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The Hackett Group, Inc. (HCKT)

Technology | Information Technology Services | Miami, United States | NasdaqGS
10.61 USD +0.53 (5.258%) ⇧ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 10.61

Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★★☆☆☆Dividends:★★☆☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 3:19 a.m. EDT

The investment case for Hackett Group is currently fractured by a severe divergence between its historical business quality and its recent operational reality. While the multi-year price trajectory shows a robust +74% gain driven by eight consecutive years of positive annual returns, the most recent data points to a sharp inflection where the company missed estimates and slashed its outlook, causing the stock to plunge. This recent miss, combined with a trailing twelve-month revenue contraction of 11%, suggests the previous growth engine has stalled. The balance sheet reflects this stress, with debt-to-equity soaring to 122.9% and a payout ratio of 92% that leaves little room for error if earnings slip further. Although the 4.8% dividend yield appears attractive, it is mathematically unsustainable given the near-total consumption of earnings; this is likely a yield trap rather than a reliable income stream. On the short end, the options market is screaming caution, with put buyers dominating the landscape and pricing in further declines. The statistical forecast offers no help, showing a negligible upward lean with low confidence. Until the company demonstrates a clear path to reversing the revenue decline and stabilizing its earnings, the risk of permanent capital loss outweighs the potential for a rebound.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL_66 ✓0.094517
MSTL_66_1260.103619
MSTL0.111430
AutoARIMA0.111833
AutoETS0.111834
AutoTheta0.111938
MSTL_1260.126145

Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: MSTL_66

Forecast Reliability
Score 42%
H-stat 5.78
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.174
Excess Kurtosis -1.01
Attribute Value
Sector Technology
Ex Dividend Date 2026-06-21
Last Dividend Date 2026-06-21
Debt to Equity Ratio 122.867
Revenue per Share 10.954
Market Cap 267,254,096
Trailing P/E 20.40
Forward P/E 6.37
Beta 0.94
Profit Margins 4.81%
Website https://www.thehackettgroup.com

As of July 11, 2026, 3:19 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for continued weakness rather than recovery. Put volume and open interest significantly exceed call volume across all expirations, with heavy concentration in out-of-the-money strikes (e.g., $7.50 and $10.00 puts). This 'bear put' skew suggests traders expect further downside volatility, while call activity remains sparse and focused on near-term ATM levels, indicating a lack of aggressive bullish positioning despite the low implied volatility environment.


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 4.77
exDividendDate 2026-06-22
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.48
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.04761905
lastDividendValue 0.12
lastDividendDate 2026-06-22
dividendDate 2026-07-06

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.59057677
Address1 1,001 Brickell Bay Drive
Address2 Suite 3000 30th Floor
All Time High 40.375
All Time Low 1.43
Ask 13.12
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 4
Average Daily Volume10 Day 354,750
Average Daily Volume3 Month 381,021
Average Volume 381,021
Average Volume10Days 354,750
Beta 0.938
Bid 7.64
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 8
Book Value 2.621
City Miami
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 3
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 10.61
Current Ratio 1.879
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 10.765
Day Low 10.23
Debt To Equity 122.867
Display Name The Hackett
Dividend Date 1,783,296,000
Dividend Rate 0.48
Dividend Yield 4.77
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,778,014,800
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,778,014,800
Earnings Growth 0.545
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.362
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,873,600
Earnings Timestamp End 1,785,873,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,785,873,600
Ebitda 38,625,000
Ebitda Margins 0.13207
Enterprise To Ebitda 8.862
Enterprise To Revenue 1.17
Enterprise Value 342,293,088
Eps Current Year 1.5
Eps Forward 1.665
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 0.52
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,782,086,400
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 10.925
Fifty Day Average Change -0.31500053
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.028833
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -59.05768
Fifty Two Week High 24.96
Fifty Two Week High Change -14.349999
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.5749199
Fifty Two Week Low 9.16
Fifty Two Week Low Change 1.4499998
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.15829693
Fifty Two Week Range 9.16 - 24.96
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 896,362,200,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 2.1
Float Shares 22,203,500
Forward Eps 1.665
Forward P E 6.372372
Free Cashflow 26,117,124
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 1,535
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,782,864,000
Gross Margins 0.40570998
Gross Profits 118,652,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.124680005
Held Percent Institutions 0.85723996
Implied Shares Outstanding 25,188,887
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 0
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 267,254,096
Market State PREPRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_24892
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,569,600
Net Income To Common 14,081,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,243,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 253,652,092
Number Of Analyst Opinions 3
Open 10.23
Operating Cashflow 31,044,000
Operating Margins 0.16055
Overall Risk 5
Payout Ratio 0.9231
Peg Ratio 0.67
Phone 305 375 8005
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 10.61
Post Market Time 1,783,981,115
Previous Close 10.08
Price Eps Current Year 7.0733333
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 4.048073
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.9138205
Profit Margins 0.04815
Quick Ratio 1.756
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.53
Regular Market Change Percent 5.25793
Regular Market Day High 10.765
Regular Market Day Low 10.23
Regular Market Day Range 10.23 - 10.765
Regular Market Open 10.23
Regular Market Previous Close 10.08
Regular Market Price 10.61
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,801
Regular Market Volume 508,430
Return On Assets 0.10455
Return On Equity 0.15609
Revenue Growth -0.11
Revenue Per Share 10.954
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20847368
Sector Technology
Sector Disp Technology
Sector Key technology
Share Holder Rights Risk 4
Shares Outstanding 25,188,887
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.059699997
Shares Short 1,504,763
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 1,406,309
Short Name The Hackett Group, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0677
Short Ratio 4.55
Source Interval 15
State FL
Symbol HCKT
Target High Price 20.0
Target Low Price 16.0
Target Mean Price 17.66667
Target Median Price 17.0
Total Cash 6,068,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.241
Total Debt 81,107,000
Total Revenue 292,457,984
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.48
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.04761905
Trailing Eps 0.52
Trailing P E 20.403847
Trailing Peg Ratio 0.6713
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 15.51825
Two Hundred Day Average Change -4.908251
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.31628892
Type Disp Equity
Volume 508,430
Website https://www.thehackettgroup.com
Zip 33,131