---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000785557-24-000017"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DLHC"
cik: "0000785557"
company_name: "DLH Holdings Corp."
filed_at: "2024-01-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T14:21:06.102196+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# DLH Q1 rev $97.9M (YoY +35%); EPS $0.15; debt down $5M to $174.4M

## Summary
- Revenue $97.9M vs $72.7M prior year, driven by Dec 2022 acquisition; operating margin 7.0% (vs 5.4%).
- Net income $2.2M ($0.15 diluted EPS) vs $1.5M ($0.11); EBITDA $11.1M vs $6.3M.
- Total debt $174.4M, down $5M from Sept 30; company guides to $153-157M by FY-end.
- Contract backlog $653.5M, down from $704.8M at end of Q4; funded backlog $132.3M.
- Operating cash flow $5.1M in Q1; CEO notes award momentum expected to build through FY.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000785557-24-000017
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DLHC
- cik: 0000785557
- company_name: DLH Holdings Corp.
- filed_at: 2024-01-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/785557/000078555724000017/0000785557-24-000017-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/785557/000078555724000017/dlhc-20240131.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000785557-24-000017
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000785557-24-000017.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  DLH Holdings Corp. reported its fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2023 results: revenue $97.9 million, net income $2.2 million, EPS $0.15 per diluted share.
  - Period: its fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2023
  - Revenue: $97.9 million
  - Net income: $2.2 million
  - EPS: $0.15 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: solutions to federal agencies, today announced financial results for its fiscal first quarter ended December 31, 2023. First Quarter Highlights • First quarter revenue was $97.9 million in fiscal 2024 versus $72.7 million in fiscal 2023, reflecting the impact from the Company's December 2022 acquisition. • Earnings were $2.2 million, or $0.15 per diluted share,
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/785557/000078555724000017/0000785557-24-000017-index.htm

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