HACKETT GROUP, INC. (HCKT) Stock — Forensic Analysis, Red Flags & Rating | Stockonomy · Stockonomy
Forensic Analysis · General / Diversified · as of Jun 28, 2026
HACKETT GROUP, INC. (HCKT)
A forensic read on HACKETT GROUP, INC. built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.
A · High-quality compounder
Forensic grade
Safe
Financial health
3.6
Altman Z-score
Clean
Earnings quality
5
Forensic signals
20.2
P / E (ttm)
15.8%
ROE
$284M
Market cap
4.58%
Dividend yield
HACKETT GROUP, INC. earns a A (High-quality compounder) forensic quality grade, and its Altman Z-score is 3.6, placing it in the Safe zone. 5 forensic signals were flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by stock-based comp load.
What the filings flag
4% of revStock-based comp load.Stock-based compensation ran 4% of revenue and 34% of free cash flow in FY2025 — about $0.39 per diluted share. Heavy — a large slice of 'free cash flow' is really being paid out in stock, so the true owner cash per share is well below the headline.
253% of FCFShareholder returns.Returned $82M to shareholders (buybacks + dividends) in FY2025 — 253% of free cash flow. More than free cash flow generated — and beyond operating cash too, so the extra is coming from debt or cash reserves, which isn't sustainable indefinitely.
+11.6%Accruals ratio.Net operating assets grew +11.6% relative to their average in FY2025 — the accrual component of earnings. Accruals are building faster than is comfortable — part of profit sits in receivables, inventory or capitalized costs rather than cash. The cash-flow cross-check agrees: reported earnings ran behind operating cash by -23% of net operating assets.
10%Return on invested capital.Return on invested capital is 10% and slipping from 43% — around its ~9% cost of capital, so growth is roughly value-neutral — watch the trend.
-19%Dividend — cut.The payout was CUT ~19% in FY2022 (from FY2021). It still returns some cash, but it is NOT the dependable, rising dividend an unbroken streak implies — weigh the cut when judging reliability.
Key fundamentals
Net Margin4.2%
Debt / Equity1.16x
Free Cash Flow$32.4M
Latest Revenue$305.6M
Return on Equity19.0%
Revenue Growth YoY-2.6%
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