Harte Hanks, Inc.
Harte Hanks, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $159.6 million, down 13.9% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue fell 1.67%, EPS fell 1,240.0% and free cash flow grew 60.0%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for ten consecutive years.
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Harte Hanks, Inc. (HHS) Altman Z-score
Harte Hanks, Inc.'s Altman Z-score for fiscal 2025 is 14.56, in the safe zone (above 2.99).
Altman Z-score, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Altman Z-score | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 14.56 | 0.97 |
| FY2024 | 13.59 | 1.85 |
| FY2023 | 11.74 | (0.99) |
| FY2022 | 12.73 | (0.43) |
| FY2021 | 13.17 | 2.20 |
| FY2020 | 10.97 | (0.95) |
| FY2019 | 11.91 | 0.68 |
| FY2018 | 11.23 | 0.28 |
| FY2017 | 10.95 | 3.88 |
| FY2016 | 7.07 | 3.24 |
How fiscal 2025’s score is made up
| Component | This year | Year before | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Working capital / total assets | 0.18 | — | 0.21 | |
| Retained earnings / total assets | 8.86 | — | 12.41 | |
| EBIT / total assets | 0.00 | — | 0.01 | |
| Market value of equity / total liabilities | 0.31 | — | 0.19 | |
| Sales / total assets | 1.74 | — | 1.74 | |
| Altman Z-score | Safe zone | 14.56 | ||
| Z″ Variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies (drops the sales/assets term, uses book equity) | Safe zone | 30.38 | ||
How the Altman Z-score works
Z = 1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets (Altman, 1968). The market value of equity is the close on the last trading day of the fiscal year times weighted basic shares.
Z″ = 6.56 × working capital ÷ total assets + 3.26 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 6.72 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 1.05 × book equity ÷ total liabilities (Altman, Hartzell and Peck, 1995), the variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies.
| Zone | Z | Z″ |
|---|---|---|
| Safe zone | above 2.99 | above 2.60 |
| Grey zone | 1.81–2.99 | 1.10–2.60 |
| Distress zone | below 1.81 | below 1.10 |
Not worked out for banks, insurers and REITs, whose balance sheets the model does not describe, nor when a figure is missing or there is no share price in the week to the fiscal year end.
Altman Z-score against peers
| Company | Altman Z-score |
|---|---|
| HHS Harte Hanks, Inc. | 14.6× |
| MAMK MaxsMaking Inc. compare | 7.4× |
| RCMT RCM Technologies, Inc. compare | 4.5× |
| LGPS LogProstyle Inc. compare | 1.7× |
| BOOM DMC Global compare | 1.5× |
| AIRT Air T, Inc. compare | 1.3× |
| TUSK Mammoth Energy Services, Inc. compare | −0.5× |
| STRR Star Equity Holdings, Inc. compare | −3.2× |
| PLAG PLANET GREEN HOLDINGS CORP. compare | −29.4× |
What Altman Z-score is
The Altman Z-Score weighs working capital, retained earnings, operating profit, market value and sales against assets and debts to gauge the risk of distress.
1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets