The Hackett Group, Inc. operates as an intellectual property platform-based generative artificial intelligence strategic consulting and executive advisory digital transformation in the United States, Europe, and internationally. The company offers Hackett Connect, an online searchable repository of practices, performance metrics, conference presentations, and associated research; Best Practice Accelerators, a dedicated web-based access to practices, customized software configuration tools, and practice …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
Consistent Subscription GrowthRevenue consistency is strong (score 0.73), pointing to a sticky customer base.
Debt Covered by Cash GenerationDebt capacity is solid (score 0.70), supporting resilience through cycles.
Where HCKT ranks in Information Technology Services
The Hackett Group, Inc. ranks #34 of 78
scored companies in Information Technology Services by moat score — the top 44%.
The widest moat in the group is Mastercard Incorporated (MA)
at 84/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near HCKT in Information Technology Services
How HCKT scores on the Software & SaaS Specialized defenses
Pricing Power
Score 58
· 20% of the moat score
In software, pricing power is visible in gross margin: a vendor that has to discount in order to renew gives it up first.
Recurring Revenue Stickiness
Score 61
· 18% of the moat score
Recurring revenue is the model's central claim, and it is a moat only when customers renew and expand without being re-sold each year.
Innovation Engine
Score 35
· 16% of the moat score
Software is competed away rather than depreciated, so a vendor that stops investing loses its category.
Cash Scalability
Score 52
· 18% of the moat score
The test of a software business is whether growth eventually stops consuming cash.
Capital Efficiency
Score 55
· 16% of the moat score
A software platform employs very little capital, so a genuine franchise should produce high returns on it without leverage.
Balance Sheet Resilience
Score 59
· 12% of the moat score
Software companies fund years of customer acquisition before those customers pay back, which makes access to capital a strategic variable rather than a treasury detail.
The Hackett Group, Inc. (HCKT) scores 53 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #34 of 78 scored companies in Information Technology Services, the top 44%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 77 companies in Information Technology Services. Its strongest defense is Recurring Revenue Stickiness (61/100) and its weakest is Innovation Engine (35/100).
How does The Hackett Group, Inc. compare with other Information Technology Services companies?
The Hackett Group, Inc. ranks #34 of 78 scored companies in Information Technology Services by moat score. The widest moat in Information Technology Services is Mastercard Incorporated (MA) at 84/100. The companies ranked closest are Science Applications Internatio (SAIC) at 55 just above it and GDS Holdings Limited (GDS) at 53 just below it.
How is the moat score calculated?
Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Software & SaaS Specialized in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 77 companies in Information Technology Services. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is The Hackett Group, Inc. scored with the Software & SaaS Specialized template?
Software costs almost nothing to reproduce, so the entire economic question is whether customers keep paying. Revenue is a subscription rather than a sale, the cost of winning a customer is paid years before that customer becomes profitable, and margins arrive only if renewals hold. The Software & SaaS template scores retention, reinvestment, and the point at which growth turns into cash.
Which competitive defenses are measured for The Hackett Group, Inc.?
The Software & SaaS Specialized template measures 6 defenses, and HCKT scores: Pricing Power (58), Recurring Revenue Stickiness (61), Innovation Engine (35), Cash Scalability (52), Capital Efficiency (55), Balance Sheet Resilience (59). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.
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