35.25% -209.99% -297.04% -29.65% -48.93% 2.54% -3.12% -0.65% -11.70% -228.79% -187.10% 30.15% -5.12% 25.79% 24.07% 7.50% -34.39% 930.74% -6.73% -134.42% -148.49% -11.83% 17.13% -14.68% -4.33% 85.10% -24.05% -10.34% 17.86% 39.04% 8.24% 76.80% 214.41% -83.72% 10.79% -5.03% -36.38% -2.06% -1.16% 28.08% 3.63% 2.61% 41.40% 113.52% 187.78% -108.89% -17.53% 168.75% -152.39% -9.54% 17.72% -4.73% -16.56% 1.07% 29.78% -9.61% 1.23% 3.93% -1.40% 10.27% 3.48% -3.51% 0.64% 8.89% 10.56% 6.08% 29.17% 80.76% 21.09% -174.71% -704.55% 524.04% -101.15%     
      operating margin %
    13.21% 12.55% 13.53% 11.66% 14.53% 11.56% 12.83% 11.14% 11.93% 7.37% 3.20% 8.04% 9.83% 1.82% 16.26% 15.87% 19.09% 18.44% 16.13% 17.22% 15.47% 13.63% 11.00% -12.63% 4.95% 5.98% 12.27% 12.16% 12.39% 12.89% 14.01% -11.52% 12.96% 10.55% 11.25% 9.82% 7.83% 7.75% 11.22% 1.15% 1.16% -3.92% 9.96% 11.78% 9.96% 12.72% 13.00% 7.14% 9.39% 10.88% 9.41% 7.01% 6.45% 4.14% 1.35% 8.68% 7.40% 8.31% 12.10% 12.09% 12.75% 10.56% 10.24% 10.52% 7.70% 4.17% 1.51% -20.24% -26.44% -7.79% 10.76% 10.92% 9.15% 9.99% 12.27% 12.79% 10.20% 12.34% 12.83% 12.63% 20.70% 13.68% 13.61% 14.52% 21.57% 13.84% 13.63% 13.48% 18.28% 7.21% 6.29% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% NaN% NaN% NaN% 
      other income
    6,410,000 7,468,000 7,075,000 12,752,000 -10,306,000 9,363,000 5,391,000 14,505,000 7,122,000 23,817,000  13,577,000 437,000 13,097,000 -9,048,000 775,000 -14,116,000 -7,277,000 5,066,000 4,447,000 10,820,000 14,935,000 277,000 11,162,000 -10,893,000 5,055,000 1,133,000 1,826,000 7,802,000 2,401,000 -4,600,000 4,491,000 -3,322,000 7,689,000 3,626,000 3,532,000 4,240,000 4,200,000 -879,000 4,259,000 5,645,000 -7,092,000 -2,646,000 -74,000 4,397,000 -1,478,000 2,362,000 2,177,000 2,018,000 1,132,000 4,352,000 2,267,000 2,501,000 3,296,000 1,529,000  2,761,000 1,607,000 -2,617,000  3,092,000 1,948,000 2,915,000 -1,501,000                                   
      interest expense
    -5,056,000 -5,663,000 -5,763,000 -3,516,000 -5,331,000 -5,461,000 -5,626,000 -3,945,000 -4,686,000 -4,946,000 -6,596,000 -4,740,000 -5,776,000 -5,378,000 -7,098,000 -7,612,000 -6,473,000 -7,029,000 -6,365,000 -5,426,000 -7,592,000 -7,298,000 -7,494,000 -6,894,000 -6,998,000 -6,919,000 -4,210,000 -4,057,000 -4,169,000 -4,282,000 -4,337,000 -4,103,000 -1,976,000 -2,665,000 -2,579,000 -2,660,000 -2,049,750 -2,402,000 -2,736,000 -3,061,000   -544,000 -299,000   -920,000 -794,000 -261,000 -873,000 -638,000 -591,000 -644,000 -360,000 -762,000 -599,000 -511,000 -310,000 -389,000 -581,000 -616,750 -401,000 -1,258,000 -808,000 1,011,500 1,345,000 1,259,000 1,442,000 1,839,000 1,267,000 1,080,000 1,224,000 1,117,000 1,248,000 1,215,000 1,232,000 2,508,000 2,548,000 2,603,000 2,513,000 2,653,000 2,510,000 2,602,000 -2,479,000 2,442,000 2,749,000 2,720,000 -2,553,000 2,110,000 2,370,000 2,714,000 -2,422,000 2,565,000 2,804,000 2,497,000 2,656,000 2,572,000 2,235,000 
      income before provision for income taxes
    102,877,000 92,822,000 100,067,000 92,684,000 88,927,000 82,134,000 87,241,000 86,610,000 85,914,000 68,738,000 2,385,000 65,605,000 67,242,000 20,232,000 103,501,000 104,762,000 118,164,000 111,984,000 102,477,000 100,276,000 89,480,000 72,792,000 40,955,000 -39,527,000 4,336,000 29,731,000 58,792,000 58,103,000                                                                       
      income tax provision
    29,052,000 26,683,000 26,645,000 25,250,000 23,789,000 22,795,000 24,898,000 22,354,000 20,302,000 9,018,000 2,341,000 18,420,000 19,108,000 8,463,000 28,886,000 26,226,000 25,105,000 26,927,000 26,145,000 23,879,000 22,729,000 21,204,000 12,877,000 -8,672,000 4,957,000 8,775,000 15,760,000 14,453,000 15,401,000 15,420,000 14,833,000 -16,110,000 15,988,000 26,316,000 15,619,000 12,210,000 7,398,000 8,075,000 11,906,000 1,725,000 5,749,000 -5,355,000 8,392,000 10,174,000 7,134,000 9,576,000 10,907,000 5,909,000 5,703,000 6,727,000 8,677,000 7,385,000 5,595,000 2,753,000 2,684,000 5,605,000 6,152,000 6,038,000 7,726,000 8,435,000 5,851,750 8,598,000 8,288,000 6,521,000 -1,682,500 -244,000                                 
      net income
    73,825,000 66,139,000 73,422,000 67,434,000 65,138,000 59,339,000 62,343,000 64,256,000 65,612,000 59,720,000 44,000 47,185,000 48,134,000 11,769,000 74,615,000 78,536,000 93,059,000 85,057,000 76,332,000 76,397,000 66,751,000 51,588,000 28,078,000 -30,855,000 -621,000 20,956,000 43,032,000 43,650,000 50,627,000 45,444,000 47,317,000 -38,592,000 42,309,000 27,427,000 36,732,000 29,429,000 27,736,000 24,378,000 31,056,000 4,068,000 6,375,000 -15,995,000 17,971,000 23,082,000 25,482,000 22,939,000 25,403,000 14,533,000 21,211,000 21,304,000 18,759,000 11,417,000 12,197,000 9,482,000 1,196,000 10,418,000 12,028,000 11,717,000 15,147,000 15,411,000 20,339,000 13,975,000 13,656,000 10,904,000 8,916,000 7,910,000 2,745,000 -14,273,000 -17,200,000 -22,356,000 13,560,000 15,904,000 15,746,000 16,256,000 17,109,000 17,100,000 13,539,000 14,730,000 13,566,000 13,663,000 20,300,000 16,613,000 10,904,000 11,613,000 11,715,000 9,824,000 8,709,000 8,371,000 8,734,000 3,885,000 2,221,000 -9,189,000 -1,743,000 -2,559,000 -18,017,000 -583,000 -13,272,000 -7,253,000 
      yoy
    13.34% 11.46% 17.77% 4.95% -0.72% -0.64% 141588.64% 36.18% 36.31% 407.43% -99.94% -39.92% -48.28% -86.16% -2.25% 2.80% 39.41% 64.88% 171.86% -347.60% -10848.95% 146.17% -34.75% -170.69% -101.23% -53.89% -9.06% -213.11% 19.66% 65.69% 28.82% -231.14% 52.54% 12.51% 18.28% 623.43% 335.07% -252.41% 72.81% -82.38% -74.98% -169.73% -29.26% 58.82% 20.14% 7.67% 35.42% 27.29% 73.90% 124.68% 1468.48% 9.59% 1.41% -19.07% -92.10% -32.40% -40.86% -16.16% 10.92% 41.33% 128.12% 76.68% 397.49% -176.40% -151.84% -135.38% -79.76% -189.74% -209.23% -237.52% -20.74% -6.99% 16.30% 10.36% 26.12% 25.16% -33.31% -11.33% 24.41% 17.65% 73.28% 69.11% 25.20% 38.73% 34.13% 152.87% 292.12% -191.10% -601.09% -251.82% -112.33% 1476.16% -86.87% -64.72%     
      qoq
    11.62% -9.92% 8.88% 3.52% 9.77% -4.82% -2.98% -2.07% 9.87% 135627.27% -99.91% -1.97% 308.99% -84.23% -4.99% -15.61% 9.41% 11.43% -0.09% 14.45% 29.39% 83.73% -191.00% 4868.60% -102.96% -51.30% -1.42% -13.78% 11.41% -3.96% -222.61% -191.21% 54.26% -25.33% 24.82% 6.10% 13.77% -21.50% 663.42% -36.19% -139.86% -189.00% -22.14% -9.42% 11.09% -9.70% 74.80% -31.48% -0.44% 13.57% 64.31% -6.40% 28.63% 692.81% -88.52% -13.39% 2.65% -22.64% -1.71% -24.23% 45.54% 2.34% 25.24% 22.30% 12.72% 188.16% -119.23% -17.02% -23.06% -264.87% -14.74% 1.00% -3.14% -4.99% 0.05% 26.30% -8.09% 8.58% -0.71% -32.69% 22.19% 52.36% -6.11% -0.87% 19.25% 12.80% 4.04% -4.16% 124.81% 74.92% -124.17% 427.19% -31.89% -85.80% 2990.39% -95.61% 82.99%  
      net income margin %
    9.61% 9.12% 10.06% 9.42% 9.05% 8.77% 9.14% 9.41% 9.37% 8.82% 0.01% 6.68% 6.52% 1.71% 10.14% 11.17% 12.80% 12.42% 11.86% 12.99% 11.98% 10.80% 6.41% -8.89% -0.14% 3.97% 8.54% 8.80% 10.07% 9.35% 9.34% -8.07% 8.66% 5.95% 8.06% 7.09% 6.61% 6.18% 7.48% 1.04% 1.53% -4.46% 6.17% 8.26% 9.03% 8.86% 9.60% 5.58% 8.13% 8.49% 7.62% 4.81% 5.11% 4.51% 0.58% 5.31% 5.80% 6.02% 7.21% 7.18% 9.88% 7.20% 7.07% 5.95% 5.04% 5.17% 1.87% -11.58% -15.03% -15.47% 6.79% 7.31% 7.14% 7.66% 8.27% 8.71% 7.13% 8.49% 8.23% 8.48% 20.36% 12.14% 8.20% 9.00% 13.57% 7.95% 7.67% 7.74% 14.15% 4.48% 2.71% -Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% 
      net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
    -691,000 -874,000 -1,023,000 -798,000 -894,000 -925,000 -1,543,000 -1,652,000 -423,000 -649,000 -1,755,000 -580,000 -640,000 -522,000 -1,074,000 -1,289,000 -1,395,000 -956,000 -560,000  -561,000 -269,000 -300,000  -181,000 -963,000 -228,000 -699,000 -363,000 -480,000 -1,283,000 -19,000 -1,149,000 -180,000 -401,000 -388,000 -812,000 -481,000 -904,000 -860,000                                                           
      net income attributable to korn ferry
    73,134,000 65,265,000 72,399,000 66,636,000 64,244,000 58,414,000 60,800,000 62,604,000 65,189,000 59,071,000 -1,711,000 46,605,000 47,494,000 11,247,000 73,541,000 77,247,000 91,664,000 84,101,000 75,772,000 74,823,000 66,190,000 51,319,000 27,778,000 -30,833,000 -802,000 19,993,000 42,804,000 42,951,000 50,264,000 44,964,000                                                                     
      earnings per common share attributable to korn ferry:
                                                                                                      
      basic
    1,420 1,250 1,380 1,280 1,230 1,120 1,160 1,190 1,250 1,140 -40 890 910 210 1,390 1,460 1,710 1,550 1,400 1,380 1,220 950 510 -580 -10 370 780 770 900 810 820 -700 740 490 650 520 470 420 530 60 90 -300 360 460 510 460 520 300 440 440 390 240 260 200 30 220 260 250 330 340 215 310 300 240 -20 180 60 -330                               
      diluted
    1,380 1,230 1,360 1,260 1,200 1,100 1,140 1,170 1,240 1,130 -40 890 900 210 1,380 1,450 1,700 1,540 1,380 1,370 1,210 940 510 -580  360 770 760 890 800 810 -700 720 480 640 510 470 420 520 60 100 -300 350 460 510 460 510 290 430 430 380 240 260 200 30 220 250 250 320 330 210 300 300 240 -20 170 60 -330                               
      weighted-average common shares outstanding:
                                                                                                      
      basic
    51,428,000 51,570,000 51,745,000 51,466,000 51,778,000 51,606,000 51,957,000 51,950,000 51,038,000 51,126,000 51,328,000 50,934,000 51,482,000 51,278,000 51,868,000 51,771,000 52,807,000 52,999,000 53,114,000 52,760,000 52,928,000 52,596,000 53,229,000 53,264,000 54,342,000 53,999,000 54,568,000 55,266,000 55,311,000 55,233,000 55,461,000 55,378,000 55,426,000 55,252,000 55,390,000 55,795,000 56,205,000 56,173,000 56,614,000 56,189,000 52,372,000 54,003,000 49,981,000 49,493,000 49,052,000 49,135,000 49,082,000 48,703,000 48,162,000 48,341,000 48,118,000 47,665,000 47,224,000 47,367,000 47,269,000 46,810,000 46,397,000 46,528,000 46,499,000 45,969,000  45,349,000 45,130,000 44,642,000  44,622,000 44,470,000 43,776,000 43,522,000                              
      diluted
    52,519,000 52,417,000 52,517,000 52,368,000 52,806,000 52,364,000 52,750,000 52,745,000 51,432,000 51,343,000 51,328,000 51,082,000 51,883,000 51,431,000 52,005,000 52,106,000 53,401,000 53,495,000 53,568,000 53,320,000 53,405,000 53,013,000 53,390,000 53,264,000 54,767,000 54,264,000 54,716,000 55,635,000 56,096,000 55,753,000 56,239,000 55,378,000 56,254,000 55,997,000 55,978,000 56,403,000 56,900,000 56,702,000 56,983,000 56,576,000 52,929,000 54,003,000 50,362,000 50,014,000 49,766,000 49,724,000 49,740,000 49,591,000 49,145,000 49,181,000 48,816,000 48,519,000 47,883,000 48,015,000 47,834,000 47,655,000 47,261,000 47,345,000 47,114,000 47,299,000  46,720,000 45,918,000 45,755,000  45,811,000 45,291,000 43,776,000 43,522,000                              
      cash dividends declared per share:
          0.37 0.37 0.33 0.33 0.18 0.18 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.075 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.075 0.1 0.1  0.075 0.1 0.1                                                        
      other loss
              -13,835,000                                             -1,017,000    -2,022,000                                       
      net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest
                       -1,574,000    22,000                                                                           
      income before provision for income taxes and equity in earnings of unconsolidated subsidiaries
                                65,908,000 60,802,000 62,050,000 -54,731,000 58,187,000 53,646,000 52,291,000 41,609,000 35,022,000 32,340,000 42,933,000 5,714,000 11,939,000 -21,531,000 25,823,000 32,531,000 32,131,000 31,737,000 35,858,000 19,976,000 26,237,000 27,561,000 26,879,000 18,337,000 17,249,000 11,642,000 3,536,000 15,393,000 17,602,000 17,462,000 22,401,000 23,339,000 15,108,500 22,039,000 21,432,000 16,963,000 -2,746,750 7,276,000 3,398,000 -21,661,000 -29,192,000 -27,319,000 20,304,000 24,134,000 21,241,000 24,957,000 26,181,000 26,611,000 19,884,000 22,072,000 20,276,000 20,267,000 20,203,000 22,537,000 16,666,000 17,618,000 17,905,000 15,216,000 13,122,000 12,434,000 9,898,000 4,467,000 2,453,000        
      equity in earnings of unconsolidated subsidiaries
                                120,000 62,000 100,000 29,000 110,000 97,000 60,000 30,000 112,000 113,000 29,000 79,000 185,000 181,000 540,000 725,000 485,000 778,000 452,000 466,000 677,000 470,000 557,000 465,000 543,000 593,000 344,000 630,000 578,000 293,000 472,000 507,000 354,000 534,000 512,000 462,000 -548,000 390,000 226,000 23,000 49,000 414,000 839,000 1,063,000 833,000 652,000 894,000 923,000 635,000 758,000 774,000 996,000 527,000 451,000 580,000 443,000 -1,227,000 505,000 492,000 423,000 379,000 162,000 243,000 171,000 664,000 354,000 396,000 361,000   
      restructuring (recoveries) charges
                                      -202,000                                                                
      net income attributable to korn/ferry international
                                  46,034,000 -38,611,000 41,160,000 27,247,000 36,331,000 29,041,000 26,924,000 23,897,000 30,152,000 3,208,000                                                           
      earnings per common share attributable to korn/ferry international:
                                                                                                      
      basic
    1,420 1,250 1,380 1,280 1,230 1,120 1,160 1,190 1,250 1,140 -40 890 910 210 1,390 1,460 1,710 1,550 1,400 1,380 1,220 950 510 -580 -10 370 780 770 900 810 820 -700 740 490 650 520 470 420 530 60 90 -300 360 460 510 460 520 300 440 440 390 240 260 200 30 220 260 250 330 340 215 310 300 240 -20 180 60 -330                               
      diluted
    1,380 1,230 1,360 1,260 1,200 1,100 1,140 1,170 1,240 1,130 -40 890 900 210 1,380 1,450 1,700 1,540 1,380 1,370 1,210 940 510 -580  360 770 760 890 800 810 -700 720 480 640 510 470 420 520 60 100 -300 350 460 510 460 510 290 430 430 380 240 260 200 30 220 250 250 320 330 210 300 300 240 -20 170 60 -330                               
      earnings per common share:
                                                                                                      
      basic
    1,420 1,250 1,380 1,280 1,230 1,120 1,160 1,190 1,250 1,140 -40 890 910 210 1,390 1,460 1,710 1,550 1,400 1,380 1,220 950 510 -580 -10 370 780 770 900 810 820 -700 740 490 650 520 470 420 530 60 90 -300 360 460 510 460 520 300 440 440 390 240 260 200 30 220 260 250 330 340 215 310 300 240 -20 180 60 -330                               
      diluted
    1,380 1,230 1,360 1,260 1,200 1,100 1,140 1,170 1,240 1,130 -40 890 900 210 1,380 1,450 1,700 1,540 1,380 1,370 1,210 940 510 -580  360 770 760 890 800 810 -700 720 480 640 510 470 420 520 60 100 -300 350 460 510 460 510 290 430 430 380 240 260 200 30 220 250 250 320 330 210 300 300 240 -20 170 60 -330                               
      cash dividends declared per share
                                           0.1                                                           
      restructuring charges (recoveries)
                                            7,644,250 30,577,000   2,367,000 -418,000                                                     
      interest income
                                            1,452,000 -372,000   -356,500 288,000                                                     
      engagement expenses
                                                        19,834,000 16,334,000 15,886,000 13,793,000 14,295,000 13,023,000                                         
      out-of-pocket engagement expenses
                                                              15,436,000 13,135,000 13,674,000 12,756,000 13,237,000 12,099,000 13,495,000 9,837,000 9,464,000 8,789,000 10,317,000 11,041,000 13,297,000 14,733,000 16,086,000 14,250,000 14,287,000 14,127,000 13,622,000 10,394,000 10,939,000 9,707,000 9,358,000 7,684,000 7,406,000 7,478,000 7,719,000 6,825,000 5,520,000 5,638,000 6,757,000 5,544,000 5,460,000 5,796,000 5,978,000 5,234,000 5,753,000    
      restructuring (reductions) charges
                                                                532,500    5,148,250 -364,000                                 
      interest and other income
                                                                    2,352,500 2,238,000 2,439,000 4,733,000 2,903,000 -14,794,000 -104,000 1,604,000 2,180,000 5,025,000 2,014,000 2,730,000 3,041,000 3,212,000 1,731,000 2,432,000 2,219,000 6,332,000 1,182,000 1,353,000 1,723,000 861,000 372,000     422,000 417,500 187,000     
      provision for income taxes
                                                                      879,000 -7,365,000 -11,943,000 -4,549,000 7,583,000 9,293,000 6,328,000 9,353,000 9,966,000 10,434,000 6,980,000 8,100,000 7,484,000 7,600,000 430,000 6,375,000 6,342,000 6,448,000 4,963,000 5,897,000 4,905,000 4,486,000 1,543,000 744,000 475,000 -456,000 503,000 479,000 488,000 570,000 -1,354,000 2,572,000 
      basic earnings per common share
                                                                        40 -520 310 370 360 380 380 380 330 370 350 350 510 410 270 290 300 250 230 220 230 100 60      -360 -190 
      basic weighted-average common shares outstanding
                                                                45,205    44,413     43,406,000 43,776,000 43,432,000 44,012,000 43,247,000 44,529,000 45,041,000 39,774,000 39,650,000 39,018,000 39,021,000 39,890,000 40,248,000 40,054,000 39,384,000 38,516,000 38,726,000 38,399,000 37,801,000 37,466,000 37,506,000 37,491,000 37,437,000 37,576,000 37,546,000 37,701,000 37,701,000 37,547,000 37,536,000 
      diluted earnings per common share
                                                                        40 -520 300 360 360 370 370 360 290 330 310 310 440 370 250 270 280 230 210 200 220 100 60      -360 -190 
      diluted weighted-average common shares outstanding
                                                                46,280    45,457     43,406,000 44,676,000 44,549,000 45,528,000 44,303,000 45,841,000 47,063,000 46,938,000 47,449,000 46,568,000 46,768,000 47,270,000 47,484,000 47,185,000 46,686,000 46,229,000 46,974,000 46,262,000 45,861,000 39,202,000 40,639,000 39,669,000 37,437,000 37,576,000 37,546,000 37,701,000 37,701,000 37,547,000 37,536,000 
      interest income and other income
                                                                                           404,000 265,250 591,000 9,000    511,000 972,000 437,000 630,000 
      accretion on redeemable convertible preferred stock
                                                                                               -248,000 1,463,000 -245,000 -242,000    
      net income attributed to common stockholders
                                                                                            8,734,000 3,885,000 2,221,000        
      revenue
                                                                                               78,333,000 82,357,000 80,663,000 85,658,000 89,788,000 77,231,000 93,268,000 
      compensation and benefits expenses
                                                                                               51,318,000       
      loss before provision for income taxes and equity in earnings of unconsolidated subsidiaries
                                                                                               -8,904,000 -5,183,250 -2,434,000 -17,925,000 -374,000   
      net loss attributed to common stockholders
                                                                                               -9,437,000       
      basic loss per common share
                                                                                               -250 -145 -70 -480 -20   
      diluted loss per common share
                                                                                               -250 -145 -70 -480 -20   
      asset impairment and restructuring charges
                                                                                                  16,281,000  8,936,000  
      net loss attributed to common shareholders
                                                                                                -5,442,500 -2,804,000 -18,259,000    
      reimbursed out-of-pocket expenses
                                                                                                   5,838,000   
      out-of-pocket expenses
                                                                                                   6,064,000   
      goodwill impairment charges
                                                                                                      
      net loss attributed to common shares
                                                                                                   -708,000   
      income before provision for income taxes and non-controlling shareholders’ interest
                                                                                                    -23,354,000 -4,054,000 
      non-controlling shareholders’ interest
                                                                                                    634,250 627,000 
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        assets
                                                                                                        
        cash and cash equivalents
      1,095,445,000 938,365,000 761,579,000 684,855,000 1,006,964,000 779,298,000 694,850,000 633,376,000 941,005,000 736,797,000 620,836,000 562,209,000 844,024,000 771,898,000 593,900,000 639,784,000 978,070,000 846,505,000 725,391,000 649,304,000 850,778,000 694,128,000 553,109,000 542,786,000 689,244,000 563,708,000 464,423,000 424,637,000 626,360,000 489,509,000 387,679,000 365,729,000 520,848,000 389,990,000 282,625,000 282,019,000 410,882,000 351,305,000 250,033,000 244,073,000 273,252,000 207,342,000 270,743,000 276,514,000 380,838,000 304,451,000 248,190,000 238,573,000 333,717,000 247,784,000 182,628,000 150,426,000 224,066,000 168,235,000 192,916,000 196,372,000 282,005,000 218,196,000 192,169,000 156,937,000 246,856,000 181,309,000 151,118,000 146,016,000 219,233,000 175,811,000 182,938,000 187,569,000 255,000,000 217,486,000 199,228,000 205,949,000 318,918,000 223,654,000 166,908,000 199,576,000 289,106,000 248,795,000 201,263,000 185,419,000 257,543,000 212,285,000 170,866,000 146,015,000 199,133,000 149,341,000 116,219,000 86,287,000 108,102,000 76,906,000 64,403,000 53,883,000 82,685,000 68,403,000 60,496,000 58,792,000 66,128,000 57,749,000 
        marketable securities
      38,914,000 38,367,000 39,509,000 36,277,000 36,388,000 40,658,000 40,658,000 40,626,000 42,742,000 45,727,000 26,149,000 29,486,000 44,837,000 48,253,000 59,188,000 71,172,000 57,244,000 73,110,000 77,496,000 68,247,000 63,667,000 45,931,000 47,719,000 49,870,000 41,951,000 41,022,000 6,508,000 8,508,000 8,288,000 6,414,000 6,686,000 10,952,000 14,293,000 14,807,000 13,671,000 11,651,000 4,363,000 4,139,000 29,766,000 3,475,000 11,338,000 9,118,000 12,109,000 19,859,000 25,757,000 28,291,000 25,973,000 17,633,000 9,566,000 6,337,000 6,531,000 9,720,000 20,347,000 23,318,000 30,242,000 31,021,000 40,936,000 42,079,000 25,904,000 21,232,000 20,868,000 19,949,000 16,189,000 12,919,000 4,114,000 3,928,000 3,783,000 4,425,000 4,263,000 2,094,000 2,377,000 2,865,000 49,869,000 74,691,000 75,089,000 45,752,000 35,161,000 33,826,000 28,111,000 25,422,000 20,654,000 19,843,000 17,639,000 16,039,000 7,815,000 7,568,000 6,092,000 7,266,000          545,000 
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 42,527 and 40,461 at april 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively
      573,350,000                                                                                                  
        income taxes and other receivables
      75,410,000 65,823,000 75,254,000 47,062,000 38,394,000 54,467,000 55,033,000 49,606,000 40,696,000 63,020,000 66,073,000 58,443,000 67,512,000 65,079,000 48,070,000 35,186,000 31,884,000 41,708,000 37,515,000 34,113,000 40,024,000 45,154,000 52,995,000 42,243,000 38,755,000 38,656,000 40,506,000 30,529,000 26,767,000 29,502,000 29,009,000 36,999,000 29,089,000 25,985,000 40,312,000 44,035,000 31,573,000 23,828,000 23,455,000 28,672,000 20,579,000 32,549,000 20,956,000 9,835,000 10,966,000 7,375,000 14,317,000 8,163,000 8,244,000 8,979,000 6,675,000 6,452,000 8,944,000 20,923,000 13,677,000 11,667,000 11,902,000 17,569,000 5,900,000 4,747,000 5,138,000 11,859,000 8,476,000 9,024,000 6,292,000 6,466,000 8,066,000 8,776,000 9,001,000 6,247,000                             
        unearned compensation
      64,421,000 65,882,000 67,603,000 64,033,000 61,649,000 61,842,000 64,265,000 62,375,000 59,247,000 60,071,000 62,533,000 66,878,000 63,476,000 59,899,000 62,411,000 60,726,000 60,749,000 62,446,000 63,639,000 61,293,000 53,206,000 53,188,000 50,688,000 48,243,000 43,117,000 46,386,000 48,195,000 45,380,000 42,003,000 41,739,000 41,804,000 40,713,000                                                                   
        prepaid expenses and other assets
      58,437,000 53,225,000 54,989,000 58,313,000 41,488,000 45,352,000 47,945,000 56,479,000 49,456,000 49,377,000 53,741,000 57,258,000 49,219,000 39,605,000 46,388,000 53,363,000 41,763,000 40,635,000 37,054,000 41,049,000 30,724,000 28,737,000 30,984,000 34,983,000 26,851,000 35,094,000 31,603,000 33,311,000 28,535,000 28,106,000 32,953,000 32,056,000 65,033,000 63,409,000 66,809,000 62,525,000 51,542,000 52,012,000 51,314,000 53,196,000 43,130,000 43,157,000 38,504,000 35,923,000 31,054,000 31,295,000 32,493,000 32,864,000 29,955,000 29,834,000 31,097,000 32,701,000 28,724,000 30,513,000 29,900,000 29,729,000 27,815,000 27,115,000 31,579,000 32,359,000 29,662,000 27,898,000 27,940,000 27,583,000 28,753,000 26,851,000 29,306,000 28,043,000 21,442,000 21,949,000                             
        total current assets
      1,905,977,000 1,788,475,000 1,606,237,000 1,490,902,000 1,750,138,000 1,557,320,000 1,482,447,000 1,415,481,000 1,674,160,000 1,544,709,000 1,421,540,000 1,366,607,000 1,638,669,000 1,613,427,000 1,480,365,000 1,497,292,000 1,759,970,000 1,667,750,000 1,549,236,000 1,366,927,000 1,487,132,000 1,315,586,000 1,170,888,000 1,093,282,000 1,237,083,000 1,197,127,000 1,049,498,000 975,123,000 1,136,810,000 1,017,082,000 931,688,000 884,008,000 1,014,259,000 892,036,000 800,791,000 765,887,000 843,674,000 774,389,000 715,356,000 671,400,000 664,274,000 622,853,000 574,251,000 542,875,000 640,985,000 576,873,000 536,759,000 503,995,000 561,954,000 485,773,000 428,800,000 385,527,000 447,100,000 415,830,000 428,836,000 413,446,000 500,067,000 451,316,000 410,702,000 378,649,000 441,597,000 394,674,000 370,141,000 343,803,000 386,451,000 341,403,000 345,346,000 333,587,000 371,597,000 357,612,000 366,841,000 386,476,000 526,268,000 473,235,000 422,326,000 409,966,000 464,760,000 435,171,000 374,393,000 345,254,000 394,500,000 355,745,000 301,126,000 272,790,000 304,468,000 262,200,000 222,170,000 186,182,000 182,712,000 154,098,000 139,832,000 129,642,000 161,635,000 150,627,000 148,233,000 149,564,000 171,895,000 168,360,000 
        marketable securities, non-current
      247,132,000 241,745,000 237,227,000 242,162,000 233,626,000 241,037,000 231,956,000 231,195,000 211,681,000 204,326,000 196,860,000 189,359,000 179,040,000 187,646,000 178,565,000 185,492,000 175,783,000 187,635,000 194,047,000 186,735,000 182,692,000 157,023,000 146,625,000 140,330,000 132,134,000 143,789,000 138,055,000 134,148,000 132,463,000 126,950,000 128,913,000 123,124,000 122,792,000 124,196,000 117,566,000 114,608,000 115,574,000 111,289,000 110,217,000 133,502,000 130,092,000 126,820,000 134,799,000 118,079,000 118,819,000 120,578,000 125,892,000 115,382,000 124,993,000 123,083,000 125,754,000 120,253,000 121,569,000 113,793,000 108,692,000 105,526,000 94,798,000 92,129,000 100,037,000 103,043,000 101,363,000 102,301,000 97,410,000 73,253,000 73,105,000 71,475,000 74,518,000                                
        property and equipment
      191,531,000 182,572,000 176,506,000 179,491,000 173,610,000 162,769,000 160,805,000 159,522,000 161,849,000 163,600,000 165,815,000 166,283,000 161,876,000 154,983,000 153,041,000 147,117,000 138,172,000 131,198,000 126,500,000 129,056,000 131,778,000 134,226,000 136,035,000 139,930,000 142,728,000 143,230,000 140,685,000 137,367,000 131,505,000 130,266,000 126,242,000 123,318,000 119,901,000 116,767,000 115,090,000 112,787,000 109,567,000 108,836,000 108,371,000 99,980,000 95,436,000 90,150,000 61,665,000 61,800,000 62,088,000 59,806,000 61,475,000 61,966,000 60,434,000 55,009,000 52,651,000 51,906,000 53,628,000 50,466,000 48,024,000 48,988,000 49,808,000 47,685,000 46,392,000 46,010,000 43,142,000 39,903,000 37,470,000 34,237,000 24,963,000 25,618,000 26,578,000 28,553,000 27,970,000 32,395,000 31,504,000 32,631,000 32,462,000 31,138,000 29,459,000 26,875,000 25,999,000 23,155,000 23,045,000 21,267,000 20,533,000 19,717,000 18,976,000 18,410,000 18,287,000 20,050,000 19,209,000 18,769,000 19,603,000 22,167,000 23,541,000 25,177,000 27,698,000 29,328,000 31,826,000 37,690,000 40,248,000 44,296,000 
        operating lease right-of-use assets
      170,986,000 141,084,000 131,861,000 143,262,000 152,712,000 148,169,000 162,441,000 155,881,000 160,464,000 167,441,000 122,621,000 132,638,000 142,690,000 140,777,000 151,537,000 158,918,000 167,734,000 154,818,000 149,180,000 162,941,000 174,121,000 182,675,000 183,926,000 191,608,000 195,077,000 209,236,000 214,421,000 219,412,000                                                                       
        cash surrender value of company-owned life insurance policies, net of loans
      289,058,000 285,516,000 270,984,000 268,556,000 252,621,000 254,027,000 236,928,000 234,725,000 218,977,000 216,450,000 202,094,000 200,103,000 197,998,000 198,634,000 184,230,000 184,742,000 183,308,000 181,126,000 164,772,000 163,210,000 161,295,000 162,549,000 150,190,000 148,382,000 146,408,000 145,305,000 128,626,000 126,752,000                                                                       
        deferred income taxes
      113,207,000 134,199,000 127,324,000 139,212,000 144,560,000 130,427,000 122,344,000 124,180,000 133,564,000 121,267,000 101,099,000 94,293,000 102,057,000 93,403,000 83,899,000 81,422,000 84,712,000 77,000,000 68,041,000 68,179,000 73,106,000 57,865,000 49,908,000 51,686,000 55,479,000 44,928,000 36,779,000 41,191,000 43,220,000 40,530,000 37,776,000 39,512,000 25,520,000 23,222,000 22,167,000 19,387,000 20,175,000 23,810,000 26,235,000 26,232,000 27,163,000 61,448,000 1,497,000 1,211,000 3,827,000 3,975,000 4,068,000 4,375,000 4,486,000 1,857,000 2,622,000 4,051,000 3,511,000 7,971,000 8,557,000 7,299,000 10,830,000 10,267,000 10,648,000 11,124,000 10,214,000 16,251,000 21,375,000 20,313,000 20,844,000 20,249,000 19,942,000 18,487,000 14,583,000 11,636,000 9,714,000 9,817,000 10,401,000 10,074,000 9,914,000 10,377,000 9,524,000 9,853,000 9,832,000 9,987,000 9,669,000 9,526,000 9,433,000 9,035,000 8,864,000 8,864,000 9,320,000 9,320,000 9,320,000 9,162,000 9,162,000 9,162,000 9,162,000 10,521,000 10,095,000 10,576,000 10,336,000 6,354,000 
        goodwill
      950,636,000 951,962,000 948,284,000 948,659,000 948,832,000 942,105,000 908,662,000 908,485,000 908,376,000 909,330,000 907,563,000 910,211,000 909,491,000 793,285,000 790,063,000 724,426,000 725,592,000 699,518,000 624,899,000 625,395,000 626,669,000 625,549,000 621,560,000 619,239,000 613,943,000 615,513,000 578,307,000 578,567,000 578,298,000 580,021,000 579,863,000 581,858,000 584,222,000 586,561,000 581,780,000 583,265,000 576,865,000 581,034,000 586,290,000 587,615,000 590,072,000 575,112,000 250,981,000 250,835,000 254,440,000 242,784,000 251,915,000 255,932,000 257,582,000 255,792,000 259,071,000 257,626,000 257,293,000 261,182,000 195,189,000 171,538,000 176,338,000 174,562,000 179,813,000 182,095,000 183,952,000 176,988,000 177,562,000 170,785,000 172,273,000 171,001,000 164,936,000 160,901,000 133,331,000 131,997,000 124,228,000 142,126,000 142,699,000 139,392,000 139,308,000 128,879,000 124,268,000   109,043,000 109,484,000 107,110,000 106,509,000 105,388,000 107,014,000 107,477,000 101,945,000 98,574,000 98,481,000 100,151,000 96,734,000 95,125,000 94,729,000 93,117,000 89,503,000 88,158,000   
        intangible assets
      45,858,000 52,047,000 57,901,000 64,043,000 70,193,000 75,841,000 76,504,000 82,606,000 88,833,000 95,151,000 101,423,000 107,979,000 114,426,000 88,895,000 94,408,000 84,167,000 89,770,000 89,574,000 83,326,000 88,156,000 92,949,000 97,696,000 102,351,000 107,202,000 111,926,000 116,882,000 76,288,000 79,581,000 82,948,000 86,308,000 89,662,000 93,050,000 203,216,000 206,733,000 210,016,000 213,910,000 217,319,000 221,047,000 225,037,000 228,992,000 233,027,000 238,889,000 43,547,000 45,655,000 47,901,000 43,467,000 45,491,000 47,518,000 49,560,000 51,722,000 53,879,000 56,027,000 58,187,000 59,734,000 31,169,000 19,836,000 20,413,000 20,923,000 21,166,000 21,728,000 22,289,000 23,697,000 24,310,000 24,875,000 25,425,000 26,091,000 21,792,000 18,667,000 16,928,000 17,146,000 15,243,000 15,399,000 15,519,000 15,638,000 15,794,000 17,934,000 18,040,000                      
        unearned compensation, non-current
      118,592,000 128,310,000 137,290,000 124,817,000 106,965,000 111,121,000 122,263,000 113,171,000 99,913,000 111,286,000 119,357,000 121,918,000 103,607,000 110,958,000 122,361,000 117,346,000 118,238,000 126,082,000 136,878,000 131,543,000 102,356,000 104,650,000 105,569,000 98,701,000 79,510,000 93,934,000 101,308,000 92,365,000 80,924,000 88,986,000 94,927,000 92,378,000                                                                   
        investments and other assets
      31,799,000 43,698,000 29,319,000 29,493,000 27,967,000 26,843,000 22,303,000 22,323,000 21,052,000 22,765,000 22,589,000 24,077,000 24,590,000 24,180,000 23,266,000 23,157,000 21,267,000 21,395,000 20,609,000 20,339,000 24,428,000 25,648,000 25,590,000 27,743,000 29,540,000 29,705,000 22,314,000 22,052,000 22,684,000 22,803,000 22,191,000 20,394,000 97,917,000 98,769,000 99,064,000 90,617,000 66,657,000 64,197,000 67,679,000 67,447,000 51,240,000 53,191,000 49,945,000 44,683,000 34,863,000 34,184,000 34,569,000 35,622,000 29,830,000 27,359,000 28,841,000 29,554,000 28,376,000 29,708,000 37,112,000 38,729,000 38,127,000 39,181,000 43,824,000 47,029,000 43,932,000 34,312,000 31,931,000 29,752,000 16,070,000 16,308,000 15,777,000 14,926,000 11,812,000                              
        total assets
      4,064,776,000 3,949,608,000 3,722,933,000 3,630,597,000 3,861,224,000 3,649,659,000 3,526,653,000 3,447,569,000 3,678,869,000 3,556,325,000 3,360,961,000 3,313,468,000 3,574,444,000 3,406,188,000 3,261,735,000 3,204,079,000 3,464,546,000 3,336,096,000 3,117,488,000 2,942,481,000 3,056,526,000 2,863,467,000 2,692,642,000 2,618,103,000 2,743,828,000 2,739,649,000 2,486,281,000 2,406,558,000 2,334,852,000 2,217,553,000 2,134,467,000 2,079,470,000 2,287,914,000 2,166,532,000 2,062,101,000 2,014,327,000 2,062,898,000 1,996,551,000 1,950,073,000 1,925,363,000 1,898,600,000 1,873,300,000 1,272,188,000 1,222,544,000 1,317,801,000 1,232,536,000 1,207,903,000 1,167,438,000 1,233,666,000 1,152,833,000 1,100,446,000 1,048,192,000 1,115,229,000 1,063,390,000 983,875,000 930,974,000 1,014,689,000 952,084,000 936,627,000 912,768,000 971,680,000 907,517,000 864,279,000 799,320,000 827,098,000 768,239,000 761,369,000 738,585,000 740,879,000 735,070,000 751,707,000 802,787,000 880,214,000 795,662,000 743,821,000 713,136,000 761,491,000 716,161,000 650,885,000 589,825,000 635,491,000 595,876,000 536,792,000 505,860,000 534,168,000 494,163,000 440,000,000 398,738,000 394,686,000 367,650,000 346,037,000 336,466,000 369,013,000 353,759,000 352,238,000 359,632,000 377,574,000 386,173,000 
        liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                                                                                        
        accounts payable
      49,682,000 60,034,000 53,032,000 55,058,000 58,884,000 51,659,000 44,051,000 49,611,000 50,112,000 46,368,000 46,375,000 50,731,000 53,386,000 42,035,000 48,623,000 55,003,000 50,932,000 47,203,000 41,800,000 46,945,000 44,993,000 37,858,000 37,639,000 36,975,000 45,684,000 36,044,000 30,599,000 33,174,000 39,156,000 31,151,000 34,764,000 35,325,000 35,196,000 28,359,000 34,645,000 32,658,000 37,481,000 31,477,000 27,711,000 33,719,000 26,634,000 25,656,000 17,235,000 18,005,000 19,238,000 18,270,000 19,503,000 20,019,000 19,375,000 17,187,000 18,281,000 20,045,000 19,460,000 16,476,000 15,081,000 15,230,000 14,667,000 11,383,000 11,792,000 13,435,000 12,504,000 11,072,000 11,308,000 10,754,000 11,148,000 10,519,000 8,904,000 11,816,000 10,282,000 9,191,000 10,550,000 11,796,000 15,309,000 12,104,000 11,305,000 11,665,000 10,383,000 9,796,000 12,251,000 10,147,000 9,731,000 8,473,000 8,521,000 7,480,000 7,196,000 7,773,000 8,530,000 9,032,000 8,676,000 7,032,000 7,438,000 7,294,000 8,651,000 6,165,000 8,321,000 8,352,000 8,319,000 7,278,000 
        income taxes payable
      19,573,000 23,313,000 23,243,000 23,585,000 23,079,000 20,653,000 14,652,000 23,775,000 24,076,000 23,599,000 19,446,000 22,868,000 19,969,000 17,005,000 26,094,000 37,552,000 34,450,000 28,771,000 21,209,000 28,578,000 23,041,000 9,664,000 10,591,000 10,312,000 21,158,000 17,128,000 15,018,000 19,199,000 21,145,000 24,287,000 19,453,000 25,790,000 23,034,000 17,128,000 14,687,000 7,204,000 4,526,000 7,570,000 3,015,000 4,351,000 8,396,000 2,612,000 5,082,000 1,819,000 3,813,000 8,011,000 8,240,000 8,043,000 13,014,000 12,879,000 9,251,000 7,477,000 5,502,000 5,576,000 5,118,000 4,631,000 8,720,000 7,303,000 6,744,000 4,369,000 4,674,000 11,786,000 8,487,000 5,298,000 6,323,000 4,698,000 10,677,000 5,617,000 2,059,000 1,180,000 9,270,000 18,755,000 20,948,000 24,468,000 24,406,000 24,875,000 22,432,000 28,335,000 24,169,000 19,903,000 17,138,000 26,186,000 21,871,000 20,047,000 15,400,000 16,645,000 10,569,000 3,855,000         332,000 535,000 
        compensation and benefits payable
      570,242,000 457,225,000 355,256,000 266,671,000 530,473,000 416,051,000 346,434,000 270,897,000 525,466,000 423,268,000 327,129,000 240,956,000 532,934,000 405,584,000 327,949,000 250,818,000 547,826,000 429,683,000 315,095,000 220,948,000 394,606,000 301,147,000 247,016,000 184,087,000 280,911,000 258,789,000 198,284,000 156,208,000 328,610,000 266,925,000 231,688,000 175,477,000 304,980,000 234,411,000 191,512,000 145,752,000 248,354,000 198,807,000 176,218,000 147,617,000 266,211,000 213,599,000 142,531,000 120,961,000 219,364,000 169,314,000 140,691,000 113,159,000 192,035,000 148,457,000 119,163,000 95,596,000 160,298,000 127,179,000 98,253,000 79,387,000 154,398,000 117,069,000 107,917,000 92,995,000 173,097,000 143,037,000 121,894,000 94,868,000 131,550,000 102,055,000 88,065,000 77,362,000 116,705,000 113,394,000 112,872,000 106,463,000 199,081,000 148,387,000 109,264,000 83,989,000 158,145,000 113,114,000 86,189,000 68,919,000 121,885,000 90,731,000 65,831,000 55,389,000 107,009,000 77,481,000 56,076,000 42,180,000 60,957,000 44,410,000 33,990,000 29,290,000 52,206,000      
        operating lease liability, current
      28,111,000 29,418,000 32,996,000 36,318,000 38,573,000 36,806,000 38,526,000 35,931,000 36,073,000 36,895,000 42,774,000 43,800,000 45,821,000 45,234,000 49,039,000 46,700,000 48,609,000 46,583,000 49,836,000 47,394,000 47,986,000 48,998,000 51,961,000 55,119,000 54,851,000 53,592,000 48,493,000 46,854,000                                                                       
        other accrued liabilities
      314,402,000 319,565,000 284,722,000 292,768,000 304,589,000 292,588,000 274,120,000 277,804,000 298,792,000 312,511,000 328,395,000 297,436,000 324,150,000 346,489,000 303,470,000 295,981,000 302,408,000 298,911,000 269,129,000 239,673,000 239,444,000 237,743,000 211,704,000 204,838,000 221,603,000 194,838,000 158,071,000 156,218,000 162,047,000 163,997,000 153,088,000 150,534,000 170,339,000 163,784,000 150,855,000 153,386,000 148,464,000 150,009,000 138,738,000 149,865,000 145,023,000 155,100,000 69,692,000 62,098,000 63,595,000 65,231,000 63,554,000 68,701,000 62,509,000 62,512,000 61,332,000 65,542,000 83,291,000 85,116,000 57,917,000 38,440,000 37,527,000 41,434,000 45,180,000 47,289,000 43,591,000 45,300,000 50,762,000 45,099,000 49,062,000 44,014,000 50,418,000 52,762,000 44,301,000 38,143,000 32,565,000 35,953,000 37,120,000 35,385,000 35,237,000 32,084,000 38,529,000 36,443,000 31,276,000 26,116,000 27,537,000 24,342,000 26,804,000 26,013,000 28,792,000 28,945,000 29,115,000 23,860,000 24,785,000 27,485,000 26,148,000 26,801,000 23,006,000 30,073,000 35,164,000 31,370,000 37,042,000 40,925,000 
        total current liabilities
      982,010,000 889,555,000 749,249,000 674,400,000 955,598,000 817,757,000 717,783,000 658,018,000 934,519,000 842,641,000 764,119,000 655,791,000 976,260,000 856,347,000 755,175,000 686,054,000 984,225,000 851,151,000 697,069,000 583,538,000 750,070,000 635,410,000 558,911,000 491,331,000 624,207,000 560,391,000 450,465,000 411,653,000 550,958,000 486,360,000 465,622,000 413,755,000 558,460,000 466,874,000 413,172,000 358,754,000 458,579,000 407,617,000 365,436,000 355,306,000 476,264,000 428,001,000 234,540,000 202,883,000 306,010,000 260,826,000 231,988,000 209,922,000 286,933,000 241,035,000 208,027,000 188,660,000 268,551,000 234,347,000 176,369,000 137,688,000 215,312,000 177,189,000 171,633,000 158,088,000 233,866,000 211,195,000 192,451,000 156,019,000 198,083,000 161,286,000 158,064,000 147,557,000 173,347,000 161,908,000 165,257,000 172,967,000 272,458,000 220,344,000 180,212,000 152,613,000 229,489,000 187,688,000 153,885,000 125,085,000 176,291,000 149,732,000 123,027,000 108,929,000 158,397,000 130,844,000 104,290,000 78,927,000 94,418,000 78,927,000 67,576,000 63,385,000 88,962,000 74,393,000 76,501,000 73,567,000 146,285,000 143,526,000 
        deferred compensation and other retirement plans
      510,774,000 491,616,000 476,882,000 504,867,000 477,770,000 476,413,000 458,089,000 469,583,000 440,396,000 427,464,000 406,220,000 425,215,000 396,534,000 393,155,000 369,960,000 380,137,000 357,175,000 384,437,000 376,199,000 363,543,000 346,455,000 333,551,000 312,187,000 304,593,000 289,136,000 283,293,000 274,241,000 269,380,000 257,635,000 240,856,000 234,098,000 234,468,000 227,729,000 233,595,000 222,755,000 220,894,000 219,905,000 221,385,000 214,032,000 217,957,000 216,113,000 203,378,000 174,345,000 174,988,000 173,432,000 164,417,000 167,653,000 164,694,000 169,235,000 168,629,000 167,792,000 162,965,000 159,706,000 148,651,000 144,495,000 141,892,000 148,989,000 137,492,000 135,884,000 137,643,000 139,558,000 128,552,000 131,009,000 127,770,000 123,794,000 107,238,000 115,833,000 113,088,000 99,238,000 100,667,000 101,490,000 111,153,000 105,719,000 104,144,000 104,145,000 99,703,000 91,360,000 85,200,000 82,076,000 78,905,000 71,790,000 69,298,000 66,408,000 64,716,000 59,134,000 58,206,000 56,676,000 54,168,000 53,018,000 52,156,000 52,595,000 51,453,000 49,944,000 48,692,000 47,515,000 46,489,000 44,806,000  
        operating lease liability, non-current
      164,899,000 132,633,000 118,563,000 126,429,000 131,762,000 130,850,000 142,415,000 137,218,000 143,507,000 151,159,000 100,321,000 110,823,000 119,220,000 118,438,000 127,886,000 140,611,000 151,212,000 142,349,000 132,645,000 143,378,000 155,998,000 164,656,000 167,116,000 175,685,000 180,766,000 194,209,000 200,266,000 207,603,000                                                                       
        long-term debt
      398,565,000 398,354,000 398,145,000 397,939,000 397,736,000 397,535,000 397,336,000 397,140,000 396,946,000 396,755,000 396,565,000 396,379,000 396,194,000 396,011,000 395,831,000 395,653,000 395,477,000 395,303,000 395,132,000 394,962,000 394,794,000 394,629,000 394,465,000 394,303,000 394,144,000 393,986,000 273,310,000 223,094,000 222,878,000 222,662,000                                                47,325,000 47,275,000 45,197,000 45,147,000 45,099,000 45,049,000 44,999,000 44,949,000 44,901,000 44,852,000 45,195,000 44,400,000 43,635,000 42,864,000 42,105,000 41,364,000 40,645,000 41,416,000 40,757,000 1,634,000 5,084,000 
        deferred tax liabilities
      5,723,000 6,436,000 6,276,000 6,737,000 5,981,000 4,952,000 5,542,000 4,173,000 4,540,000 5,709,000 6,629,000 6,170,000 5,352,000 2,336,000 2,776,000 4,052,000 2,715,000 2,936,000 1,996,000 3,607,000 3,832,000 380,000 556,000 637,000 1,056,000 837,000 1,064,000 1,048,000 1,103,000 1,434,000 1,751,000 1,609,000 9,105,000 7,619,000 16,807,000 18,758,000 7,014,000 7,301,000 14,090,000 13,664,000 5,088,000 57,985,000                                                         
        other liabilities
      23,902,000 23,049,000 24,033,000 21,412,000 20,238,000 24,875,000 22,623,000 22,195,000 21,636,000 25,186,000 26,607,000 26,560,000 27,879,000 26,887,000 27,387,000 26,338,000 24,153,000 24,675,000 30,558,000 32,283,000 36,602,000 39,847,000 37,885,000 33,533,000 30,828,000 29,280,000 28,444,000 29,386,000 58,891,000 59,201,000 58,402,000 60,364,000 61,694,000 59,581,000 50,018,000 55,886,000 54,130,000 51,085,000 56,272,000 51,056,000 43,834,000 36,756,000 23,851,000 22,974,000 23,110,000 19,695,000 21,624,000 23,718,000 21,962,000 20,590,000 20,800,000 20,776,000 22,504,000 22,169,000 20,434,000 20,437,000 20,912,000 20,861,000 19,978,000 20,158,000 19,919,000 24,518,000 21,706,000 20,647,000 13,879,000 18,554,000 13,104,000 15,526,000 9,195,000 5,677,000 4,963,000 5,660,000 5,903,000 5,831,000 5,680,000 7,368,000 7,687,000 6,417,000 6,750,000 7,207,000  7,724,000 8,165,000       10,854,000 11,054,000 12,055,000       
        total liabilities
      2,085,873,000 1,941,643,000 1,773,148,000 1,731,784,000 1,989,085,000 1,852,382,000 1,743,788,000 1,688,327,000 1,941,544,000 1,848,914,000 1,700,461,000 1,620,938,000 1,921,439,000 1,793,174,000 1,679,015,000 1,632,845,000 1,914,957,000 1,800,851,000 1,633,599,000 1,521,311,000 1,687,751,000 1,568,473,000 1,471,120,000 1,400,082,000 1,520,137,000 1,461,996,000 1,227,790,000 1,142,164,000 1,091,465,000 1,010,513,000 957,870,000 914,850,000 1,068,299,000 985,638,000 927,378,000 885,576,000 975,850,000 928,549,000 895,929,000 889,021,000 851,299,000 842,586,000 432,736,000 400,845,000 502,552,000 444,938,000 421,265,000 398,334,000 478,130,000 430,254,000 396,619,000 372,401,000 450,761,000 405,167,000 341,298,000 300,017,000 385,213,000 335,542,000 327,495,000 315,889,000 393,343,000 364,265,000 345,166,000 304,436,000 335,756,000 287,078,000 287,001,000 276,171,000 281,780,000 268,252,000 271,710,000 289,780,000 384,080,000 330,319,000 290,037,000 259,684,000 328,536,000 337,767,000 301,074,000 267,433,000 311,740,000 282,795,000 253,542,000 237,883,000 281,266,000 253,717,000 225,165,000 199,614,000 213,804,000 195,856,000 184,144,000 178,826,000 192,952,000 178,402,000 177,635,000 168,060,000 198,277,000 194,472,000 
        commitments and contingencies
                                                                                                        
        stockholders' equity
                                                                                                        
        common stock: 0.01 par value...
      284,370,000 351,578,000 355,151,000 351,238,000 364,425,000 365,435,000 368,260,000 390,053,000 414,885,000 428,413,000 435,340,000 429,093,000 429,754,000 434,163,000 446,280,000 470,127,000 502,008,000 562,564,000 574,058,000 574,123,000 583,260,000 576,798,000 575,103,000 590,897,000 585,560,000 604,609,000 601,686,000 645,299,000 656,463,000 651,683,000 664,486,000 681,060,000 683,942,000 679,277,000 674,105,000 694,146,000 692,527,000 700,696,000 703,073,000 705,792,000 702,098,000 697,397,000 473,370,000 467,511,000 463,839,000 459,689,000 456,076,000 451,863,000 449,631,000 446,542,000 439,377,000 434,495,000 431,508,000 427,693,000 424,835,000 420,891,000 419,998,000 415,635,000 412,018,000 408,606,000 404,703,000 398,618,000 387,909,000 385,138,000 388,717,000 381,232,000 376,964,000 373,732,000 368,430,000 365,172,000 361,938,000 362,351,000  388,370,000 392,045,000 423,917,000  369,910,000 358,663,000 346,458,000  357,000,000 346,457,000 344,034,000  328,001,000 318,782,000   305,111,000 304,098,000 304,710,000  301,839,000 302,839,000 303,034,000  301,219,000 
        retained earnings
      1,761,063,000 1,716,206,000 1,675,964,000 1,628,701,000 1,588,274,000 1,549,086,000 1,509,986,000 1,468,648,000 1,425,844,000 1,378,140,000 1,336,686,000 1,348,059,000 1,311,081,000 1,271,618,000 1,268,437,000 1,203,067,000 1,134,523,000 1,049,431,000 971,995,000 902,906,000 834,949,000 774,303,000 728,524,000 706,353,000 742,993,000 749,301,000 734,891,000 697,715,000 660,845,000 616,282,000 577,333,000 537,015,000 572,800,000 537,353,000 515,811,000 485,194,000 461,976,000 440,824,000 422,723,000 398,412,000 401,113,000 401,032,000 422,797,000 410,000,000 392,033,000 371,656,000 348,717,000 323,314,000 308,781,000 287,570,000 266,266,000 247,507,000 236,090,000 223,893,000 214,411,000 213,215,000 202,797,000 190,769,000 179,052,000 163,905,000 148,494,000 128,455,000 114,780,000 101,124,000 90,220,000 81,304,000 73,394,000 70,649,000 84,922,000 102,122,000 124,478,000 110,918,000 95,014,000 79,268,000 63,012,000 45,903,000 32,344,000 18,805,000 4,075,000      -82,584,000    -121,204,000    -126,607,000  -121,820,000 -103,561,000 -102,853,000  
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
      -72,827,000 -65,337,000 -86,960,000 -87,851,000 -86,243,000 -121,781,000 -100,501,000 -104,860,000 -107,671,000 -102,930,000 -115,873,000 -90,471,000 -92,764,000 -96,802,000 -136,665,000 -108,444,000 -92,185,000 -80,718,000 -66,530,000 -59,843,000 -51,820,000 -57,914,000 -83,655,000 -81,592,000 -107,172,000 -78,810,000 -80,646,000 -82,114,000 -76,652,000 -63,271,000 -68,581,000 -56,488,000 -40,135,000 -38,671,000 -57,902,000 -54,691,000 -71,064,000 -76,099,000 -75,243,000 -70,577,000 -57,911,000 -67,715,000 -56,715,000 -55,812,000 -40,623,000 -43,747,000 -17,671,000 -5,587,000 -2,388,000 -11,042,000 -1,322,000 -5,714,000                                    -949,000 -1,596,000 -178,000 -4,652,000 -6,708,000 -6,044,000 -7,863,000 -11,723,000 -12,486,000 -14,101,000 -17,984,000 
        total korn ferry stockholders' equity
      1,972,606,000 2,002,447,000 1,944,155,000 1,892,088,000 1,866,456,000 1,792,740,000 1,777,745,000 1,753,841,000 1,733,058,000 1,703,623,000 1,656,153,000 1,686,681,000 1,648,071,000 1,608,979,000 1,578,052,000 1,564,750,000 1,544,346,000 1,531,277,000 1,479,523,000 1,417,186,000 1,366,389,000 1,293,187,000 1,219,972,000 1,215,658,000 1,221,381,000 1,275,100,000 1,255,931,000 1,260,900,000 1,240,656,000 1,204,694,000                                                                     
        noncontrolling interest
      6,297,000 5,518,000 5,630,000 6,725,000 5,683,000 4,537,000 5,120,000 5,401,000 4,267,000 3,788,000 4,347,000 5,849,000 4,934,000 4,035,000 4,668,000 6,484,000 5,243,000 3,968,000 4,366,000 3,984,000 2,386,000 1,807,000 1,550,000 2,363,000 2,310,000 2,553,000 2,560,000 3,494,000 2,731,000 2,346,000 3,359,000 3,033,000 3,008,000 2,935,000 2,709,000 4,102,000 3,609,000 2,581,000 3,591,000 2,715,000 2,001,000                                                          
        total stockholders' equity
      1,978,903,000 2,007,965,000 1,949,785,000 1,898,813,000 1,872,139,000 1,797,277,000 1,782,865,000 1,759,242,000 1,737,325,000 1,707,411,000 1,660,500,000 1,692,530,000 1,653,005,000 1,613,014,000 1,582,720,000 1,571,234,000 1,549,589,000 1,535,245,000 1,483,889,000 1,421,170,000 1,368,775,000 1,294,994,000 1,221,522,000 1,218,021,000 1,223,691,000 1,277,653,000 1,258,491,000 1,264,394,000 1,243,387,000 1,207,040,000 1,176,597,000 1,164,620,000                                                                   
        total liabilities and stockholders' equity
      4,064,776,000 3,949,608,000 3,722,933,000 3,630,597,000 3,861,224,000 3,649,659,000 3,526,653,000 3,447,569,000 3,678,869,000 3,556,325,000 3,360,961,000 3,313,468,000 3,574,444,000 3,406,188,000 3,261,735,000 3,204,079,000 3,464,546,000 3,336,096,000 3,117,488,000 2,942,481,000 3,056,526,000 2,863,467,000 2,692,642,000 2,618,103,000 2,743,828,000 2,739,649,000 2,486,281,000 2,406,558,000 2,334,852,000 2,217,553,000 2,134,467,000 2,079,470,000                                                                   
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 45,990 and 40,461 at january 31, 2026 and april 30, 2025, respectively
       626,813,000                                                                                                 
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 43,418 and 40,461 at october 31, 2025 and april 30, 2025, respectively
        607,303,000                                                                                                
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 41,497 and 40,461 at july 31, 2025 and april 30, 2025, respectively
         600,362,000                                                                                               
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 40,461 and 44,192 at april 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively
          565,255,000                                                                                              
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 43,484 and 44,192 at january 31, 2025 and april 30, 2024, respectively
           575,703,000                                                                                             
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 43,862 and 44,192 at october 31, 2024 and april 30, 2024, respectively
            579,696,000                                                                                            
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 46,714 and 44,192 at july 31, 2024 and april 30, 2024, respectively
             573,019,000                                                                                           
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 44,192 and 44,377 at april 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively
              541,014,000                                                                                          
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 50,302 and 44,377 at january 31, 2024 and april 30, 2023, respectively
               589,717,000                                                                                         
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 47,574 and 44,377 at october 31, 2023 and april 30, 2023, respectively
                592,208,000                                                                                        
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 47,418 and 44,377 at july 31, 2023 and april 30, 2023, respectively
                 592,333,000                                                                                       
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 44,377 and 36,384 at april 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively
                  569,601,000                                                                                      
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 43,606 and 36,384 at january 31, 2023 and april 30, 2022, respectively
                   628,693,000                                                                                     
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 40,959 and 36,384 at october 31, 2022 and april 30, 2022, respectively
                    670,408,000                                                                                    
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 39,432 and 36,384 at july 31, 2022 and april 30, 2022, respectively
                     637,061,000                                                                                   
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 36,384 and 29,324 at april 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively
                      590,260,000                                                                                  
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 34,617 and 29,324 at january 31, 2022 and april 30, 2021, respectively
                       603,346,000                                                                                 
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 33,488 and 29,324 at october 31, 2021 and april 30, 2021, respectively
                        608,141,000                                                                                
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 32,039 and 29,324 at july 31, 2021 and april 30, 2021, respectively
                         512,921,000                                                                               
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 29,324 and 23,795 at april 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively
                          448,733,000                                                                              
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 29,174 and 23,795 at january 31, 2021 and april 30, 2020, respectively
                           448,448,000                                                                             
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 27,853 and 23,795 at october 31, 2020 and april 30, 2020, respectively
                            435,393,000                                                                            
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 26,569 and 23,795 at july 31, 2020 and april 30, 2020, respectively
                             375,157,000                                                                           
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 23,795 and 21,582 at april 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively
                              397,165,000                                                                          
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 25,168 and 21,582 at january 31, 2020 and april 30, 2019, respectively
                               472,261,000                                                                         
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 23,165 and 21,582 at october 31, 2019 and april 30, 2019, respectively
                                458,263,000                                                                        
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 21,732 and 21,582 at july 31, 2019 and april 30, 2019, respectively
                                 432,758,000                                                                       
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 21,582 and 17,845 at april 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively
                                  404,857,000                                                                      
        cash surrender value of company owned life insurance policies, net of loans
                                  126,000,000 124,607,000 123,205,000 121,828,000 120,087,000 118,248,000 115,627,000 113,866,000 113,067,000 111,949,000 110,888,000 110,195,000 107,296,000 104,837,000 105,472,000 105,111,000 102,691,000 100,343,000 98,989,000 96,732,000 94,274,000 93,748,000 90,898,000 87,583,000 85,873,000 83,534,000 80,464,000 78,942,000 77,848,000 75,460,000 72,240,000 72,080,000 70,987,000 73,257,000 71,929,000 69,281,000 69,069,000 65,988,000 65,528,000 63,816,000 63,108,000 62,437,000 77,753,000 81,556,000 81,377,000 79,458,000 80,480,000 77,356,000 76,478,000 74,475,000 72,930,000 70,763,000 70,592,000 69,307,000 67,488,000 67,051,000 65,047,000 64,877,000 60,503,000 59,324,000 58,868,000 58,453,000 54,012,000  53,143,000 51,340,000 52,683,000 52,449,000 53,048,000 53,524,000 
        current portion of long-term debt
                                                                                                        
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 22,046 and 17,845 at january 31, 2019 and april 30, 2018, respectively
                                   421,812,000                                                                     
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 20,197 and 17,845 at october 31, 2018 and april 30, 2018, respectively
                                    433,557,000                                                                    
        term loan
                                    26,629,000 26,629,000 24,911,000 23,192,000 21,473,000 19,754,000 19,754,000 19,754,000 19,754,000 19,754,000 30,000,000 31,034,000                                                         
        term loan, non-current
                                    197,997,000 204,654,000 211,311,000 217,969,000 224,626,000 231,284,000 236,222,000 241,161,000 246,099,000 251,038,000 110,000,000 116,466,000                                                         
        total korn/ferry international stockholders' equity
                                    1,173,238,000 1,161,587,000                                                                   
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 19,201 and 17,845 at july 31, 2018 and april 30, 2018, respectively
                                     397,559,000                                                                   
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 17,845 and 15,455, respectively
                                      384,996,000                                                                  
        stockholders’ equity:
                                                                                                        
        total korn/ferry international stockholders’ equity
                                      1,216,607,000 1,177,959,000 1,132,014,000 1,124,649,000 1,083,439,000 1,065,421,000 1,050,553,000 1,033,627,000 1,045,300,000                                                          
        total stockholders’ equity
                                      1,219,615,000 1,180,894,000 1,134,723,000 1,128,751,000 1,087,048,000 1,068,002,000 1,054,144,000 1,036,342,000 1,047,301,000 1,030,714,000 839,452,000 821,699,000 815,249,000 787,598,000 786,638,000 769,104,000 755,536,000 722,579,000 703,827,000 675,791,000 664,468,000 658,223,000 642,577,000 630,957,000 629,476,000 616,542,000 609,132,000 596,879,000 578,337,000 543,252,000 519,113,000 494,884,000 491,342,000 481,161,000 474,368,000 462,414,000 459,099,000 466,818,000 479,997,000 513,007,000 496,134,000 465,343,000 453,784,000 453,452,000 432,955,000 378,394,000 349,811,000 322,392,000 323,751,000 313,081,000 283,250,000 267,977,000 252,902,000 240,446,000 214,835,000 199,124,000 180,882,000 171,794,000 161,893,000 157,640,000       
        total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                      2,287,914,000 2,166,532,000 2,062,101,000 2,014,327,000 2,062,898,000 1,996,551,000 1,950,073,000 1,925,363,000 1,898,600,000 1,873,300,000 1,272,188,000 1,222,544,000 1,317,801,000 1,232,536,000 1,207,903,000 1,167,438,000 1,233,666,000 1,152,833,000 1,100,446,000 1,048,192,000 1,115,229,000 1,063,390,000 983,875,000 930,974,000 1,014,689,000 952,084,000 936,627,000 912,768,000 971,680,000 907,517,000 864,279,000 799,320,000 827,098,000 768,239,000 761,369,000 738,585,000 740,879,000 735,070,000 751,707,000 802,787,000 880,214,000 795,662,000 743,821,000 713,136,000 761,491,000 716,161,000 650,885,000 589,825,000 635,491,000 595,876,000 536,792,000 505,860,000 534,168,000 494,163,000 440,000,000 398,738,000 394,686,000 367,650,000 346,037,000 336,466,000       
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 17,990 and 15,455 at january 31, 2018 and april 30, 2017, respectively
                                       397,845,000                                                                 
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 15,930 and 15,455 at october 31, 2017 and april 30, 2017, respectively
                                        397,374,000                                                                
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 16,088 and 15,455 at july 31, 2017 and april 30, 2017, respectively
                                         365,657,000                                                               
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 15,455 and 11,292, respectively
                                          345,314,000                                                              
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 14,025 and 11,292, respectively
                                           343,105,000                                                             
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 12,901 and 11,292, respectively
                                            360,788,000                                                            
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 12,674 and 11,292, respectively
                                             341,984,000                                                           
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 11,292 and 9,958, respectively
                                              315,975,000                                                          
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 11,775 and 9,958, respectively
                                               330,687,000                                                         
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 11,291 and 9,958, respectively
                                                230,442,000                                                        
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 10,344 and 9,958, respectively
                                                 199,533,000                                                       
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 9,958 and 9,513, respectively
                                                  188,543,000                                                      
        stockholders’ equity
                                                  815,249,000 787,598,000 787,122,000 769,590,000 756,024,000 723,070,000 704,321,000 676,288,000 664,967,000 658,725,000 643,082,000 631,465,000 629,986,000 617,055,000 609,647,000 597,397,000 578,857,000 543,774,000 519,638,000 495,411,000 491,871,000 481,692,000 474,902,000 462,950,000 459,637,000 467,358,000 480,539,000 513,551,000 496,679,000 465,890,000 454,333,000 454,003,000 433,508,000 378,948,000 350,366,000 322,950,000 324,310,000 313,657,000 283,828,000 268,558,000 253,485,000 241,299,000 215,609,000 199,937,000 181,862,000 172,825,000 162,977,000 158,831,000       
        less: notes receivable from stockholders
                                                    -484,000 -486,000 -488,000 -491,000 -494,000 -497,000 -499,000 -502,000 -505,000 -508,000 -510,000 -513,000 -515,000 -518,000 -520,000 -522,000 -525,000 -527,000 -529,000 -531,000 -534,000 -536,000 -538,000 -540,000 -542,000 -544,000 -545,000 -547,000 -549,000 -551,000 -553,000 -554,000 -555,000 -558,000 -559,000 -576,000 -578,000 -581,000 -583,000 -853,000 -774,000 -813,000 -980,000 -1,031,000 -1,084,000 -1,191,000       
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 10,589 and 9,513, respectively
                                                   201,486,000                                                     
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 10,327 and 9,513, respectively
                                                    211,718,000                                                    
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 10,371 and 9,513, respectively
                                                     202,387,000                                                   
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 9,513 and 9,097, respectively
                                                      175,986,000                                                  
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 10,125 and 9,097, respectively
                                                       190,982,000                                                 
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 9,775 and 9,097, respectively
                                                        199,247,000                                                
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 8,978 and 9,097, respectively
                                                         182,177,000                                               
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 9,097 and 9,437, respectively
                                                          161,508,000                                              
        accumulated other comprehensive income
                                                          -2,631,000 7,139,000 3,836,000 -2,641,000 7,191,000 10,651,000 18,577,000 24,886,000 25,660,000 16,701,000 16,949,000 9,149,000 12,934,000 19,156,000 24,544,000 18,569,000 6,285,000 64,000 -5,877,000 40,282,000 43,097,000 32,927,000 37,527,000 23,413,000 20,605,000 13,587,000 11,690,000 11,666,000 10,910,000 8,736,000 7,088,000 6,108,000  12,493,000 5,932,000            
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 11,027 and 9,437, respectively
                                                           164,870,000                                             
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 9,623 and 9,437, respectively
                                                            153,544,000                                            
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 9,599 and 9,437, respectively
                                                             137,358,000                                           
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 9,437 and 9,977, respectively
                                                              126,579,000                                          
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 11,023 and 9,977, respectively
                                                               136,090,000                                         
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 11,032 and 9,977, respectively
                                                                144,502,000                                        
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 10,853 and 9,977, respectively
                                                                 152,250,000                                       
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 9,977 and 5,983, respectively
                                                                  128,859,000                                      
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 9,081 and 5,983, respectively
                                                                   137,408,000                                     
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 8,106 and 5,983, respectively
                                                                    145,043,000                                    
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 7,035 and 5,983, respectively
                                                                     127,948,000                                   
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 5,983 and 11,197, respectively
                                                                      107,215,000                                  
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 8,924 and 11,197, respectively
                                                                       108,098,000                                 
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 7,520 and 11,197, respectively
                                                                        101,311,000                                
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 9,466 and 11,197, respectively
                                                                         86,287,000                               
        marketable securities, noncurrent
                                                                         73,858,000 70,992,000 70,299,000 78,237,000 86,215,000 20,475,000                          
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 11,197 and 11,504, respectively
                                                                          67,308,000                              
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 12,501 and 11,504, respectively
                                                                           98,200,000                             
        investments and other
                                                                           28,112,000 15,643,000 15,046,000 14,286,000 10,736,000 11,763,000 10,263,000 9,933,000                      
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 11,937 and 11,504, respectively
                                                                            125,453,000                            
        income tax and other receivables
                                                                            5,753,000 6,516,000 7,071,000 5,987,000 7,393,000 5,889,000 6,357,000 5,912,000 5,570,000 5,305,000 5,328,000 10,721,000 5,520,000 6,507,000 6,004,000 5,983,000 6,743,000 4,714,000 2,856,000 6,089,000 6,370,000 8,501,000 12,648,000 12,908,000 14,813,000 13,935,000 30,140,000 31,678,000 
        prepaid expenses
                                                                            24,316,000 22,613,000 20,057,000 18,864,000 18,219,000 17,441,000 16,861,000 15,411,000 15,297,000 16,037,000 14,019,000 13,561,000 13,486,000 12,853,000 13,710,000 13,322,000 11,938,000 11,182,000 10,128,000 10,096,000 9,974,000 9,599,000 10,403,000 10,427,000 11,246,000 11,108,000 10,331,000 12,308,000 
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 12,558 and 11,504, respectively
                                                                             138,716,000                           
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 11,504 and 9,822, respectively
                                                                              119,952,000                          
        common stock, 0.01 par value...
                                                                              358,568,000    400,126,000    344,285,000    330,745,000    307,003,000    302,021,000    301,488,000  
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 14,062 and 9,822, respectively
                                                                               139,965,000                         
        unearned restricted stock compensation
                                                                               -34,675,000 -38,251,000 -39,230,000 -19,567,000 -23,354,000 -24,062,000 -25,683,000 -7,731,000 -8,625,000 -9,650,000 -10,613,000 -4,355,000 -4,896,000 -4,982,000 -4,568,000 -2,341,000 -2,170,000 -2,646,000 -3,127,000 -1,560,000 -1,881,000 -2,357,000 -2,643,000 -2,988,000 -3,556,000 
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 12,874 and 9,822, respectively
                                                                                144,803,000                        
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 11,644 and 9,822, respectively
                                                                                 130,931,000                       
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 9,822 and 8,818, respectively
                                                                                  107,751,000                      
        7.5 % convertible mandatorily redeemable preferred stock, net of unamortized discount and issuance costs, redemption value of 11,387 in 2006
                                                                                                        
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 11,880 and 8,818, respectively
                                                                                   121,374,000                     
        goodwill and intangible assets
                                                                                   137,666,000 135,750,000                    
        deferred financing costs, investments and other
                                                                                   10,294,000 10,816,000 8,111,000 8,115,000 8,209,000 8,207,000 8,364,000 8,463,000 8,714,000 8,177,000 7,514,000 7,670,000 7,518,000 6,995,000 7,578,000 7,691,000 7,617,000     
        7.5% convertible mandatorily redeemable series a preferred stock, net of unamortized discount and issuance costs, redemption value 11,387
                                                                                   11,137,000                     
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 10,643 and 8,818, respectively
                                                                                    114,320,000                    
        7.5% convertible mandatorily redeemable preferred stock, net of unamortized discount and issuance costs, redemption value 11,387
                                                                                    11,088,000 11,039,000  10,942,000 10,893,000 10,844,000 10,795,000 10,748,000             
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 9,501 and 8,818, respectively
                                                                                     103,084,000                   
        retained deficit
                                                                                     -9,491,000 -23,154,000 -43,454,000 -60,067,000   -94,299,000 -104,123,000 -112,833,000  -129,938,000 -133,823,000 -136,044,000  -124,623,000     
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 8,818 and 7,307
                                                                                      87,287,000                  
        other
                                                                                      7,523,000   8,395,000 7,991,000 9,018,000 8,649,000 10,577,000 11,456,000    12,682,000 14,672,000 12,203,000 7,247,000 5,552,000 2,847,000 
        7.5 % convertible mandatorily redeemable preferred stock, net of unamortized discount and issuance costs, redemption value 11,387
                                                                                      10,989,000                  
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 8,931 and 7,307
                                                                                       89,809,000                 
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 9,274 and 7,307
                                                                                        84,182,000                
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 7,951 and 7,307
                                                                                         82,341,000               
        retained earnings deficit
                                                                                         -70,971,000               
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 7,307 and 6,159
                                                                                          68,942,000              
        accumulated other comprehensive gain
                                                                                          9,679,000              
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 10,112 and 6,159
                                                                                           77,122,000             
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 8,894 and 6,159
                                                                                            71,858,000            
        7.5% convertible mandatorily redeemable preferred stock, net of unamortized discount and issuance costs, redemption value 11,674
                                                                                            10,698,000            
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 7,414 and 6,159
                                                                                             67,413,000           
        7.5% convertible mandatorily redeemable preferred stock, net of unamortized discount and issuance costs, redemption value 11,485
                                                                                             10,747,000           
        issued and 39,012 and 38,170 shares outstanding
                                                                                             318,287,000           
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 6,159 and 7,199
                                                                                              52,306,000          
        notes payable and current maturities of long-term debt
                                                                                                  5,099,000 5,099,000 7,946,000 7,902,000 12,818,000 58,578,000 
        7.5 % convertible mandatorily redeemable preferred stock, net of unamortized discount and issuance costs, redemption value 11,300
                                                                                              10,512,000          
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 8,412 and 7,199
                                                                                               51,845,000         
        notes payable
                                                                                                        
        7.5% convertible mandatorily redeemable preferred stock, net of unamortized discount and issuance costs, redemption value, 11,120
                                                                                               10,284,000         
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 7,352 and 7,199
                                                                                                49,923,000        
        7.5% convertible mandatorily redeemable preferred stock, net of unamortized discount and issuance costs, redemption value 10,100
                                                                                                10,055,000 9,828,000  9,391,000 9,173,000 8,964,000   
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 6,750 and 7,199
                                                                                                 48,497,000       
        cash surrender value of company owned life insurance policies, net of policy loans
                                                                                                 54,082,000       
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 7,199 and 7,767
                                                                                                  46,737,000      
        other intangibles, net of accumulated amortization of 5,402 and 4,103
                                                                                                  220,000      
        liabilities and shareholders’ equity
                                                                                                        
        borrowings under credit facility
                                                                                                      39,000,000  
        7.5 % convertible mandatorily redeemable preferred stock, net of unamortized discount and issuance costs, redemption value 10,100
                                                                                                  9,606,000      
        shareholders’ equity:
                                                                                                        
        shareholders’ equity
                                                                                                  167,810,000 167,472,000 166,939,000 184,344,000 181,546,000 190,098,000 
        less: notes receivable from shareholders
                                                                                                  -1,355,000 -1,506,000 -1,509,000 -1,736,000 -2,249,000 -2,850,000 
        total shareholders’ equity
                                                                                                  166,455,000 165,966,000 165,430,000 182,608,000 179,297,000 187,248,000 
        total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
                                                                                                  369,013,000 353,759,000 352,238,000 359,632,000 377,574,000 386,173,000 
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 7,475 and 7,767
                                                                                                   48,368,000     
        other intangibles, net of accumulated amortization of 5,067 and 4,103
                                                                                                   267,000     
        compensation and benefits
                                                                                                   33,056,000 25,070,000 25,943,000 48,774,000  
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 8,550 and 7,767
                                                                                                    51,583,000    
        other intangibles, net of accumulated amortization of 4,741 and 4,103
                                                                                                    393,000    
        deferred financing costs, investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and other
                                                                                                    8,207,000 8,529,000   
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 7,963 and 7,767
                                                                                                     55,153,000   
        other intangibles, net of accumulated amortization of 4,463 and 4,103
                                                                                                     471,000   
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 7,767 and 12,937
                                                                                                      54,960,000  
        investment in unconsolidated subsidiaries
                                                                                                      2,172,000  
        goodwill, net of accumulated amortization of 15,101 and 17,718
                                                                                                      85,346,000 83,336,000 
        other intangibles, net of accumulated amortization of 4,103 and 3,154
                                                                                                      396,000  
        marketable securities, other investments and other assets
                                                                                                      2,675,000  
        receivables due from clients, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 10,375 and 13,319
                                                                                                       59,726,000 
        property and equipment:
                                                                                                        
        computer equipment and software
                                                                                                       49,923,000 
        furniture and fixtures
                                                                                                       22,127,000 
        leasehold improvements
                                                                                                       23,373,000 
        automobiles
                                                                                                       1,016,000 
        property and equipment: - sum
                                                                                                       96,439,000 
        less—accumulated depreciation and amortization
                                                                                                       -52,143,000 
        marketable securities and other investments
                                                                                                       5,008,000 
        intangibles, net of accumulated amortization of 3,693 and 3,154
                                                                                                       875,000 
        compensation and related taxes
                                                                                                       36,210,000 
        deferred compensation
                                                                                                       43,764,000 
        non-controlling shareholders’ interest
                                                                                                       4,453,000 
        deficit
                                                                                                       -89,581,000 
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2026-04-30 2026-01-31 2025-10-31 2025-07-31 2025-04-30 2025-01-31 2024-10-31 2024-07-31 2024-04-30 2024-01-31 2023-10-31 2023-07-31 2023-04-30 2023-01-31 2022-10-31 2022-07-31 2022-04-30 2022-01-31 2021-10-31 2021-07-31 2021-04-30 2021-01-31 2020-10-31 2020-07-31 2020-04-30 2020-01-31 2019-10-31 2019-07-31 2019-04-30 2019-01-31 2018-10-31 2018-07-31 2018-04-30 2018-01-31 2017-10-31 2017-07-31 2017-04-30 2017-01-31 2016-10-31 2016-07-31 2016-04-30 2016-01-31 2015-10-31 2015-07-31 2015-04-30 2015-01-31 2014-10-31 2014-07-31 2014-04-30 2014-01-31 2013-10-31 2013-07-31 2013-04-30 2013-01-31 2012-10-31 2012-07-31 2012-04-30 2012-01-31 2011-10-31 2011-07-31 2011-04-30 2011-01-31 2010-10-31 2010-07-31 2010-04-30 2010-01-31 2009-10-31 2009-07-31 2009-04-30 2009-01-31 2008-10-31 2008-07-31 2008-04-30 2008-01-31 2007-10-31 2007-07-31 2007-04-30 2007-01-31 2006-10-31 2006-07-31 2006-04-30 2006-01-31 2005-10-31 2005-07-31 2005-04-30 2005-01-31 2004-10-31 2004-07-31 2004-04-30 2004-01-31 2003-10-31 2003-07-31 2003-04-30 2003-01-31 2002-10-31 2002-07-31 2002-04-30 
                                                                                                         
          cash flows from operating activities:
                                                                                                         
          net income
        73,825,000 66,139,000 73,422,000 67,434,000 65,138,000 59,339,000 62,343,000 64,256,000 65,612,000 59,720,000 44,000 47,185,000 48,134,000 11,769,000 74,615,000 78,536,000 93,059,000 85,057,000 76,332,000 76,397,000 66,751,000 51,588,000 28,078,000 -30,855,000 -621,000 20,956,000 43,032,000 43,650,000 50,627,000 45,444,000 47,317,000 -38,592,000 42,309,000 27,427,000 36,732,000 29,429,000 27,736,000 24,378,000 31,056,000 4,068,000 6,375,000 -15,995,000 17,971,000 23,082,000 25,482,000 22,939,000 25,403,000 14,533,000 21,211,000 21,304,000 18,759,000 11,417,000 12,197,000 9,482,000 1,196,000 10,418,000 12,028,000 11,717,000 15,147,000 15,411,000 20,339,000 13,975,000 13,656,000 10,904,000 8,916,000 7,910,000 2,745,000 -14,273,000 -17,200,000 -22,356,000 13,560,000 15,904,000 15,746,000 16,256,000 17,109,000 17,100,000 13,539,000 14,730,000 13,566,000 13,663,000 20,300,000 16,613,000 10,904,000 11,613,000 11,715,000 9,824,000 8,710,000 8,371,000         -13,272,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                                         
          depreciation and amortization
        21,591,000 22,994,000 31,573,000 22,686,000 20,531,000 20,490,000 19,688,000 19,578,000 19,891,000 19,509,000 19,554,000 19,012,000 17,976,000 17,037,000 17,093,000 16,229,000 16,140,000 16,104,000 15,633,000 15,644,000 15,777,000 15,735,000 15,298,000 15,035,000 14,956,000 14,863,000 12,715,000 12,777,000 11,999,000 11,741,000 11,018,000 11,731,000 11,707,000 12,225,000 12,447,000 12,209,000 12,290,000 11,774,000 11,752,000 11,444,000 11,287,000 10,330,000 7,180,000 7,423,000 7,234,000 6,814,000 6,779,000 6,770,000 7,315,000 6,333,000 6,580,000 5,944,000 5,877,000 5,088,000 4,297,000 3,742,000 3,650,000 3,523,000 3,475,000 3,369,000 3,320,000 3,239,000 3,144,000 2,968,000 3,049,000 2,755,000 2,860,000 2,829,000 2,946,000 2,925,000 2,880,000 2,832,000 2,740,000 2,812,000 2,539,000 2,350,000 2,066,000 2,557,000 2,368,000 2,289,000 2,405,000 2,177,000 2,219,000 2,201,000 1,713,000 2,341,000 2,140,000 2,242,000          
          stock-based compensation expense
        11,994,000 12,153,000 12,526,000 11,009,000 14,497,000 11,301,000 11,380,000 10,783,000 9,710,000 10,307,000 11,225,000 8,728,000 9,375,000 9,484,000 9,669,000 7,757,000 7,235,000 7,326,000 7,491,000 7,158,000 6,947,000 7,015,000 7,230,000 5,965,000 5,830,000 5,468,000 6,058,000 5,462,000 5,357,000 5,659,000 6,655,000 5,714,000 5,669,000 5,517,000 5,587,000 4,696,000 4,857,000 4,581,000 4,605,000 4,915,000 5,356,000 4,526,000 5,322,000 3,691,000 3,521,000 3,419,000 3,640,000 3,319,000 3,287,000 3,027,000 2,832,000 2,960,000 3,086,000 2,551,000 3,073,000 3,196,000 3,486,000 3,316,000 3,427,000 3,170,000 3,772,000 3,969,000 3,991,000 3,815,000 4,457,000 4,024,000 4,752,000 4,496,000 3,905,000 3,868,000                            
          provision for doubtful accounts
        2,285,000 4,792,000 4,392,000 4,793,000 7,758,000 4,491,000 3,317,000 5,110,000 3,511,000 5,417,000 5,822,000 5,965,000 5,768,000 5,707,000 5,472,000 5,546,000 6,523,000 5,400,000 5,030,000 4,599,000 4,202,000 3,568,000 3,367,000 4,626,000 3,686,000 3,808,000 3,601,000 3,549,000 3,248,000 3,541,000 3,764,000 3,707,000 3,742,000 2,973,000 3,890,000 3,070,000 4,614,000 3,222,000 2,574,000 2,577,000 1,914,000 2,267,000 2,321,000 2,068,000 2,097,000 1,874,000 1,859,000 1,911,000 2,096,000 2,657,000 1,645,000 1,442,000 1,930,000 1,673,000 1,758,000 1,387,000 191,000 1,572,000 2,012,000 1,957,000 1,667,000 1,709,000 2,448,000 1,826,000 -170,000 2,066,000 788,000 656,000 1,904,000 2,352,000 3,232,000 1,639,000 967,000 2,812,000 3,464,000 3,056,000 -214,000 2,693,000 2,308,000 1,796,000 1,682,000 922,000 2,052,000 1,819,000 -899,000 2,194,000 2,124,000 2,062,000 -265,000 1,466,000 1,146,000 687,000 1,333,000 391,000 2,066,000 2,056,000 1,344,000 
          gain on marketable securities
        -5,851,000 -7,103,000 -6,661,000 -12,324,000 10,887,000   -14,185,000    -12,796,000    -58,000  7,675,000 -4,799,000 -5,242,000  -15,151,000 -475,000 -11,550,000    -1,945,000 -6,804,000   -4,001,000  -7,225,000 -3,368,000 -3,429,000    -3,915,000    -665,000 -4,501,000 199,000 -2,509,000 -2,018,000 -1,920,000 -1,209,000                                                
          gain on modification of office lease
                                                                                                       
          gain on cash surrender value of life insurance policies
        -2,991,000 -3,496,000 -2,501,000 -2,569,000 -4,344,000 -2,464,000 -2,543,000 -2,246,000 -2,359,000 -2,497,000 -1,981,000 -1,966,000 -3,137,000 -2,549,000 -2,861,000 -2,029,000 -1,922,000 -1,713,000 -1,653,000 -531,000 -4,442,000 -4,676,000 -1,794,000 -2,105,000 -757,000 -1,585,000 -1,871,000 -2,338,000 -1,613,000 -1,544,000 -1,656,000 -1,347,000 -1,756,000 -1,793,000 -1,742,000 -2,485,000 -1,602,000 -144,000 -674,000 -2,498,000 -2,183,000 1,494,000 -801,000 -2,494,000 -2,011,000 -3,004,000 -2,231,000 -3,263,000 -1,810,000 -1,845,000 -3,296,000 -1,291,000 -2,266,000 -2,058,000 -1,507,000 -671,000 -2,884,000 -2,209,000 -142,000 -1,033,000  -1,413,000 -2,775,000 -207,000          2,037,000 -3,082,000 -863,000  -1,538,000 -2,092,000 -60,000  -1,787,000 -412,000 -1,990,000  -2,242,000            
          deferred income taxes
        20,510,000 -6,665,000 11,477,000 6,499,000 -12,368,000 -9,309,000 5,597,000 9,676,000 -13,491,000 -20,043,000 -6,709,000 7,934,000 -5,321,000 -8,265,000 -4,648,000 3,831,000 -14,259,000 -5,710,000 -1,581,000 4,587,000 -11,079,000 -8,132,000 999,000 4,072,000 -7,356,000 -8,376,000 4,428,000 1,974,000 -4,604,000 -3,354,000 2,726,000 -22,564,000 -11,937,000 -2,429,000 -760,000 8,562,000 -1,223,000 1,979,000 423,000 5,410,000 -21,972,000 -3,757,000 1,692,000 5,124,000 -1,365,000 -1,595,000 -2,215,000 4,859,000 2,679,000 970,000 593,000 3,356,000 -9,076,000 3,726,000 -1,678,000 6,852,000 -7,025,000 12,006,000 157,000 1,374,000 4,004,000 -3,735,000 -1,254,000 6,939,000 -9,982,000 -3,768,000 -4,072,000 -3,040,000 -14,652,000 4,741,000 1,183,000 4,374,000  -1,533,000 -2,366,000 -4,244,000  -1,470,000 -1,379,000 -3,438,000  -1,395,000 -1,027,000 -3,139,000  -2,849,000            
          impairment of right-of-use assets
               1,629,000                                                                                     
          impairment of fixed assets
               1,452,000 123,000                                                                                   
          change in other assets and liabilities:
                                                                                                         
          deferred compensation
        18,055,000 15,064,000 -18,117,000 27,763,000 1,602,000 18,843,000 -1,921,000 22,938,000 15,793,000 33,743,000 -11,587,000 27,453,000 9,664,000 23,756,000 -4,598,000 23,469,000 -4,995,000 1,853,000 12,478,000 17,861,000 18,781,000 22,554,000 3,338,000 19,332,000 -3,150,000 11,829,000 3,165,000 11,652,000 12,992,000 7,132,000 -4,667,000 3,021,000 2,073,000 13,027,000 4,272,000 8,288,000 6,890,000 6,782,000 -938,000 -5,866,000 -891,000 -2,390,000 496,000 -1,820,000 7,284,000 -2,724,000 3,855,000 1,715,000 3,671,000 1,143,000 5,936,000 1,436,000 7,235,000 4,354,000 3,026,000 -6,138,000 5,853,000 1,608,000 -1,759,000 -1,915,000 6,958,000 -2,457,000 3,239,000 3,976,000 7,828,000 -8,595,000 2,745,000 13,850,000 1,967,000 -823,000 -9,663,000 5,434,000 1,575,000 -1,000 4,442,000 8,343,000 6,160,000 3,124,000 3,177,000 7,109,000 2,492,000 2,890,000 1,692,000 5,582,000 -283,000 2,341,000 1,552,000 940,000 862,000 -439,000 1,142,000 1,659,000 1,252,000 1,177,000 1,026,000 1,683,000 1,042,000 
          accounts payable and accrued liabilities
        101,943,000 142,390,000 68,619,000 -276,906,000 125,779,000 87,077,000 57,285,000 -272,117,000 92,847,000 69,023,000 104,909,000 -321,491,000 100,775,000 107,133,000 66,560,000 -302,289,000 120,974,000 127,325,000 116,668,000 -173,520,000 100,128,000 75,181,000 71,159,000 -123,781,000 53,900,000 73,533,000 42,265,000 -175,709,000 61,474,000 43,468,000 58,861,000 -135,405,000 81,650,000 50,520,000 42,945,000 -109,034,000 51,311,000 39,242,000 8,733,000 -93,866,000 48,046,000 39,903,000 27,650,000 -96,737,000 44,689,000 29,360,000 21,377,000 -77,636,000 45,820,000 28,212,000 17,872,000 -62,800,000 30,955,000 18,535,000 33,498,000 -74,494,000 37,076,000 6,427,000 14,166,000 -75,655,000 31,587,000 16,245,000 33,441,000 -41,164,000 31,908,000 8,091,000 7,461,000 -48,243,000 10,470,000 2,611,000 1,923,000 -97,240,000 55,547,000 49,070,000 35,928,000 -92,743,000 47,903,000 29,527,000 20,711,000 -53,813,000 35,532,000 22,202,000 12,427,000 -54,691,000 29,775,000 20,225,000 18,112,000 -19,059,000 15,492,000 11,350,000 4,165,000 -20,452,000 14,926,000 893,000 2,296,000 -28,781,000 14,647,000 
          receivables due from clients
        51,178,000 -24,302,000 -11,333,000 -39,900,000 2,690,000 11,176,000 -9,994,000 -37,115,000 45,192,000 -2,926,000 -5,697,000 -28,697,000 69,222,000 36,008,000 -19,400,000 -52,347,000 17,222,000 13,188,000 -100,250,000 -68,787,000 -4,487,000 -16,623,000 -63,603,000 17,382,000 71,410,000 23,298,000 -29,106,000 -31,450,000 13,707,000 8,204,000 -36,266,000 -16,270,000 9,107,000 -3,444,000 -35,607,000 -23,413,000 -6,823,000 14,461,000 -21,378,000 -28,586,000 15,669,000 13,997,000 -33,230,000 -13,058,000 13,931,000 8,358,000 -11,190,000 -28,312,000 12,900,000 5,608,000 -18,715,000 -22,111,000 1,432,000 5,561,000 -10,838,000 -12,166,000                                          
          income taxes and other receivables
        -9,852,000 12,642,000 -15,764,000 -8,539,000 19,058,000 731,000 -5,075,000 -9,003,000 22,381,000 -921,000 -7,627,000 -164,000 824,000 -14,219,000 -9,789,000 -2,431,000 9,791,000 -4,234,000 -4,115,000 2,527,000 5,881,000 13,672,000 -10,866,000 -2,889,000 3,000 7,044,000 -10,292,000 -3,176,000 2,551,000 -1,487,000 8,156,000 -7,811,000                                                                  
          prepaid expenses and other assets
        -5,212,000 1,764,000 3,324,000 -16,825,000 3,718,000 2,768,000 8,534,000 -7,023,000 -81,000 4,364,000 3,517,000 -8,039,000 -8,458,000 6,783,000 7,391,000 -11,600,000 -872,000 -2,332,000 3,995,000 -10,325,000 -2,011,000 2,244,000 3,999,000 -8,134,000 8,235,000 -1,051,000 1,705,000 -9,845,000 331,000 4,847,000 -970,000 -4,356,000 -1,624,000 3,400,000 -4,284,000 -10,983,000 397,000 -698,000 1,882,000 -10,066,000 250,000 890,000 -2,581,000 -4,869,000 195,000 1,198,000 371,000 -2,909,000 -145,000 1,263,000 1,604,000 -3,977,000 1,785,000 662,000 217,000 -1,914,000 -280,000                                         
          unearned compensation
        11,179,000 10,701,000 -16,043,000 -20,236,000 4,349,000 13,565,000 -10,982,000 -16,386,000 12,197,000 10,533,000 6,906,000 -21,713,000 3,774,000 13,915,000 -6,700,000 915,000 9,541,000 11,989,000 -7,681,000 -37,274,000 2,276,000 -1,581,000 -9,313,000 -24,317,000 17,693,000 9,183,000 -11,758,000 -14,818,000 7,798,000 6,006,000 -3,640,000 -17,463,000                                                                  
          income taxes payable
        -4,298,000 11,000 -414,000 125,000 2,015,000 5,107,000 -11,507,000 -964,000 -793,000 3,026,000 -3,094,000 3,478,000 2,188,000 -10,910,000 -10,469,000 3,887,000 7,490,000 7,093,000 -7,368,000 5,536,000 11,298,000 -1,158,000 -555,000 -11,409,000 2,690,000 4,695,000 -4,228,000 -1,911,000 745,000 5,366,000 -7,332,000 1,434,000 14,222,000 8,758,000 2,996,000 6,463,000 3,628,000 2,480,000 -1,634,000 -4,346,000 5,142,000 -5,516,000 3,263,000 -1,990,000 -4,195,000 -226,000 194,000 -4,967,000 139,000 3,623,000 1,757,000 2,014,000 -90,000 325,000 474,000 -4,108,000 1,387,000 526,000 2,415,000 -270,000 -7,152,000 3,301,000 3,189,000 -1,024,000 2,293,000 -5,979,000 4,905,000 1,625,000 1,045,000 -13,553,000 -4,181,000 -2,220,000 -7,032,000 -7,269,000 -7,963,000 16,982,000 -6,135,000 4,185,000 4,363,000 2,765,000 -9,048,000 4,184,000 1,915,000 4,515,000 -1,701,000 6,532,000            
          other
        12,328,000 -13,624,000 822,000 -377,000 -5,497,000 -3,270,000 613,000 -487,000 -1,507,000 -1,429,000 2,037,000 -1,128,000 240,000 -1,342,000 1,084,000 -1,302,000 -90,000 -5,020,000 -1,466,000 825,000 -1,541,000 2,119,000 5,350,000 4,366,000 2,286,000 136,000 -717,000 209,000 160,000 351,000 -3,400,000 -1,816,000 3,089,000 -4,759,000 -13,358,000 -21,986,000 1,090,000 -1,384,000 5,128,000 -7,137,000 7,368,000 4,962,000 -3,837,000 -10,368,000 -1,734,000 -2,738,000 -759,000 -3,735,000 1,026,000 310,000 1,296,000 -5,794,000 2,597,000 652,000 1,994,000 -1,070,000 2,120,000 4,195,000 3,794,000 -2,867,000 433,000 -191,000 -1,002,000 -139,000 -1,757,000 -1,410,000 -3,323,000 -1,066,000 20,133,000 1,995,000 -480,000 -71,000 -3,730,000 316,000 -2,672,000 79,000 -904,000 -663,000 -1,520,000 -145,000 -390,000 -945,000 223,000 309,000 1,186,000 -34,000 -3,068,000 -604,000 381,000 -738,000 -948,000 -438,000 -2,219,000 2,524,000 4,960,000 1,292,000  
          net cash from operating activities
        296,684,000 233,460,000 121,415,000 -237,367,000 255,813,000 213,736,000 121,998,000 -227,185,000 261,856,000 164,001,000 132,591,000 -274,487,000 251,110,000 191,502,000 133,168,000 -231,886,000 280,181,000 264,001,000 118,021,000 -160,545,000 197,128,000 146,355,000 52,212,000 -144,262,000 179,212,000 161,235,000   157,848,000 133,146,000 85,303,000 -117,492,000 159,533,000 115,752,000 53,413,000 -109,573,000 92,373,000 102,323,000 47,406,000 -136,038,000 81,452,000 56,070,000 16,752,000 -90,193,000 89,191,000 70,100,000 38,032,000 -90,047,000 96,406,000 68,683,000 31,722,000 -67,329,000   31,197,000 -74,530,000 67,052,000 39,143,000 47,763,000 -82,983,000 68,992,000 34,333,000 33,105,000 -40,796,000 39,916,000 -1,972,000 -2,416,000 -66,374,000 38,125,000 29,117,000 24,800,000 -88,871,000 85,806,000 67,075,000 30,016,000 -73,386,000 71,639,000 44,373,000 33,413,000 -47,094,000 64,587,000 34,757,000 27,742,000 -46,630,000 49,677,000 31,928,000 27,886,000 -21,708,000 28,895,000 13,365,000 10,848,000 -22,149,000 15,762,000 12,881,000 2,612,000 -6,760,000 17,057,000 
          capital expenditures
        -24,816,000 -21,731,000 -20,753,000 -22,599,000 -20,293,000 -17,384,000 -14,310,000 -10,497,000 -11,860,000 -11,749,000 -15,879,000 -15,659,000 -16,333,000 -17,182,000 -20,221,000 -16,646,000 -16,747,000 -13,671,000 -9,978,000 -9,010,000 -8,280,000 -7,513,000 -6,542,000 -8,787,000 -7,707,000 -9,936,000   -9,796,000 -12,321,000 -11,402,000 -13,163,000 -10,867,000 -10,320,000 -11,284,000 -9,529,000 -8,472,000 -9,294,000 -17,243,000 -15,079,000 -8,471,000 -7,028,000 -5,160,000 -5,485,000 -6,255,000 -4,300,000 -4,715,000 -6,590,000 -11,252,000 -5,836,000 -6,288,000 -5,183,000   -3,595,000 -3,011,000 -5,030,000 -4,839,000 -3,556,000 -5,207,000 -5,505,000 -5,121,000 -5,579,000 -11,684,000 -2,905,000 -1,654,000 -1,538,000 -1,185,000 -1,647,000 -3,886,000 -3,519,000 -2,895,000 -4,127,000 -4,799,000 -4,975,000 -3,075,000 -5,859,000 -2,298,000 -3,245,000 -2,706,000 -3,107,000 -2,801,000 -2,555,000 -2,847,000 -2,220,000 -2,518,000 -1,788,000 -999,000 -746,000 -233,000 -335,000 -613,000 -2,797,000 -381,000 -87,000 -190,000 -207,000 
          free cash flows
        271,868,000 211,729,000 100,662,000 -259,966,000 235,520,000 196,352,000 107,688,000 -237,682,000 249,996,000 152,252,000 116,712,000 -290,146,000 234,777,000 174,320,000 112,947,000 -248,532,000 263,434,000 250,330,000 108,043,000 -169,555,000 188,848,000 138,842,000 45,670,000 -153,049,000 171,505,000 151,299,000   148,052,000 120,825,000 73,901,000 -130,655,000 148,666,000 105,432,000 42,129,000 -119,102,000 83,901,000 93,029,000 30,163,000 -151,117,000 72,981,000 49,042,000 11,592,000 -95,678,000 82,936,000 65,800,000 33,317,000 -96,637,000 85,154,000 62,847,000 25,434,000 -72,512,000   27,602,000 -77,541,000 62,022,000 34,304,000 44,207,000 -88,190,000 63,487,000 29,212,000 27,526,000 -52,480,000 37,011,000 -3,626,000 -3,954,000 -67,559,000 36,478,000 25,231,000 21,281,000 -91,766,000 81,679,000 62,276,000 25,041,000 -76,461,000 65,780,000 42,075,000 30,168,000 -49,800,000 61,480,000 31,956,000 25,187,000 -49,477,000 47,457,000 29,410,000 26,098,000 -22,707,000 28,149,000 13,132,000 10,513,000 -22,762,000 12,965,000 12,500,000 2,525,000 -6,950,000 16,850,000 
          cash flows from investing activities:
                                                                                                         
          purchase of property and equipment
        -24,816,000 -21,731,000 -20,753,000 -22,599,000 -20,293,000 -17,384,000 -14,310,000 -10,497,000 -11,860,000 -11,749,000 -15,879,000 -15,659,000 -16,333,000 -17,182,000 -20,221,000 -16,646,000 -16,747,000 -13,671,000 -9,978,000 -9,010,000 -8,280,000 -7,513,000 -6,542,000 -8,787,000 -7,707,000 -9,936,000 -13,111,000 -10,706,000 -9,796,000 -12,321,000 -11,402,000 -13,163,000 -10,867,000 -10,320,000 -11,284,000 -9,529,000 -8,472,000 -9,294,000 -17,243,000 -15,079,000 -8,471,000 -7,028,000 -5,160,000 -5,485,000 -6,255,000 -4,300,000 -4,715,000 -6,590,000 -11,252,000 -5,836,000 -6,288,000 -5,183,000 -3,719,000 -2,776,000 -3,595,000 -3,011,000 -5,030,000 -4,839,000 -3,556,000 -5,207,000 -5,505,000 -5,121,000 -5,579,000 -11,684,000 -2,905,000 -1,654,000 -1,538,000 -1,185,000 -1,647,000 -3,886,000 -3,519,000 -2,895,000 -4,127,000 -4,799,000 -4,975,000 -3,075,000 -5,859,000 -2,298,000 -3,245,000 -2,706,000 -3,107,000 -2,801,000 -2,555,000 -2,847,000 -2,220,000 -2,518,000 -1,788,000 -999,000 -746,000 -233,000 -335,000 -613,000 -2,797,000 -381,000 -87,000 -190,000 -207,000 
          proceeds from sales/maturities of marketable securities
        7,150,000 13,399,000 18,915,000 13,543,000 8,493,000 8,127,000 16,950,000 8,351,000 7,862,000 8,407,000 11,723,000 18,008,000 12,181,000 16,511,000 21,574,000 15,612,000 25,539,000 28,208,000 15,617,000 23,108,000 16,290,000 21,050,000 17,794,000 14,549,000 44,691,000 229,000 1,417,000 1,599,000 224,000 4,634,000 683,000 8,240,000 127,000 242,000 539,000 1,734,000 282,000 28,394,000 375,000 13,764,000 229,000 5,077,000 8,396,000 16,364,000 8,829,000 3,301,000 1,420,000 7,812,000 1,052,000 4,512,000 4,732,000 34,179,000 3,733,000 17,015,000 11,322,000 19,441,000 7,715,000 12,616,000 3,971,000 18,879,000                                      
          purchase of marketable securities
        -7,297,000 -9,608,000 -10,387,000 -9,630,000 -7,537,000 -8,024,000 -12,711,000 -11,181,000 -5,054,000 -11,134,000   -1,445,000 -12,777,000 -39,308,000 -12,701,000 -15,244,000 -27,504,000 -26,566,000 -48,442,000 -14,485,000 -21,356,000 -19,216,000 -44,482,000 -35,255,000 -2,226,000 -1,600,000 -804,000 -133,000 -7,143,000 -1,396,000 -2,000,000 -724,000 -2,138,000 -4,600,000 -1,010,000 -4,096,000 -5,430,000 -121,000 -1,266,000 -19,894,000 -9,116,000 -91,000 -611,000 -17,822,000 -4,319,000 -4,355,000 -496,000 -2,637,000 -20,662,000 -6,178,000 -11,443,000 -11,761,000 -21,055,000 -6,224,000 -18,648,000 -8,318,000 -22,528,000                -11,022,000 -16,000 -4,208,000 -1,070,000 -5,576,000 -288,000 -644,000 -1,722,000 -7,544,000 -247,000 -1,476,000 1,174,000 -7,266,000          
          premium on company-owned life insurance policies
        -208,000 -14,663,000 -10,000 -13,502,000 -227,000 -14,699,000 -12,000 -13,502,000 -232,000 -14,702,000 -13,000 -238,000 -221,000 -14,709,000 -13,000 -276,000 -928,000 -13,995,000 -18,000 -277,000 -987,000 -14,005,000 -14,000 -347,000 -251,000 -15,093,000 -14,000 -341,000 -250,000 -860,000 -33,354,000 -398,000  -917,000 -19,000 -403,000  -917,000 -19,000 -401,000   -15,000 -404,000                                                      
          proceeds from life insurance policies
        124,000 867,000 2,481,000 7,000 6,747,000 519,000 93,000 6,940,000 9,332,000 1,680,000 1,646,000 1,000,000 50,000 219,000 886,000 2,277,000 10,341,000 7,775,000 591,000 281,000 326,000 1,673,000 660,000 2,455,000 4,432,000 85,000 180,000 4,204,000 971,000     703,000 894,000 1,659,000 6,111,000 175,000 1,801,000                                                  
          cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired
                   -155,428,000   -42,942,000                                                 -8,252,000 267,000 -10,251,000     -505,000 -955,000 -2,800,000  -2,547,000                    
          dividends received from unconsolidated subsidiaries
                  150,000 60,000 80,000 115,000    60,000 120,000 166,000    180,000 60,000 109,000 225,000 230,000 243,000 1,324,000 806,000 1,338,000 318,000 170,000 1,440,000 510,000 1,479,000 418,000 1,529,000 140,000 1,017,000 339,000 252,000 801,000 157,000 1,153,000 1,458,000 341,000 141,000 1,755,000 139,000 888,000 251,000 1,542,000 123,000 513,000 190,000 1,296,000                
          net cash from investing activities
        -25,047,000 -31,736,000 -9,754,000 -32,181,000 -12,817,000 -76,422,000 -9,524,000 -26,736,000 -9,284,000 -22,238,000 -33,749,000 11,443,000 -158,121,000 -15,179,000 -109,759,000 -40,418,000 -47,779,000 -105,283,000 -20,917,000 -10,353,000 -31,078,000 -6,973,000 -10,118,000 -13,210,000 -7,689,000 -168,256,000 -13,608,000 -9,209,000 -9,966,000 -6,085,000 -46,784,000 -6,632,000 -12,655,000 -7,515,000 -12,902,000 -11,767,000 -8,234,000 18,408,000 -20,983,000 -9,796,000 -7,229,000 -254,500,000 -16,673,000 3,824,000 -13,104,000 4,901,000 -20,970,000 -1,397,000 -14,281,000 -1,385,000 -4,212,000 -3,714,000 -6,453,000 -67,142,000 -38,486,000 -4,630,000 -4,613,000 -10,685,000 -8,596,000 -9,133,000 -15,257,000 -12,337,000 -30,679,000 -22,858,000 -3,464,000 -6,600,000 -2,759,000 -10,621,000 -2,763,000 -10,326,000 -4,053,000 -10,638,000 1,585,000   -16,437,000 -6,277,000 -8,582,000 -25,471,000 -8,192,000 -3,513,000 -3,221,000 -4,054,000 -10,953,000 -1,389,000 -4,856,000 -672,000 -9,007,000 5,565,000 1,610,000 1,492,000 -2,220,000 -3,377,000 -4,277,000 -174,000 -2,569,000 -218,000 
          cash flows from financing activities:
                                                                                                         
          dividends paid to shareholders
        -28,277,000 -25,023,000   -25,056,000 -19,314,000   -17,485,000 -17,617,000   -8,031,000 -8,066,000 -8,171,000 -8,703,000 -6,572,000 -6,665,000 -6,683,000 -6,866,000 -5,544,000 -5,540,000 -5,607,000 -5,807,000 -5,506,000 -5,583,000 -5,628,000 -6,081,000 -5,701,000 -6,015,000 -5,716,000 -6,027,000 -5,713,000 -5,705,000 -5,714,000 -5,823,000 -5,772,000 -5,796,000 -5,841,000 -5,909,000 -5,774,000 -5,770,000 -5,174,000 -5,115,000                                                      
          repurchases of common stock
        -78,085,000 -19,274,000 -8,053,000 -10,298,000 -14,899,000 -17,767,000 -32,665,000 -23,488,000 -23,034,000 -20,601,000 -4,389,000 -5,138,000 -13,007,000 -25,565,000 -32,506,000 -24,385,000 -67,309,000 -19,563,000 -6,922,000 -2,464,000 -7,617,000   -24,391,000 -6,126,000 -49,191,000 -12,738,000 -14,627,000   -503,000 -3,307,000 -25,235,000 -4,026,000 -12,503,000                                                             
          payments of tax withholdings on restricted stock
        -135,000 -30,000 -337,000 -18,704,000 -298,000 -69,000 -359,000 -16,625,000 -123,000 -58,000 -376,000 -10,175,000 -96,000 -76,000 -190,000 -21,870,000 -288,000 -186,000 -431,000 -17,627,000 -277,000 -162,000 -108,000 -4,442,000 -131,000 -137,000 -134,000 -8,591,000 -201,000 -7,313,000 -130,000 -13,054,000  -196,000 -115,000 -3,346,000  -200,000                                                            
          proceeds from issuance of common stock in connection with an employee stock purchase plan
        3,358,000 4,158,000 3,620,000 4,248,000                                                                                          
          dividends paid to noncontrolling interest
                        -145,000    -557,000                                                                             
          principal payments on finance leases
        -573,000 -509,000 -490,000 -499,000 -420,000 -396,000 -403,000 -412,000 -415,000 -423,000 -556,000 -382,000 -411,000 -414,000 -402,000 -412,000 -297,000 -268,000 -303,000 -289,000 -300,000 -360,000 -333,000 -331,000 -407,000 -499,000 -495,000 -432,000                                                                      
          payments on life insurance policy loans
        -381,000    -3,608,000      -516,000 -1,582,000 -612,000 -50,000 -114,000   -4,402,000 -7,281,000 -596,000 -943,000 -965,000 -1,784,000   -90,000 -50,000 -414,000     -100,000 -1,151,000 -2,596,000 -705,000                     -403,000 -367,000            627,000 -3,583,000 -308,000 -7,371,000 -4,396,000        
          net cash from financing activities
        -107,451,000 -43,198,000 -36,224,000 -51,552,000 -44,281,000 -35,394,000 -54,978,000 -56,077,000 -41,057,000 -36,627,000 -18,023,000 -20,626,000 -22,061,000 -34,056,000 -45,014,000 -51,049,000 -74,611,000 -24,777,000 -14,403,000 -23,653,000 -11,080,000 -18,625,000 -29,376,000 -7,805,000 -30,435,000 105,537,000 -6,494,000 -24,927,000 -6,866,000 -30,319,000 -6,853,000 -20,587,000 -12,700,000 -11,513,000 -37,779,000 -15,266,000 -24,736,000 -19,376,000 -18,068,000 126,622,000 -13,731,000 143,072,000 -4,493,000 -6,396,000 -4,355,000 -2,361,000 573,000 -1,792,000  4,138,000 2,050,000 -26,000   864,000 -2,327,000 864,000 310,000   6,374,000 7,714,000 -1,023,000 -7,116,000 3,151,000 2,222,000 -1,314,000 4,037,000 -889,000 81,000 -4,580,000 -294,000 119,000 -5,612,000 -35,433,000 -464,000 -27,308,000 9,718,000 10,165,000 -18,594,000 -15,187,000 9,793,000 1,376,000 5,172,000 3,635,000 5,580,000 -498,000 8,377,000 -4,409,000 -2,568,000   865,000 380,000 -658,000 5,021,000 -8,368,000 
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
        -7,106,000 18,260,000 1,287,000 -1,009,000 28,951,000 -17,472,000 3,978,000 2,369,000 -7,307,000 10,825,000 -22,192,000 1,855,000 1,198,000 35,731,000 -24,279,000 -14,933,000 -26,226,000 -12,827,000 -6,614,000 -6,923,000 1,680,000 20,262,000 -2,395,000 18,819,000 -15,552,000 769,000 2,067,000 -5,668,000 -4,165,000 5,088,000 -9,716,000 -10,408,000 -3,320,000 10,641,000 -2,126,000 7,743,000 174,000 -83,000 -2,395,000 -9,967,000 5,418,000 -8,043,000 -1,357,000 -11,559,000 4,655,000 -16,379,000 -8,018,000 -1,908,000 4,395,000 -6,280,000 2,642,000 -2,571,000 -2,345,000 997,000 2,969,000 -4,146,000 506,000 -2,741,000 -3,843,000 1,093,000 5,438,000 481,000 3,699,000 -2,447,000 3,819,000 -777,000 1,858,000 5,527,000                              
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
                        131,565,000    156,650,000            130,858,000    59,577,000        76,387,000    85,933,000                                45,258,000 41,419,000   49,792,000 33,122,000   31,196,000    14,282,000     
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
                                                                                                         
          cash and cash equivalents at end of the year
                                                                                                         
          supplemental cash flow information:
                                                                                                         
          cash used to pay interest
                                                                                                         
          cash used to pay income taxes, net of refunds
                                                                                                         
          dividends - noncontrolling interest
         -1,448,000    -1,468,000    -1,456,000    -1,588,000           -1,064,000   -1,565,000                                                                    
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
         176,786,000 76,724,000 -322,109,000  84,448,000 61,474,000 -307,629,000  115,961,000 58,627,000 -281,815,000  177,998,000 -45,884,000 -338,286,000   76,087,000 -201,474,000   10,323,000 -146,458,000  99,285,000 39,786,000 -201,723,000  101,830,000 21,950,000 -155,119,000   606,000 -128,863,000   5,960,000 -29,179,000  -63,401,000 -5,771,000 -104,324,000   9,617,000 -95,144,000   32,202,000 -73,640,000  -24,681,000 -3,456,000 -85,633,000  26,027,000 35,232,000 -89,919,000  30,191,000 5,102,000 -73,217,000  -7,127,000 -4,631,000 -67,431,000            -72,124,000    -53,118,000    -21,815,000   10,520,000 -28,802,000   1,704,000 -7,336,000  
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
         1,006,964,000  941,005,000  844,024,000  978,070,000  850,778,000  689,244,000  626,360,000  520,848,000  410,882,000  273,252,000  380,838,000  333,717,000  224,066,000  282,005,000  246,856,000  219,233,000  255,000,000                              
          cash and cash equivalents at end of the period
         176,786,000 76,724,000 684,855,000  84,448,000 61,474,000 633,376,000  115,961,000 58,627,000 562,209,000  177,998,000 -45,884,000 639,784,000 131,565,000 121,114,000 76,087,000 649,304,000 156,650,000 141,019,000 10,323,000 542,786,000 125,536,000 99,285,000 39,786,000 424,637,000 136,851,000 101,830,000 21,950,000 365,729,000                                      18,258,000 -6,721,000 205,949,000  56,746,000 -32,668,000 199,576,000  47,532,000 15,844,000 185,419,000  41,419,000 24,851,000 146,015,000  33,122,000 29,932,000 86,287,000  12,503,000 10,520,000 53,883,000  7,907,000 1,704,000 58,792,000  
          dividends paid to stockholders
           -26,209,000    -19,800,000    -9,627,000                                                                                      
          loss on marketable securities
                                            -3,752,000 -3,864,000   -5,571,000 7,086,000          -1,941,000                                              
          proceeds from issuance of common stock upon exercise of employee stock options and in connection with an employee stock purchase plan
                 3,651,000 4,696,000 3,235,000 4,371,000 3,326,000 3,593,000 2,335,000 3,371,000 3,371,000 4,313,000 1,000 3,166,000 4,105,000 2,901,000 3,984,000 140,000 2,367,000 184,000 2,430,000 66,000 1,481,000 112,000 2,379,000 816,000 293,000 405,000 1,479,000 1,432,000 3,519,000 2,032,000 1,822,000 791,000 324,000 846,000 173,000 972,000 268,000 22,000 3,109,000 2,069,000 6,010,000 512,000 1,493,000 566,000 1,969,000 372,000 3,619,000 129,000 996,000 723,000 1,761,000  2,249,000 851,000 14,077,000  6,070,000 7,582,000 5,964,000  8,761,000 2,571,000 5,502,000  7,244,000 1,351,000 7,378,000          
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used by operating activities:
                                                                                                         
          impairment of right of use assets
                                                                                                        
          impairment of right to use assets
                                                                                                         
          proceeds from long term debt
                                600,000,000 395,500,000                                                                       
          principal payments on long term debt
                                -600,000,000                                                                         
          payment of debt issuance costs
                                                                                                       
          payment of contingent consideration from acquisitions
                                -455,000 -455,000                    -15,000,000         -3,000,000 -800,000                                    
          tradename write-offs
                                      106,555,000                                                                  
          write-off of long-lived assets
                                                                                                        
          borrowings under life insurance policies
                                                              2,000 2,000 3,000 359,000 4,415,000 1,135,000 142,000 347,000 248,000 2,033,000 121,000 3,098,000 262,000 1,033,000 15,000 411,000 264,000 1,037,000 15,000 412,000 264,000 1,070,000 -35,000 312,000 294,000 1,040,000 18,000 416,000 523,000 1,998,000 79,000 1,514,000 2,186,000         
          cash paid for acquisition, net of cash acquired
                                             -2,880,000                                                          
          principal payments on term loan
                                                                                                        
          net cash used by operating activities
                                   -161,919,000                                                                      
          impairment of tradenames
                                                                                                        
          investment in unconsolidated subsidiaries
                                    -120,000 -62,000 -100,000 -29,000 -110,000 -97,000 -60,000 -30,000 -112,000 -113,000 -29,000 -79,000 -185,000 -181,000 -540,000 -725,000 -485,000 -778,000 -452,000 -466,000 -677,000 -470,000 -557,000 -465,000 -543,000 -593,000 -344,000 -630,000 -578,000 -293,000 -472,000 -507,000 -354,000 -534,000 -512,000 -462,000 548,000 -390,000 -226,000 -23,000 -49,000 1,408,000 -2,408,000 -1,316,000 -1,057,000 -867,000 -1,110,000 -1,146,000 -825,000 -947,000 -964,000 -932,000 -933,000 -755,000 -736,000 -736,000 -1,290,000 -304,000 304,000 -386,000 -108,000 -171,000 298,000 33,000 -171,000 155,000 -98,000 -511,000  
          principal payments on term loan facility
                                      -6,875,000 -5,156,000                                                                  
          change in other assets and liabilities, net of effect of acquisitions:
                                                                                                         
          cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired and earnout
                                                                                                         
          acquisition of mexico subsidiary, net of cash acquired
                                                                                                         
          premiums on company-owned life insurance policies
                                                -271,000     -938,000 -28,000 -419,000 -284,000                                                 
          proceeds from term loan facility
                                            275,000,000                                                         
          principal payment on term loan facility
                                        -5,156,000 -5,156,000 -5,157,000 -5,156,000 -5,156,000 -5,157,000 -5,156,000 -140,000,000 -7,500,000                                                         
          payment of contingent consideration from acquisition
                                        -485,000 -1,070,000                                                        
          payment of tax withholdings on restricted stock
                                                                                                         
          dividends – noncontrolling interest
                                        -1,101,000   26,000                                                             
          cash and cash equivalents at end of year
                                                                                                         
          income tax and other receivables
                                         11,652,000 3,723,000 -10,930,000  -373,000 5,217,000 -8,093,000  -1,546,000 -10,637,000 1,145,000  7,004,000 -6,090,000 152,000  -2,243,000 -156,000 2,481,000  -5,032,000 -2,009,000 235,000                                          
          cash and cash equivalents at end of period
                                         107,365,000 606,000 282,019,000  101,272,000 5,960,000 244,073,000  -63,401,000 -5,771,000 276,514,000  56,261,000 9,617,000 238,573,000  65,156,000 32,202,000 150,426,000  -24,681,000 -3,456,000 196,372,000  26,027,000 35,232,000 156,937,000  30,191,000 5,102,000 146,016,000  -7,127,000 -4,631,000 187,569,000                              
          acquisition of mexico subsidiary, cash acquired
                                                                                                         
          tax benefit related to stock-based compensation
                                            27,000 17,000 -299,000 332,000 178,000 74,000 592,000 4,064,000                                                      
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided (used) in operating activities:
                                                                                                         
          repurchases of common stock – repurchased program
                                                                                                         
          purchase of common stock
                                               -4,161,000 -701,000 -113,000 -23,000 -6,573,000 -196,000 -94,000 -17,000 -3,731,000 -223,000 -59,000 -22,000 -1,945,000 -165,000 -30,000 -144,000 -2,499,000 -98,000 -19,000 -84,000 -4,014,000 -427,000 -27,000 -2,266,000 -11,124,000 -1,483,000 -291,000 -132,000 -1,230,000 -49,000 -1,957,000 -5,446,000 -2,136,000 -1,545,000 -8,085,000 -36,681,000 -17,851,000 -31,685,000 -13,000 -53,000 -25,871,000 -18,713,000 -10,000 -1,216,000 -748,000 -1,145,000 -1,967,000 -374,000          
          acquisition of mexican subsidiary, cash acquired
                                                                                                         
          change in restricted cash
                                                        2,861,000                                             
          tax benefit from exercise of stock options
                                                    130,000 36,000 185,000 1,165,000 -1,408,000 678,000 40,000 97,000 91,000 42,000 162,000 -1,000 -12,000 59,000 -33,000 1,650,000 617,000    4,003,000 -1,489,000 -1,675,000 -1,450,000 -823,000 7,000 126,000 36,000 1,139,000 197,000 380,000 2,896,000 753,000 2,590,000 2,668,000 1,000,000 2,229,000 1,455,000 894,000 1,292,000 559,000 1,495,000 217,000 1,566,000         
          change in fair value of acquisition-related contingent consideration
                                                                  -3,041,000                                    
          purchase of intangible assets
                                                                                                      
          payment of purchase price held back from previous acquisition
                                                                                                       
          net cash provided (used in) by financing activities
                                                                                                         
          cash used to pay income taxes
                                                                                                         
          change in other assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisition:
                                                                                                         
          premiums on life insurance policies
                                                          -19,000 -419,000 -289,000 -1,012,000 -15,000 -423,000 -293,000 -1,011,000 -18,000 -417,000 -292,000 -1,047,000 -13,000 -350,000 -261,000 -1,011,000 -14,000 -425,000 -302,000 -1,040,000 -14,000 -425,000 -310,000 -1,041,000 -56,000 -428,000 -310,000 -1,071,000 -40,000 -423,000 -308,000 -1,072,000 -44,000 -429,000 -312,000 -862,000 -58,000 -662,000          
          impairment of intangible assets
                                                                                                         
          cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired and contingent consideration
                                                                                                         
          proceeds from exercise of warrants
                                                                    2,983,000                                  
          payment of dividends by majority owned consolidated subsidiaries
                                                                    -300,000                                     
          net cash (used) provided in operating activities
                                                                                                         
          cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired and earn-outs
                                                                                                         
          net cash (used) provided by financing activities
                                                                                                         
          loss on marketable securities classified as trading
                                                              -1,960,000 831,000  -2,162,000 2,491,000 1,625,000    1,420,000                                  
          loss on disposition of property and equipment
                                                                8,000 30,000 -115,000 12,000 3,000 -5,000 22,000 60,000 121,000 -235,000 -78,000 515,000 3,492,000 163,000 64,000 21,000  5,000 -36,000 161,000      9,000 4,000 39,000 1,000 -3,000   252,000 61,000 103,000 -20,000 -13,000 -33,000 -107,000 138,000 -12,000 
          gain on marketable securities classified as trading
                                                                    -3,412,000 -2,355,000   -3,611,000 -1,411,000 -2,015,000 -4,100,000                              
          receivables, including income tax and other receivables
                                                                                                         
          receivables and income tax and other receivables
                                                                                                         
          proceeds from sales of property and equipment
                                                                 -7,000                                        
          receivables
                                                                  4,583,000 -24,957,000 13,603,000 2,543,000 -18,995,000 -25,291,000 1,088,000 -6,006,000 -15,865,000 -12,733,000 26,103,000 27,590,000 10,794,000 -19,848,000 17,962,000 3,432,000 -18,840,000 -25,768,000 13,392,000 -10,089,000 -11,699,000 -17,570,000 6,382,000 -7,215,000 -2,905,000 -15,721,000 8,954,000 -6,383,000 -8,598,000 -16,410,000 2,394,000 -3,869,000 255,000 1,700,000 1,436,000 4,122,000 626,000 14,624,000 3,292,000 
          prepaid expenses
                                                                  780,000 -2,697,000 -1,764,000 42,000 -357,000 -4,417,000 -1,889,000 2,455,000 -1,276,000 -3,488,000 432,000 2,487,000 -1,703,000 -2,556,000 -1,140,000 -646,000 -777,000 -580,000 -1,195,000 -114,000 995,000 -2,018,000 -458,000 -75,000 -633,000 857,000 -388,000 -1,384,000 -756,000 -1,054,000 -32,000 -122,000 -375,000 804,000 24,000 819,000 -138,000 -777,000 1,886,000 
          net cash provided (used) in financing activities
                                                                   1,104,000                                      
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
                                                                                                         
          loss on cash surrender value of life insurance policies
                                                                        -2,883,000 -1,479,000 -1,817,000 -3,379,000 -221,000 -206,000 3,803,000 202,000                          
          realized loss on available-for-sale marketable securities
                                                                                                         
          other-than-temporary impairment on available-for-sale securities, net of unrealized gains reclassified to other income upon the transfer of available-for-sale securities to trading
                                                                                                         
          (purchase of) proceeds from marketable securities
                                                                     -6,386,000 -24,106,000 -10,401,000     -814,000 6,347,000 -1,978,000 -7,659,000                          
          tax expense from exercise of stock options
                                                                      589,000 -815,000                                  
          payment of earn-outs from acquisitions
                                                                       -675,000                                  
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:
                                                                                                         
          proceeds from (purchase of) marketable securities
                                                                        1,804,000 4,317,000 2,007,000 1,083,000                              
          other-than temporary impairment on marketable securities
                                                                                                         
          realized loss on available-for sale marketable securities
                                                                                                         
          realized gain on available-for sale marketable securities
                                                                                                         
          interest paid in kind and amortization of discount on convertible securities
                                                                                    325,000 99,000 244,000 247,000 384,000 99,000 246,000 246,000 237,000 246,000 -245,000 1,177,000 1,137,000         
          realized loss on marketable securities
                                                                            3,776,000 22,000                            
          supplemental non-cash investing and financing activities:
                                                                                                         
          conversion of debt to equity
                                                                                                         
          cash from operating activities:
                                                                                                         
          cash from investing activities:
                                                                                                         
          cash from financing activities:
                                                                                                         
          receipts on stockholders’ notes
                                                                             2,000 2,000 1,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 1,000 1,000 3,000 1,000 17,000 2,000 3,000 2,000 -100,000 -79,000 39,000 167,000          
          effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents
                                                                             -614,000 -22,888,000 456,000  3,524,000 4,475,000 757,000  2,023,000 -2,263,000 1,756,000  90,000                
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents during the period
                                                                             18,258,000 -6,721,000 -99,347,000  56,746,000 23,907,000 -89,530,000                      
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period
                                                                             305,296,000  -56,575,000 289,106,000  257,543,000  199,133,000  108,102,000  82,685,000  66,128,000  
          stock compensation expense
                                                                               4,211,000  459,000 599,000 871,000 1,318,000 1,085,000 1,397,000 1,895,000                  
          realized gains on marketable securities
                                                                               -237,000 -1,542,000 -3,186,000 -810,000 -17,000 -303,000 -1,440,000    -606,000 -100,000 -358,000              
          gain on disposition of property and equipment
                                                                                               -10,000          
          gains on cash surrender value of life insurance policies
                                                                                               -1,000,000 -898,000         
          recovery on investment loss
                                                                                        -150,000                 
          deferred income tax benefit
                                                                                                   -965,000      
          non cash compensation arrangements
                                                                                                         
          cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash required
                                                                                                         
          proceeds from issuance of common stock upon exercise of employee stock options and in connection with employee stock purchase plan
                                                                                                         
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the year
                                                                                                         
          supplemental disclosures of consolidated cash flow information:
                                                                                                         
          cash paid for interest
                                                                                                         
          cash paid for income taxes
                                                                                                         
          supplemental disclosures of non-cash investing and financing activities:
                                                                                                         
          amortization of discount on convertible securities
                                                                                                         
          non-cash compensation arrangements
                                                                                 3,378,000 3,591,000 3,033,000  2,463,000 2,333,000 1,118,000  1,519,000 979,000 1,532,000  -71,000            
          sales (purchase) of marketable securities
                                                                                                         
          proceeds from sales of marketable securities
                                                                                                         
          net cash from (used) in investing activities
                                                                                                         
          proceeds from life insurance policy benefits
                                                                                            398,000 339,000          
          proceeds from sale of equity securities
                                                                                                         
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash & cash equivalents
                                                                                                         
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents during the period
                                                                                                         
          business acquisitions
                                                                                        -38,000 -1,011,000 -419,000          
          realized gains on marketable and equity securities
                                                                                                         
          asset impairment charges
                                                                                                         
          proceeds from surrender of life insurance policies
                                                                                                6,903,000         
          purchase of futurestep minority shares
                                                                                                -570,000      
          payment of acquisition notes
                                                                                                         
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash flows
                                                                                           -707,000 -2,131,000 470,000 3,216,000 523,000 1,145,000 96,000 -99,000 -623,000 1,032,000 -1,077,000 -76,000 -3,028,000  
          proceeds from dividends on mexico investment
                                                                                           878,000              
          realized (gains) loss on marketable and equity securities
                                                                                                         
          restructuring charges
                                                                                                   464,000      
          proceeds from issuance of convertible debt, preferred stock and warrants
                                                                                                         
          payments on previous credit facility
                                                                                                         
          asset impairment charge
                                                                                                    315,000    
          surrender of life insurance policies
                                                                                                         
          deferred income tax
                                                                                               -1,023,000          
          restricted stock compensation
                                                                                               487,000 538,000 476,000 498,000 358,000 320,000 289,000 339,000 346,000 543,000 
          variable stock-based compensation
                                                                                               94,000   535,000      
          income taxes
                                                                                               899,000     98,000 -555,000 1,049,000 -124,000 -4,178,000 
          dividends paid on preferred stock
                                                                                                   -52,000      
          depreciation
                                                                                                2,174,000 2,527,000 2,483,000 2,769,000 3,534,000 3,673,000 3,784,000 3,871,000 3,831,000 
          amortization of intangible assets
                                                                                                23,000 19,000 17,000 18,000 335,000 326,000 278,000 360,000  
          amortization of note payable discount
                                                                                                    80,000 80,000 84,000 100,000 
          unrealized loss on marketable securities and other assets
                                                                                                      63,000 290,000  
          deferred income tax provision
                                                                                                -2,247,000 -340,000   -2,434,000 -70,000 1,378,000 -977,000  
          sale of marketable securities
                                                                                                        545,000 
          business acquisitions, net of cash acquired
                                                                                                        -321,000 
          premiums on life insurance
                                                                                                         
          proceeds from life insurance policy benefit payments
                                                                                                         
          (payments) borrowings on previous credit facility
                                                                                                         
          proceeds from issuance of common stock and receipts on stockholders’ notes
                                                                                                1,692,000         
          net loss
                                                                                                 3,885,000 1,973,000 -9,189,000  -2,559,000 -18,017,000 -583,000  
          adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                                         
          restructuring charge
                                                                                                        
          change in other assets and liabilities
                                                                                                         
          proceeds from life insurance
                                                                                                         
          payment of shareholder acquisition notes
                                                                                                 -5,099,000 -4,400,000 -472,000 -4,656,000 -1,179,000 
          purchase of common stock and payment on related notes
                                                                                                 -293,000 -700,000 24,000  -813,000 -420,000 -65,000  
          interest paid in kind and amortization on convertible securities
                                                                                                         
          cash surrender value gains
                                                                                                         
          change in other assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions:
                                                                                                         
          issuance of convertible debt, preferred stock and warrants
                                                                                                    -51,000 -43,000 45,722,000  
          net borrowings under life insurance policies
                                                                                                  323,000 1,098,000 531,000 5,641,000 50,000 2,507,000 1,211,000 
          issuance of common stock and receipts on stockholders’ notes
                                                                                                  178,000 219,000      
          interest paid in kind and amortization on convertible debt discount
                                                                                                   888,000      
          cash surrender value gains and benefits in excess of premiums paid
                                                                                                   -1,000,000      
          premiums paid on life insurance, net of benefits received
                                                                                                   -1,037,000      
          net cash from provided by financing activities
                                                                                                   -3,810,000      
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from provided by operating activities:
                                                                                                         
          amortization of goodwill
                                                                                                         
          interest paid in kind and amortization on convertible debt
                                                                                                         
          cash surrender value losses and benefits in excess of premiums paid
                                                                                                      -197,000 -197,000  
          premiums on life insurance, net of benefits received
                                                                                                    -580,000 -3,896,000 -87,000 -2,379,000 -235,000 
          purchase of investments
                                                                                                         
          net (repayments) borrowings on previous credit facility
                                                                                                        
          purchase of common stock and payment of related notes
                                                                                                         
          issuance of common stock and receipts on shareholders’ notes
                                                                                                    151,000 3,000 227,000 513,000 600,000 
          interest, dividends and amortization on convertible debt and preferred stock
                                                                                                     872,000 872,000 446,000  
          net (repayments) borrowings on credit line
                                                                                                      -39,000,000  
          amortization of other intangible assets
                                                                                                         
          unrealized loss on marketable securities
                                                                                                         
          restructuring charges, including 12,578 of liabilities
                                                                                                         
          net borrowings (repayments) on credit line
                                                                                                         
          effect of foreign currency exchange rate changes on cash flows
                                                                                                         
          restructuring charge, including 12,889 in accrued liabilities
                                                                                                         
          non-controlling shareholders’ interest and other
                                                                                                         
          purchases of marketable securities
                                                                                                         
          net borrowings on credit line