The Hackett Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:HCKT) Q4 2023 Earnings Call Transcript
The Hackett Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:HCKT) Q4 2023 Earnings Call Transcript February 20, 2024
The Hackett Group, Inc. beats earnings expectations. Reported EPS is $0.39, expectations were $0.37. HCKT isn't one of the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds at the end of the third quarter (see the details here).
Operator: Welcome to The Hackett Group Fourth Quarter Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Please be advised the conference is being recorded. Hosting tonight's call are Mr. Ted Fernandez, Chairman and CEO; and Mr. Rob Ramirez, Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Ramirez, you may begin.
Rob Ramirez: Thank you, operator. Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining us to discuss The Hackett Group's fourth quarter 2023 results. Speaking on the call today and here to answer your questions are Ted Fernandez, Chairman and CEO of The Hackett Group; and myself, Rob Ramirez, Chief Financial Officer. A press announcement was released over the wires at 4:05 P.M. Eastern Time. For a copy of the release, please visit our website at www.thehackettgroup.com. We will also place any additional financial or statistical data discussed on this call that is not contained in the release on the Investor Relations page of our website. Before we begin, I would like to remind you that in the following comments and in the question-and-answer session, we will be making statements about expected future results, which may be forward-looking statements for the purposes of the federal securities laws.
These statements relate to our current expectations, estimates and projections and are not a guarantee of future performance. They involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict and which may not be accurate. Actual results may vary. These forward-looking statements should be considered only in conjunction with the detailed information, particularly the risk factors contained in our SEC filings. At this point, I would like to turn it over to Ted.
Ted Fernandez: Thank you, Rob, and welcome, everyone, to our fourth quarter earnings call. As we normally do, I will open the call with some overview comments on the quarter. I will then turn it back over to Rob to comment on detailed operating results, cash flow as well as comment on outlook. We will then review our market and strategy-related comments, after which we will open it up to Q&A. This afternoon, we reported total revenues of $72.4 million and revenues before reimbursement of $71.2 million, which was above the high-end of our guidance and adjusted earnings per share of $0.39, which was also above the high-end of our guidance. Our results were driven by the performance of our Oracle Solutions segment, which was up strongly.
This is consistent with the momentum that we've have experienced in that segment since the second quarter. A new important development for the segment is the notable increase in demand that we are experiencing in our historically strong Enterprise Performance Management offering. Our Global S&BT segment was up when compared to last year. Although the segment was impacted by market conditions, we continue to see an increased interest in Gen AI initiatives. More importantly, our recently launched Gen AI assessment platform, AI Explorer, is receiving favorable feedback. It has led to a significant number of new client wins, enabling us to showcase our unique ability to assess readiness and identify organizational transformation opportunities. We are leveraging our rapidly growing use case repository to establish Gen AI road maps with related benefit case analysis using our highly recognized benchmark data base.
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