Harte-Hanks Overview
Latest ROE for Harte-Hanks: -37.23% — see history and peer comparisons.
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Return on Equity measures how efficiently a company uses shareholders' equity to generate profits. A higher ROE indicates better profitability relative to equity.
Harte-Hanks posts a ROE of -37.23%. That is below the Consumer Discretionary sector average of 22.61%. Comparing that reading with peers and prior periods is usually more useful than looking at the number in isolation.
For Consumer Discretionary stocks, a ROE near 22.61% is typical. Harte-Hanks's -37.23% is lower that level. That is roughly 264.7% below the sector mean. Whether that is a warning or an opportunity depends on growth outlook and other fundamentals shown elsewhere on Stockcircle.
Harte-Hanks's ROE moves when the underlying profit, equity, or asset base changes. Cost cuts, pricing power, buybacks, write-downs, and cyclical swings can all shift the percentage. The latest reading is -37.23%; use YoY and peer views to separate noise from signal.
Context for HRTH's ROE usually means three checks: (1) trend versus prior periods, (2) level versus peers (average 22.61%), and (3) consistency with growth and profitability. This page covers the first two; Harte-Hanks's other metric pages and overview cover the third.
Judging Harte-Hanks against Consumer Discretionary peers is usually better than using a market-wide rule of thumb. Business models inside Consumer Discretionary are more comparable, which makes gaps in ROE easier to interpret. Start with -37.23% here, then scan peer and history charts to see if the gap is persistent.
