The Hackett Group, Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F
HCKT · Technology
Major red flags
Screening Summary
Management Signals
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 39 days, change -3 days YoY
AR growth -9.7% vs revenue growth -2.6%
Revenue -2.6%, CFFO -15.6%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
No material inventory
CapEx growth 92.9% is >2x revenue growth -2.6%
SG&A/Gross Profit = 77.3%, exceeds 70%
Gross margin 38.3%, change -0.9pp. Stable
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = 3.11. Profits backed by cash
FCF $0.0B, FCF/NI = 2.51
Accruals ratio = -13.3%. Low accruals
Cash $0.0B covers only 23% of debt $0.1B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $0.1B = 138% of equity. Over 50%
Debt/EBITDA = 2.7x. Healthy
Other assets 2.3% vs revenue -2.6%. Normal
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions positive
Goodwill+Intangibles change 2% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
M-Score = -3.49 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator
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Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25