Hackett Group, Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Hackett Group, Inc. had return on equity of 14.1%, an operating margin of 7.7%, debt equal to 111.3% of equity and a current ratio of 1.72. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Hackett Group, Inc.: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year	2009Jan 2010	2010Dec 2010	2011Dec 2011	2012Dec 2012	2013Dec 2013	2014Jan 2015	2015Jan 2016	2016Dec 2016	2017Dec 2017	2018Dec 2018	2019Dec 2019	2020Jan 2021	2021Dec 2021	2022Dec 2022	2023Dec 2023	2024Dec 2024	2025Dec 2025	LTMJun 2026
Gross margin	31.3%	33.9%	33.9%	33.1%	31.2%	31.5%	33.6%	33.5%	33.9%	34.8%	34.3%	21.9%	30.1%	30.5%	28.4%	39.3%	38.3%	41.3%
Operating margin	−4.9%	6.2%	8.1%	7.7%	7.0%	5.3%	8.4%	11.6%	10.0%	11.7%	11.1%	3.6%	16.7%	18.8%	16.6%	14.2%	7.7%	10.9%
Net margin	−4.8%	7.1%	10.4%	7.5%	3.9%	4.1%	5.3%	7.5%	9.6%	8.4%	8.2%	2.3%	14.9%	13.9%	11.5%	9.4%	4.2%	5.9%
Free-cash-flow margin	−8.1%	8.0%	7.4%	7.7%	9.9%	5.5%	12.7%	10.3%	7.0%	8.0%	13.4%	17.6%	15.5%	18.5%	11.2%	13.9%	10.6%	10.9%
Return on equity	−6.9%	13.5%	17.9%	14.8%	9.3%	10.6%	14.4%	22.9%	28.3%	20.7%	17.8%	3.9%	29.2%	40.4%	46.0%	28.8%	14.1%	24.7%
Return on assets	—	9.4%	13.7%	10.4%	5.7%	6.5%	8.9%	13.5%	15.9%	13.1%	12.4%	2.8%	20.8%	20.8%	18.6%	15.8%	6.5%	8.1%
Asset turnover	—	1.34	1.31	1.39	1.47	1.58	1.68	1.81	1.66	1.56	1.51	1.24	1.39	1.50	1.62	1.68	1.53	1.38
Current ratio	—	1.78	2.19	1.64	1.77	1.40	1.35	1.23	1.46	1.65	1.80	1.99	1.86	1.36	1.51	1.44	1.72	1.94
Debt to equity	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	26.4%	20.4%	20.3%	9.1%	8.1%	17.7%	5.3%	1.8%	0.0%	0.0%	102.4%	36.3%	11.0%	111.3%	118.6%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)	—	—	—	27.1x	33.3x	20.1x	53.6x	86.6x	49.2x	52.6x	100.8x	68.6x	—	—	15.2x	28.0x	13.7x	9.3x
Effective tax rate	—	−0.2%	−26.5%	−2.9%	41.9%	18.8%	35.8%	37.6%	9.1%	16.9%	25.0%	33.7%	10.4%	26.0%	25.8%	31.1%	40.7%	39.5%
SG&A as % of revenue	32.4%	27.7%	25.9%	25.6%	24.2%	25.9%	25.2%	20.8%	22.1%	22.4%	22.0%	22.5%	21.2%	20.8%	22.2%	25.0%	29.6%	28.5%
Capital spending as % of revenue	2.1%	1.7%	2.4%	1.5%	0.9%	1.3%	1.2%	1.1%	2.3%	3.4%	1.6%	0.8%	1.2%	1.6%	1.4%	1.3%	2.6%	3.3%
Free cash flow ÷ net income	—	112.8%	70.6%	102.4%	254.2%	133.0%	240.2%	137.9%	73.1%	95.3%	162.4%	770.5%	103.8%	133.0%	97.5%	147.3%	250.6%	185.1%
Dividends ÷ net income	—	—	—	18.5%	35.5%	36.1%	22.2%	33.3%	31.7%	42.0%	48.1%	272.9%	31.0%	25.6%	35.1%	40.9%	99.7%	74.8%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow	—	37.8%	58.2%	343.1%	78.4%	133.3%	20.8%	138.8%	122.0%	65.1%	50.3%	41.0%	60.1%	234.1%	38.2%	42.5%	253.0%	250.8%

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Hackett Group, Inc.: financial ratios, quarterly
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	29.2%	39.4%	35.8%	35.4%	40.7%	41.7%	42.6%	40.0%
Operating margin	16.0%	9.8%	5.7%	5.8%	7.5%	12.0%	13.0%	11.1%
Net margin	10.8%	4.5%	4.0%	2.1%	3.5%	7.4%	6.2%	6.4%
Free-cash-flow margin	11.7%	24.8%	3.4%	4.7%	12.3%	22.5%	−10.9%	18.2%
Current ratio	1.51	1.44	1.59	1.71	1.88	1.72	1.88	1.94
Debt to equity	17.8%	11.0%	15.5%	19.0%	43.1%	111.3%	119.4%	118.6%
SG&A as % of revenue	23.5%	29.7%	30.1%	29.6%	28.9%	29.8%	26.8%	28.1%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

3 of 6 checks passed · June 26, 2026

What it owns · $209m

Short-term assets $85mLonger-term assets $124m

What it owes, and who funded it · $209m

Short-term liabilities $44mLonger-term liabilities $97mShareholders' equity $68m

Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $85m of assets due within a year against $44m of liabilities due within a year.
Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $85m short-term assets against $97m of longer-dated liabilities.
More cash than debt $14m of cash against $81m of debt.
Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 119% of equity.
Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $41m of operating cash flow against $81m of debt.
Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $31m against $3m of interest.

From Hackett Group, Inc.'s latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

57 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Hackett 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

Net income has been a median 11.9% of total assets over 10 years.
Pricing power 8 / 20

Gross margin has been a median 30.2%, moving by 5.2 percentage points (standard deviation) across 5 years.
Durability 10 / 20

Operating margin has been a median 13.9%; its worst year was 5.9%.
Cash conversion 17 / 20

Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 13.4% of revenue.
Discipline 18 / 20

The diluted share count fell 21.0% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 3.5% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: High. In this industry, the core product is information work that AI systems increasingly perform. The score above includes a 15-point deduction for that exposure (72 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Hackett Group, Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Hackett Group, Inc.