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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) reports rapid AI expansion across finance, with transactional and analytical processes prioritized for 2026 transformation.
Key metrics: finance workloads +3.2% in 2026, head count -2.1%, budgets -1.7% (a 5.3% productivity gap); planned technology spend +5.6%; AI now ranked 4th priority (up from 16th in 2025). Accounts payable scaling at 33%; FP&A scaling 19% with 22% piloting. Organizational resistance (72%) and lack of AI talent (77%) are top barriers.
IBM Consulting and The Hackett Group (NASDAQ: HCKT) announced a collaboration to accelerate enterprise AI adoption using Hackett AI XPLR. The partnership aligns AI opportunities to real workflows, existing systems, and measurable ROI, combining Hackett's process intelligence with IBM's enterprise transformation and delivery platform.
The approach prioritizes implementable AI use cases, ingests operational artifacts, and produces quantified value cases to guide responsible, scalable AI deployments.
The Hackett Group (NASDAQ: HCKT) released its 2026 Procurement Key Issues Study showing rapid AI momentum in procurement. Key findings: 80% view AI as the top transformational trend, 43% are pursuing AI (nearly double year-over-year), 12% report large-scale implementation, and 69% use embedded AI.
The study warns scale is limited, workloads are projected to rise 8% in 2026 while headcount and budgets decline, stressing the need for governance and process redesign to realize measurable value.
Exiger (HCKT) was named to The Hackett Group's 2025-2026 "50 to Know" list for procurement technology on February 24, 2026. The recognition highlights Exiger's AI-driven risk discovery, entity resolution, continuous monitoring, and component-level supply chain analysis among ~220 vendors evaluated.
The award reflects vendor evaluation across technology capability, solution maturity, innovation, customer adoption, and market impact.
The Hackett Group (NASDAQ: HCKT) released its 2025-2026 procurement provider recognition lists — 50 to Know, 50 to Watch, Future 5 and Hall of Fame — marking the firm's first release following its Spend Matters acquisition.
The evaluation covered approximately 220 procurement technology vendors globally and identifies 117 providers across established, emerging and startup categories; a webinar on April 15, 2026 will explain the methodology.
The Hackett Group (NASDAQ: HCKT) reported Q4 2025 results with total revenue $75.8M and revenue before reimbursements $74.8M, above guidance. GAAP diluted EPS was $0.21 and adjusted diluted EPS was $0.40 (at high end of guidance). The company repurchased 2.0M shares for $41.2M, ending the quarter with $18.2M cash and $76.0M outstanding on its credit facility. The board approved an additional $13.6M repurchase authorization and declared a first quarterly dividend of $0.12 per share payable April 3, 2026. Q1 2026 guidance: $70.5M–$72.0M revenue and adjusted EPS $0.34–$0.36.
The Hackett Group (NASDAQ: HCKT) released its 2026 Enterprise Key Issues Study showing AI is delivering tangible enterprise gains. The report finds many organizations report 25%+ improvements across customer, employee and productivity outcomes, with award winners citing ROI of 200%–2,500% and some gains over 40%.
The study highlights widespread scaling of Gen AI, gaps in governance and talent, and recommended steps to build agentic workflows and enterprise-wide value.
The Hackett Group (NASDAQ: HCKT) will release fourth quarter results for the period ended December 26, 2025 on Tuesday, February 17, 2026 after market close.
Management will host a conference call at 5:00 P.M. ET the same day; a rebroadcast and an online replay will be available beginning 8:00 P.M. ET on February 17, 2026 through 5:00 P.M. ET on March 3, 2026. Participants may join via telephone or live webcast at thehackettgroup.com. For investor inquiries, contact CFO Robert A. Ramirez at the provided phone or email.
The Hackett Group (NASDAQ: HCKT) launched Hackett AI XPLR™ 5.0 on January 6, 2026 to accelerate enterprise Gen AI ideation and solution design. The release adds Ideation XPLR™, Data XPLR™ and a unified AI COE dashboard to convert process data into semantic knowledge, guide disciplined opportunity intake, and provide end-to-end observability from discovery to agentic deployment with ZBrain™. The platform is available for enterprise licensing to help translate Gen AI experimentation into measurable ROI using the company’s Solution Language Model and performance IP.
The Hackett Group (NASDAQ: HCKT) announced on January 5, 2026 the launch of two Gen AI-enabled delivery platforms, XT and AIXelerator, powered by its proprietary Solution Language Model (SLM) and Hackett Intelligence.
XT targets consulting-led business transformation; AIXelerator supports software implementation lifecycles. The company says the platforms streamline delivery, ingest structured and unstructured data, and can reduce transformation and technology engagement effort by up to 40%.