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