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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.

17.89 0.39 +2.23%
Market cap
$243.3M
P/E
30.3×
Fwd P/E
25.2×
Dividend yield
1.34%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
5.95
Beneish M
−2.71
Dividend safety
77/100
Overview Business Profile Financial Analysis Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios 10-Q 10-K

HireQuest, Inc. (HQI) P/E ratio

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As of 16 October 2026, HireQuest, Inc. (HQI) trades at a P/E ratio of 30.3×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (September 2020) to 342× (July 2018); the current reading is higher than 71% of that period. That is above the Staffing & Employment Services industry median of 23.4× and above the Industrials sector median of 24.7×.

P/E ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
FY2025 22.8× (56.43%)
FY2024 52.4× 58.50%
FY2023 33.1× 87.02%
FY2022 17.7× (22.77%)
FY2021 22.9× (10.34%)
FY2020 25.6× —
FY2019 0.0× —
FY2018 19.0× 2.69%
FY2017 18.5× (61.72%)
FY2016 48.5× 125.50%

Quarterly newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
Jun 2026 21.3× 0.25%
Mar 2026 21.2× (7.06%)
Dec 2025 22.8× 21.13%
Sep 2025 18.9× (66.08%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 342×
Ten-year median 22.5×
Current reading's percentile 64

P/E ratio against peers

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Staffing & Employment Services industry median 23.4×
Industrials sector median 24.7×
Market median 18.1×

What P/E ratio is

Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.

Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)

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