HireQuest, Inc. HQI R2K

Q: What is the current share price of HireQuest, Inc. (HQI)?

As of 2026-10-23 16:27 PDT, HireQuest, Inc. (HQI) trades at $16.18 on NasdaqCM. Its 52-week range is $7.49 to $20.04.

Q: What is the market capitalisation of HQI?

HireQuest, Inc. (HQI) has a market capitalisation of $224.75M on NasdaqCM.

Q: What is the P/E ratio of HQI?

HQI trades at a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 26.97. The industry average P/E is 25.60. Its price-to-book (P/B) ratio is 3.49.

Q: Does HQI pay a dividend?

HireQuest, Inc. (HQI) currently offers a dividend yield of 1.40%.

Q: What is the return on equity (ROE) of HQI?

HQI has a return on equity (ROE) of 12.49%. Its return on capital employed (ROCE) is 9.54%.

Q: Is HQI a good stock to buy?

This page provides a data-driven analysis of HireQuest, Inc. (HQI), including valuation ratios, profitability, growth trends, auto-generated pros and cons, peer comparison and AI exposure. Review these fundamentals alongside your own research and risk tolerance. This is informational content, not investment advice.

Industrials · Staffing & Employment Services · United States

https://hirequest.com

Company Profile ↓

$16.18

+71.03% 1Y

Mkt Cap$224.75M

P/E26.97

P/B3.49

Div. Yield1.40%

52W High$20.04

52W Low$7.49

Book Value$4.96

EPS (TTM)$0.60

Company Overview

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.

Why Investors Should Care

Healthy Margins

Maintains a net profit margin of 27.1%.

Positive Free Cash Flow

Generates positive free cash flow, funding growth and shareholder returns internally.

Recent Developments

Dec 2025 Revenue of $30.64M (-11.4% YoY); net profit $6.33M.
Trailing 12 Months Year-on-year growth — revenue +6.0%, earnings +156.8%.
5-Year Trend Long-term compounding — revenue CAGR -0.3%, profit CAGR -20.2%.

Growth & Price Performance

Compounded Sales Growth

5 Years:	-0.34%
1 Year:	6.00%

Compounded Profit Growth

5 Years:	-20.20%
1 Year:	156.80%

Stock Price Performance

1 Year:	+71.03%
6 Months:	+47.52%
3 Months:	+17.77%
1 Month:	-13.71%

Highlights auto-generated from reported financials and price data; not investment advice. Verify with official filings before acting.

Technical Snapshot Mixed

52-Week Range 69% of range

$7.49 $20.04

Trend Signals

Price vs 50-DMABelow
Price vs 200-DMAAbove
RSI (14)38.81 · Neutral

Price Performance

1M-13.71%

3M+17.77%

6M+47.52%

1Y+71.03%

Valuation vs Sector

P/E of 26.97 is above the sector median of 25.60 — pricier than peers.

Auto-generated from price history and fundamentals; not investment advice.

Price Chart

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Fundamental Growth Charts

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Interactive charts for Revenue, Net Income, EBITDA, Free Cash Flow, EPS, ROE, ROCE, Gross/Net/Operating Margin and more — switch metric and period using the dropdowns above. CAGR is computed across the displayed window (quarterly CAGR is annualised). Visual growth charts make it easy to spot multi-year compounding trends at a glance — far faster than reading raw numbers in a table.

PROS

Excellent profit margin of 27.1%.
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.

Valuation

Stock P/E

26.97

Industry PE

25.60

Forward P/E

19.15

PEG Ratio

Book Value

$4.96

Price to Book

3.49

P/S

7.98

EV/EBITDA

19.39

Dividend Yield

1.40%

Growth (CAGR)

Revenue 5Y

-0.34%

Profit 5Y

-20.20%

Revenue (YoY)

6.00%

Earnings (YoY)

156.80%

Profitability & Returns

ROCE

9.54%

ROE

12.49%

ROA

6.16%

Profit Margin

27.06%

Op Margin

41.28%

Gross Margin

100.00%

EPS (Latest Qtr)

$0.19

EPS (TTM)

$0.60

Balance Sheet & Liquidity

Debt/Equity

Quick Ratio

2.50

Current Ratio

2.74

Debt

Total Assets

$93.37M

Current Assets

Working Capital

Ownership

Promoter Holding

61.39%

Chg in Prom Hold

0.17%

FII / Inst Holding

11.61%

Chg in FII Hold

0.02%

Financial Snapshot

Enterprise Value

$224.75M

Total Revenue (TTM)

$30.15M

EBITDA

$12.33M

Free Cash Flow

$6.32M

Operating Cash Flow

$9.48M

Shares Outstanding

13.89M

Gross Margin

100.00%

Payout Ratio

40.00%

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	16.18	26.97	$224.75M	1.40%	9.54%	12.49%	-0.34%	-20.20%
2	SPCX Space Exploration Technologies Corp. R3KAIDEFENCE	147.49	-134.08	$1.12T	0.00%	-3.22%	-11.95%	34.08%	-3.34%
3	CAT Caterpillar Inc. SPXR3K	687.00	29.57	$315.80B	0.80%	17.98%	56.97%	2.29%	5.24%
4	GE GE Aerospace SPXR3KDEFENCE	285.64	33.60	$296.37B	0.60%	9.52%	48.23%	-7.42%	-5.36%
5	RTX RTX Corporation SPXR3KDEFENCE	191.01	33.69	$257.44B	1.51%	8.28%	12.27%	2.61%	2.62%
6	GEV GE Vernova Inc. SPXR3KAI	815.00	23.37	$217.06B	0.22%	6.30%	82.58%	8.68%	-
7	DE Deere & Company SPXR3K	646.15	37.74	$174.22B	0.99%	12.53%	18.24%	3.43%	5.10%
8	UNP Union Pacific Corporation SPXR3K	292.87	23.73	$173.99B	2.01%	15.22%	39.70%	2.30%	7.77%
9	BA The Boeing Company SPXR3KDEFENCE	188.35	67.27	$148.76B	0.00%	-9.01%	-	1.67%	-3.28%

Financial Statements Quarterly Results · Profit & Loss · Balance Sheet · Cash Flows · Ratios

Quarterly Results

Figures in USD.

Metric	Mar 2015	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	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Mar 2026	Jun 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	9.42M	7.47M	7.64M	8.50M	6.52M	8.10M
Gross Profit	5.37M	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 Income	189.48K	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	-2.69M	1.48M	1.04M	2.44M	1.48M	3.34M
Net Income	81.54K	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	-2.21M	1.36M	1.06M	2.30M	1.56M	2.69M
Diluted EPS	0.00	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	-0.16	0.10	0.08	0.16	0.11	0.19

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	69.44M	81.92M	98.43M	93.75M	91.84M	88.50M	93.26M	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	-	0.91	0.45	0.26	0.45

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	77.35M	103.28M	103.83M	94.01M	88.23M
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	46.73M	58.25M	62.73M	64.80M	68.32M
Cash & Equivalents	69.97K	1.67M	-	1.63M	5.82M	8.60M	7.63M	3.05M	7.78M	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total Liabilities	-	9.47M	12.86M	17.94M	16.33M	9.44M	6.74M	5.82M	5.77M	13.44M	15.63M	12.73M	30.62M	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	21.47M	36.78M	35.71M	24.10M	15.35M

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	17.38M	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	-29.45M	-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	-347.00K	8.49M	-5.24M	-11.21M	-10.67M
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 %	24.7%	22.8%	25.3%	25.9%	27.8%	26.7%	25.4%	25.9%	202.3%	-	100.0%	-	-	-	-	-
Operating Margin %	2.2%	0.6%	2.5%	4.7%	7.1%	3.0%	1.2%	3.8%	56.1%	17.5%	36.1%	-	51.8%	28.1%	30.1%	22.7%
Net Margin %	-2.2%	1.0%	1.6%	3.1%	9.9%	1.8%	0.6%	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

61.39%

Institutions

11.61%

Public Float

30.06%

Top Institutional Holders

#	Holder	% Held	Shares	Value
1	Blackrock Inc.	1.94%	269.20K	$4.63M
2	Bandera Partners LLC	1.70%	236.85K	$4.07M
3	Vanguard Capital Management LLC	1.69%	234.32K	$4.03M
4	Geode Capital Management, LLC	1.05%	145.47K	$2.50M
5	Newedge Wealth, LLC	0.67%	93.04K	$1.60M
6	State Street Corporation	0.54%	75.47K	$1.30M
7	Summit Trail Advisors, LLC	0.45%	62.67K	$1.08M
8	Northern Trust Corporation	0.31%	43.56K	$749.25K
9	Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Co	0.29%	40.47K	$696.00K
10	Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC	0.27%	38.19K	$656.92K

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HQI — Frequently Asked Questions

What is the current share price of HireQuest, Inc. (HQI)?

As of 2026-10-23 16:27 PDT, HireQuest, Inc. (HQI) trades at $16.18 on NasdaqCM. Its 52-week range is $7.49 to $20.04.

What is the market capitalisation of HQI?

HireQuest, Inc. (HQI) has a market capitalisation of $224.75M on NasdaqCM.

What is the P/E ratio of HQI?

HQI trades at a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 26.97. The industry average P/E is 25.60. Its price-to-book (P/B) ratio is 3.49.

Does HQI pay a dividend?

HireQuest, Inc. (HQI) currently offers a dividend yield of 1.40%.

What is the return on equity (ROE) of HQI?

HQI has a return on equity (ROE) of 12.49%. Its return on capital employed (ROCE) is 9.54%.

Is HQI a good stock to buy?

This page provides a data-driven analysis of HireQuest, Inc. (HQI), including valuation ratios, profitability, growth trends, auto-generated pros and cons, peer comparison and AI exposure. Review these fundamentals alongside your own research and risk tolerance. This is informational content, not investment advice.

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HireQuest, Inc. HQI R2K

Company Overview

Why Investors Should Care

Recent Developments

Growth & Price Performance

Compounded Sales Growth

Compounded Profit Growth

Stock Price Performance

Price Chart

Technical Trend

Fundamental Growth Charts

PROS

CONS

Valuation

Growth (CAGR)

Profitability & Returns

Balance Sheet & Liquidity

Ownership

Financial Snapshot

Peer comparison

Quarterly Results

Profit & Loss (Annual)

Balance Sheet (Annual)

Cash Flows (Annual)

Ratios (Annual)

Shareholding Pattern

Top Institutional Holders

Analyst View

Latest News

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HQI — Frequently Asked Questions

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What is the P/E ratio of HQI?

Does HQI pay a dividend?

What is the return on equity (ROE) of HQI?

Is HQI a good stock to buy?

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