HireQuest, Inc.
HQI Nasdaq· Services-Help Supply Services
Last close · Oct 23, 2026
$16.18
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- HireQuest, Inc. had $30.6M of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 11.4% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +17.3% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 20.5%, up 7.9 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 21 is left after running the business.
- HireQuest, Inc. made $6.3M of net profit in fiscal 2025. From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 16.9% a year.
- HireQuest, Inc. returned $0.4M to shareholders in fiscal 2025. The diluted share count rose 0.4%.
Market cap
$223M
P/E
28.4x
Revenue
$30.6M
Net income
$6.3M
Free cash flow
—
Operating margin
20.5%
HireQuest, Inc. in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
−11.4%
No. Sales fell 11.4% last year.
Does it make a profit?
20.7%
Yes. It keeps 20.7% of every sale as profit.
How healthy are the accounts?
5 / 7
Mixed. It passes 5 of 7 health tests.
How is the share priced?
28.4x
One share costs 28.4 times its yearly profit per share.
What HireQuest, Inc. does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Mar 31, 2026
- Legal name
- HireQuest, Inc.
- CIK
- 0001140102
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Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $22.5M | $31.0M | $37.9M | $34.6M | $30.6M |
| Revenue growth | 63.1% | 37.4% | 22.4% | −8.7% | −11.4% |
| Gross margin | 100.3% | — | — | — | — |
| Operating margin | 34.0% | 51.8% | 28.1% | 12.6% | 20.5% |
| Net income | $11.9M | $12.5M | $6.1M | $3.7M | $6.3M |
| Net margin | 52.6% | 40.2% | 16.2% | 10.6% | 20.7% |
| Diluted EPS | $0.87 | $0.91 | $0.45 | $0.26 | $0.45 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $17.4M | $16.9M | $10.6M | $12.0M | $12.0M |
| Dividends paid | $3.1M | $3.3M | — | — | — |
| Share buybacks | $0.0M | — | — | $0.0M | $0.4M |
| Share count change | −0.4% | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.9% | 0.4% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $1.3M | $3.0M | $1.3M | $2.2M | $3.9M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $2.9M | — | — | — | — |
| Deposits | $2.1M | $2.3M | $2.5M | $2.4M | $2.3M |
| Shareholders' equity | $46.7M | $58.3M | $62.7M | $64.8M | $68.3M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.2x | — | — | — | — |
| Current ratio | 2.0x | 1.4x | 1.4x | 2.0x | 3.2x |
| Interest coverage | 48.7x | 43.6x | 7.7x | 4.7x | 20.5x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 15.0% | — | — | — | — |
| Return on equity | 28.5% | 23.7% | 10.1% | 5.8% | 9.5% |
| Return on tangible equity | 49.6% | 46.9% | 19.7% | 10.5% | 14.9% |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Altman Z'' | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 5.4 | 7.7 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.3M
1 insider
Insiders sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
—
$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
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Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
KIRA
At $16.18 a share, the company is worth $223M: 28.4 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001140102). Data updated October 24, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.