DLH Holdings Corp. (DLHC)Industrials | Specialty Business Services | Atlanta, United States | NasdaqCM
3.95 USD
-0.04
(-1.003%) ⇩
(Oct. 16, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
|
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 9:59 a.m. EDT
The investment case for DLH Holdings is severely compromised by deteriorating fundamentals and a broken business model. The company is reporting negative earnings, negative operating margins, and a sharp contraction in revenue growth of nearly 47%. While the stock trades at a low price-to-book ratio, this is a value trap driven by a debt-to-equity ratio exceeding 150% and a current ratio below 0.7, indicating severe liquidity stress. The multi-year price trajectory confirms the market's rejection of the business, with two consecutive years of double-digit declines capping the long-term outlook. There is no dividend to provide income, and the recent price action shows continued weakness despite a slight bounce off the lows. The options market reinforces this bearish sentiment, with traders actively buying protection while avoiding calls entirely. This is a speculative trap with no clear path to recovery. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.109283 |
| AutoETS | 0.146521 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.148281 |
| MSTL | 0.149202 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 41% |
| H-stat | 6.11 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.186 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.73 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Industrials |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 151.338 |
| Revenue per Share | 17.525 |
| Market Cap | 57,247,488 |
| Forward P/E | -5.72 |
| Beta | 1.52 |
| Profit Margins | -8.51% |
| Website | https://www.dlhcorp.com |
As of Oct. 10, 2026, 9:59 a.m. EDT: Options activity shows a distinct lack of bullish positioning. Call volume and open interest are negligible across all expirations, with zero interest in strikes significantly above the money. Conversely, put buyers are active, particularly in the November expiration where significant volume was placed at the ATM strike and deep OTM strikes, while call buyers remained absent. This imbalance suggests speculators are hedging existing long positions or betting on further downside rather than anticipating a recovery.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.29464287 |
| Address1 | Building 3 |
| Address2 | Suite 700 3565 Piedmont Road NE |
| All Time High | 98.875 |
| All Time Low | 0.36 |
| Ask | 4.9 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 11,520 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 13,317 |
| Average Volume | 13,317 |
| Average Volume10Days | 11,520 |
| Beta | 1.522 |
| Bid | 2.83 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Book Value | 6.435 |
| City | Atlanta |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 3.95 |
| Current Ratio | 0.675 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,790,726,400 |
| Day High | 3.99 |
| Day Low | 3.95 |
| Debt To Equity | 151.338 |
| Display Name | DLH |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,785,420,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,785,420,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,785,355,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,785,355,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,785,355,200 |
| Ebitda | 16,629,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.06559 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 11.916 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.782 |
| Enterprise Value | 198,156,496 |
| Eps Current Year | -0.76 |
| Eps Forward | -0.69 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -1.49 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NCM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 15 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 4.1658 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.21580005 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.051802784 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -29.464287 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 8.1 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -4.1500006 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.51234573 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 3.38 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.56999993 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.16863903 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 3.38 - 8.1 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 517,757,400,000 |
| Float Shares | 5,805,765 |
| Forward Eps | -0.69 |
| Forward P E | -5.724638 |
| Free Cashflow | 21,565,376 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqCM |
| Full Time Employees | 2,300 |
| Fullday Change | -0.03999996 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -1.0025053 |
| Fullday Price | 3.95 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.18141001 |
| Gross Profits | 45,995,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.15137 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.69964 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 14,493,035 |
| Industry | Specialty Business Services |
| Industry Disp | Specialty Business Services |
| Industry Key | specialty-business-services |
| Ir Website | http://www.dlhcorp.com/investor-relations.aspx |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,759,190,400 |
| Last Split Date | 1,208,736,000 |
| Last Split Factor | 1:4 |
| Long Business Summary | DLH Holdings Corp. provides technology-enabled business process outsourcing, program management solutions, and public health research and analytics services in the United States. It offers digital transformation and cyber security solutions, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, cloud enablement, cybersecurity ecosystem, big data analytics, and modeling and simulation to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Defense Health Agency (DHA), US Army Medical Research and Development Command (MRDC), and US Navy. The company also provides science research and development services and solutions, such as data analytics, testing and evaluation, clinical trials research services, and epidemiology studies to support multiple operating divisions, including NIH and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as the Military Health System. In addition, it offers systems engineering and integration solutions in the areas of command, control, communications, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C5ISR); modeling, simulation and training, performance-based logistics, and system modernization; and technology-powered health solutions and software engineering on behalf of the US Navy, HHS, VA, and other federal customers. Further, the company holds the trademark, Infinibyte, for cloud-based solution. The company was formerly known as TeamStaff, Inc. and changed its name to DLH Holdings Corp. in June 2012. DLH Holdings Corp. was incorporated in 1969 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. |
| Long Name | DLH Holdings Corp. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 57,247,488 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_266747 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | -21,565,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,790,726,400 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 57,537,348 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 1 |
| Open | 3.97 |
| Operating Cashflow | 13,899,000 |
| Operating Margins | -0.08891 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.13 |
| Phone | 770 554 3545 |
| Previous Close | 3.99 |
| Price Eps Current Year | -5.1973686 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | 0.6138306 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.22579005 |
| Profit Margins | -0.08505 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.595 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.04 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -1.00251 |
| Regular Market Day High | 3.99 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 3.95 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 3.95 - 3.99 |
| Regular Market Open | 3.97 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 3.99 |
| Regular Market Price | 3.95 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,792,180,801 |
| Regular Market Volume | 5,377 |
| Return On Assets | -0.00061 |
| Return On Equity | -0.2084 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.469 |
| Revenue Per Share | 17.525 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.13723719 |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Sector Disp | Industrials |
| Sector Key | industrials |
| Shares Outstanding | 14,493,035 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0045 |
| Shares Short | 65,558 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,788,134,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 68,863 |
| Short Name | DLH Holdings Corp. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.010299999 |
| Short Ratio | 4.9 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | GA |
| Symbol | DLHC |
| Target High Price | 7.0 |
| Target Low Price | 7.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 7.0 |
| Target Median Price | 7.0 |
| Total Cash | 235,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.016 |
| Total Debt | 141,144,000 |
| Total Revenue | 253,543,008 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -1.49 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 5.26675 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -1.3167498 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.25001183 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 5,377 |
| Website | https://www.dlhcorp.com |
| Zip | 30,305 |