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DLH Holdings Corp. DLHC
DLH Holdings Corp. (DLHC) earns a Piotroski F-score of 3/9 (weak financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the grey zone. It does not currently pay a dividend.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Analyst price target
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Smart money · insiders, last 12 months
Open-market insider purchases minus sells (SEC Form 4) — real buying with their own money is a bullish “smart money” signal; grants and option exercises are excluded.
How it ranks in Services · percentile among 982 companies
Percentile vs other Services companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 3/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · grey zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | 0.0 |
| Retained earnings / assets | 0.039 |
| EBIT / assets | 0.058 |
| Equity / liabilities | 0.636 |
Sector peers · similar-size Services companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DLHC | DLH Holdings Corp. | 3/9 | 1.18 | — | -13% |
| RCMT | RCM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 7/9 | 4.3 | 12.3 | +14.7% |
| ATLN | ATLANTIC INTERNATIONAL CORP. | 3/9 | -10.78 | — | -1.5% |
| BGSF | BGSF, INC. | 5/9 | 6.23 | — | -10.6% |
| HQI | HireQuest, Inc. | 5/9 | 7.69 | 29.5 | -11.4% |
| DHTI | Dalrada Technology Group, Inc. | 3/9 | — | — | +2.3% |
| CCRN | CROSS COUNTRY HEALTHCARE INC | 5/9 | 5.47 | — | -21.6% |
About DLH Holdings Corp.
DLH Holdings Corp. provides technology-enabled business process outsourcing, program management solutions, and public health research and analytics services in the United States. It offers digital transformation and cyber security solutions, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, cloud enablement, cybersecurity ecosystem, big data analytics, and modeling and simulation to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Defense Health Agency (DHA), US Army Medical Research and Development Command (MRDC), and US Navy. The company also provides science research and development services and solutions, such as data analytics, testing and evaluation, clinical trials research services, and epidemiology studies to support multiple operating divisions, including NIH and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as the Military Health System. In addition, it offers systems engineering and integration solutions in the areas of command, control, communications, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C5ISR); modeling, simulation and training, performance-based logistics, and system modernization; and technology-powered health solutions and software engineering on behalf of the US Navy, HHS, VA, and other federal customers. Further, the company holds the trademark, Infinibyte, for cloud-based solution. The company was formerly known as TeamStaff, Inc. and changed its name to DLH Holdings Corp. in June 2012. DLH Holdings Corp. was incorporated in 1969 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
FAQ
Is DLHC financially healthy?
DLH Holdings Corp.'s Piotroski F-score is 3/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the grey zone.
Does DLHC pay a dividend?
No, DLH Holdings Corp. does not currently pay a dividend.
Is DLHC overvalued or undervalued?
DLH Holdings Corp. trades at about 51.9× trailing earnings — above its 10-year norm (10-year range 7.9×–136.8×, median 20.3×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for DLHC?
The average Wall-Street price target for DLH Holdings Corp. is $10.00, about 113.9% above the recent price, from 1 analysts.
Is DLHC a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on DLH Holdings Corp.: a Piotroski F-score of 3/9, an Altman Z″ in the grey zone. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-09-30. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.