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HireQuest, Inc. (HQI) vs TrueBlue, Inc. (TBI)

HireQuest, Inc. and TrueBlue, Inc. are both Staffing & Employment Services companies. TrueBlue, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $376.3M against $239.2M — 1.6× the size. TrueBlue, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; HireQuest, Inc. trades at 29.2×. TrueBlue, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 12.4% against −7.53%. HireQuest, Inc. has the higher net margin (27.1% vs −2.55%) and the higher return on invested capital (7.97% vs −6.52%). Across the 19 metrics below, HireQuest, Inc. leads on 14 and TrueBlue, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric HQI TBI Staffing & Employment Services median
P/E 29.22 n/m 23.57
P/S 7.88 0.22 0.28
P/B 3.45 1.47 1.24
Price to free cash flow 26.40 n/m 17.58
EV/EBITDA 19.16 n/m 11.38
EV/Sales 7.84 0.28 0.34
Earnings yield 3.42% (12.68%) 0.15%
Free cash flow yield 3.79% (18.48%) 0.39%

Profitability

Metric HQI TBI Staffing & Employment Services median
Gross margin 100.00% 20.65% 25.01%
Operating margin 28.44% (2.05%) 0.29%
Net margin 27.06% (2.55%) 0.04%
Free cash flow margin 31.32% (4.06%) 0.14%
Return on equity 12.10% (15.92%) 2.93%
Return on assets 8.69% (6.68%) 0.07%
Return on invested capital 7.97% (6.52%) 0.32%

Growth

Metric HQI TBI Staffing & Employment Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) (7.53%) 12.42% (2.94%)
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 73.08% 61.39% (21.61%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 17.28% (2.63%) 1.03%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 3.38% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric HQI TBI Staffing & Employment Services median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.38 0.04
Current ratio 2.74 2.33 1.75
Net debt to EBITDA (0.39) (2.35) (0.08)

Dividend

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

Size

Metric HQI TBI Staffing & Employment Services median
Market cap 239.22m 376.29m 461.40m

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