HireQuest, Inc. HQI

20.04 1.29 6.88% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$260.6M
P/E
34.0×
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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
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
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
5.15 6.03 5.76 7.54 12.16 9.04 5.77 0.88 0.21 0.22
EV/EBITDA
16.01 15.82 14.11 11.49 26.29 24.44 31.28 19.31 5.07 14.72
EV/Operating CF
13.10 17.34 20.54 13.82 15.76 11.48 18.47 9.11 4.36 (44.48)
EV/FCF
13.67 18.14 21.53 15.15 17.78 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) 0.66 0.19 (2.68) (1.32) 0.92 (1.70) (1.90)
Debt/Assets
0.00% 0.00% 0.13% 16.01% 4.18% 0.00% 0.00% 31.77% 3.37% 1.62%
Debt/Equity
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.28 0.07 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
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
ROE
9.51% 5.76% 10.14% 23.73% 28.52% 15.85% (1.37%) 46.64% 8.90% 2.96%
ROA
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% 13.97% 9.81% 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
25.13 47.80 20.51 14.55 35.82 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
Net Profit Margin
20.66% 10.61% 16.20% 40.25% 52.60% 38.81% (1.83%) 57.72% 1.71% 0.60%
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
11.07% 11.77% 9.88% 16.09% 25.24% 15.36% 8.62% 15.18% 15.50% (4.16%)
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 2.59 1.96 0.00 0.00 234.92 109.59 105.16
Inventory Turnover
— — — 0.00 0.00 — — 0.00 0.00 0.00
Average Days of Payables
0.00 0.00 0.00 80.16 264.98 0.00 0.00 0.27 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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