Noble Financial Has Bearish Estimate for DLH FY2026 Earnings

DLH Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ:DLHC) – Equities research analysts at Noble Financial reduced their FY2026 earnings estimates for shares of DLH in a research report issued on Monday, December 15th. Noble Financial analyst J. Gomes now anticipates that the business services provider will post earnings of ($0.35) per share for the year, down from their previous forecast of ($0.27). The consensus estimate for DLH’s current full-year earnings is ($0.13) per share.

Separately, Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d)” rating on shares of DLH in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Sell rating, According to data from MarketBeat, DLH currently has an average rating of “Sell”.

DLH Stock Performance

Shares of DLHC stock opened at $5.56 on Thursday. DLH has a fifty-two week low of $2.72 and a fifty-two week high of $8.45. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $5.89 and its two-hundred day moving average is $5.70. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.06, a current ratio of 1.00 and a quick ratio of 1.00. The firm has a market cap of $80.56 million, a P/E ratio of 55.61 and a beta of 1.56.

DLH (NASDAQ:DLHC) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, December 10th. The business services provider reported ($0.06) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.02 by ($0.08). The company had revenue of $81.16 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $83.50 million. DLH had a return on equity of 1.21% and a net margin of 0.40%.During the same period last year, the company posted $0.16 earnings per share.

Insider Activity

In other DLH news, major shareholder Mink Brook Asset Management Ll acquired 44,208 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 17th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $5.50 per share, for a total transaction of $243,144.00. Following the completion of the purchase, the insider owned 1,931,447 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $10,622,958.50. This trade represents a 2.34% increase in their position. The purchase was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Insiders bought 59,498 shares of company stock valued at $327,239 over the last 90 days. Company insiders own 15.30% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of DLH

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in DLHC. Mink Brook Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of DLH by 8.4% during the third quarter. Mink Brook Asset Management LLC now owns 2,566,349 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $14,500,000 after buying an additional 199,584 shares during the last quarter. Minerva Advisors LLC increased its position in DLH by 0.5% during the third quarter. Minerva Advisors LLC now owns 1,116,802 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $6,310,000 after acquiring an additional 6,059 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in DLH by 1.2% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 494,618 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $2,795,000 after purchasing an additional 5,735 shares during the last quarter. RBF Capital LLC bought a new stake in DLH in the 2nd quarter valued at $1,314,000. Finally, Russell Investments Group Ltd. boosted its holdings in DLH by 19.5% in the 1st quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 60,329 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $244,000 after purchasing an additional 9,828 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 67.25% of the company’s stock.

DLH Company Profile

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), the Defense Health Agency, Tele-medicine and Advanced Technology Research Center, and US Navy Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC).