---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000785557-21-000025"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DLHC"
cik: "0000785557"
company_name: "DLH Holdings Corp."
filed_at: "2021-12-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T03:40:49.402408+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# DLH reports Q4 FY2021 revenue $65.2M, EPS $0.21; full-year revenue up 17.6% to $246.1M

## Summary
- Q4 revenue $65.2M vs $50.7M YoY; net income $2.9M ($0.21 diluted) vs $1.4M ($0.10).
- Full-year revenue $246.1M (+17.6%); net income $10.1M ($0.75) vs $7.1M ($0.54).
- Debt reduced to $46.8M from $70.0M; cash $24.1M after $21.1M FEMA advance.
- Total backlog $651.5M including $191.0M funded; won $120M+ in awards from CDC and FEMA.
- Operating cash flow $45.7M for FY2021; mandatory principal amortization satisfied through Dec 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000785557-21-000025
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DLHC
- cik: 0000785557
- company_name: DLH Holdings Corp.
- filed_at: 2021-12-06T23:59:59+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/785557/000078555721000025/0000785557-21-000025-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/785557/000078555721000025/dlhc-20211206.htm

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