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The Hackett Group Announces Second Quarter 2024 Results
MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Hackett Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: HCKT), a leading Gen AI strategic consultancy and executive advisory firm that enables
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[{"type":"text","content":" MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nThe Hackett Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: HCKT), a leading Gen AI strategic consultancy and executive advisory firm that enables organizations to achieve Digital World Class® performance, today announced its financial results for the second quarter, which ended on June 28, 2024.\n\n\nFinancial Highlights\n\n\n\nTotal revenue in the second quarter of 2024 was $77.7 million and revenue before reimbursements was $75.9 million, which exceeded the high end of our guidance. This compares to total revenue of $77.1 million and revenue before reimbursements of $75.6 million in the second quarter of the prior year.\n\n\n\nGAAP diluted earnings per share was $0.31 in the second quarter of 2024, as compared to $0.32 in the second quarter of 2023.\n\n\n\nAdjusted diluted earnings per share, a non-GAAP measure, was $0.39, which was at the high end of our guidance in the second quarter of 2024. Adjusted diluted earnings per share was $0.39 in the second quarter of 2023. Adjusted financial information is provided to enhance the understanding of the Company's financial performance and is reconciled to the Company's GAAP information in the accompanying tables.\n\n\n\nCash flow provided from operations was $13.7 million for the second quarter of 2024, as compared to $7.7 million in the second quarter of 2023.\n\n\n\nAs of June 28, 2024, the Company's cash balances were $19.1 million, with $27.0 million outstanding on the Company's credit facility. The Company’s remaining share repurchase program authorization was $12.9 million.\n\n\n\nSubsequent to the end of the second quarter, the Company's Board of Directors declared its third quarter of 2024 dividend of $0.11 per share for its shareholders of record on September 20, 2024, to be paid on October 4, 2024.\n\n\n\n“We continued to report solid operating results that met or exceeded our quarterly guidance. This was achieved while aggressively pivoting our capabilities and go-to-market efforts to address the emerging demand for Gen AI consulting, leveraging our new ideation and design platform, AI XPLR,” stated Ted A. Fernandez, Chairman & CEO of The Hackett Group, Inc. “Our focus during the quarter was to use the initial feedback from client meetings and new projects to enhance and extend the capabilities of AI XPLR. Our Version 2 of XPLR, which we plan to release this month, will ...