HCKT Stock Analysis: The Hackett | NASDAQ
Information Technology Services | NASDAQ, USA | Market Cap: 271m USD | 12M Return: -60.4% | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 3.18M
EPS Trend: -48.8%
Qual. Beats: 0
Rev. Trend: 54.2%
Qual. Beats: 0
Warnings
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Seasonality 10.5 years of data
How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, >40 gets interesting and >55 is strong.
The Hackett Group, Inc. (HCKT) is a Miami-headquartered global consulting firm that positions itself as an intellectual property platform-based generative AI and digital transformation advisor, serving clients across the United States, Europe, and other international markets. Founded in 1991 and formerly known as Answerthink, Inc. (renamed in 2008), the company has been publicly traded since 1998 and operates within the GICS IT Consulting & Other Services sub-industry. It is a micro-cap stock with a market capitalization of approximately $267M.
The companys offerings center on a suite of proprietary platforms-including Hackett AI XPLR, XT, AIXelerator, ZBrain, Quantum Leap, and the Digital Transformation Platform-paired with Gen AI-assisted knowledge tools such as Ask Hackett and Hackett Connect. These platforms support enterprise-wide AI assessment, business transformation acceleration, and agentic workflow development. The IT consulting sector in which HCKT operates is highly competitive, with major peers such as Accenture, IBM Consulting, Deloitte, and Capgemini, and is currently experiencing a significant pivot toward embedding generative and agentic AI into advisory and implementation work.
Beyond its proprietary AI platforms, Hackett delivers Gen AI-enabled functional consulting across supply chain, finance, HR, IT, procurement, and corporate services, alongside enterprise application implementation and modernization services for Oracle, SAP, OneStream, and eProcurement. SAP and Oracle implementation consulting is a well-established niche within the broader ERP services market, with offshore development and post-implementation support forming a recurring revenue stream. The combination of executive advisory, benchmark research, and application implementation services positions HCKT as a hybrid between a traditional management consultancy and a systems integrator.
- Gen AI platform adoption drives digital transformation advisory revenue
- Oracle and SAP implementation backlog growth supports consulting services revenue
- European enterprise spending weakness pressures international segment margins
- Capital return program of buybacks and dividends supports earnings per share
| Net Income: 14.1m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.11 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -12.27 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 12.88% < 20% (prev 8.84%; Δ 4.04% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.15 > 3% & CFO 31.0m > Net Income 14.1m |
| Net Debt (77.3m) to EBITDA (31.5m): 2.45 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 1.88 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (25.2m) vs 12m ago -11.34% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 39.51% > 18% (prev 38.51%; Δ 1.00% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 149.7% > 50% (prev 164.0%; Δ -14.30% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 10.33 > 6 (EBIT TTM 26.1m / Interest Expense TTM 2.52m) |
| A: 0.19 (Total Current Assets 81.7m - Total Current Liabilities 43.5m) / Total Assets 204.4m |
| B: 0.39 (Retained Earnings 79.6m / Total Assets 204.4m) |
| C: 0.13 (EBIT TTM 26.1m / Avg Total Assets 198.1m) |
| D: 0.48 (Book Value of Equity 66.0m / Total Liabilities 138.4m) |
| Altman-Z'' = 3.88 = AA |
| DSRI: 1.19 (Receivables 70.3m/62.6m, Revenue 296.6m/314.5m) |
| GMI: 0.97 (GM 38.51% / 39.51%) |
| AQI: 0.97 (AQ_t 0.47 / AQ_t-1 0.48) |
| SGI: 0.94 (Revenue 296.6m / 314.5m) |
| TATA: -0.08 (NI 14.1m - CFO 31.0m) / TA 204.4m) |
| Beneish M = -2.96 (Cap -4..+1) = A |
As of July 10, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 9.93 with a total of 430,260 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -9.81%, over one month by -8.66%, over three months by -21.93% and over the past year by -60.42%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 9.20 (which is 7.4% or 1.3 ATR below the current price).
The Hackett has received a consensus analysts rating of 4.33. Therefore, it is recommended to buy HCKT.
- StrongBuy: 1
- Buy: 2
- Hold: 0
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 17.7 | 77.9% |
P/E Trailing = 20.6538
P/E Forward = 7.2254
P/S = 0.925
P/B = 4.1363
P/EG = 0.7227
Revenue TTM = 296.6m USD
EBIT TTM = 26.1m USD
EBITDA TTM = 31.5m USD
Long Term Debt = 78.8m USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 1.17m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 83.4m USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 2.27m
Net Debt = 77.3m USD (calculated: Debt 83.4m - CCE 6.07m)
Enterprise Value = 347.8m USD (270.5m + Debt 83.4m - CCE 6.07m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 10.33 (Ebit TTM 26.1m / Interest Expense TTM 2.52m)
EV/FCF = 15.59x (Enterprise Value 347.8m / FCF TTM 22.3m)
FCF Yield = 6.41% (FCF TTM 22.3m / Enterprise Value 347.8m)
FCF Margin = 7.52% (FCF TTM 22.3m / Revenue TTM 296.6m)
Net Margin = 4.75% (Net Income TTM 14.1m / Revenue TTM 296.6m)
Gross Margin = 39.51% ((Revenue TTM 296.6m - Cost of Revenue TTM 179.4m) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 40.49% (prev 41.23%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 1.70 (Enterprise Value 347.8m / Total Assets 204.4m)
Interest Expense / Debt = 3.02% (Interest Expense 2.52m / Debt 83.4m)
Taxrate = 44.88% (11.5m / 25.5m)
NOPAT = 14.4m (EBIT 26.1m * (1 - 44.88%))
Current Ratio = 1.88 (Total Current Assets 81.7m / Total Current Liabilities 43.5m)
Debt / Equity = 1.26 (Debt 83.4m / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 66.0m)
Debt / EBITDA = 2.45 (Net Debt 77.3m / EBITDA 31.5m)
Debt / FCF = 3.47 (Net Debt 77.3m / FCF TTM 22.3m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 88.9m (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 7.11% (Net Income 14.1m / Total Assets 204.4m)
RoE = 15.84% (Net Income TTM 14.1m / Total Stockholder Equity 88.9m)
RoCE = 15.53% (EBIT 26.1m / Capital Employed (Equity 88.9m + L.T.Debt 78.8m))
RoIC = 9.20% (NOPAT 14.4m / Invested Capital 156.0m)
WACC = 6.52% (E(270.5m)/V(353.9m) * Re(8.02%) + D(83.4m)/V(353.9m) * Rd(3.02%) * (1-Tc(0.45)))
Discount Rate = 8.02% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -20.0 | Cagr: -4.50%
[DCF] Terminal Value 73.10% ; FCFF base≈31.2m ; Y1≈27.3m ; Y5≈22.1m
[DCF] Fair Price = 11.00 (EV 354.4m - Net Debt 77.3m = Equity 277.1m / Shares 25.2m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow -15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: -48.81 | EPS CAGR: -5.84% | SUE: -0.30 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: 54.24 | Revenue CAGR: 1.67% | SUE: -0.13 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-06-30): EPS=0.34 | Chg30d=+0.00% | Revisions=-50% | Analysts=3
EPS next Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=0.40 | Chg30d=+0.00% | Revisions=-50% | Analysts=3
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=1.50 | Chg30d=+0.00% | Revisions=-50% | GrowthEPS=-3.2% | GrowthRev=-7.5%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=1.67 | Chg30d=+0.00% | Revisions=-40% | GrowthEPS=+11.0% | GrowthRev=+4.3%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: -79% (up=0, down=11)