Hackett Group, Inc.
HCKT Nasdaq Services-Management Consulting Services Financials FY2016βFY2025
What Hackett Group, Inc. does
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- Legal name
- HACKETT GROUP, INC.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 26, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K Β· Feb 27, 2026
- Accession Β· CIK
- 0001193125-26-082863
0001057379
Revenue and margins
Hackett Group, Inc. had $306M of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 2.6% on the year before.
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew β3.9% a year. Loss periods are shown in red.
Returns on capital
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Cash flow
Free cash flow was $32.4M in fiscal 2025, 10.6% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.
Dividends, buybacks and share count
Hackett Group, Inc. returned $82.1M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 253% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 0.7%.
Balance sheet
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Hackett Group, Inc. can carry it.
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $45.8M | $30.3M | $21.0M | $16.4M | $18.2M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | β | $59.7M | $32.7M | $12.7M | $75.8M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | β | 0.5x | 0.2x | β0.1x | 2.0x |
| Debt / equity | β | 1.0x | 0.4x | 0.1x | 1.1x |
| Interest coverage | 489.2x | 383.7x | 15.2x | 28.0x | 13.7x |
| Current ratio | 1.9x | 1.4x | 1.5x | 1.4x | 1.7x |
| Quick ratio | 1.9x | 1.4x | 1.5x | 1.4x | 1.7x |
| Total assets | $208M | $185M | $181M | $193M | $206M |
| Total liabilities | $63.7M | $127M | $91.3M | $77.7M | $138M |
| Shareholders' equity | $144M | $58.3M | $90.1M | $116M | $68.1M |
| Net debt (β = net cash) | β | $29.4M | $11.8M | β$3.6M | $57.6M |
Insider trades
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. 'Plan' marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
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$0.0M
No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Piotroski F-score
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8β9 is strong, 0β2 weak.
| Test | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Return on assets rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Debt fell relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Current ratio rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Share count didn't rise | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Gross margin rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| F-score | β / 3 | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 | 4 / 8 | 5 / 8 | 6 / 8 | 7 / 8 | 7 / 9 | 5 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
| Accruals ratio | β7.1% | 0.5% | β4.6% | β10.2% | β20.0% | β2.4% | β9.2% | β1.8% | β9.7% | β13.7% |
| Altman Z'' | 2.03 | 2.65 | 4.11 | 4.61 | 4.31 | 5.55 | 3.94 | 4.88 | 5.22 | 3.64 |
10 years of figures
US$ millions unless stated. Hover a ratio's name for its definition.
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $289M | $286M | $286M | $282M | $239M | $279M | $294M | $297M | $314M | $306M |
| Gross profit | $96.6M | $96.9M | $99.6M | $96.8M | $52.4M | $83.8M | $89.5M | $84.4M | $123M | $117M |
| Operating income | $33.5M | $28.7M | $33.6M | $31.3M | $8.6M | $46.5M | $55.2M | $49.3M | $44.6M | $23.5M |
| Interest expense | $0.4M | $0.6M | $0.6M | $0.3M | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.1M | $3.2M | $1.6M | $1.7M |
| Pretax income | $33.1M | $28.1M | $32.9M | $31.0M | $8.5M | $46.4M | $55.1M | $46.0M | $43.0M | $21.8M |
| Income tax | $12.5M | $2.6M | $5.6M | $7.7M | $2.9M | $4.8M | $14.3M | $11.9M | $13.4M | $8.9M |
| Net income | $21.5M | $27.4M | $23.9M | $23.3M | $5.5M | $41.5M | $40.8M | $34.2M | $29.6M | $12.9M |
| Diluted EPS | $0.66 | $0.85 | $0.74 | $0.72 | $0.17 | $1.26 | $1.28 | $1.24 | $1.05 | $0.46 |
| Diluted shares | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.03B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | $32.9M | $26.5M | $32.4M | $42.4M | $44.1M | $46.4M | $58.9M | $37.4M | $47.7M | $40.3M |
| Capital expenditure | $3.2M | $6.5M | $9.6M | $4.6M | $1.9M | $3.2M | $4.7M | $4.1M | $4.1M | $7.9M |
| Free cash flow | $29.7M | $20.0M | $22.8M | $37.8M | $42.2M | $43.1M | $54.2M | $33.3M | $43.7M | $32.4M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $2.5M | $2.4M | $2.5M | $3.2M | $4.5M | $4.4M | $3.4M | $3.4M | $3.9M | $5.2M |
| Stock-based compensation | $8.8M | $10.3M | $9.3M | $7.7M | $9.7M | $10.1M | $10.3M | $10.7M | $11.8M | $10.9M |
| Acquisitions | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | $6.5M | β |
| Share buybacks | $34.1M | $15.7M | $4.8M | $7.8M | $2.4M | $13.0M | $117M | $0.7M | $6.4M | $69.1M |
| Dividends paid | $7.2M | $8.7M | $10.0M | $11.2M | $14.9M | $12.9M | $10.4M | $12.0M | $12.1M | $12.9M |
| Dividends and buybacks | $41.2M | $24.4M | $14.8M | $19.0M | $17.3M | $25.9M | $127M | $12.7M | $18.5M | $82.1M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $19.7M | $17.5M | $13.8M | $26.0M | $49.5M | $45.8M | $30.3M | $21.0M | $16.4M | $18.2M |
| Total debt | $7.0M | $19.0M | $6.5M | β | β | β | $59.7M | $32.7M | $12.7M | $75.8M |
| Current assets | $68.8M | $75.3M | $73.1M | $78.6M | $84.8M | $102M | $81.2M | $75.4M | $76.3M | $83.9M |
| Current liabilities | $55.8M | $51.4M | $44.2M | $43.7M | $42.6M | $54.9M | $59.6M | $49.9M | $53.1M | $48.8M |
| Property and equipment, net | $14.8M | $18.9M | $19.8M | $19.9M | $18.2M | $18.0M | $19.4M | $20.0M | $20.3M | $24.0M |
| Goodwill | $72.4M | $85.1M | $84.2M | $84.6M | $85.3M | $85.1M | $83.5M | $84.2M | $89.8M | $90.7M |
| Intangible assets | $2.7M | $5.5M | $3.1M | $2.1M | $1.2M | $0.2M | β | β | $2.3M | $3.3M |
| Total assets | $159M | $185M | $181M | $194M | $193M | $208M | $185M | $181M | $193M | $206M |
| Total liabilities | $73.0M | $78.0M | $57.2M | $56.1M | $51.7M | $63.7M | $127M | $91.3M | $77.7M | $138M |
| Preferred stock | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | $0.0M |
| Shareholders' equity | $86.3M | $107M | $124M | $138M | $141M | $144M | $58.3M | $90.1M | $116M | $68.1M |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 33.5% | 33.9% | 34.8% | 34.3% | 21.9% | 30.1% | 30.5% | 28.4% | 39.3% | 38.3% |
| Operating margin | 11.6% | 10.0% | 11.7% | 11.1% | 3.6% | 16.7% | 18.8% | 16.6% | 14.2% | 7.7% |
| EBITDA margin | 12.5% | 10.9% | 12.6% | 12.2% | 5.5% | 18.2% | 20.0% | 17.8% | 15.5% | 9.4% |
| Net margin | 7.5% | 9.6% | 8.4% | 8.2% | 2.3% | 14.9% | 13.9% | 11.5% | 9.4% | 4.2% |
| FCF margin | 10.3% | 7.0% | 8.0% | 13.4% | 17.6% | 15.5% | 18.5% | 11.2% | 13.9% | 10.6% |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on capital | 29.6% | 24.0% | 24.0% | β | β | β | 46.7% | 35.9% | 27.5% | 12.2% |
| Return on capital employed | 32.4% | 21.5% | 24.6% | 20.9% | 5.8% | 30.4% | 44.1% | 37.5% | 31.8% | 14.9% |
| Return on equity | 25.0% | 28.3% | 20.7% | 17.8% | 3.9% | 29.2% | 40.4% | 46.0% | 28.8% | 14.1% |
| Return on assets | 13.5% | 15.9% | 13.1% | 12.4% | 2.8% | 20.8% | 20.8% | 18.6% | 15.8% | 6.5% |
| Return on tangible equity | 192.5% | 164.0% | 65.9% | 45.7% | 10.1% | 70.9% | β | 585.0% | 126.2% | β |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | β | β0.9% | 0.0% | β1.2% | β15.2% | 16.4% | 5.4% | 1.0% | 5.8% | β2.6% |
| Net income growth | β | 27.0% | β12.6% | β2.6% | β76.5% | 659.1% | β1.8% | β16.3% | β13.2% | β56.3% |
| EPS growth | β | 28.8% | β12.9% | β2.7% | β76.4% | 641.2% | 1.6% | β3.1% | β15.3% | β56.2% |
| FCF growth | β | β32.7% | 13.9% | 65.9% | 11.6% | 2.2% | 25.8% | β38.6% | 31.1% | β25.7% |
| Share count change | β | β1.9% | 0.4% | 0.4% | β0.1% | 1.5% | β2.8% | β13.5% | 1.6% | β0.7% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Net debt / EBITDA | β0.4x | 0.0x | β0.2x | β | β | β | 0.5x | 0.2x | β0.1x | 2.0x |
| Debt / equity | 0.1x | 0.2x | 0.1x | β | β | β | 1.0x | 0.4x | 0.1x | 1.1x |
| Interest coverage | 86.6x | 49.2x | 52.6x | 100.8x | 68.6x | 489.2x | 383.7x | 15.2x | 28.0x | 13.7x |
| Current ratio | 1.2x | 1.5x | 1.7x | 1.8x | 2.0x | 1.9x | 1.4x | 1.5x | 1.4x | 1.7x |
| Quick ratio | 1.2x | 1.5x | 1.7x | 1.8x | 2.0x | 1.9x | 1.4x | 1.5x | 1.4x | 1.7x |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Capex / revenue | 1.1% | 2.3% | 3.4% | 1.6% | 0.8% | 1.2% | 1.6% | 1.4% | 1.3% | 2.6% |
| Stock comp / revenue | 3.0% | 3.6% | 3.3% | 2.7% | 4.1% | 3.6% | 3.5% | 3.6% | 3.8% | 3.6% |
| Payouts / FCF | 138.8% | 122.0% | 65.1% | 50.3% | 41.0% | 60.1% | 234.1% | 38.2% | 42.5% | 253.0% |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Piotroski F-score | β | 6.0 | 7.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Altman Z'' | 2.0 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 3.6 |
| Accruals ratio | β7.1% | 0.5% | β4.6% | β10.2% | β20.0% | β2.4% | β9.2% | β1.8% | β9.7% | β13.7% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001057379). Data updated October 24, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only β not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.