Company Analysis

DLH Holdings Corp. (DLHC)

Nasdaq: DLHC · Services-Help Supply Services · Atlanta, GA · filing with the SEC since 1995
Grade4.6
◀ Past 6.2● Present 4.7▶ Future 3.1

The grade of DLH Holdings Corp.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.6/10
◀ Past6.225% of the headline
● Present4.745% of the headline
▶ Future3.130% 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?

6.2/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.2/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 45% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 18 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

DLH Holdings Corp.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
8.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+14.6% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 9 of 9.

weight 33% of this tense · 83rd percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

DLH Holdings Corp.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $116 million in fiscal 2017 to $344 million in fiscal 2025, up 14.6% a year; it rose in 6 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 13% from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 9 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span14.6%top 8% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 22% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 14% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak13.0%top 25% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
1.1/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 0.7% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 12th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-09-30, DLH Holdings Corp.'s diluted share count grew about 0.7% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% 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 2026-10-05 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 19% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 4% 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?

4.7/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
4.8/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 1%: 1¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 61%: owes 61¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 48th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-09-30, DLH Holdings Corp. earned about 1 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 61 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 0.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 47% of its family
  • return on equitytop 38% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 36% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
4.9/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 49% of 18 in its family; net margin 0.4%.

weight 45% of this tense · 49th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

DLH Holdings Corp.'s standing among 18 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $344 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 31% by size; a net margin of 0.4% ranks in the top 36%; revenue growth of -4.5% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 47% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$344Mbottom 31% of its family
  • net margin0.4%top 36% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-4.5%top 47% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
4.1/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 41% of 16 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 41st percentile among 16 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

DLH Holdings Corp.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Johnbull, Kathryn M. (Director, CEO and President, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-07-02, 4 months (bottom 12% of its family); the 9 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 12 years (top 23%); 7 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 9 people in charge now (bottom 34%; 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 charge7 in three years among 9 peoplebottom 34% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed12.0 yearstop 23% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record5 monthsbottom 12% 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?

3.1/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 45% of 17 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 45th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

DLH Holdings Corp.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $125 thousand against debt of $128 million leaves -44% of its assets as net cash, bottom 9% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 6.7% of revenue (top 19%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-44.0%bottom 9% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue6.7%top 19% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
0.8/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 8% of 18 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 8th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

DLH Holdings Corp.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -4.5% a year over the last three filed years against 14.6% over all 9, slowing (bottom 14% of its family); the newest year grew -13% (bottom 3%); capital spending grew -34.9% a year (bottom 9%) (its annual reports). DLH Holdings Corp. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-19.1 points a yearbottom 14% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-13.0%bottom 3% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-34.9%bottom 9% 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
4.0/10

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

bottom 40% of 17 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 40th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

DLH Holdings Corp.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $344 million in fiscal 2025 came in 13.1% below the $396 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 9% of its family); net income of $1 million against a prior three-year average of $11 million (top 44%); a net margin of 0.4% against 2.7% before (top 44%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-13.1%bottom 9% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-87%top 44% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-2.3 pointstop 44% 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 DLHC · research, not advice