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The Hackett Group, Inc. (HCKT)

Technology | Information Technology Services | Miami, United States | NasdaqGS
11.34 USD +0.16 (1.431%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 11.34

Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★★☆☆☆Dividends:★★★☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 4:30 a.m. EDT

The Hackett Group presents a classic value trap scenario where attractive metrics mask deteriorating business reality. While the forward P/E of roughly 7x and a 4.45% yield look compelling on paper, the company is actively cutting its outlook and missing estimates, which has crushed the stock price. The recent 18% annual decline combined with shrinking revenue (-12%) and a massive spike in debt-to-equity (121.77%) suggests the market is correctly pricing in significant structural issues rather than a temporary dip. The high payout ratio of 76% is unsustainable given the earnings miss and revenue contraction, raising fears that the dividend could be cut soon. Although the stock is cheap relative to historical highs, buying a business with shrinking revenues and rising leverage is dangerous. The options market confirms this pessimism, with traders loading up on puts rather than calls. Until the company demonstrates a clear path to stabilizing revenue and deleveraging, the risk of permanent capital loss outweighs the potential for a mean reversion.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.048877
MSTL0.052115
AutoTheta0.065096
AutoARIMA0.080201

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 45%
H-stat 1.75
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.111
Excess Kurtosis -0.12
Attribute Value
Sector Technology
Ex Dividend Date 2026-09-17
Last Dividend Date 2026-06-21
Debt to Equity Ratio 121.77
Revenue per Share 10.864
Market Cap 282,115,072
Trailing P/E 17.72
Forward P/E 7.12
Beta 0.93
Profit Margins 5.94%
Website https://www.thehackettgroup.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 4:30 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with heavy open interest in out-of-the-money puts relative to calls, suggesting a fear of further downside. Call volume is negligible, while put activity concentrates at the money and slightly out-of-the-money strikes, indicating a bearish bias for the near term despite the stock trading near its 52-week lows.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
1.17% 3.29% 2.31% 2.26%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-06-22 0.120 1.170732
2026-03-20 0.120 0.910470
2025-12-23 0.120 0.603925
2025-09-19 0.120 0.605449
2025-06-20 0.120 0.510638
2025-03-21 0.120 0.420610
2024-12-20 0.110 0.357027
2024-09-20 0.110 0.422752
2024-06-21 0.110 0.507849
2024-03-21 0.110 0.450450
2023-12-21 0.110 0.486726
2023-09-21 0.110 0.473730
2023-06-22 0.110 0.505515
2023-03-23 0.110 0.632911
2022-12-22 0.110 0.551378
2022-09-22 0.110 0.608744
2022-06-23 0.110 0.595883
2022-03-24 0.110 0.488455
2021-12-16 0.100 0.497265
2021-09-23 0.100 0.515996
2021-06-24 0.100 0.562114
2021-03-25 0.100 0.617284
2020-12-17 0.095 0.665266
2020-09-24 0.095 0.826806
2020-06-29 0.095 0.702143
2019-12-19 0.180 1.138520
2019-06-27 0.180 1.090248
2018-12-20 0.170 1.029679
2018-06-28 0.170 1.048735
2017-12-21 0.150 0.965873
2017-06-28 0.150 0.962155
2016-12-20 0.130 0.728700
2016-06-28 0.130 0.982615
2015-12-30 0.100 0.608643
2015-06-25 0.100 0.746826
2014-12-08 0.120 1.379310
2013-12-06 0.100 1.703578
2012-12-18 0.100 2.463054
Additional Data
dividendRate 0.48
dividendYield 4.29
exDividendDate 2026-09-18
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.48
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.042933807
lastDividendValue 0.12
lastDividendDate 2026-06-22
dividendDate 2026-10-02

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.45701796
Address1 1,001 Brickell Bay Drive
Address2 Suite 3000 30th Floor
All Time High 40.375
All Time Low 1.43
Ask 11.33
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 4
Average Daily Volume10 Day 205,800
Average Daily Volume3 Month 339,538
Average Volume 339,538
Average Volume10Days 205,800
Beta 0.926
Bid 8.34
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 8
Book Value 2.741
City Miami
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 3
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 11.34
Current Ratio 1.937
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 11.58
Day Low 11.18
Debt To Equity 121.77
Display Name The Hackett
Dividend Date 1,790,899,200
Dividend Rate 0.48
Dividend Yield 4.29
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,785,877,200
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,785,877,200
Earnings Growth 1.932
Earnings Quarterly Growth 1.654
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,873,600
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,736,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,736,000
Ebitda 42,416,000
Ebitda Margins 0.14979
Enterprise To Ebitda 8.275
Enterprise To Revenue 1.239
Enterprise Value 350,978,080
Eps Current Year 1.44667
Eps Forward 1.59333
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 0.64
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,789,689,600
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 786 772 2048
Fifty Day Average 10.6656
Fifty Day Average Change 0.6744003
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.06323136
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -45.701797
Fifty Two Week High 21.33
Fifty Two Week High Change -9.99
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.46835443
Fifty Two Week Low 9.16
Fifty Two Week Low Change 2.1800003
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.2379913
Fifty Two Week Range 9.16 - 21.33
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 896,362,200,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 2.1
Float Shares 21,892,528
Forward Eps 1.59333
Forward P E 7.11717
Free Cashflow 30,504,624
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 1,491
Fullday Change 0.16
Fullday Change Percent 1.43113
Fullday Price 11.34
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.41814
Gross Profits 118,405,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.12624
Held Percent Institutions 0.86363
Implied Shares Outstanding 24,877,873
Industry Information Technology Services
Industry Disp Information Technology Services
Industry Key information-technology-services
Ir Website http://www.thehackettgroup.com/about/investor.jsp
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,782,086,400
Last Dividend Value 0.12
Last Fiscal Year End 1,766,707,200
Long Business Summary The Hackett Group, Inc. operates as an intellectual property platform-based generative artificial intelligence strategic consulting and executive advisory digital transformation in the United States, Europe, and internationally. The company offers Hackett AI XPLR, an enterprise-wide Gen AI assessment, ideation and solution design platform; XT, a Gen AI–enabled business transformation acceleration platform; AIXelerator, a platform designed to support enterprise application implementation and modernization engagements; Ask Hackett and Hackett Connect, a Gen AI–assisted knowledge and insight capability that enables Hackett associates to support delivery of executive advisory and applied intelligence programs; Quantum Leap, a software-as-a-service platform, and Digital Transformation Platform, a platform that translate benchmark insight into actionable execution steps; and ZBrain, a Gen AI engineering and agentic workflow build capability. It also provides Gen AI–enabled delivery platforms including, supply chain and operation, finance, human resources, information technology, procurement, corporate services, as well as selected enterprise application implementation services, including Oracle, SAP, OneStream, and eProcurement applications. In addition, the company offers oracle solutions that help clients to choose and deploy oracle applications that meet needs and objectives; SAP solutions, including planning, architecture, and vendor evaluation and selection through implementation, customization, testing, and integration; post-implementation support, change and exception management, process transparency, system documentation, and end-user training; off-shore application development, and application maintenance and support services; and sells SAP suite of applications. The company was formerly known as Answerthink, Inc. and changed its name to The Hackett Group, Inc. in 2008. The Hackett Group, Inc. was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.
Long Name The Hackett Group, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 282,115,072
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_24892
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,432,000
Net Income To Common 16,829,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,243,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 278,134,620
Number Of Analyst Opinions 3
Open 11.18
Operating Cashflow 40,555,000
Operating Margins 0.12004
Overall Risk 5
Payout Ratio 0.7619
Peg Ratio 0.77
Phone 305 375 8005
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 11.34
Post Market Time 1,787,948,100
Previous Close 11.18
Price Eps Current Year 7.838691
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 4.1371765
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.996271
Profit Margins 0.05943
Quick Ratio 1.744
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.16
Regular Market Change Percent 1.43113
Regular Market Day High 11.58
Regular Market Day Low 11.18
Regular Market Day Range 11.18 - 11.58
Regular Market Open 11.18
Regular Market Previous Close 11.18
Regular Market Price 11.34
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,201
Regular Market Volume 153,495
Return On Assets 0.11226
Return On Equity 0.17905001
Revenue Growth -0.12
Revenue Per Share 10.864
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20504117
Sector Technology
Sector Disp Technology
Sector Key technology
Share Holder Rights Risk 4
Shares Outstanding 24,877,873
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0495
Shares Short 1,231,175
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 1,484,895
Short Name The Hackett Group, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.056199998
Short Ratio 3.13
Source Interval 15
State FL
Symbol HCKT
Target High Price 19.0
Target Low Price 15.0
Target Mean Price 16.66667
Target Median Price 16.0
Total Cash 14,162,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.569
Total Debt 83,025,000
Total Revenue 283,171,008
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.48
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.042933807
Trailing Eps 0.64
Trailing P E 17.71875
Trailing Peg Ratio 0.771
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 14.1372
Two Hundred Day Average Change -2.7972002
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.19786097
Type Disp Equity
Volume 153,495
Website https://www.thehackettgroup.com
Zip 33,131