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DHI Group

DHX
37
Staffing & Employment Services · Industrials
Price
$4.10
+0.11 (+2.76%)
Market Cap
$177.1M
Winston Score
37
Winston is serious
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Share count falling — buybacks

3.4% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 46.3M (2021) → 44.8M (2025)

DHI Group runs online job boards that connect technology and cybersecurity professionals with employers looking to hire them. Its main brands are Dice, which focuses on tech workers in the United States, and ClearanceJobs, which serves professionals who hold U.S. government security clearances. The company competes in the online recruiting industry alongside larger platforms like LinkedIn and Indeed.

DHI Group makes most of its money by charging employers and recruiters subscription fees to post jobs and search its candidate database. It operates almost entirely in the United States, and its competitive edge comes from serving specialized, hard-to-find talent pools rather than the general job market. ClearanceJobs in particular has a defensible niche because access to cleared candidates is tightly restricted, but the broader Dice platform faces ongoing pressure from larger, better-funded competitors, which is the main risk to the business.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-8.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+117.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$13M/ year

Declining (-32% vs prior year)

10.0% of revenue

2.5x the sector average (4%)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

37.6%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$3M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue declining

DHI Group's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

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Quality

Gross Margin
84.0%
Premium pricing power — 84.0% gross margin
Operating Margin
10.3%
Modest — 10.3% operating margin
ROCE
2.4%
Weak — 2.4% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY
-9.4%
Shrinking sales (-9.4% YoY)
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
FCF Margin
16.3%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (16.3%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.36
Conservative — low debt load (0.36)
Interest Cover
0.24x
Dangerous — barely covers interest (0.2x)

Interest coverage below 1. Their profits don't cover the interest bill.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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