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HireQuest, Inc. (HQI) vs GEE Group Inc. (JOB)

HireQuest, Inc. and GEE Group Inc. are both Staffing & Employment Services companies. HireQuest, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $239.2M against $20.9M — 11.5× the size. GEE Group Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; HireQuest, Inc. trades at 29.2×. HireQuest, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −7.53% against −12.9%. HireQuest, Inc. has the higher net margin (27.1% vs −0.10%) and the higher return on invested capital (7.97% vs −1.77%). Across the 19 metrics below, HireQuest, Inc. leads on 13 and GEE Group Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric HQI JOB Staffing & Employment Services median
P/E 29.22 n/m 23.57
P/S 7.88 0.25 0.28
P/B 3.45 0.41 1.24
Price to free cash flow 26.40 14.70 17.58
EV/EBITDA 19.16 n/m 11.38
EV/Sales 7.84 0.21 0.34
Earnings yield 3.42% (0.42%) 0.15%
Free cash flow yield 3.79% 6.80% 0.39%

Profitability

Metric HQI JOB Staffing & Employment Services median
Gross margin 100.00% 37.41% 25.01%
Operating margin 28.44% (1.02%) 0.29%
Net margin 27.06% (0.10%) 0.04%
Free cash flow margin 31.32% 1.69% 0.14%
Return on equity 12.10% (0.16%) 2.93%
Return on assets 8.69% (0.14%) 0.07%
Return on invested capital 7.97% (1.77%) 0.32%

Growth

Metric HQI JOB Staffing & Employment Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) (7.53%) (12.91%) (2.94%)
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 73.08% (45.45%) (21.61%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 17.28% (5.76%) 1.03%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 3.38% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric HQI JOB Staffing & Employment Services median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.04
Current ratio 2.74 4.95 1.75
Net debt to EBITDA (0.39) 0.88 (0.08)

Dividend

Metric HQI JOB Staffing & Employment Services median
Dividend yield 1.39% — 2.47%
Payout ratio 0.42 — 0.50

Size

Metric HQI JOB Staffing & Employment Services median
Market cap 239.22m 20.87m 461.40m

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