HireQuest, Inc. HQI R2K

Industrials · Staffing & Employment Services · United States

HireQuest, Inc. provides staffing solutions in the United States. The company offers direct-dispatch, executive search, commercial staffing, unskilled and semi-skilled industrial, construction personnel, skilled and semi-skilled industrial personnel, clerical and administrative personnel, permanent placement, commercial and non-CDL drivers, skilled personnel, and executive placement and consultant services. It offers its services under the HireQuest Direct, HireQuest, Snelling, DriverQuest, HireQuest Health, Northbound Executive Search, and MRI trade names. The company serves construction, recycling, warehousing, logistics, auctioneering, manufacturing, hospitality, landscaping, and retail industries, as well as dental practices. HireQuest, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Goose Creek, South Carolina.

Market & Price

Market Cap

$183.31M

Current Price

$13.15

High / Low (52W)

$13.19 / $7.55

Beta

1.08

Valuation

Stock P/E

27.40

Industry PE

28.38

Forward P/E

21.56

PEG Ratio

Book Value

$4.83

Price to Book

2.72

P/S

6.17

EV/EBITDA

18.18

Dividend Yield

1.82%

Profitability & Returns

ROCE

9.63%

ROE

10.15%

ROA

4.70%

Profit Margin

21.98%

Op Margin

22.63%

EPS (Latest Qtr)

$0.11

EPS (TTM)

$0.48

Balance Sheet & Liquidity

Debt/Equity

Quick Ratio

2.37

Current Ratio

2.69

Debt

Total Assets

$88.23M

Current Assets

$48.35M

Working Capital

$33.00M

Ownership

Promoter Holding

61.21%

Chg in Prom Hold

FII / Inst Holding

11.71%

Chg in FII Hold

Financial Snapshot

Enterprise Value

$181.77M

Total Revenue (TTM)

$29.69M

EBITDA

$10.00M

Free Cash Flow

$7.35M

Operating Cash Flow

$10.44M

Shares Outstanding

13.94M

Gross Margin

100.00%

Payout Ratio

50.00%

Growth (CAGR)

Revenue 5Y

-0.34%

Profit 5Y

-20.20%

Revenue (YoY)

-12.70%

Earnings (YoY)

15.30%

PROS

Excellent profit margin of 22.0%.
Generates positive free cash flow.
In a confirmed uptrend (50-DMA above 200-DMA).

CONS

Revenue declined at -0.3% CAGR over 5 years.
Earnings shrank at -20.2% CAGR over 5 years.

* The pros and cons are auto-generated from financial metrics.

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Fundamental Growth

Period: Metric:

Figures from the latest reported periods. CAGR is computed across the displayed window (quarterly CAGR is annualised assuming 4 quarters per year).

Peer comparison

Peer companies in the same sector (Industrials).

#	Name	CMP $	P/E	Mkt Cap	Div Yld %	ROCE %	ROE %	Rev CAGR 5Y %	Profit CAGR 5Y %
1	HQI HireQuest, Inc. R2K	13.15	27.40	$183.31M	1.82%	9.63%	10.15%	-0.34%	-20.20%
2	CAT Caterpillar Inc. SPX	875.87	43.66	$403.42B	0.69%	19.42%	51.33%	4.38%	9.83%
3	GE GE Aerospace SPX	323.76	40.17	$338.27B	0.58%	11.89%	45.43%	16.32%	195.89%
4	GEV GE Vernova Inc. SPXAI	968.32	28.33	$260.21B	0.21%	6.30%	75.71%	8.68%	92.84%
5	RTX RTX Corporation SPX	179.66	33.64	$241.95B	1.54%	9.41%	11.57%	9.72%	9.01%
6	UNP Union Pacific Corporation SPX	262.64	21.60	$155.93B	2.10%	16.19%	40.69%	-0.49%	0.66%
7	ETN Eaton Corporation plc SPXAI	400.60	39.20	$155.55B	1.10%	16.23%	20.84%	9.77%	18.41%
8	HON Honeywell International Inc. NDXSPX	237.86	38.00	$150.72B	2.00%	13.57%	24.26%	1.82%	-1.62%
9	DE Deere & Company SPX	542.18	30.67	$146.45B	1.20%	12.82%	18.35%	-4.50%	-11.00%

Quarterly Results

Figures in USD.

Metric	Jun 2015	Sep 2015	Mar 2016	Jun 2016	Sep 2016	Mar 2017	Jun 2017	Sep 2017	Mar 2018	Jun 2018	Sep 2018	Dec 2018	Mar 2019	Jun 2019	Sep 2019	Dec 2019	Mar 2020	Jun 2020	Sep 2020	Dec 2020	Mar 2021	Jun 2021	Sep 2021	Dec 2021	Mar 2022	Jun 2022	Sep 2022	Dec 2022	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026
Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	22.35M	24.50M	26.70M	22.47M	24.18M	26.31M	3.54M	3.47M	3.24M	3.29M	5.87M	4.12M	2.90M	3.38M	3.41M	3.40M	5.71M	6.88M	6.77M	7.04M	8.00M	7.85M	-	9.86M	8.99M	9.27M	8.42M	8.68M	-	-	7.47M	7.64M	8.50M	7.03M	6.52M
Cost of Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gross Profit	6.19M	6.49M	4.72M	5.45M	6.84M	5.74M	6.49M	7.19M	5.59M	6.28M	2.34M	-	5.63M	6.55M	3.38M	-	-	-	-	3.41M	3.40M	5.71M	6.88M	6.54M	7.38M	8.34M	8.24M	8.05M	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Operating Expenses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5.99M	6.59M	5.82M	5.28M	5.05M
Operating Income	932.61K	1.39M	-494.61K	359.40K	1.12M	299.08K	1.23M	1.61M	-1.71M	820.49K	1.06M	2.13M	1.91M	2.35M	-4.14M	2.42M	834.79K	937.51K	1.99M	1.21M	-772.00K	3.30M	3.47M	1.65M	3.89M	4.26M	5.24M	2.78M	3.32M	2.67M	2.22M	2.10M	2.69M	-	-	1.48M	1.04M	2.67M	1.76M	1.48M
EBITDA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.48M	1.94M	3.36M	2.25M	2.62M
Interest Expense	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	144.00K	71.00K	63.00K	30.00K	8.00K
Pretax Income	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.60M	1.13M	2.55M	1.43M	1.83M
Tax Provision	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	169.00K	56.00K	137.00K	-262.00K	264.00K
Net Income	530.14K	820.34K	-538.76K	274.85K	838.23K	182.45K	734.90K	850.80K	-1.22M	563.25K	1.09M	2.19M	1.72M	2.31M	-7.78M	3.46M	875.18K	1.16M	1.97M	1.36M	3.74M	2.72M	3.19M	2.19M	603.00K	4.89M	4.25M	2.72M	2.63M	2.01M	1.48M	1.62M	2.04M	-	-	1.36M	1.06M	2.30M	1.60M	1.56M
Diluted EPS	0.01	0.01	-0.01	0.00	0.01	0.04	0.14	0.17	-0.24	0.11	0.11	0.22	0.17	0.23	-0.60	0.26	0.06	0.09	0.15	0.10	0.27	0.20	0.23	0.16	0.04	0.36	0.31	0.20	0.19	0.15	0.11	0.12	0.15	-	-	0.10	0.08	0.16	0.11	0.11

Profit & Loss (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric	Dec 2010	Dec 2011	Dec 2012	Dec 2013	Dec 2014	Dec 2015	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	98.07M	12.33M	15.88M	13.81M	-	30.95M	37.88M	34.60M	30.64M
Cost of Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	170.55K	-	-	-	-
Gross Profit	17.15M	18.64M	24.89M	24.25M	25.52M	23.61M	23.68M	25.43M	24.94M	-	13.81M	22.59M	-	-	-	-
Operating Expenses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14.91M	27.24M	24.20M	23.68M
Operating Income	1.56M	517.10K	2.48M	4.37M	6.49M	2.64M	1.10M	3.70M	6.91M	2.78M	4.98M	-	16.04M	10.64M	10.40M	6.96M
EBITDA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16.28M	11.96M	7.86M	10.02M
Interest Expense	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	368.00K	1.39M	923.00K	307.00K
Pretax Income	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13.87M	7.78M	4.15M	6.71M
Tax Provision	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.90M	1.34M	221.00K	100.00K
Net Income	-1.56M	853.90K	1.56M	2.94M	9.13M	1.56M	556.55K	1.68M	7.12M	-289.98K	5.36M	-	12.46M	6.13M	3.67M	6.33M
Diluted EPS	-0.03	0.01	0.02	0.05	0.14	0.02	0.11	0.33	0.72	-0.03	0.39	0.87	0.91	0.45	0.26	-

Compounded Sales Growth

5 Years:	-0.34%
1 Year:	-12.70%

Compounded Profit Growth

5 Years:	-20.20%
1 Year:	15.30%

Stock Price Performance

1 Year:	+34.61%
6 Months:	+54.41%
3 Months:	+13.36%
1 Month:	+12.39%

Balance Sheet (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric	Dec 2009	Dec 2010	Dec 2011	Dec 2012	Dec 2013	Dec 2014	Dec 2015	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
Total Assets	-	9.30M	14.62M	21.95M	23.75M	28.20M	26.22M	23.96M	25.36M	24.37M	46.91M	49.10M	-	103.28M	103.83M	94.01M	88.23M
Current Assets	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	51.93M	51.45M	49.24M	48.35M
Cash & Equivalents	69.97K	1.67M	-	1.63M	5.82M	8.60M	7.63M	3.05M	7.78M	-	-	-	-	3.05M	1.34M	2.22M	3.90M
Inventory	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Receivables	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45.73M	44.39M	42.35M	39.28M
Total Liabilities	-	9.47M	12.86M	17.94M	16.33M	9.44M	6.74M	5.82M	5.77M	13.44M	15.63M	12.73M	-	45.03M	41.09M	29.21M	19.91M
Current Liabilities	-	4.76M	9.72M	14.83M	12.33M	6.92M	4.51M	4.22M	4.85M	12.68M	11.01M	9.46M	-	36.78M	35.71M	24.10M	15.35M
Long Term Debt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.86M	3.29M	132.00K	-	-
Total Debt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.24M	16.54M	14.77M	6.92M	-
Total Equity	-1.06M	-176.92K	1.76M	4.01M	7.41M	18.76M	18.96M	18.13M	10.82M	10.92M	31.28M	36.37M	-	58.25M	62.73M	64.80M	68.32M
Shares Outstanding	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13.92M	14.00M	14.07M	14.08M

Cash Flows (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric	Dec 2010	Dec 2011	Dec 2012	Dec 2013	Dec 2014	Dec 2015	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
Operating Cash Flow	2.64M	-1.00M	-1.83M	5.21M	7.76M	3.33M	-464.21K	4.75M	5.07M	4.96M	10.88M	-	16.88M	10.62M	12.04M	12.05M
Investing Cash Flow	-75.20K	-128.66K	-443.29K	-18.59K	-245.71K	-297.12K	-2.08M	-103.67K	153.82K	9.81M	36.37K	-	-23.57M	-7.08M	44.00K	296.00K
Financing Cash Flow	-967.84K	593.85K	2.78M	-1.00M	-4.73M	-4.01M	-2.04M	90.06K	-4.21M	-11.87M	-1.44M	-	8.49M	-5.24M	-11.21M	-10.67M
Capital Expenditure	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-1.48M	-488.00K	-509.00K	-56.00K
Free Cash Flow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15.40M	10.13M	11.53M	11.99M
Net Change in Cash	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.79M	-1.71M	877.00K	1.68M
Share Buybacks	-	-	-	-	0	1.62M	1.53M	375.22K	0	8.37M	146.47K	0	-	-	0	377.00K
Dividends Paid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	1.36M	3.14M	3.31M	-	-	-

Ratios (Annual)

Figures in %.

Metric	Dec 2010	Dec 2011	Dec 2012	Dec 2013	Dec 2014	Dec 2015	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
Gross Margin %	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25.9%	202.3%	-	100.0%	-	-	-	-	-
Operating Margin %	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.8%	56.1%	17.5%	36.1%	-	51.8%	28.1%	30.1%	22.7%
Net Margin %	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7%	57.7%	-1.8%	38.8%	-	40.2%	16.2%	10.6%	20.7%
ROE %	882.0%	48.4%	38.9%	39.7%	48.6%	8.2%	3.1%	15.5%	65.2%	-0.9%	14.7%	-	21.4%	9.8%	5.7%	9.3%
ROCE %	34.3%	10.6%	34.8%	38.3%	30.5%	12.2%	5.6%	18.0%	59.1%	7.8%	12.6%	-	24.1%	15.6%	14.9%	9.5%

Shareholding Pattern

Insiders

61.21%

Institutions

11.71%

Public Float

30.20%

Top Institutional Holders

#	Holder	% Held	Shares	Value
1	Blackrock Inc.	1.83%	253.74K	$3.34M
2	Bandera Partners LLC	1.70%	236.85K	$3.11M
3	Vanguard Capital Management LLC	1.66%	230.12K	$3.03M
4	Geode Capital Management, LLC	1.02%	141.16K	$1.86M
5	Newedge Wealth, LLC	0.67%	93.04K	$1.22M
6	State Street Corporation	0.56%	77.17K	$1.01M
7	Summit Trail Advisors, LLC	0.45%	62.67K	$824.07K
8	Goldman Sachs Group Inc	0.37%	51.34K	$675.16K
9	Northern Trust Corporation	0.35%	49.12K	$645.91K
10	Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Co	0.27%	37.47K	$492.66K

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HireQuest, Inc.

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Sector	Industrials
Industry	Staffing & Employment Services
Headquarters	United States
Employees	88
Website	https://hirequest.com

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HireQuest, Inc. HQI R2K

Market & Price

Valuation

Profitability & Returns

Balance Sheet & Liquidity

Ownership

Financial Snapshot

Growth (CAGR)

PROS

CONS

Price Chart

Technical Trend

Fundamental Growth

Peer comparison

Quarterly Results

Profit & Loss (Annual)

Compounded Sales Growth

Compounded Profit Growth

Stock Price Performance

Balance Sheet (Annual)

Cash Flows (Annual)

Ratios (Annual)

Shareholding Pattern

Top Institutional Holders

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