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The Hackett Group, Inc. reports developments in Gen AI strategic consulting, digital transformation, and executive advisory services for enterprise support functions. Its updates often center on Hackett Process and Performance Intelligence, Digital World Class® benchmarks, AI World Class performance measures, and offerings that apply proprietary process data to finance, procurement, human resources, technology, and global business services.
Company news also covers quarterly results, partner and platform strategy, Oracle, SAP, OneStream and Coupa implementation work, and research products such as SolutionMap, TechMatch, Digital World Class® Matrix studies, Applied Intelligence, and AskHackett™. These releases frame the company's recurring role in enterprise transformation, software-vendor assessment, and AI-enabled operating-model design.
The Hackett Group (NASDAQ:HCKT) reported second quarter 2026 total revenue of $69.3 million and revenue before reimbursements of $68.3 million, down from $78.9 million and $77.6 million a year earlier. GAAP diluted EPS rose to $0.18 from $0.06, while adjusted diluted EPS was $0.34, at the midpoint of guidance and below $0.38 in 2025.
Operating cash flow was $15.2 million, enabling a $6.1 million net debt reduction, $4.0 million of share repurchases and $3.0 million in dividends. Cash stood at $14.2 million with $81.0 million drawn on the credit facility. On August 3, 2026, the facility’s capacity was increased to $125 million. The board declared a third quarterly dividend of $0.12 per share. For Q3 2026, the company guides revenue before reimbursements to $68–$70 million and adjusted EPS to $0.37–$0.39, citing over $30 million in recent platform-led wins and growing demand for AI-enabled transformation services.
Answerthink (NASDAQ:HCKT), a division of The Hackett Group, announced it has received the UNITED VARS Global Collaboration Award, presented at the UNITED VARS Annual Meeting held April 13-16, 2026, in Germany. According to Answerthink, the award recognizes its use of the UNITED VARS partner network to win a strategic SAP S/4HANA implementation for a multinational life sciences manufacturer.
Answerthink engaged UNITED VARS partners during the sales cycle, presenting a unified global delivery model that helped secure the engagement. The company highlights its nearly 30-year role in the SAP ecosystem and recent SAP partner awards from 2024, 2025 and 2026 as part of its track record.
The Hackett Group (NASDAQ: HCKT) released its 2026 Talent Acquisition Vendor Assessments, an in‑depth evaluation of 12 talent acquisition technology providers across 28 criteria. The study focuses on how advanced automation and AI affect recruiting metrics such as time-to-fill, time-to-hire and cost per hire.
According to The Hackett Group, HR organizations expect a 9% workload increase while facing reductions in FTEs and operating budgets, and are raising technology spend by 9%. End users of advanced talent acquisition technologies report average improvements of 32% in time-to-fill and time-to-hire, a 72% increase in automation of hiring activities, and a 70% increase in recruiter efficiency. The 59-page report, supported by vendor briefings and customer interviews, is positioned as opinion-based research, with a complimentary 22-page summary available upon registration.
The Hackett Group (NASDAQ: HCKT) released its 2026 SG&A Cost Study and Scorecard for North America and Europe, analyzing fiscal year 2025 results for the 1,000 largest nonfinancial companies in each region. Median SG&A costs reached five-year highs at 16.2% of revenue in North America and 13.4% in Europe, even as revenue grew 4.4% and 6.5%, respectively.
The firm reports that most companies remain “cost growers,” with SG&A rising faster than revenue, while first‑quartile performers operate at just 7.8% (North America) and 6.1% (Europe), highlighting a widening operating‑leverage gap. According to The Hackett Group, AI‑enabled operating models and “Digital World Class” capabilities can create large structural SG&A advantages, with a typical $10 billion company seeing an estimated $286 million annual cost edge, including about $85 million across finance, HR, IT and procurement.
The Hackett Group (NASDAQ:HCKT) announced new AI World Class HR benchmarks, quantifying how AI-enabled, process-led transformation can change hire-to-retire performance. AI World Class modeling indicates recruiter productivity can improve by up to 119%, recruiting costs per hire can fall by up to 61%, and time-to-fill can drop by up to 57% when organizations redesign end-to-end talent acquisition around AI.
The research also associates AI World Class organizations with internal fill rates up to 101% higher, up to 160% more training hours and up to 187% more HR self-service, supporting a shift toward higher-value HR activities. The benchmarks span 16 enterprise processes and are grounded in more than 30 years of benchmark data and process intelligence from leading global companies. The AI World Class HR benchmarks are available exclusively from The Hackett Group.
The Hackett Group (NASDAQ:HCKT) released its AI World Class Finance benchmarks, quantifying how process-led AI transformation reshapes finance performance, particularly in end-to-end order-to-cash. According to The Hackett Group, AI-driven redesign of credit, order capture, billing, disputes, cash application and collections can cut order-to-cash process costs by 52%-59% and reduce staffing requirements per $1 billion in revenue by 56%-64%.
The research reports 138% more automated credit decisions, 134% more digital order intake, roughly 50% fewer invoice corrections, 43% faster dispute resolution and 89% more payments automatically matched and applied. Collections teams spend 83% more time with customers, contributing to an 85% decline in average delinquent days. The benchmarks span 16 end-to-end enterprise processes, are grounded in over 30 years of benchmarking data from leading global companies, and are available exclusively through The Hackett Group.
The Hackett Group (NASDAQ:HCKT) will release its 2026 second quarter results for the period ended June 26, 2026 on Tuesday, August 4, 2026 after market close, followed by a conference call at 5:00 P.M. ET. Domestic participants can dial (800) 593-0486 and international participants (517) 308-9371, using passcode “Second Quarter.” A telephone rebroadcast and online webcast replay will be available from 8:00 P.M. ET on August 4, 2026 through 5:00 P.M. ET on August 18, 2026 via dial-in numbers and the company’s website.
The Hackett Group (NASDAQ: HCKT) released new research on how AI is evolving in procurement, finance and human capital management solutions. The report finds AI is now widely embedded, but most offerings still focus on assistive and workflow-level automation rather than fully autonomous, end-to-end execution.
According to The Hackett Group, 64% of providers extend established SaaS applications with embedded AI, while 36% offer AI-native, agentic solutions. About 74% report production use of basic AI agents such as copilots, but more advanced, multi-agent orchestration remains limited, often in pilots. The study highlights a gap between strong technical capabilities and weaker enterprise readiness in governance, workforce enablement and strategy, and notes that 86% of providers rely on APIs to third-party AI models, underscoring an ecosystem-driven approach to enterprise AI.
The Hackett Group (NASDAQ:HCKT) introduced its AI World Class Procurement benchmarks, quantifying how artificial intelligence can reshape end‑to‑end source‑to‑pay performance. According to The Hackett Group, AI‑enabled procurement organizations can achieve up to 3.7X higher procurement ROI and 3X greater savings impact versus peers.
AI World Class modeling indicates purchase‑to‑pay process costs can decline by up to 80%, while staffing requirements per billion dollars of spend can fall by up to 81%, freeing capacity for supplier strategy and commercial decision‑making. The research also reports competitive bidding up 97%, supplier concentration up 42%, guided buying and catalog adoption up 110%, and maverick spend leakage down 69%. As purchasing quality improves, invoice errors drop by 76% and invoice processing speeds improve by 74%, supporting more autonomous transaction execution. The benchmarks, based on over 30 years of data across 16 enterprise processes, are available exclusively through The Hackett Group.
The Hackett Group (NASDAQ:HCKT) announced winners of the 2026 Hackett Innovation Awards, honoring 11 organizations and three finalists for measurable AI-driven business value across finance, supply chain, procurement, risk, and technology operations.
The awards showcase agentic AI, automation, and data-driven transformations that improve cycle times, costs, cash flow, and ROI.