DLH Holdings Valuation

Q: What is the Fair Price of DLHC when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

DLHC ($5.51) is trading below our estimate of [[future cash flow value]] ($16.12)

Is DLHC undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

Below Future Cash Flow Value
Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value
Price-To-Sales vs Peers
Price-To-Sales vs Industry
Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio
Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Future Cash Flow Value

What is the Fair Price of DLHC when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: DLHC ($5.51) is trading below our estimate of future cash flow value ($16.12)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: DLHC is trading below future cash flow value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for DLHC?

Key metric: As DLHC is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for DLHC. This is calculated by dividing DLHC's market cap by their current revenue.
What is DLHC's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio	0.3x
Sales	US$292.66m
Market Cap	US$79.71m

DLHC key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue	0.8x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA	9.1x
PEG Ratio	n/a

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does DLHC's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for DLHC vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
Company	Forward PS	Estimated Growth	Market Cap
Peer Average	0.3x
LGCL Lucas GC	0.6x	n/a	US$89.9m
MHH Mastech Digital	0.4x	-2.31%	US$73.5m
SKIL Skillsoft	0.1x	n/a	US$70.2m
STRR Star Equity Holdings	0.2x	15.57%	US$42.8m
DLHC DLH Holdings	0.3x	-18.87%	US$79.7m

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: DLHC is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.3x) compared to the peer average (0.3x).

Historical Price to Sales Ratio

Historical Price to Sales Ratio compares a stock's price to its sales over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does DLHC's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Professional Services Industry?

25 Companies	Price / Sales	Estimated Growth	Market Cap
Industry Avg.	1.1x	6.8%
DLHC DLH Holdings	0.3x	-18.87%	US$79.71m
AMTM Amentum Holdings	0.4x	3.39%	US$5.71b
CNXC Concentrix	0.2x	2.29%	US$1.74b

25 Companies		Estimated Growth	Market Cap
Industry Avg.	1.1x	15.7%
DLHC DLH Holdings	0.3x	-7.74%	US$79.71m

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Price-To-Sales vs Industry: DLHC is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.3x) compared to the US Professional Services industry average (1x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is DLHC's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

DLHC PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio	0.3x
Fair PS Ratio	0.07x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: DLHC is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.1x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

AnalystPriceTarget

Community Contributor

US$10

Fair Value

44.9% undervalued

Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Insufficient data to show price forecast.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2026/06/03 05:34
End of Day Share Price	2026/06/03 00:00
Earnings	2026/03/31
Annual Earnings	2025/09/30

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

DLH Holdings Corp. is covered by 2 analysts. 1 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Kenneth Herbert	Canaccord Genuity
Joseph Gomes	NOBLE Capital Markets, Inc.