Dividend Power Score
A single, comprehensive score designed to measure the true strength of a company’s dividend.
This score combines three essential pillars of dividend quality:
Consistency – Measures how reliable the dividend has been over time, focusing on payment history, stability, and the absence of cuts or suspensions.
Payability – Assesses the company’s financial ability to sustain its dividend, taking into account cash flow, earnings coverage, balance sheet strength, and overall financial health.
Growth – Evaluates the long-term growth of both the dividend and the company’s share price, highlighting businesses that consistently increase payouts while creating shareholder value.
Higher scores identify companies that have historically delivered dependable income alongside sustained dividend growth and long-term capital appreciation.
Company Overview
The Hackett Group, Inc. is a global management consulting and benchmarking firm that provides advisory, research, and technology-enabled services to large and midsize organizations. The company operates primarily in the management consulting, business benchmarking, and enterprise performance improvement industries, focusing on helping clients optimize business processes, reduce costs, and improve operational effectiveness.
The company’s core offerings center on proprietary benchmarking, best-practice advisory, and digital transformation services, with revenue primarily driven by consulting engagements, subscription-based research, and implementation support. The Hackett Group serves senior executives across finance, human resources, procurement, information technology, and enterprise strategy functions. Founded in 1991, the company evolved from a benchmarking-focused advisory firm into a broader consultancy with integrated research, analytics, and transformation capabilities, expanding its service scope alongside increasing enterprise complexity and globalization.
Business Operations
The Hackett Group organizes its business around key operating segments including Strategic Advisory, Benchmarking and Best Practices Research, and Digital Transformation and Implementation Services. These segments generate revenue through consulting fees, recurring research subscriptions, and project-based transformation engagements, with proprietary intellectual property forming the backbone of service delivery.
Operations are conducted across both domestic and international markets, supported by a global consulting workforce and research infrastructure. The company controls proprietary benchmarking databases, performance metrics, and best-practice frameworks used across client engagements. It operates through wholly owned subsidiaries, including The Hackett Group Europe Ltd. and The Hackett Group Canada, and maintains strategic partnerships with enterprise software providers to support implementation and transformation initiatives.
Strategic Position & Investments
Strategically, The Hackett Group emphasizes growth through expanding its digital transformation offerings, integrating advanced analytics, automation, and cloud-enabled solutions into its advisory services. The company has pursued targeted acquisitions to enhance technology-enabled consulting capabilities, most notably the acquisition of Levio Consulting Inc., which expanded its presence in digital strategy, cloud services, and large-scale transformation programs.
The firm continues to invest in proprietary research platforms, data-driven advisory tools, and emerging technologies related to intelligent automation and enterprise analytics. Its strategy focuses on deepening client relationships, increasing recurring subscription revenue, and positioning itself as a differentiated provider combining benchmarking data with actionable execution support.
Geographic Footprint
The Hackett Group is headquartered in North America, with its principal executive offices located in the United States. The company maintains a significant presence across Europe, Canada, Latin America, and parts of Asia-Pacific, serving multinational clients with global operations.
Its international footprint supports both local market consulting and cross-border transformation initiatives, with consultants and research teams distributed across multiple continents. The firm’s geographic reach enables it to benchmark performance globally and advise clients operating in complex, multi-regional environments.
Leadership & Governance
The Hackett Group was founded by Bennett R. Hackett, who played a central role in establishing the firm’s benchmarking-driven consulting model. The company’s leadership team emphasizes data-driven decision-making, client value creation, and disciplined capital allocation, aligning strategic vision with measurable business outcomes.
Key executives include:
- Ted A. Fernandez – Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
- Martin E. DiNardi – Chief Financial Officer
- Jeffrey P. Rutter – Chief Marketing Officer
- Rafaelle Tordjman – President, Global Sourcing and Procurement Advisory
The governance structure reflects a focus on long-term shareholder value, operational transparency, and maintaining the integrity of the firm’s proprietary research and advisory methodologies.