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HireQuest, Inc.
HQI Industrials Staffing & Employment Services
HireQuest, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $30.6 million, down 11.4% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 6.04%, EPS grew 150.0% and free cash flow fell 37.5%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for five consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.
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| Dec '16 | Dec '17 | Dec '18 | Dec '19 | Dec '20 | Dec '21 | Dec '22 | Dec '23 | Dec '24 | Dec '25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Piotroski F-Score |
4 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
P/E ratio |
48.46 | 18.55 | 19.05 | 0.00 | 25.55 | 22.91 | 17.69 | 33.09 | 52.44 | 22.85 |
P/S ratio |
0.25 | 0.29 | 0.76 | 6.02 | 10.02 | 12.08 | 7.10 | 5.40 | 5.66 | 4.79 |
Altman Z-Score |
4.65 | 6.05 | 3.92 | 4.46 | 8.08 | 6.56 | 4.21 | 4.35 | 5.29 | 5.95 |
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers) |
1.27 | 3.29 | 5.86 | 6.39 | 8.13 | 4.70 | 4.17 | 4.18 | 5.39 | 7.69 |
P/FCF ratio |
0.00 | 6.14 | 7.61 | 18.44 | 14.82 | 17.66 | 14.27 | 20.18 | 17.03 | 12.70 |
P/Operating CF |
10.65 | 12.72 | 8.37 | 15.53 | 35.13 | 106.18 | 39.47 | 23.14 | 22.63 | 22.23 |
Beneish M-Score |
(2.07) | (3.27) | 12.06 | 14.70 | (2.82) | (1.72) | (2.48) | (2.72) | (2.88) | (2.71) |
Dividend Safety Score |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 77 |
P/B ratio |
1.31 | 1.45 | 3.64 | 3.06 | 3.81 | 5.82 | 3.77 | 3.26 | 3.02 | 2.15 |
Price to Tangible BV |
1.71 | 1.84 | 5.71 | 3.49 | 3.84 | 7.04 | 5.27 | 4.38 | 3.58 | 2.46 |
EV/Sales |
0.22 | 0.21 | 0.88 | 5.77 | 9.04 | 12.15 | 7.11 | 5.37 | 5.61 | 4.67 |
EV/EBITDA |
14.72 | 5.07 | 19.31 | 31.28 | 24.44 | 26.26 | 10.84 | 13.15 | 14.69 | 14.50 |
EV/Operating CF |
(44.48) | 4.36 | 9.11 | 18.47 | 11.48 | 15.75 | 13.04 | 19.15 | 16.11 | 11.87 |
EV/FCF |
(36.55) | 4.46 | 8.85 | 17.66 | 13.37 | 17.77 | 14.30 | 20.07 | 16.85 | 12.38 |
Quick Ratio |
3.16 | 3.54 | 1.74 | 2.94 | 3.70 | 1.84 | 1.33 | 1.28 | 1.85 | 2.81 |
Current Ratio |
3.52 | 3.75 | 1.75 | 3.36 | 4.12 | 1.96 | 1.41 | 1.44 | 2.04 | 3.15 |
Net Debt/EBITDA |
(1.90) | (1.70) | 0.92 | (1.32) | (2.68) | 0.15 | 0.01 | (0.08) | (0.17) | (0.39) |
Debt/Assets |
1.62% | 3.37% | 31.77% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 3.69% | 3.19% | 0.13% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Debt/Equity |
0.02 | 0.04 | 0.71 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Asset Turnover |
3.72 | 3.98 | 0.50 | 0.45 | 0.29 | 0.36 | 0.34 | 0.37 | 0.35 | 0.34 |
Operating CF/Net income |
(0.83) | 2.83 | 0.71 | (17.10) | 2.03 | 1.47 | 1.35 | 1.73 | 3.28 | 1.90 |
Capex/Depreciation |
(0.34) | (0.27) | 1.61 | 0.57 | (13.66) | (0.71) | (0.35) | (0.10) | (0.06) | (0.02) |
Interest Coverage |
44.17 | 318.66 | 3,291.43 | — | 100.19 | 48.73 | 43.58 | 7.68 | 4.73 | 20.46 |
| 2.96% | 8.90% | 46.64% | (1.37%) | 15.85% | 28.52% | 23.73% | 10.14% | 5.76% | 9.51% | |
| 2.22% | 6.81% | 28.62% | (0.81%) | 11.16% | 18.74% | 13.79% | 5.92% | 3.71% | 6.95% | |
ROIC |
4.46% | 18.24% | 24.87% | 6.42% | 13.71% | 9.89% | 17.14% | 10.81% | 4.36% | 6.09% |
Return on Tangible Assets |
5.04% | 12.25% | 61.37% | (1.04%) | 16.39% | 47.42% | 63.88% | 30.64% | 12.54% | 17.09% |
Average Days of Receivables |
40.26 | 34.96 | 613.54 | 648.35 | 564.17 | 619.52 | 539.25 | 427.74 | 446.76 | 467.94 |
Research and Development Expense of Revenue |
0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Selling, General and Administrative Expense of Revenue |
23.89% | 21.77% | 43.19% | 79.94% | 63.00% | 59.16% | 41.59% | 64.54% | 61.87% | 67.48% |
Intangible Assets out of Total Assets |
0.18 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.10 | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.11 | 0.10 |
Share Based Compensation of Revenue |
0.16% | 0.16% | 0.00% | 4.77% | 8.88% | 7.23% | 7.66% | 4.44% | 5.08% | 3.05% |
Graham Net Nets |
0.38 | 0.44 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.19 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.19 |
Graham Number |
2.72 | 5.16 | 2.28 | 0.00 | 4.92 | 8.28 | 9.35 | 6.80 | 5.33 | 7.12 |
Earnings Yield |
2.06% | 5.39% | 5.25% | (5.78%) | 3.91% | 4.37% | 5.65% | 3.02% | 1.91% | 4.38% |
Free Cash Flow Yield |
(2.38%) | 16.30% | 13.14% | 5.42% | 6.75% | 5.66% | 7.01% | 4.96% | 5.87% | 7.87% |
Revenue per Share |
17.95 | 19.45 | 1.24 | 1.37 | 1.02 | 1.67 | 2.27 | 2.76 | 2.50 | 2.20 |
Operating CF per Share |
(0.09) | 0.94 | 0.51 | 0.43 | 0.80 | 1.29 | 1.24 | 0.77 | 0.87 | 0.86 |
Capex per Share |
(0.02) | (0.02) | 0.02 | 0.02 | (0.13) | (0.15) | (0.11) | (0.04) | (0.04) | 0.00 |
Free Cash Flow per Share |
(0.11) | 0.92 | 0.53 | 0.45 | 0.67 | 1.14 | 1.13 | 0.74 | 0.83 | 0.86 |
Cash per Share |
0.59 | 1.54 | 0.13 | 0.36 | 1.01 | 0.09 | 0.22 | 0.10 | 0.16 | 0.28 |
Shareholders Equity per Share |
3.49 | 3.89 | 1.10 | 2.70 | 2.69 | 3.46 | 4.27 | 4.57 | 4.68 | 4.90 |
Interest Debt per Share |
0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Book value per Share |
3.49 | 3.89 | 1.10 | 2.70 | 2.69 | 3.46 | 4.27 | 4.57 | 4.68 | 4.90 |
Free Cash Flow |
(0.56) | 4.64 | 5.22 | 5.19 | 9.12 | 15.41 | 15.40 | 10.13 | 11.53 | 11.99 |
Working Capital |
10.60 | 13.33 | 9.55 | 26.01 | 29.51 | 20.53 | 15.15 | 15.74 | 25.14 | 33.00 |
Capital Expenditures |
(0.10) | (0.10) | 0.15 | 0.23 | (1.76) | (1.97) | (1.48) | (0.49) | (0.51) | (0.06) |
Net Current Asset Value |
9.00 | 12.41 | 8.78 | 21.39 | 26.24 | 11.39 | 6.90 | 10.36 | 20.03 | 28.44 |
EV/EBIT |
18.70 | 5.60 | 20.08 | 36.23 | 25.08 | 35.78 | 13.73 | 19.11 | 44.40 | 22.77 |
Capex to Sales |
0.00 | 0.00 | (0.01) | (0.01) | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
Price to Operating Income |
21.46 | 7.71 | 17.28 | 37.83 | 27.79 | 35.56 | 13.71 | 19.22 | 44.86 | 23.35 |
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Depreciation/Fixed assets |
0.69 | 1.04 | 0.05 | 0.21 | 0.04 | 0.62 | 0.98 | 1.13 | 2.13 | 0.88 |
Cash ROIC |
(2.62%) | 16.45% | 26.18% | 14.62% | 18.22% | 30.30% | 23.84% | 15.78% | 17.20% | 16.60% |
Accounts Receivable Turnover |
9.71 | 9.97 | 0.82 | 0.65 | 0.56 | 0.76 | 0.74 | 0.84 | 0.80 | 0.75 |
Accounts Payable Turnover |
105.16 | 109.59 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Inventory Turnover |
0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — | — |
Average Days of Payables |
4.00 | 2.83 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Days of Inventory on Hand |
0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — | — |
Average Receivables |
9.60 | 9.84 | 15.06 | 24.46 | 24.77 | 29.79 | 41.98 | 45.06 | 43.37 | 40.81 |
Average Payables |
0.66 | 0.66 | 0.31 | 0.15 | 0.36 | 0.79 | 0.79 | 0.29 | 0.16 | 0.18 |
Average Assets |
25.09 | 24.66 | 24.87 | 35.64 | 48.00 | 63.22 | 90.32 | 103.55 | 98.92 | 91.12 |
Average Common Equity |
18.81 | 18.87 | 15.26 | 21.10 | 33.82 | 41.55 | 52.49 | 60.49 | 63.77 | 66.56 |
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