HireQuest, Inc. (HQI)

NASDAQ: HQI · USD

$17.0

-0.19 (-1.1%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	236.1M
Revenue (ttm)	30.2M
Net income (ttm)	8.2M
EPS (ttm)	$0.58
Shares out	13.9M
P/E (trailing)	29.3x
P/E (forward)	22.5x
Dividend	$0.24 (1.42%)
Volume	4,528
Beta	1.17

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 30.2M
Net income (ttm): 8.2M
EPS (ttm): $0.58
P/E (trailing): 29.3x
P/E (forward): 22.5x
Market cap: 236.1M

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Calendar

Next earnings

Upcoming earnings date and setup when available.

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Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E22.5

P25 13.2P50 18.7P75 25.2

Trailing P/E29.3

P25 16.3P50 24.9P75 35.2

ROE12.5

P25 -18.2P50 6.2P75 16.4

ROIC12.6

P25 -10.4P50 5.2P75 12.3

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0001140102
Company name	HireQuest, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	433535101
Earnings date	2026-11-09
Earnings time	amc
Employees	88
Employees change	-4
Employees growth	-4.35%
Enterprise value	$234.5M
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-06-30
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	December
Founded	2002
In index	RUSSELL2000
Industry	Staffing & Employment Services
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US4335351015
Last 10-K release date	2026-03-31
Last earnings date	2026-08-10
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split type	Never
Market cap	$236.1M
Market cap category	Micro-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-11-09
Options	No
Price	$17.00
Price currency	USD
Sector	Industrials
SIC code	7363
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	HQI
U.S. state	South Carolina
Website	https://hirequest.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	21.52x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	42.42x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	34.43x
Earnings yield	3.42%
EV/Earnings	29.06x
EV/EBIT	25.64x
EV/EBITDA	19.23x
EV/FCF	25.09x
EV/Sales	7.86x
FCF / EV yield	3.99%
FCF yield	3.96%
Forward EV/Sales	7.51x
Forward P/E	22.49x
Forward P/S	7.56x
Graham number	8.04983
Graham upside	-53.17%
Industry forward P/E	15.87x
Lynch fair value	$2.90
Lynch upside	-83.1%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	27.65x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	27.55x
P/B ratio	3.47x
P/E ratio	29.26x
P/FCF ratio	25.26x
P/OCF ratio	25.17x
P/S ratio	7.92x
Price / tangible book value	5.37x
Price/EBITDA ratio	19.37x
Sector forward P/E	26.03x
Sector P/E	40.37x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	30.68%
EBITDA margin	40.89%
Effective tax rate	8.91%
FCF margin	31.35%
Gross margin	100%
Operating margin	30.68%
Pretax margin	30.67%
Profit margin	27.06%
Profit per employee	$92,716
Profitable quarters	7
Profitable years	6
Revenue per employee	$342,625
ROA	6.16%
ROA (5Y)	7.29%
ROCE	12.65%
ROE	12.49%
ROE (5Y)	15.61%
ROIC	12.62%
ROIC (5Y)	15.8%
SBC / revenue	2.71%
Tax / revenue	2.73%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth	232.82%
EPS growth (Q)	156.76%
EPS growth (QoQ)	78.57%
EPS growth 3Y	-11.54%
EPS growth 5Y	-3.93%
EPS growth quarters	2
EPS growth years	1
FCF growth	-44.82%
FCF growth (Q)	-37.48%
FCF growth (QoQ)	537.2%
FCF growth 3Y	8.22%
FCF growth 5Y	-3.61%
Gross profit growth	-7.54%
Gross profit growth (Q)	6.04%
Gross profit growth 3Y	-4.63%
Gross profit growth 5Y	13.66%
Net income growth	234.8%
Net income growth (Q)	153.96%
Net income growth (QoQ)	72.56%
Net income growth 3Y	-11.07%
Net income growth 5Y	-3.58%
Net income growth quarters	2
Net income growth years	1
OCF growth	-44.95%
OCF growth (Q)	-37.43%
OCF growth (QoQ)	540%
OCF growth 3Y	7.82%
OCF growth 5Y	-5.44%
Operating income growth	13.76%
Operating income growth (Q)	220.52%
Operating income growth 3Y	-12.64%
Operating income growth 5Y	4.75%
Revenue growth	-7.54%
Revenue growth (Q)	6.04%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	24.16%
Revenue growth 3Y	-4.63%
Revenue growth 5Y	13.66%
Revenue growth quarters	1
Revenue growth years	0

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-32,000
Depreciation and amortization	$3.1M
EBIT	$9.3M
EBITDA	$12.3M
EPS	$0.58
FCF per share	$0.68
Financing cash flow	$-10.5M
Free cash flow	$9.5M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$8.6M
Gross profit	$30.2M
Income taxes	$824,000
Investing cash flow	$-45,000
Net borrowing	$-4.3M
Net cash flow	$-1M
Net income	$8.2M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$8.7M
Operating income	$9.3M
Revenue	$30.2M
Stock-based compensation	$817,000

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	5.13
Book value per share	$4.96
Debt / equity	0
Goodwill	$1.6M
Interest coverage	70.61
Long-term assets	$38M
Long-term liabilities	$4.3M
Net cash (debt)	$1.6M
Net cash / market cap	0.69%
Net debt / EBITDA	-0.13
Net debt / equity	-0.02
Net debt / FCF	-0.17
Piotroski F-Score	5
Property, plant and equipment	$4M
Shareholders' equity	$68.9M
Tangible book value	$44.4M
Tangible book value per share	$3.20
Total assets	$93.4M
Total cash	$1.6M
Total debt	$0
Total liabilities	$24.5M
WACC	10.68%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	0.32
Current assets	$55.3M
Current liabilities	$20.2M
Current ratio	2.74
Net working capital	$33.5M
Quick ratio	2.5
Working capital	$35.1M
Working capital turnover	0.95

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	0.5%
Dividend growth	0%
Dividend growth (3Y)	0%
Dividend growth (5Y)	1.76%
Dividend growth years	0
Dividend payment date	2026-09-15
Dividend payment years	7
Dividend payout frequency	Quarterly
Dividend per share	$0.24
Dividend yield	1.42%
Ex-dividend date	2026-09-01
FCF payout ratio	35.27%
Last dividend	$0.06
Payout ratio	41.31%
Shareholder yield	1.9%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
150-day SMA	$14.05
1D price change	-1.11%
1M price change	-15.84%
1M total return	-15.84%
1W price change	-1.43%
1W total return	-1.43%
1Y price change	103.68%
1Y return CAGR	107.99%
1Y total return	107.88%
20-day SMA	$17.60
200-day SMA	$13.29
3M price change	22.3%
3M total return	22.76%
3Y price change	13.11%
3Y return CAGR	6.23%
3Y total return	19.87%
50-day SMA	$17.33
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
52-week high	$20.84
52-week high date	2026-09-28
52-week low	$7.38
52-week low date	2025-12-17
5Y price change	-6.67%
5Y return CAGR	0.3%
5Y total return	1.52%
6M price change	50.51%
6M total return	51.77%
All-time high	$29.38
All-time high date	2023-06-21
All-time low	$5.00
All-time low date	2020-03-27
Average true range (ATR)	$0.99
Average volume	30.3K
Beta (1Y)	0.29
Beta (2Y)	0.43
Beta (5Y)	1.17
Change from 52-week high	-18.42%
Change from 52-week low	130.35%
Change from all-time high	-42.6%
Change from all-time low	237.3%
Change from open	0%
Day's gap	-1.11%
Dollar volume	$76,976
High price	$17.00
Low price	$17.00
Monthly RSI	60.17
Open price	$17.00
Previous close	$17.19
Price vs 150-day SMA	20%
Price vs 20-day SMA	-4.2%
Price vs 200-day SMA	26.88%
Price vs 50-day SMA	-2.71%
Relative volume	0.15
RSI	45.8
Sharpe ratio	1.42
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.29
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	0.18
Sortino ratio	2.75
Sortino ratio (3Y)	0.57
Sortino ratio (5Y)	0.38
Volume	4.5K
Weekly RSI	57.66
YTD price change	60.47%
YTD total return	62.65%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	5.2M
Float percentage	37.28%
Shares change (QoQ)	-0.62%
Shares change (YoY)	-0.5%
Shares held by insiders	44.57%
Shares held by institutions	12.48%
Shares outstanding	13.9M
Short % of float	4.31%
Short % of shares	1.61%
Short ratio	8 days

Deeper analysis on HQI

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Forecast

Base and Bull forecast paths with report-date return framing.

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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HireQuest, Inc. (HQI)

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