Harte Hanks (HHS) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026)
Harte Hanks (HHS) reported Operating Margin of 2.06% for Q1 2026, down 196.0% year-over-year from 2.15% in Q1 2025, and down 602.1% quarter-over-quarter from 0.29% in Q4 2025.
Harte Hanks (HHS) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Harte Hanks (HHS) has 17 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 2.06% in Q1 2026.
- Operating Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 2.06%, down 196.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.22% (down 115.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.24%, down 89.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin eased to 2.06% in Q1 2026 per HHS's latest filing, from 0.29% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 8.26% in Q2 2022 and troughed at 4.6% in Q4 2023.
- A 5-year average of 2.37% and a median of 2.23% in 2023 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Operating Margin soared 996 bps in 2022, then slumped 1086 bps in 2023.
- A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 6.26% in 2022, then slumped by 174 bps to 4.6% in 2023, then increased by 28 bps to 3.3% in 2024, then soared by 91 bps to 0.29% in 2025, then sank by 602 bps to 2.06% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows HHS's Operating Margin at 2.06% in Q1 2026, 0.29% in Q4 2025, and 1.29% in Q3 2025.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pampa Energy | 1,836.33 Bn | 900.18 Bn | 109.00 Mn | 41.94% |
| 2 | Honeywell International | 145.45 Bn | 134.13 Bn | 3.54 Bn | 19.00% |
| 3 | 3M | 85.14 Bn | 81.04 Bn | 2.46 Bn | 23.17% |
| 4 | Valmont Industries | 11.12 Bn | 10.97 Bn | 316.88 Mn | 15.12% |
| 5 | Seaboard | 4.59 Bn | 3.45 Bn | 217.00 Mn | 4.00% |
| 6 | Otter Tail | 3.66 Bn | 3.25 Bn | 239.49 Mn | 24.56% |
| 7 | Tetra Technologies | 1.37 Bn | 1.37 Bn | 38.23 Mn | 8.20% |
| 8 | Deluxe | 1.04 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 279.40 Mn | 13.34% |
| 9 | Matthews International | 826.85 Mn | 790.76 Mn | 101.98 Mn | -1.23% |
| 10 | Harte Hanks | 18.17 Mn | 13.63 Mn | 25.93 Mn | -2.06% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | -2.06% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -0.29% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 1.29% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.09% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -0.10% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -3.30% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 3.98% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 3.05% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.83% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -4.60% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 6.18% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 3.50% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 2.23% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 6.26% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 7.00% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 8.26% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 7.94% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 5.51% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 8.52% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 2.91% |