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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 $243.3M against $22.8M — 10.7× the size. GEE Group Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; HireQuest, Inc. trades at 30.3×. 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 30.32 n/m 23.42
P/S 8.18 0.27 0.36
P/B 3.58 0.46 1.01
Price to free cash flow 27.39 16.25 16.25
EV/EBITDA 19.89 n/m 9.41
EV/Sales 8.13 0.23 0.40
Earnings yield 3.30% (0.38%) 1.15%
Free cash flow yield 3.65% 6.15% 2.73%

Profitability

Metric HQI JOB Staffing & Employment Services median
Gross margin 100.00% 37.41% 23.11%
Operating margin 28.44% (1.02%) 0.08%
Net margin 27.06% (0.10%) 0.27%
Free cash flow margin 31.32% 1.69% 1.23%
Return on equity 12.10% (0.16%) 2.31%
Return on assets 8.69% (0.14%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 7.97% (1.77%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric HQI JOB Staffing & Employment Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) (7.53%) (12.91%) 0.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 73.08% (45.45%) (27.86%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 17.28% (5.76%) 2.59%
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 0.08
Current ratio 2.74 4.95 1.50
Net debt to EBITDA (0.39) 0.88 (0.22)

Dividend

Metric HQI JOB Staffing & Employment Services median
Dividend yield 1.34% — 2.46%
Payout ratio 0.42 — 0.42

Size

Metric HQI JOB Staffing & Employment Services median
Market cap 243.25m 22.81m 558.08m

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