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Financial-condition grades for SEC filers
Company Report · as of Oct 9, 2026
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| Harte Hanks Inc.HHS · other | |
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| Grade |  Eweakest fifth of 336 graded peers; percentile 89.9, sampling error 2.6 points; lower is stronger |
| Rank | 302 of 336 |
| Profitability | Epercentile 85.1 |
| Solvency | A/Bpercentile 20.6 |
| Growth and financing | Epercentile 83.0 |
| Reliability | 0.83 AUCfailure model, filers with $12.5M to $120M assets; 95% interval 0.79 to 0.86; 201 events, 2020 to 2025 |
| Peer failure rate | 1.07% a yearItem 1.03 bankruptcies, same asset band, 2012 to 2025 |
| Size band | $12.5M to $120M assetstotal assets $91.8M[1] |
| Standard universe | insiderevenue above $1M and assets above $10M[1-2] |
| Warnings | none active · fortress balance sheetnot computable: distress |
| Inputs computable | 7 of 14 |
| Graded from | filings received through Mar 17, 2026206 days before the rescan; every figure keyed to the SEC receipt date |
| Last close | $4.412026-10-06; market equity $32.9M; iex feed |
| Price used in grade | None |
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Percentile at every rescan on file, Jan 21, 2012 to Oct 9, 2026; stronger toward the top. Hover for the date. Open this report as it stood on | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Business, in the company's words. Opening of Item 1 of the 10-K received Mar 17, 2026; the document on sec.gov.
Harte Hanks, Inc., together with its subsidiaries (“Harte Hanks,” “Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) is a global Business Experience Outsourcing company. We operate at the intersection of data, marketing , sales, customer care, fulfillment, and logistics integrating front office revenue growth and customer experience operations with back office execution to deliver measurable business outcomes. With offices in North America, Asia-Pacific and Europe, we serve leading global brands enabling them to design, activate and optimize the full customer and product lifecycle. We are the successor to a newspaper business started by Houston Harte and Bernard Hanks in Texas in the early 1920s.
Warnings [top]
7 checks ran; none of them enters the letter. The checks are listed on the warnings screen.
The Fourteen Inputs [top]
Lower percentile is stronger. Source numbers open the SEC filing; a range that spans filings opens the sources table.
| Input | Percentile, 0 to 100 | Value | Source | Peer median | Percentile | Peers | Period end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability, sleeve percentile 85.1 | |||||||
| Gross profitability | not computable | 27.1% | |||||
| one or more required annual facts are missing | |||||||
| Return on invested capital | not computable | 10.0% | |||||
| average invested capital must exceed $1,000,000 | |||||||
| Accruals ratio | 1.0% | [1,5-7] | (5.9%) | 85.1 | 506 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Gross margin stability, five years | not computable | 2.2 pts | |||||
| five annual gross margins are required; found 0 | |||||||
| Solvency, sleeve percentile 20.6 | |||||||
| Twelve-month failure probability | not computable | 0.04% | |||||
| latest liabilities, cash plus short-term investments, book equity, and shares are required | |||||||
| Altman Z double-prime | 30.38 | [1,8-13] | 2.05 | 0.8 | 386 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Net debt to EBITDA | not computable | 2.52x | |||||
| latest aligned inputs end 2021-12-31; latest annual assets end 2025-12-31 | |||||||
| Interest coverage | not computable | 2.18x | |||||
| latest aligned inputs end 2014-12-31; latest annual assets end 2025-12-31 | |||||||
| Current ratio | 1.54x | [8-9] | 1.32x | 40.4 | 506 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Growth and financing, sleeve percentile 83.0 | |||||||
| Revenue growth, three-year compound | (8.2%) | [2,14-16] | 5.1% | 86.8 | 403 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Free cash flow growth, three-year compound | not computable | 8.7% | |||||
| current FCF must be positive and base FCF must exceed $100,000 | |||||||
| Reinvestment rate | (1,300.5%) | [8-9,11,17-22] | 11.9% | 98.4 | 190 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Asset growth, three years | (8.5%) | [1,7,23-24] | 4.1% | 85.6 | 438 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Net share issuance, one year | 0.8% | [25-26] | (0.4%) | 61.1 | 356 | 2026-02-27 | |
Gross profitability. Revenue less cost of goods sold, over total assets.
Accruals ratio. Net income less operating cash flow, over average assets; lower is stronger.
Gross margin stability, five years. Standard deviation of gross margin; lower is stronger.
Twelve-month failure probability. CHS model; lower is stronger.
Net debt to EBITDA. Lower is stronger.
Net share issuance, one year. Split-adjusted; lower is stronger.
Sleeves are equal-weighted; within a sleeve each computable input carries equal weight. Composite 0.309; sampling error 2.6 percentile points on 336 peers.
Among 336 Peers [top]
Composite score of every graded peer, smoothed. Vertical rules are the letter band edges at the 20th, 40th, 60th and 80th percentiles. Small dots are the six largest peers by market equity.
| Rank | Company | Percentile | Letter | Warnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 297 | Comscore, Inc. (SCOR) Comscore, Inc. (SCOR) Eweakest fifth; percentile 88.4 Nasdaq · Services-Business Services, NEC market equity $61.6M; last close $4.13 Warnings: dilution; 10 of 14 inputs | 88.4 | E | dilution |
| 298 | Plains ALL American Pipeline L.P. (PAA) Plains ALL American Pipeline L.P. (PAA) Eweakest fifth; percentile 88.7 Nasdaq · Pipe Lines (No Natural Gas) last close $24.41 No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs | 88.7 | E | |
| 299 | Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (FIS) Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (FIS) Eweakest fifth; percentile 89.0 NYSE · Services-Business Services, NEC market equity $17.7B; last close $34.35 No active warnings; 12 of 14 inputs | 89.0 | E | |
| 300 | AMN Healthcare Services Inc. (AMN) AMN Healthcare Services Inc. (AMN) Eweakest fifth; percentile 89.3 NYSE · Services-Help Supply Services market equity $1.4B; last close $35.48 No active warnings; 11 of 14 inputs | 89.3 | E | |
| 301 | Thryv Holdings, Inc. (THRY) Thryv Holdings, Inc. (THRY) Eweakest fifth; percentile 89.6 Nasdaq · Services-Advertising market equity $64.9M; last close $1.47 No active warnings; 11 of 14 inputs | 89.6 | E | |
| 302 | Harte Hanks Inc. (HHS) Harte Hanks Inc. (HHS) Eweakest fifth; percentile 89.9 Nasdaq · Services-Direct Mail Advertising Services market equity $33.2M; last close $4.41 Warnings: fortress balance sheet; 7 of 14 inputs | 89.9 | E | fortress balance sheet |
| 303 | Ivanhoe Electric Inc. (IE) Ivanhoe Electric Inc. (IE) Eweakest fifth; percentile 90.1 NYSE · Metal Mining market equity $1.5B; last close $9.65 No active warnings; 8 of 14 inputs | 90.1 | E | |
| 304 | Pamt Corp. (PAMT) Pamt Corp. (PAMT) Eweakest fifth; percentile 90.4 Nasdaq · Trucking (No Local) market equity $262.5M; last close $12.54 No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs | 90.4 | E | |
| 305 | Matrix Service Co. (MTRX) Matrix Service Co. (MTRX) Eweakest fifth; percentile 90.7 Nasdaq · Construction - Special Trade Contractors market equity $300.7M; last close $10.64 No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs | 90.7 | E | |
| 306 | Inuvo, Inc. (INUV) Inuvo, Inc. (INUV) Eweakest fifth; percentile 91.0 NYSE · Services-Advertising market equity $8.4M; last close $0.51 Warnings: short runway; 7 of 14 inputs | 91.0 | E | short runway |
| 307 | Katapult Holdings, Inc. (KPLT) Katapult Holdings, Inc. (KPLT) Eweakest fifth; percentile 91.3 Nasdaq · Services-Equipment Rental & Leasing, NEC market equity $22.2M; last close $4.47 No active warnings; 7 of 14 inputs | 91.3 | E |
| Peer policy | Letter | Percentile | Peers |
|---|---|---|---|
| all graded filers, equal sleeves | E | 90.7 | 2204 |
| sector peers, equal sleeves (the grade) | E | 89.9 | 336 |
| same exchange, equal sleeves | E | 87.6 | 1219 |
| sector peers, equal inputs | E | 91.3 | 336 |
Each letter is one fifth of the 336 graded peers, about 67 companies. A boundary letter (A/B, B/C, C/D, D/E) marks a percentile within one sampling error of a band edge.
What the Price Implies [top]
Market measures at the 2026-10-06 close. None enters the grade. Percentile among graded peers with the same measure.
| Measure | Value | Peer median | Percentile | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twelve-month price change, skipping the latest month | 16.2% | 2.0% | 62 | hotter than 62 of 100 peers |
| Distance from 52-week high | (4.2%) | (26.8%) | 91 | closer to its high than 91 of 100 peers |
| EBIT to enterprise value | 1.2% | 4.4% | 22 | pricier than 78 of 100 peers |
| Free cash flow yield | (13.5%) | 4.1% | 11 | pricier than 89 of 100 peers |
| Book value to price | 0.46 | 0.34 | 64 | pricier than 36 of 100 peers |
| Sales to price | 4.81 | 0.70 | 92 | pricier than 8 of 100 peers |
| Composite equity issuance, five years | not computable | (8.8%) | five-year total-return history is required | |
| Relative strength against the sector, log excess return | 0.00 | (0.13) | 62 | ahead of 62 of 100 peers |
Inputs: market equity $33.2M; EBIT $386,000; free cash flow -$4.5M; book equity $15.3M; sales $159.6M; debt $5.0M; cash $5.2M[27].
Diagnostics [top]
Diagnostics do not feed the grade.
| Piotroski F-score: None of 9, period end 2025-12-31 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Return on assets above zero | (0.8%) | ✗ fail[5,7] |
| Operating cash flow above zero | -$1.7M | ✗ fail[6] |
| Return on assets improved | 23.9 pts | ✓ pass[5,7,23,28] |
| Operating cash flow exceeds net income | -$924,000 | ✗ fail[5-6] |
| Long-term leverage fell | n/a[1,7,23] | |
| Current ratio improved | 1.0 pts | ✓ pass[8-9,21-22] |
| No new shares issued | 0.8% | ✗ fail[25-26] |
| Gross margin improved | n/a | |
| Asset turnover improved | 5.9 pts | ✓ pass[2,7,14,23] |
| Cash, filings, liquidity | |
|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $5.2M[29] |
| Operating cash flow, four quarters | $1.3M[6,29-33] |
| Months of runway | not finite |
| trailing operating cash flow is nonnegative, so runway is not finite | |
| Late filings, two years | 0 |
| NT 10-K or NT 10-Q | |
| Days since last periodic filing | 56 |
| 10-Q received Aug 14, 2026 | |
| Median daily dollar volume | $182,648 |
| 63 sessions | |
| Days since newest grade input | 206 |
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Sources [top]
Every citation on this page. Filing opens the SEC index page for that submission; viewer opens the SEC interactive data for the same filing; series opens the SEC XBRL API record for that tag and company.
| # | Concept | XBRL tag | Value | Period end | Received | Form | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $91.8M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-17 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 2 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $159.6M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-17 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 3 | cash | us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | $11.9M | 2021-12-31 | 2023-03-31 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 4 | total debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebt | $5.0M | 2021-12-31 | 2022-03-21 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 5 | net income | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | -$811,000 | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-17 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 6 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | -$1.7M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-17 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 7 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $101.8M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-03-17 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 8 | current assets | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent | $46.3M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-17 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 9 | current liabilities | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent | $30.2M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-17 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 10 | retained earnings | us-gaap:RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit | $813.8M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-17 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 11 | operating income | us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss | $386,000 | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-17 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 12 | book equity | us-gaap:StockholdersEquity | $20.5M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-17 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 13 | liabilities | us-gaap:Liabilities | $71.3M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-17 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 14 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $185.2M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-03-17 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 15 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $191.5M | 2023-12-31 | 2025-03-17 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 16 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $206.3M | 2022-12-31 | 2024-04-01 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 17 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $2.8M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-17 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 18 | depreciation amortization | us-gaap:DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization | $4.5M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-17 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 19 | pretax income | us-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest | -$1.0M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-17 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 20 | income tax | us-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit | -$197,000 | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-17 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 21 | current assets | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent | $53.6M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-03-17 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 22 | current liabilities | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent | $35.1M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-03-17 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 23 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $122.8M | 2023-12-31 | 2025-03-17 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 24 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $120.0M | 2022-12-31 | 2024-04-01 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 25 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 7,414,794 | 2026-02-27 | 2026-03-17 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 26 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 7,357,450 | 2025-02-28 | 2025-03-17 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 27 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 7,454,240 | 2026-07-31 | 2026-08-14 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 28 | net income | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | -$30.3M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-03-17 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 29 | cash | us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | $5.2M | 2026-06-30 | 2026-08-14 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 30 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | -$2.6M | 2026-06-30 | 2026-08-14 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 31 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | -$575,000 | 2026-03-31 | 2026-05-15 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 32 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | -$2.5M | 2025-09-30 | 2025-11-12 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 33 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | -$5.7M | 2025-06-30 | 2026-08-14 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
Limitations [top]
Grade boundary. Percentile 89.9 is 9.9 points from the nearest band edge; sampling error is 2.6 points.
Peer group. Sector assignment from four-digit SIC codes, hand-tuned and published. The grade under three alternative peer policies is tabled above.
Size. Within a sector the letter tracks size. Among graded filers in the smallest asset band, 72% grade E and 0% grade A; in the largest, 13% grade E and 21% grade A. Universe as of Oct 9, 2026.
Failure model. filings 2012-01-01 to 2019-12-31 fit, filings 2020-01-01 to 2025-12-31 test; status post hoc pending confirmation. pre-registered on 2026 filings once their 12-month outcome windows close; supported if the paired per-quintile gain over the pooled model has a lower bound above 0.05.
Input validity. Revenue or total assets at or below $100,000 sets the degenerate-inputs flag. An input whose denominator is at or below $100,000 is left not computable rather than ranked.
Returns. No input on this page has a post-2015 confidence interval on returns that excludes zero. The grade ranks reported financial condition and is not a return forecast.
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