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

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DateValue
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%