Company Analysis

Definitive Healthcare Corp. (DH)

Nasdaq: DH · Services-Prepackaged Software · Framingham, MA · filing with the SEC since 2021
Grade3.7
◀ Past 3.7● Present 3.3▶ Future 4.2

The grade of Definitive Healthcare Corp.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
3.7/10
◀ Past3.725% of the headline
● Present3.335% of the headline
▶ Future4.240% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

3.7/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
0.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

3 warning events since 2021; the latest 2026-06-24.

weight 22% of this tense · 8th percentile among 230 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Definitive Healthcare Corp.'s filings since 2021 show 3 warning events of 3 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2026-06-24); a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, the latest 2023-08-01); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2023-08-01) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
3.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+15.3% a year over 6 filed years; profitable in 0 of 6.

weight 45% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 213 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Definitive Healthcare Corp.'s 6 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $118 million in fiscal 2020 to $242 million in fiscal 2025, up 15.3% a year; it rose in 4 of 5 years; the deepest fall was 4% from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 0 of 6 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span15.3%bottom 41% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 35% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 17% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak4.2%bottom 41% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
6.1/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 1.8% a year. 47% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 61st percentile among 152 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Definitive Healthcare Corp.'s diluted share count grew about 1.8% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 47% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-03 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 42% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 35% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

3.3/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
4.9/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -37%: lost 37¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 48%: owes 48¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 49th percentile among 217 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Definitive Healthcare Corp. lost about 37 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 25 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 48 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 8.6% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 46% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 23% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 29% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 3% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
2.8/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 28% of 218 in its family; net margin -57.5%.

weight 33% of this tense · 28th percentile among 218 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Definitive Healthcare Corp.'s standing among 218 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $242 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 39% by size; a net margin of -57.5% ranks in the bottom 19%; revenue growth of 2.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 26% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$242Mbottom 39% of its family
  • net margin-57.5%bottom 19% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth2.7%bottom 26% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
0.6/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 6% of 139 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 6th percentile among 139 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Definitive Healthcare Corp.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Ritchey, Clay Brian (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-09-16, 2 months (bottom 4% of its family); the 10 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 2.8 years (bottom 8%); 12 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 10 people in charge now (bottom 7%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge12 in three years among 10 peoplebottom 7% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed2.8 yearsbottom 8% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record2 monthsbottom 4% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.2/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.3/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 43% of 216 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 43rd percentile among 216 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Definitive Healthcare Corp.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $164 million against debt of $156 million leaves 1% of its assets as net cash, bottom 25% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 15.3% of revenue (top 47%); a gross margin of 75.9% (top 34%); research spending of 14.4% of revenue (bottom 28%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets1.0%bottom 25% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue15.3%top 47% of its family
  • gross margin75.9%top 34% of its family
  • research spending against revenue14.4%bottom 28% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
3.8/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 38% of 213 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 38th percentile among 213 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Definitive Healthcare Corp.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 2.7% a year over the last three filed years against 15.3% over all 6, slowing (bottom 31% of its family); the newest year grew -4.2% (bottom 13%); research spending grew -0.1% a year (bottom 30%); capital spending grew 26.2% a year (top 23%) (its annual reports). Definitive Healthcare Corp. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Subscription Services at $232 million (96%), Professional Services at $9 million (4%); 1 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-12.6 points a yearbottom 31% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-4.2%bottom 13% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-0.1%bottom 30% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending26.2%top 23% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
4.6/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 46% of 194 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 46th percentile among 194 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Definitive Healthcare Corp.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $242 million in fiscal 2025 came in 10% below the $268 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 16% of its family); net income of $139 million against a prior three-year average of $208 million (bottom 47%); a net margin of -57.5% against -82.5% before (top 24%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-10.0%bottom 16% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+33%bottom 47% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+25.0 pointstop 24% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton DH · research, not advice