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HireQuest, Inc. (HQI)

Industrials | Staffing & Employment Services | Goose Creek, United States | NasdaqCM
12.95 USD +0.54 (4.351%) ⇧ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★☆☆☆Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 4:22 a.m. EDT

The immediate outlook remains neutral due to conflicting signals: while the stock recently rallied off its lows, the underlying business is struggling with a 12.7% decline in revenue and two consecutive years of negative annual returns. The recent price action shows volatility rather than a confirmed trend, keeping the short-term view at a standstill. For the long term, the picture is bearish; despite a positive cumulative return over the last nine years, the company has failed to generate consistent growth, posting declines in 2022, 2024, and 2025. This pattern of erratic performance and shrinking top-line growth suggests the market is correctly pricing in a lack of sustainable competitive advantage or execution issues, capping the long-term rating well below neutral. On the income side, the 1.97% yield is stable and backed by a 50% payout ratio, which is safe, but it offers no real protection against inflation or capital appreciation, making it a modest holding rather than a core income play.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.102614
AutoETS0.106237
AutoARIMA0.106245
AutoTheta0.117176

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 42%
H-stat 4.57
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.866
Excess Kurtosis -0.37
Attribute Value
Sector Industrials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-05-31
Last Dividend Date 2026-05-31
Revenue per Share 2.129
Market Cap 180,526,688
Trailing P/E 26.98
Forward P/E 22.14
Beta 1.12
Profit Margins 21.98%
Website https://hirequest.com

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.46% 2.28% 1.91% 1.67%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-06-01 0.06 0.455235
2026-03-02 0.06 0.503778
2025-12-01 0.06 0.701754
2025-08-29 0.06 0.614754
2025-06-02 0.06 0.610998
2025-03-03 0.06 0.408719
2024-12-02 0.06 0.382166
2024-08-30 0.06 0.421348
2024-06-03 0.06 0.472069
2024-02-29 0.06 0.447761
2023-11-30 0.06 0.405132
2023-08-31 0.06 0.315457
2023-05-31 0.06 0.258176
2023-02-28 0.06 0.263389
2022-11-30 0.06 0.342857
2022-08-31 0.06 0.426743
2022-05-31 0.06 0.388601
2022-02-28 0.06 0.319829
2021-11-30 0.06 0.263158
2021-08-31 0.06 0.323450
2021-05-28 0.06 0.336889
2021-02-26 0.05 0.333111
2020-11-30 0.05 0.531915
2020-08-31 0.05 0.714286
Additional Data
dividendRate 0.24
dividendYield 1.85
exDividendDate 2026-06-01
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.24
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.019339243
lastDividendValue 0.06
lastDividendDate 2026-06-01
dividendDate 2026-06-15

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.23976028
Address1 111 Springhall Drive
All Time High 106.2
All Time Low 0.6
Ask 16.38
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 9
Average Daily Volume10 Day 24,090
Average Daily Volume3 Month 18,226
Average Volume 18,226
Average Volume10Days 24,090
Beta 1.116
Bid 9.28
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 8
Book Value 4.83
City Goose Creek
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 7
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 12.95
Current Ratio 2.687
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 13.025
Day Low 12.565
Display Name HireQuest
Dividend Date 1,781,481,600
Dividend Rate 0.24
Dividend Yield 1.85
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,778,617,800
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,778,617,800
Earnings Growth 0.153
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.145
Earnings Timestamp 1,778,616,000
Earnings Timestamp End 1,786,046,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,786,046,400
Ebitda 10,001,000
Ebitda Margins 0.33683997
Enterprise To Ebitda 17.897
Enterprise To Revenue 6.028
Enterprise Value 178,990,000
Eps Current Year 0.555
Eps Forward 0.585
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 0.48
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,780,272,000
Exchange NCM
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 843 577 5742
Fifty Day Average 12.5518
Fifty Day Average Change 0.39820004
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.03172454
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 23.976028
Fifty Two Week High 14.54
Fifty Two Week High Change -1.5900002
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.10935352
Fifty Two Week Low 7.38
Fifty Two Week Low Change 5.5699997
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.7547425
Fifty Two Week Range 7.38 - 14.54
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,065,533,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.68
Float Shares 5,235,852
Forward Eps 0.585
Forward P E 22.136753
Free Cashflow 7,354,250
Full Exchange Name NasdaqCM
Full Time Employees 88
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,782,864,000
Gross Margins 1.0
Gross Profits 29,691,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.61219
Held Percent Institutions 0.11712
Implied Shares Outstanding 13,940,285
Industry Staffing & Employment Services
Industry Disp Staffing & Employment Services
Industry Key staffing-employment-services
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,780,272,000
Last Dividend Value 0.06
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,512,691,200
Last Split Factor 1:12
Long Business Summary HireQuest, Inc. provides staffing solutions in the United States. The company offers direct-dispatch, executive search, commercial staffing, unskilled and semi-skilled industrial, construction personnel, skilled and semi-skilled industrial personnel, clerical and administrative personnel, permanent placement, commercial and non-CDL drivers, skilled personnel, and executive placement and consultant services. It offers its services under the HireQuest Direct, HireQuest, Snelling, DriverQuest, HireQuest Health, Northbound Executive Search, and MRI trade names. The company serves construction, recycling, warehousing, logistics, auctioneering, manufacturing, hospitality, landscaping, and retail industries, as well as dental practices. HireQuest, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Goose Creek, South Carolina.
Long Name HireQuest, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 180,526,688
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_26685404
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common 6,743,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 180,526,690
Number Of Analyst Opinions 2
Open 12.59
Operating Cashflow 10,442,000
Operating Margins 0.22628
Overall Risk 6
Payout Ratio 0.5
Phone 843 723 7400
Previous Close 12.41
Price Eps Current Year 23.333332
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 2.6811595
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 6.080182
Profit Margins 0.21982999
Quick Ratio 2.372
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.54
Regular Market Change Percent 4.35133
Regular Market Day High 13.025
Regular Market Day Low 12.565
Regular Market Day Range 12.565 - 13.025
Regular Market Open 12.59
Regular Market Previous Close 12.41
Regular Market Price 12.95
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,801
Regular Market Volume 6,781
Return On Assets 0.04699
Return On Equity 0.10148
Revenue Growth -0.127
Revenue Per Share 2.129
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20847368
Sector Industrials
Sector Disp Industrials
Sector Key industrials
Share Holder Rights Risk 3
Shares Outstanding 13,940,285
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0179
Shares Short 249,705
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 282,298
Short Name HireQuest, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.046
Short Ratio 12.71
Source Interval 15
State SC
Symbol HQI
Target High Price 15.0
Target Low Price 15.0
Target Mean Price 15.0
Target Median Price 15.0
Total Cash 1,015,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.073
Total Debt 0
Total Revenue 29,691,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.24
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.019339243
Trailing Eps 0.48
Trailing P E 26.979166
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 10.57775
Two Hundred Day Average Change 2.3722496
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.22426789
Type Disp Equity
Volume 6,781
Website https://hirequest.com
Zip 29,445