The Hackett Group

HCKT

Information Technology Services · Technology

Price

$10.34

-0.04 (-0.39%)

Market Cap

$260.5M

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is curious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count falling — buybacks

−17.0% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 32.9M (2021) → 27.3M (2025)

The Hackett Group, Inc. operates as a strategic advisory and technology consulting firm primarily in North America and internationally. It offers best practice intelligence center, an online searchable repository; best practice accelerators that provide web-based access to best practices, customized software configuration tools, and best practice process flows; advisor inquiry for access to fact-based advice on proven approaches and methods; best practice research that provides insights into the

Winston Score History

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Quality

Gross Margin

40.5%

Healthy — 40.5% gross margin

Operating Margin

15.8%

Healthy — 15.8% operating margin

ROCE

7.5%

Weak — 7.5% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales YoY

-5.7%

Shrinking sales (-5.7% YoY)

EPS YoY

-38.7%

Earnings shrinking (-38.7% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

EPS Consistency

4/8 quarters

Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

220%

Turns 220% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

7.5%

Modest free cash flow (7.5%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

1.21

Elevated debt (1.21)

Interest Cover

65.48x

Comfortably covers interest (65.5x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

19.4x

Fair value — P/E 19.4

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

P/E vs Forward

+12.2

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (19.4 → 7.2)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

4.43%

Healthy income — 4.43% yield

Generous yield. Worth checking whether the payout is sustainable.

Dividend Growth

+4.3%

Dividend growing modestly (4.3% YoY)

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