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Consumer Discretionary · ·
$4.77
▼ $0.14 (-2.8%)
Market data updated: 09/21 05:10 PM
Fundamentals updated: 09/21/2026
News analyzed: 09/21/2026
Market Cap
$206.92M
Day Range
$4.77 - $4.95
52-Week Range
$1.44 - $5.19
Beta
—
Next Earnings
09.11.2026
Support
$3.41
Resistance
$5.19
DHX is a stock from the Consumer Cyclical sector — Retail, automotive, and leisure — demand rises and falls with economic sentiment and consumers' disposable income.
+65.5% (1Y)
Strengths: 16/33 factors positiveRisk: High
This score and all analysis on this page are for informational and educational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice. Read the full disclaimer
Weighted: Technical 25% · Fundamental 20% · Growth 15% · Valuation 15% · News 10% · Quality 10% · Risk 5%
Overall Score
🟡 Mixed
Technical Trend
🟢 Bullish
Insiders
🔴 Bearish
Computed directly from the same signals behind the score above — not AI-generated.
Biggest positive driver
Free cash flow growth
Free cash flow growth: 93.9%
Growth
Biggest negative driver
DCF Fair Value
Estimated fair value: $3.46 vs. price $4.77 (-27.3%)
Fair Value
What to watch next
When today echoes the past.
NO RELIABLE ECHO FOUND
Only 2 historical analog(s) found after removing overlapping dates — too few for a statistically meaningful comparison.
Historical matches considered: 2
TIME ECHO identifies historical situations that resemble the current market state. Historical outcomes are not guarantees of future performance. Similarity does not imply causation, and results may change as new data becomes available.
🗓️ What Changed This Week
🌱 Building History
We don't have a real data point from a week ago for this stock yet. The weekly comparison will appear once enough history has accumulated.
📊 Score History
57
Today
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30D
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90D
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1Y
🕰️ Signal Timeline
What StockIQ actually saw for this stock, and what happened after each signal — real data, not a forecast.
6d ago · $4.80
Evidence: Euphoria score crossed 55 (now 58)
What happened after
Still awaiting outcome
19d ago · $4.60
Evidence: FOMO score jumped from 20 to 50 day-over-day
What happened after
🐂🐻 Investment Thesis
🐂 Bull Case
🐻 Bear Case
🔍 What Could Prove This Wrong
This isn't a price-direction forecast — just a synthesis of real, already-computed data, and future conditions that could change the picture.
🧬 STOCK DNA
This stock's profile across 8 real dimensions — a research tool, not a recommendation
Growth
40
Quality
63
Value
38
Momentum
90
Risk
32
Sentiment
100
Fundamental
25
Institutional
0
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Recent media coverage of DHI Group, Inc. (DHX) has centered on its strong stock performance, reaching 52-week highs amid positive analyst upgrades and bullish price targets. The company’s growth is driven by its ClearanceJobs platform, now accounting for nearly half of revenue and 59% of EBITDA, while its Dice division faces challenges. Analysts highlight improving tech hiring trends as a key driver, reinforcing DHX’s valuation and future upside potential.
AI summary based on English-language news sources only — not investment advice.
Everyone's writing about DHI Group, Inc.. News trend score: 100. Reason: 12 of the last 20 articles are positive, versus 0 negative.
News trend analysis is based on article sentiment only, and is not investment advice or financial counsel. Read the full disclaimer
🌡️ Emotional Temperature
52
🎯 Conviction (vs. Emotion)
41
Psychology
89
Fundamentals
25
Technical
90
Valuation
38
The price rise has far outpaced the actual improvement in fundamental data.
Price, sentiment, and valuation keep confirming each other upward while the actual fundamentals deteriorate.
Extreme momentum, price far above its moving average, and a large premium over fair value.
Price, volume, and sentiment accelerating together — a sign investors are chasing the price, not just following it.
The stock is moving in lockstep with its peers at the same intensity, rather than on its own data.
Price (3M)
+29%
Market Narrative
87
Fundamental Reality
41
Narrative Gap
+46
🔀 Psychology Acceleration
News attention/sentiment is running well ahead of the price move itself.
🧠 StockIQ Psychologist
DHX’s psychology is dominated by **overconfidence**, where traders appear to prioritize short-term momentum (+7.1% ROC) over deteriorating fundamentals (EPS down 31%). The +30% DCF premium and extreme narrative gap (81 vs. 41) suggest investors are ignoring reality, a classic confirmation bias trap. Euphoria (score 45) and FOMO (38) amplify this, but the absence of panic or herding signals keeps the behavior contained. The key question: *Will traders notice the widening gap between price and fundamentals, or will momentum sustain overconfidence?*
Updated: 09/08/2026, 04:00 AM
What could change this?
👥 What the crowd believes
"DHI Group's ClearanceJobs now comprises nearly half of total revenue and 59% of EBITDA, offsetting Dice's ongoing weakness."
"DHI Group (DHX) Price Target Increased by 12.22% to 6.44"
"DHI Group, Inc. (DHX) is at a 52-week high"
"Improving Tech Hiring Market Drives Growth"
🧠 Market Brain events driving this
📈 3D Investor Psychology
Signal classification confidence: High (confidence in the behavioral read, not a price prediction). Describes observable market behavior, not what any individual investor thinks, and is not a buy/sell signal.
🏛️ Investor DNA — Historical Investors
A Historical Strategy Simulation: assuming each investor follows their documented principles, how would they rate this stock today? This is not a prediction of what they would actually do.
🟢 Best match
Jesse Livermore — 59/100
🔴 Weakest match
Benjamin Graham (Enterprising Investor) — 0/100
🗣️ Why do they disagree?
The stark contrast in verdicts for DHX reflects deep philosophical divides among these methodologies. Burton Malkiel and John Bogle’s efficient-market approach cautiously endorses the stock as a justified deviation from an index, suggesting it may align with broader market trends—though not necessarily a standout pick. In contrast, the majority of value-oriented investors—from Benjamin Graham to Gerald Loeb—rejected it outright, flagging it as either statistically overpriced or too risky for their defensive frameworks. Meanwhile, cyclical and behavioral analysts like Howard Marks (Market Cycle) and Walter Bagehot warn of late-stage risks or liquidity concerns, while growth-focused thinkers like Philip Fisher and Peter Lynch dismiss it for lacking the fundamental momentum or valuation tailwinds they prioritize. Even Jesse Livermore’s neutral stance implies no clear directional edge, underscoring the stock’s ambiguity across these lenses.
Burton Malkiel & John Bogle
A Random Walk Down Wall Street (1973) / The Little Book of Common Sense Investing (2007)
🟢 66
A real, well-supported case — deviating from a broad index may be justified here
Key question
Do I actually have an edge here, or do I just think I do?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Jesse Livermore
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (1923) / How to Trade in Stocks (1940)
🟡 59
No clear trend — Livermore preferred to stay out of this
Key question
What is the price telling me right now?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Morgan Housel
The Psychology of Money (2020)
🟡 59
Moderate — holdable, but not effortless
Key question
Could I live with this volatility long enough for compounding to actually work?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Philip Fisher
Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits (1958)
🟡 48
Doesn't show the quality/growth signature Fisher required
Key question
How exceptional is this business, really?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Edgar Lawrence Smith
Common Stocks as Long-Term Investments (1924)
🟡 47
Reasonable but not a clear long-term holding
Key question
Is this a stock I'd be happy to hold and forget about for a decade?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Peter Lynch
One Up on Wall Street (1989)
🔴 32
Doesn't clear Lynch's growth-at-a-reasonable-price bar
Key question
Is the growth worth the price?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Benjamin Graham
Security Analysis (1934) / The Intelligent Investor (1949)
🔴 30
Fails most of Graham's defensive criteria
Key question
Where is my margin of safety?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Gerald M. Loeb
The Battle for Investment Survival (1935)
🔴 30
Risk profile Loeb would flag as a real threat to capital
Key question
How much capital could I lose here if I'm wrong?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Howard Marks (Market Cycle)
Mastering the Market Cycle (2018)
🔴 29
Looks late-cycle — the position Marks would treat with extra caution
Key question
Where are we in the cycle right now — near a hot extreme, or a cold one?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Howard Marks
The Most Important Thing (2011) / Mastering the Market Cycle (2018)
🔴 25
Risk/valuation combination Marks would flag as a caution sign
Key question
What is the market probably misunderstanding about the risk here?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Jack Schwager
Market Wizards (1989)
🔴 24
No real setup here — the discipline Schwager's wizards shared would say stay out
Key question
What's the risk/reward here, and where is my exit point?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Walter Bagehot
Lombard Street (1873)
🔴 23
Liquidity position Bagehot would flag as a real risk
Key question
Does this company have enough liquidity to survive real stress?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Charles Mackay
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841)
🔴 22
Pattern consistent with a crowd delusion Mackay would flag
Key question
Am I being swept along with the crowd, or thinking for myself?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Thorstein Veblen
The Theory of Business Enterprise (1904)
🔴 21
Pattern Veblen would flag as growth pursued for its own sake
Key question
Is management building real value, or just building itself?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Samuel Armstrong Nelson
The ABC of Stock Speculation (1903)
🔴 13
Cycle looks stretched toward overbought
Key question
Is the price overextended, or is there still room to move?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Benjamin Graham (Enterprising Investor)
The Intelligent Investor (1949) — the Enterprising Investor chapters
🔴 0
Not statistically cheap enough for the Enterprising Investor's looser safety bar
Key question
Is the stock statistically cheap enough to justify the extra risk?
⚠️ Partial data for this stock — score is less reliable — Data availability: 45%
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Based on the last 280 trading days, calculated from real price data. Click an indicator for details and a chart.
🟢 Most indicators support an uptrend (10 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 neutral)
A market-structure read based purely on real price and volume data — not full classic Wyckoff schematic identification (Phase A-E), but a quantitative analysis of what can reliably be computed: trading ranges, "effort vs. result", volume within the range, and Spring/Upthrust detection.
The stock is in a clear uptrend with no defined trading range in the period examined.
High confidence
The Wyckoff Method, developed by Richard Wyckoff in the early 20th century, reads the balance of supply and demand through price and volume, based on the premise that large investors ("smart money") quietly accumulate shares before rallies and quietly distribute them before declines. The read here is based solely on real price and volume data — full, precise identification of classic Wyckoff patterns (such as Phases A-E) requires human chart-reading experience and judgment, so this is an approximate algorithmic read, not a substitute for professional analysis. This should not be considered investment advice.
Gross Margin
84.7%
Operating Margin
-8.9%
Net Margin
-10.6%
EBITDA Margin
-8.9%
ROE
-14.3%
ROA
-7.2%
ROIC
—
EPS
-$0.30
Cash
$2.91M
Total Debt
$30.00M
Current Ratio
0.44
Debt/Equity
0.32
How is Fair Value calculated? →
Current Price
$4.77
Estimated Fair Value (DCF)
$3.46
Model estimate — not a price target. Highly sensitive to growth/discount-rate assumptions.
Gap
-27.3%
🔴 Appears expensive relative to estimated value
Year 1 Growth Rate
-5.0%
Discount Rate (WACC)
9.0%
Terminal Growth Rate
2.5%
Projection Years
5
| Year | Growth Rate | Projected FCF | Present Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | -5.0% | $13.10M | $12.02M |
| 2 | -3.1% | $12.69M | $10.68M |
| 3 | -1.2% | $12.54M | $9.68M |
| 4 | 0.6% | $12.61M | $8.94M |
| 5 | 2.5% | $12.93M | $8.40M |
Base FCF (last actual year)
$13.79M
Terminal Value
$203.88M
Present Value of Terminal Value
$132.51M
Enterprise Value
$182.23M
Net Debt
$27.09M
Equity Value
$155.14M
*The DCF model is an estimate based on assumptions — not a guaranteed forecast. You can change the assumptions to examine different scenarios.
Book Value per Share
$2.11
Tangible Book Value per Share (Tangible NAV)
-$0.93
Sentiment based on basic keywords (not AI) — 12 positive, 8 neutral, 0 negative out of the last 20 articles.
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DHI Group, Inc. (DHX) currently has a StockIQ AI score of 57/100, rated "Moderate". The score is a weighted average across up to 7 categories (technical, fundamental, growth, fair value, news, quality, risk), based on real data only.
DHX currently scores 57/100 (Moderate) across the categories we measure. StockIQ doesn't give buy/sell recommendations — use this as one data point in your own research, not as investment advice.
Per StockIQ's DCF model, DHX's estimated fair value is $3.46, which is 27.3% below the current price of $4.77. This is one valuation model among several signals in the fair-value category, not a price target.
DHX's technical score is 90/100, which currently reads as bullish — based on real price/volume signals (moving averages, RSI, MACD, and more), not a prediction of what happens next.
Based on the real signals StockIQ computed: Free cash flow growth: 93.9%; Operating margin is stable or improving over time; Debt/equity: 0.32.
Based on the real signals StockIQ computed: Estimated fair value: $3.46 vs. price $4.77 (-27.3%); Operating margin: -8.9% (negative); Net margin: -10.6% (negative).
StockIQ has no recorded dividend payment history for DHX.
Real transactions by officers and insiders, as reported to the SEC on Form 4 — 0 purchases and 3 sales out of the last 25 filings.
| Name | Transaction Type | Date | Shares | Change | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZEILE ART | Gift | 10.8.2026 | 7,500 | -7,500 | — |
| ZEILE ART | Gift | 10.8.2026 | 3,448,316 | -7,500 | — |
| Connolly Edward Jack | Tax Withholding in Shares | 25.7.2026 | 1,372 | -1,372 | $3.85 |
| Schildt Alexander | Tax Withholding in Shares | 25.7.2026 | 1,459 | -1,459 | $3.85 |
| Knapp Sarah Elizabeth | Tax Withholding in Shares | 25.7.2026 | 959 | -959 | $3.85 |
| Connolly Edward Jack | Tax Withholding in Shares | 25.7.2026 | 132,049 | -1,372 | $3.85 |
| Knapp Sarah Elizabeth | Tax Withholding in Shares | 25.7.2026 | 63,056 | -959 | $3.85 |
| Schildt Alexander | Tax Withholding in Shares | 25.7.2026 | 133,313 | -1,459 | $3.85 |
| MASSAQUOI JOSEPH G JR | Grant/Award from Employer | 14.5.2026 | 33,602 | +33,602 | — |
| CARNECCHIA SCIPIO MAXIMUS | Grant/Award from Employer | 14.5.2026 | 33,602 | +33,602 | — |
| Salomon Elizabeth B. | Grant/Award from Employer | 14.5.2026 | 33,602 | +33,602 | — |
| Windley David | Grant/Award from Employer | 14.5.2026 | 33,602 | +33,602 | — |
| Schipper Brian | Grant/Award from Employer | 14.5.2026 | 33,602 | +33,602 | — |
| Friedlich James | Grant/Award from Employer | 14.5.2026 | 33,602 | +33,602 | — |
| Swann Kathleen M. | Grant/Award from Employer | 14.5.2026 | 33,602 | +33,602 | — |
| CARNECCHIA SCIPIO MAXIMUS | Grant/Award from Employer | 14.5.2026 | 460,493 | +33,602 | — |
| Friedlich James | Grant/Award from Employer | 14.5.2026 | 468,716 | +33,602 | — |
| MASSAQUOI JOSEPH G JR | Grant/Award from Employer | 14.5.2026 | 171,255 | +33,602 | — |
| Salomon Elizabeth B. | Grant/Award from Employer | 14.5.2026 | 276,816 | +33,602 | — |
| Schipper Brian | Grant/Award from Employer | 14.5.2026 | 479,716 | +33,602 | — |
| Swann Kathleen M. | Grant/Award from Employer | 14.5.2026 | 226,756 | +33,602 | — |
| Windley David | Grant/Award from Employer | 14.5.2026 | 343,786 | +33,602 | — |
| Schildt Alexander | Open Market Sale | 12.5.2026 | 30,000 | -30,000 | $3.53 |
| Schildt Alexander | Open Market Sale | 12.5.2026 | 133,848 | -30,000 | $3.53 |
| Swann Kathleen M. | Open Market Sale | 11.5.2026 | 20,000 | -20,000 | $3.83 |
Official FINRA data — the number of shares open in short positions, plus daily short-sale activity.
222,435 shares short as of 2026-08-31 · vs. 246,866 on 2026-07-31
Official biweekly report (FINRA Rule 4560) — no real higher-frequency data exists for this metric.
45.5% of trading volume this week was short selling, vs. 41.0% the prior week
Based on daily short-sale volume (Reg SHO) — a different metric from the open short interest above: this is daily trading volume, not an open position, so it updates weekly rather than biweekly.
Full breakdown of every data type and its source: Data Sources · Methodology