The Hackett Group Announces Fourth Quarter 2025 Results

MIAMI--( BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Hackett Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: HCKT), a leading generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) consultancy and digital transformation firm that enables Digital World Class ® performance, today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter, which ended on December 26, 2025.

“We reported operating results with revenues and adjusted earnings per share that were above and at the high end of our guidance, respectively. While we cannot control short-term market sentiment or demand volatility, we can - and do - control the intrinsic value we create,” stated Ted A. Fernandez, Chairman and CEO of The Hackett Group, Inc. “The current environment also creates the opportunity for new leaders to emerge. Over the past two years, we have been systematically expanding our suite of Gen AI enabled platforms to lead in the rapidly emerging Agentic Enterprise era. By embedding our IP into our new platforms and models, we believe we will be able to generate new revenue with higher margins, in entirely new ways that allow us to deliver breakthrough ROI. We are looking forward to 2026!”

Financial Highlights

Business Outlook for the First Quarter of 2026

Based on the Company’s current outlook:

Conference Call and Webcast Details

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The Company provides adjusted earnings results (which excluded non-cash stock-based compensation expense, acquisition-related non-cash stock-based compensation expense, legal settlement and related costs and includes a GAAP tax rate) as a complement to results provided in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). These non-GAAP results are provided to enhance the users' overall understanding of the Company's current financial performance and its prospects for the future. The Company believes the non-GAAP results provide useful information to both management and investors and by excluding certain expenses that it believes are not indicative of its core operating results. The non-GAAP measures are included to provide investors and management with an alternative method for assessing operating results in a manner that is focused on the performance of its ongoing primary operations and to provide a consistent basis for comparison between quarters. Further, these non-GAAP results are one of the primary indicators management uses for planning and forecasting. The presentation of this additional non-GAAP information should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for or superior to, any results prepared in accordance with GAAP. See the reconciliation of actual results titled “Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Measures” in the accompanying tables.

The Company believes that the presentation of non-GAAP financial information on a forward-looking basis, including the guidance contained in this release, provides important supplemental information to management and investors regarding its anticipated results of operations. The Company is unable to provide a reconciliation of GAAP measures to corresponding forward-looking non-GAAP measures without unreasonable effort due to the high variability and low visibility of most of the items that have been excluded from these non-GAAP measures. For example, non-cash stock-based compensation expense is impacted by the Company’s future hiring needs, the type and volume of equity awards necessary for such future hiring, and the price at which the Company’s stock will trade in those future periods. In addition, the provision or benefit for income taxes is impacted by non-recurring income tax adjustments, valuation allowance on deferred tax assets, and the income tax effect of non-GAAP exclusions. The effects of these reconciling items may be significant, as the items that are being excluded are difficult to predict.

About The Hackett Group®

The Hackett Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: HCKT) is a Gen AI strategic consulting and digital transformation firm that enables Digital World Class® performance. Using Hackett AI XPLR™, ZBrain™, XT™, AIXelerator™, AskHackett™ and Quantum Leap® platforms, the company’s experienced professionals and engineers help organizations realize the power of Gen AI from ideation through implementation to achieve quantifiable, breakthrough results with unprecedented speed, allowing it to be key architects of their Gen AI journey. The company’s expertise is grounded in unparalleled best practices insights from enterprise performance benchmarks from the world’s leading businesses – including 97% of the Dow Jones Industrials, 90% of the Fortune 100, 68% of the DAX 40 and 53% of the FTSE 100. Visit us at www.thehackettgroup.com.

Trademarks

The Hackett Group®, quadrant logo, Digital World Class® and Quantum Leap® are the registered marks of The Hackett Group®.

Cautionary Statement Regarding “Forward-Looking” Statements

This release contains “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Statements including without limitation, words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” seeks,” “estimates,” or other similar phrases or variations of such words or similar expressions indicating, present or future anticipated or expected occurrences or outcomes are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not statements of historical fact and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Factors that could impact such forward-looking statements include, among others, changes in worldwide and U.S. economic conditions that impact business confidence and the demand for our products and services, our ability to transition our capabilities to support generative artificial intelligence (AI)-related consulting services and solutions, our ability to effectively integrate acquisitions, including the Leeway acquisition, into our operations, our ability to manage joint ventures and successfully cooperate with our joint venture partners, our ability to retain existing business, our ability to attract additional business, our ability to effectively market and sell our product offerings and other services, the timing of projects and the potential for contract cancellation by our customers, changes in expectations regarding the business consulting and information technology industries, our ability to attract and retain skilled employees, possible changes in collections of accounts receivable due to the bankruptcy or financial difficulties of our customers, risks of competition, price and margin trends, foreign currency fluctuations, the impact of the geopolitical conflict involving Russia and Ukraine and in the Middle East on our business and changes in general economic conditions, interest rates and our ability to obtain additional debt financing if needed as well as other risk detailed in The Hackett Group’s reports filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. The Hackett Group does not undertake any duty to update this release or any forward-looking statements contained herein.

Quarter Ended

Twelve Months Ended

December 26,

December 27,

December 26,

December 27,

2025

2024

2025

2024

74,820

77,456

300,846

307,028

931

1,779

4,780

6,827

75,751

79,235

305,626

313,855

43,196

46,209

183,681

183,792

931

1,779

4,780

6,827

44,127

47,988

188,461

190,619

22,547

23,500

90,519

78,546

102

3,112

66,674

71,488

282,092

269,267

9,077

7,747

23,534

44,588

(710

)

(242

)

(1,716

)

(1,594

)

8,367

7,505

21,818

42,994

2,775

3,941

8,875

13,364

5,592

3,564

12,943

29,630

0.21

0.13

0.47

1.08

26,742

27,556

27,305

27,560

0.21

0.12

0.46

1.05

27,145

28,604

27,907

28,091

December 26,

December 27,

2025

2024

ASSETS

18,197

16,366

59,505

57,079

6,175

2,901

83,877

76,346

24,011

20,343

358

350

3,252

2,312

90,659

89,782

2,484

2,744

204,641

191,877

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

6,295

6,503

28,824

30,789

12,317

11,118

3,753

1,259

965

48,769

53,128

10,731

8,464

75,818

12,734

1,223

1,977

136,541

76,303

68,100

115,574

204,641

191,877

Quarter Ended

Twelve Months Ended

December 26,

December 27,

December 26,

December 27,

2025

2024

2025

2024

38,615

43,207

167,266

168,274

19,651

21,478

86,177

89,275

18,964

21,729

81,089

78,999

7,184

7,041

30,295

27,416

11,780

14,688

50,794

51,583

14,003

17,408

71,247

82,472

11,507

12,635

50,884

55,856

2,496

4,773

20,363

26,616

1,599

1,814

7,967

7,507

897

2,959

12,396

19,109

22,202

16,841

62,333

56,282

8,797

6,416

31,832

27,757

13,405

10,425

30,501

28,525

4,823

3,515

10,116

9,782

8,582

6,910

20,385

18,743

21,259

24,557

83,575

89,435

5,347

5,042

20,542

20,787

2,640

3,345

10,915

11,782

1,751

5,142

16,804

5,745

102

349

178

390

956

1,765

2,911

1,997

399

125

3,112

102

1,073

947

4,184

3,771

311

148

996

148

710

242

1,716

1,594

8,367

7,505

21,818

42,994

Quarter Ended

Twelve Months Ended

December 26,

December 27,

December 26,

December 27,

2025

2024

2025

2024

5,592

3,564

12,943

29,630

2,640

3,345

10,915

11,782

1,751

5,142

16,804

5,745

102

349

178

390

956

1,765

2,911

1,997

399

125

311

148

996

148

3,112

102

11,354

14,385

48,258

49,919

492

819

4,938

2,641

10,862

13,566

43,320

47,278

0.21

0.12

0.46

1.05

0.40

0.47

1.55

1.68

27,145

28,604

27,907

28,091

Quarter Ended

December 26,

September 26,

December 27,

2025

2024

39,083

42,925

43,877

468

527

670

38,615

42,398

43,207

14,269

16,504

18,174

266

151

766

14,003

16,353

17,408

22,399

13,682

17,184

197

267

343

22,202

13,415

16,841

75,751

73,111

79,235

931

945

1,779

74,820

72,166

77,456

1,301

1,317

1,284

1,588

1,599

1,553

19,066

11,395

20,640

1,073

1,052

947

311

148

2,008

2,405

1,018

2,032

839

117

41,223

17,405

3,630

20.29

20.73

30.95

11,368

12,590

27,516

268

762

5,514

20.67

20.61