---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000731012-26-000055"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HCSG"
cik: "0000731012"
company_name: "HEALTHCARE SERVICES GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2026-10-21T11:01:55+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-21T11:05:08.190506+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# HCSG Q3 EPS $0.36 on $479.6M revenue; Q4 guide $535-545M, 2027 growth raised to low double-digits

## Summary
- Revenue $479.6M; net income $24.9M and diluted EPS $0.36; cost of services $399.2M (83.2%); SG&A $48.5M, or $49.1M (10.2%) adjusted for $0.6M deferred comp decrease.
- Environmental Services revenue $217.2M at 13.3% margin; Dietary Services $262.4M at 8.7%; effective tax rate 26.2%, with FY 2026 expected at ~25.0%.
- Q4 revenue guided to $535-$545M; 2027 revenue growth outlook raised from mid single-digits to low double-digits.
- Closed NEXDINE Hospitality acquisition Oct. 6, 2026 for $93.5M cash; expected to add over $150M annual revenue at comparable margins and be immediately accretive.
- Genesis bankruptcy: recorded $6.1M estimated recovery after court approved sale to 101 W. State Street on Oct. 14; Q3 buybacks $11.7M, $56.6M YTD.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000731012-26-000055
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HCSG
- cik: 0000731012
- company_name: HEALTHCARE SERVICES GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2026-10-21T11:01:55+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/731012/000073101226000055/0000731012-26-000055-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/731012/000073101226000055/hcsg-20261021.htm

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