HireQuest, Inc.
General ticker "HQI" information:
- Sector: Industrials
- Industry: Staffing & Employment Services
- Capitalization: $147.6M (TTM average)
HireQuest, Inc. follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 44.0%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 2.7%: low 17.17$, high 18.13$
Factors to consider:
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2026-09-01, amount 0.06$ (Y1.34%)
- Total employees count: 88 (-4.3%) as of 2025
- Top business risk factors: Loss of workers compensation coverage, Acquisition/divestiture risks, Operational and conduct risks, Liquidity and credit risks, Cybersecurity threats
- Current price 48.3% above estimated high
- Earnings for 6 months up through Q2 exceed our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2025-12-31 to 2027-12-31
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [8.50$, 12.06$]
- 2026-12-31 to 2027-12-31 estimated range: [8.30$, 11.86$]
Financial Metrics affecting the HQI estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of 14.8 at the end of fiscal year the price was neutral
- Positive: 15.80 < Operating profit margin, % of 20.50
- Positive: 6.77 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 8.55
- Negative: Industry operating profit margin (median), % of -2.80 <= 0.59
- Positive: 0.90 < Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 2.52
- Positive: 69.38 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 77.44 <= 81.92
- Negative: Industry earnings per price (median), % of 0 <= 0
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of 0 <= 0
- Positive: 5.14 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 6.97
Short-term HQI quotes
Long-term HQI plot with estimates
Financial data
| YTD | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $37.88MM | $34.60MM | $30.64MM |
| Operating Expenses | $27.24MM | $30.23MM | $24.36MM |
| Operating Income | $10.64MM | $4.37MM | $6.28MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-2.86MM | $-0.22MM | $0.43MM |
| Interest Expense | $1.39MM | $0.92MM | $0.31MM |
| Income(Loss) | $7.78MM | $4.15MM | $6.71MM |
| Taxes | $1.34MM | $0.22MM | $0.10MM |
| Other Income(Loss) | $-0.30MM | $-0.25MM | $-0.28MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $6.13MM | $3.67MM | $6.33MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $62.73MM | $64.80MM | $68.32MM |
| Assets | $103.83MM | $94.01MM | $88.23MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $10.62MM | $12.04MM | $12.05MM |
| Capital expenditure | $0.10MM | $0.07MM | $0.06MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-7.08MM | $0.04MM | $0.30MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-5.24MM | $-11.21MM | $-10.67MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $0.45 | $0.27 | $0.45 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.