---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000045919-24-000010"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HHS"
cik: "0000045919"
company_name: "HARTE HANKS INC"
filed_at: "2024-03-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T16:07:15.349405+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Harte Hanks Q4 2023 revenue down 9.7% YoY; net loss $2.0M; projects $6M cost cuts in 2024

## Summary
- Q4 revenue $49.5M vs $54.8M YoY; operating loss $2.3M vs income $3.4M.
- Net loss $2.0M ($0.27/sh) vs net income $21.8M ($2.81/sh) in Q4 2022, which included $19.8M tax benefit.
- Full-year 2023 revenue $191.5M, down 7.2%; net loss $1.6M.
- Ended 2023 with $18.4M cash, no debt, extended $25M credit line to June 2025.
- Project Elevate expects $6M cost savings in 2024, $16M over two years; added new sales leaders.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000045919-24-000010
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HHS
- cik: 0000045919
- company_name: HARTE HANKS INC
- filed_at: 2024-03-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/45919/000004591924000010/0000045919-24-000010-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/45919/000004591924000010/hhs-20240314.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000045919-24-000010
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000045919-24-000010.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  HARTE HANKS INC reported the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2023 results: revenue $49.5 million, net income Net loss ... was $2.0 million, or $0.27 per basic and diluted share, EPS $0.27 per basic and diluted share.
  - Period: the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2023
  - Revenue: $49.5 million
  - Net income: Net loss ... was $2.0 million, or $0.27 per basic and diluted share
  - EPS: $0.27 per basic and diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Fourth quarter revenues were $49.5 million, down 9.7% from $54.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/45919/000004591924000010/0000045919-24-000010-index.htm

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