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HireQuest, Inc. (HQI) vs Mastech Digital, Inc (MHH)

HireQuest, Inc. and Mastech Digital, Inc are both Staffing & Employment Services companies. HireQuest, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $243.3M against $77.1M — 3.2× the size. HireQuest, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 30.3× against 37.4×. HireQuest, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −7.53% against −11.8%. HireQuest, Inc. has the higher net margin (27.1% vs 1.18%) and the higher return on invested capital (7.97% vs 1.73%). Across the 21 metrics below, HireQuest, Inc. leads on 13 and Mastech Digital, Inc on 8.

Valuation

Metric HQI MHH Staffing & Employment Services median
P/E 30.32 37.35 23.42
P/S 8.18 0.43 0.36
P/B 3.58 0.83 1.01
Price to free cash flow 27.39 8.03 16.25
EV/EBITDA 19.89 8.86 9.41
EV/Sales 8.13 0.27 0.40
Earnings yield 3.30% 2.68% 1.15%
Free cash flow yield 3.65% 12.45% 2.73%

Profitability

Metric HQI MHH Staffing & Employment Services median
Gross margin 100.00% 27.97% 23.11%
Operating margin 28.44% 0.88% 0.08%
Net margin 27.06% 1.18% 0.27%
Free cash flow margin 31.32% 5.38% 1.23%
Return on equity 12.10% 2.31% 2.31%
Return on assets 8.69% 1.89% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 7.97% 1.73% 0.00%

Growth

Metric HQI MHH Staffing & Employment Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) (7.53%) (11.76%) 0.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 73.08% (82.14%) (27.86%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 17.28% (0.28%) 2.59%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 3.38% (42.70%) 0.00%

Health

Metric HQI MHH Staffing & Employment Services median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.08
Current ratio 2.74 4.10 1.50
Net debt to EBITDA (0.39) (9.32) (0.22)

Dividend

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

Size

Metric HQI MHH Staffing & Employment Services median
Market cap 243.25m 77.12m 558.08m

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