Stocks · Industrials · Consulting Services
Resources Connection, Inc. RGP
$3.89 +1.57% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $134.0M
High risk
Next earnings report: Oct 7, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin widened to -7.3% from -35.7% a year earlier.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 4 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +100.0%).
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 3%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 11%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 3%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 10%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 9%
- Gross marginTop 29%
- Operating marginBottom 14%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 7%
- Interest coverBottom 2%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 8%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 29%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 3%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 1%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 29%
- 6-month returnTop 48%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 22%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 45%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 15%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 4%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 28%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 22%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 4%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 30%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 15%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 29%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -13.4% | -18.0% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 37.6% | 37.5% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -35.7% | -7.3% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 2.9% | 0.1% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -18.0% | -13.4% | ↓ | Bottom 3% |
| Gross margin | 37.5% | 37.6% | ↓ | Top 29% |
| Operating margin | -7.3% | -35.7% | ↑ | Bottom 14% |
| Net margin | -9.0% | -34.8% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 0.1% | 2.9% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -17.0% | — | Bottom 9% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -16.5% | — | Bottom 3% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -16.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -10.6 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- Net cash
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -752.5×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 7.01%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -1.65%
- Shareholder yield
- 5.36%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +4.3%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.4%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through May 30, 2026 (filed Jul 24, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 4
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 1 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $13.00
- Target vs current price
- +234.2%
- Analysts with a rating
- 18
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 39%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2026 | +36.4% | -1.1% | -15.0% | -8.2% | — |
| Apr 8, 2026 | +2.7% | -1.7% | +5.3% | +19.6% | +29.1% |
| Jan 7, 2026 | +400.0% | +1.0% | -11.1% | -15.3% | -29.5% |
| Oct 8, 2025 | +53.3% | +2.1% | -12.4% | -6.2% | +4.1% |
| Jul 24, 2025 | -22400.0% | -4.2% | -9.5% | -15.6% | -16.5% |
| Apr 2, 2025 | -1240.0% | -0.3% | -23.3% | -13.7% | -17.9% |
| Jan 2, 2025 | -62562.5% | +2.2% | +0.1% | -1.5% | -23.3% |
| Oct 1, 2024 | -666.7% | -2.4% | -15.3% | -14.3% | -16.3% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2026 | -$0.07 | -$0.11 | +36.4% | $106.1M |
| Apr 8, 2026 | -$0.09 | -$0.09 | +2.7% | $107.9M |
| Jan 7, 2026 | $0.06 | -$0.02 | +400.0% | $117.7M |
| Oct 8, 2025 | -$0.07 | -$0.15 | +53.3% | $120.2M |
| Jul 24, 2025 | -$2.23 | $0.01 | -22400.0% | $139.3M |
| Apr 2, 2025 | -$1.34 | -$0.10 | -1240.0% | $129.4M |
| Jan 2, 2025 | -$2.08 | $0.00 | -62562.5% | $145.6M |
| Oct 1, 2024 | -$0.17 | $0.03 | -666.7% | $136.9M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 0.16× | — | — | Top 1% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 0.26% | — | — | Bottom 29% |
| Earnings yield | -30.92% | — | — | Bottom 8% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 6.9× – 23.5× since May 29, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -5.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.2%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -5.4%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -8.1%
- RSI (14)
- 45.1
- Relative volume
- 0.70×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 58.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 94th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.39
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.50
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -26.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -76.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2022 | Apr 9, 2026 | -84.2% | 925 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jan 6, 2022 | Mar 11, 2022 | -19.6% | 44 days | 72 days (Jun 24, 2022) |
| Jan 6, 2021 | Jan 29, 2021 | -13.0% | 16 days | 20 days (Mar 1, 2021) |
| Oct 7, 2021 | Dec 14, 2021 | -12.7% | 47 days | 16 days (Jan 6, 2022) |
| Oct 7, 2020 | Oct 30, 2020 | -12.6% | 17 days | 12 days (Nov 17, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $134.0M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$1.20
- Revenue (TTM)
- $452.0M
- Dividend yield
- 7.20%
- 52-week range
- $3.06 – $5.37
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $805.0M | $775.6M | $632.8M | $551.3M | $452.0M |
| Gross profit | $316.6M | $313.1M | $246.1M | $207.4M | $169.7M |
| Operating income | $83.4M | $72.8M | $28.8M | -$196.8M | -$38.3M |
| Net income | $67.2M | $54.4M | $21.0M | -$191.8M | -$40.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.00 | $1.59 | $0.62 | -$5.80 | -$1.21 |
| Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $136.9M | $145.6M | $129.4M | $139.3M | $120.2M | $117.7M | $107.9M | $106.1M |
| Net income | -$5.7M | -$68.7M | -$44.1M | -$73.3M | -$2.4M | -$12.7M | -$9.5M | -$16.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.17 | -$2.08 | -$1.34 | -$2.23 | -$0.07 | -$0.38 | -$0.28 | -$0.47 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $49.4M | $81.6M | $21.9M | $18.9M | $1.4M |
| Capital expenditure | -$3.0M | -$2.0M | -$1.1M | -$2.7M | -$808,000 |
| Free cash flow | $46.5M | $79.6M | $20.8M | $16.2M | $619,000 |
| Dividends paid | -$18.6M | -$18.8M | -$18.8M | -$18.6M | -$9.4M |
| Net share buybacks | -$1.4M | $869,999 | -$1.9M | -$9.1M | $2.2M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $82.4M
- Total assets
- $257.4M
- Total liabilities
- $87.6M
- Total debt
- $22.5M
- Net debt
- -$59.9M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $169.8M
As of May 30, 2026 (filed Jul 24, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2026 | $0.07 | Oct 1, 2026 |
| May 21, 2026 | $0.07 | Jun 19, 2026 |
| Feb 20, 2026 | $0.07 | Mar 20, 2026 |
| Nov 14, 2025 | $0.07 | Dec 12, 2025 |
| Aug 29, 2025 | $0.07 | Sep 26, 2025 |
| Jun 23, 2025 | $0.07 | Jul 21, 2025 |
| Feb 14, 2025 | $0.14 | Mar 14, 2025 |
| Nov 15, 2024 | $0.14 | Dec 16, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 802,076
- Days to cover
- 2.58
- Change vs previous report
- -14.5%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Mar 2, 2005
- 2-for-1