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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

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 0.29
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — 2 — — — — — 1 — — — —
Sell — — — — — — — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 61.05%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 243.25
Revenue 30.15
Net Income 8.16
Free Cash Flow 9.44
Net Debt (1.64)
Current Ratio 2.74 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.00 (at or below 0.5: strong)
P/E ratio 30.32
Fwd P/E 25.20
P/S ratio 8.18
P/B ratio 3.58
Past 5Y EPS Growth 2.90%
This Y EPS Growth 9.15%
Next Y EPS Growth 9.03%
Next Y revenue growth 0.55%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 6.18%

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years
EV/Sales is 8.1×, against a ten-year median of 4.9×; over the ten years it ranged from 0.2× in 2017 to 18.9× in 2021.
P/E against its own 10 years 64.14%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 81.39%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 71.32%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 81.57%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 92.35%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.42
Annual Dividend Rate 0.24
Annual Dividend Yield 1.34%
total individual payouts
2026 0.18
0.06
0.06
0.06
2025 0.24
0.06
0.06
0.06
0.06
2024 0.24
0.06
0.06
0.06
0.06
2023 0.24
0.06
0.06
0.06
0.06
2022 0.24
0.06
0.06
0.06
0.06
2021 0.23
0.05
0.06
0.06
0.06
2020 0.10
0.05
0.05
2019 Powerpack
2018 Powerpack
2016 Powerpack
special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 1 2 4 2
Receivables 44 42 39 49
Inventory — — — —
Other — — — —
51 49 48 55
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 0 0 0 0
ST’ Debt — — — —
Other 17 14 13 18
36 24 15 20

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales (10.06%) 17.28% (0.34%)
Cash Flow 13.71% 2.06% (10.63%)
Earnings 15.05% 3.38% (20.20%)
Book Value 13.37% 13.44% 5.46%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 7 8 — — —
’25 7 8 8 7 31
’24 8 9 9 8 35
’23 10 9 9 10 38
’22 7 8 8 8 31
’21 3 6 7 7 23
’20 4 3 3 3 14
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 0 2 — — —
’25 2 3 1 7 12
’24 (1) 0 4 9 12
’23 0 (1) 2 9 11
’22 5 4 2 6 17
’21 12 (1) 3 3 17
’20 6 4 (3) 4 11
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 0 2 — — —
’25 2 3 1 7 12
’24 (1) 0 4 8 12
’23 0 (1) 2 9 10
’22 5 3 2 5 15
’21 11 (1) 3 2 15
’20 5 4 (3) 4 9
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 0.11 0.19 — — —
’25 0.10 0.08 0.16 0.11 0.45
’24 0.12 0.15 (0.16) 0.16 0.26
’23 0.19 0.15 0.11 0.00 0.45
’22 0.04 0.36 0.31 0.20 0.91
’21 0.27 0.20 0.23 0.16 0.87
’20 0.06 0.09 0.15 0.10 0.39
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 3.48 3.60 3.43 3.61 5.00 9.57 11.80 12.49 11.39 7.38

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 6.48 6.50 6.50 8.55 10.70 25.69 20.78 29.38 15.75 15.75
People
People Employees 210 219 230 50 40 73,000 82,000 73,000 65,000 75,000
Revenue/emp, $m 0.44 0.45 0.05 0.32 0.35 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 93 98 12 16 14 23 31 38 35 31
Gross margin, % 25.39 25.93 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
EBT 1 4 7 3 6 12 14 8 4 7
EBT margin, % 1.16 3.76 57.44 18.74 44.18 55.38 44.81 20.54 11.98 21.90
Net income 1 2 7 0 5 12 12 6 4 6
Depreciation 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 5 9 4
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 17.95 19.45 1.24 1.37 1.02 1.67 2.27 2.76 2.50 2.20
Earnings 0.12 0.33 0.20 (0.03) 0.40 0.88 0.91 0.45 0.27 0.45
Cash flow (0.09) 0.94 0.51 0.43 0.80 1.29 1.24 0.77 0.87 0.86
Capex (0.02) (0.02) 0.02 0.02 (0.13) (0.15) (0.11) (0.04) (0.04) 0.00
Free cash flow (0.11) 0.92 0.53 0.45 0.67 1.14 1.13 0.74 0.83 0.86
Book value 3.49 3.89 1.10 2.70 2.69 3.46 4.27 4.57 4.68 4.90
Shares, m 5 5 10 12 14 13 14 14 14 14
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 48.46 18.55 19.05 0.00 25.55 22.91 17.69 33.09 52.44 22.85
P/S 0.25 0.29 0.76 6.02 10.02 12.08 7.10 5.40 5.66 4.79
P/B 1.31 1.45 3.64 3.06 3.81 5.82 3.77 3.26 3.02 2.15
EV/Sales 0.22 0.21 0.88 5.77 9.04 12.15 7.11 5.37 5.61 4.67
EV/FCF (36.55) 4.46 8.85 17.66 13.37 17.77 14.30 20.07 16.85 12.38
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 0 5 5 5 11 17 17 11 12 12
Capex 0 0 0 0 (2) (2) (1) 0 (1) 0
Free cash flow (1) 5 5 5 9 15 15 10 12 12
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 11 13 10 26 30 21 15 16 25 33
Total debt 0 1 8 — — 3 3 0 — —
Net debt (3) (7) 6 (4) (14) 2 0 (1) (2) (4)
Shareholders’ equity 18 20 11 31 36 47 58 63 65 68
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 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
ROE 2.96 8.90 46.64 (1.37) 15.85 28.52 23.73 10.14 5.76 9.51
Negative figures in brackets.

All 10 years →

Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

HireQuest, Inc. vs peers in Staffing & Employment Services (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
KFRC Kforce, Inc. $926.3M 24.1× 19.4× +4.49% (above 0%: growing) +23.73% (above 0%: growing) −145.85% (below 0%: shrinking) 28.47% 5.37% Compare
BBSI Barrett Business Services, Inc. $783.8M 23.4× 21.5× +3.77% (above 0%: growing) −26.39% (below 0%: shrinking) −5.41% (below 0%: shrinking) 20.31% 4.82% Compare
HHR HeadHunter Group PLC Sponsored ADR $761.1M 6.5× 7.9× +4.60% (above 0%: growing) n/m +41.15% (above 0%: growing) 56.09% 51.95% Compare
KELYB Kelly Services, Inc. $659.7M — (loss-making) — −5.77% (below 0%: shrinking) −40.38% (below 0%: shrinking) −48.93% (below 0%: shrinking) 20.42% 1.55% Compare
KELYA Kelly Services, Inc. $558.1M — (loss-making) 19.2× −5.77% (below 0%: shrinking) −40.38% (below 0%: shrinking) −48.93% (below 0%: shrinking) 20.42% 1.55% Compare
TBI TrueBlue, Inc. $260.0M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +11.78% (above 0%: growing) n/m −49.23% (below 0%: shrinking) 20.67% (0.26%) Compare
HQI HireQuest, Inc. $243.3M 30.3× 25.2× +6.04% (above 0%: growing) +150.00% (above 0%: growing) −37.48% (below 0%: shrinking) 100.00% 41.28%
MHH Mastech Digital, Inc $77.1M 37.4× — (loss-making) −15.58% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −33.11% (below 0%: shrinking) 28.95% (0.78%) Compare
BGSF BGSF, Inc. $46.5M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −5.08% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −110.71% (below 0%: shrinking) 35.49% (5.33%) Compare
Median of peers $608.9M 23.7× 19.3× −0.65% −33.38% −48.93% 24.57% 1.55%

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HireQuest, Inc. (HQI) key facts

  • Concern: HireQuest, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $30.6 million, down 11.4% from fiscal 2024.
  • HireQuest, Inc. (HQI) is a Staffing & Employment Services company in the Industrials sector, listed on Nasdaq.
  • As of October 16, 2026, HQI traded at $17.89, a market capitalization of $243.3 million.
  • HireQuest, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share, a yield of 1.34%, with a payout ratio of 42.1%.
  • Return on equity was 9.51% and debt-to-equity 0.00.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 6 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 5.95 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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