DHI Group, Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, DHI Group, Inc. had return on equity of -12.9%, an operating margin of -8.9%, debt equal to 31.7% of equity and a current ratio of 0.44. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 85.8% | 85.6% | 88.6% | 88.5% | 87.1% | 87.4% | 88.2% | 87.0% | 85.7% | 84.7% | 83.8% |
| Operating margin | 1.5% | 11.0% | 7.2% | 8.6% | −29.1% | −1.5% | 3.7% | 4.1% | 4.5% | −8.9% | 4.9% |
| Net margin | −2.4% | 7.7% | 4.4% | 10.7% | −27.0% | −24.8% | 2.8% | 2.3% | 0.2% | −10.6% | 1.0% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 14.7% | 10.2% | 3.0% | 7.4% | 2.3% | 11.9% | 12.1% | 0.7% | 5.0% | 10.8% | 16.2% |
| Return on equity | −5.2% | 13.5% | 5.2% | 8.2% | −20.8% | −24.4% | 3.8% | 3.3% | 0.2% | −12.9% | 1.3% |
| Return on assets | −1.7% | 5.3% | 2.6% | 4.7% | −11.6% | −12.9% | 1.9% | 1.5% | 0.1% | −6.6% | 0.6% |
| Asset turnover | 0.73 | 0.69 | 0.58 | 0.44 | 0.43 | 0.52 | 0.67 | 0.67 | 0.64 | 0.62 | 0.66 |
| Current ratio | 0.65 | 0.55 | 0.48 | 0.45 | 0.51 | 0.39 | 0.38 | 0.45 | 0.47 | 0.44 | 0.44 |
| Debt to equity | 82.8% | 31.7% | 12.4% | 6.2% | 15.7% | 19.8% | 28.2% | 35.3% | 28.0% | 31.7% | 34.0% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 1.0x | 6.6x | 5.7x | 14.4x | n/m | n/m | 3.5x | 1.8x | 2.0x | n/m | 2.5x |
| Effective tax rate | — | 17.6% | 25.3% | 29.6% | — | — | −16.1% | 3.6% | 91.4% | — | 55.2% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 11.3% | 12.0% | 12.5% | 12.5% | 13.4% | 13.4% | 11.8% | 11.7% | 13.3% | 10.0% | 9.5% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 5.2% | 6.4% | 6.2% | 12.1% | 14.5% | 11.9% | 12.0% | 13.3% | 9.8% | 5.7% | 5.1% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | — | 132.6% | 67.8% | 69.6% | — | — | 432.4% | 31.3% | >999% | — | >999% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | 88.8% | 0.0% | 40.6% | 28.8% | 321.6% | 108.0% | 102.6% | 630.9% | 0.0% | 70.0% | 64.4% |
| Quarter | 2024 Q3Sept 2024 | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 85.6% | 85.4% | 83.4% | 84.0% | 85.7% | 85.5% | 84.0% | 79.9% |
| Operating margin | 1.8% | 5.0% | −28.7% | −3.9% | −14.0% | 11.7% | 10.3% | 12.2% |
| Net margin | −0.6% | 2.9% | −30.2% | −2.6% | −13.3% | 4.3% | 5.2% | 8.3% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 6.5% | 4.6% | 0.3% | 15.1% | 9.9% | 18.1% | 22.8% | 14.3% |
| Current ratio | 0.42 | 0.47 | 0.47 | 0.42 | 0.43 | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.44 |
| Debt to equity | 28.7% | 28.0% | 31.8% | 29.3% | 30.8% | 31.7% | 35.7% | 34.0% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 13.5% | 13.2% | 11.9% | 9.8% | 9.0% | 9.5% | 10.4% | 9.4% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $23m of assets due within a year against $53m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $23m short-term assets against $42m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $4m of cash against $32m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 34% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 20% to 34% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $26m of operating cash flow against $32m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $6m against $2m of interest.
Moat
Moderate moat
How hard DHI Group's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 20 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 17.4% of total assets over 8 years.
- Pricing power 20 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 87.2%, moving by 2.1 percentage points (standard deviation) across 8 years.
- Durability 0 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 3.2%; its worst year was -24.8%.
- Cash conversion 13 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 6.2% of revenue.
- Discipline 17 / 20
The diluted share count fell 9.1% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 4.5% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (70 before it).
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