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HireQuest, Inc. (HQI)

Industrials | Staffing & Employment Services | Goose Creek, United States | NasdaqCM
16.38 USD +0.35 (2.183%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 16.38

Short-term:★★★★☆Long-term:★★★⯪☆Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 2:40 a.m. EDT

The immediate catalyst is a massive technical breakout; the stock surged nearly 30% in a single session to close above the 50-day moving average, signaling strong institutional interest and momentum building for a near-term rally. Fundamentally, the company shows robust recovery with double-digit earnings growth and a healthy operating margin, yet the price has lagged significantly behind these improvements, trading well below its 52-week high. While the long-term trajectory remains positive with a 104% gain over the last decade, the recent two-year price decline suggests the market is still digesting past headwinds, preventing a top-tier buy rating despite the strong operational metrics. The dividend yield is modest and barely covers inflation, offering little income appeal compared to the capital appreciation potential driving the current sentiment.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
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MSTL0.120494
AutoETS0.121354
AutoARIMA0.121388

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 33%
H-stat 12.62
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.071
Excess Kurtosis -1.17
Attribute Value
Sector Industrials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-08-31
Last Dividend Date 2026-05-31
Revenue per Share 2.168
Market Cap 227,525,040
Trailing P/E 26.85
Forward P/E 19.38
Beta 1.12
Profit Margins 27.06%
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 1.5
exDividendDate 2026-09-01
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.24
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.014971927
lastDividendValue 0.06
lastDividendDate 2026-06-01
dividendDate 2026-09-15

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.6357143
Address1 111 Springhall Drive
All Time High 106.2
All Time Low 0.6
Ask 20.63
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 9
Average Daily Volume10 Day 29,320
Average Daily Volume3 Month 20,067
Average Volume 20,067
Average Volume10Days 29,320
Beta 1.116
Bid 12.09
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 8
Book Value 4.957
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 16.38
Current Ratio 2.736
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 17.09
Day Low 16.03
Display Name HireQuest
Dividend Date 1,789,430,400
Dividend Rate 0.24
Dividend Yield 1.5
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,786,393,800
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,786,393,800
Earnings Growth 1.568
Earnings Quarterly Growth 1.54
Earnings Timestamp 1,786,392,000
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,908,800
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,908,800
Ebitda 12,329,000
Ebitda Margins 0.40890998
Enterprise To Ebitda 18.334
Enterprise To Revenue 7.497
Enterprise Value 226,042,000
Eps Current Year 0.775
Eps Forward 0.845
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 0.61
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,788,220,800
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 13.9176
Fifty Day Average Change 2.4623995
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.17692703
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 63.57143
Fifty Two Week High 19.01
Fifty Two Week High Change -2.630001
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.1383483
Fifty Two Week Low 7.38
Fifty Two Week Low Change 8.999999
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 1.2195121
Fifty Two Week Range 7.38 - 19.01
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,065,533,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.68
Float Shares 5,181,364
Forward Eps 0.845
Forward P E 19.384613
Free Cashflow 6,316,375
Full Exchange Name NasdaqCM
Full Time Employees 88
Fullday Change 0.349998
Fullday Change Percent 2.1834
Fullday Price 16.38
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 1.0
Gross Profits 30,151,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.61387
Held Percent Institutions 0.115930006
Implied Shares Outstanding 13,890,418
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 227,525,040
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_26685404
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 8,422,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 221,552,167
Number Of Analyst Opinions 2
Open 16.03
Operating Cashflow 9,485,000
Operating Margins 0.41277
Overall Risk 6
Payout Ratio 0.4
Phone 843 723 7400
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 16.38
Post Market Time 1,787,959,805
Previous Close 16.03
Price Eps Current Year 21.135483
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 3.304418
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 7.5461855
Profit Margins 0.2706
Quick Ratio 2.496
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.349998
Regular Market Change Percent 2.1834
Regular Market Day High 17.09
Regular Market Day Low 16.03
Regular Market Day Range 16.03 - 17.09
Regular Market Open 16.03
Regular Market Previous Close 16.03
Regular Market Price 16.38
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,201
Regular Market Volume 25,423
Return On Assets 0.06161
Return On Equity 0.12488
Revenue Growth 0.06
Revenue Per Share 2.168
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20504117
Sector Industrials
Sector Disp Industrials
Sector Key industrials
Share Holder Rights Risk 3
Shares Outstanding 13,890,418
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0164
Shares Short 227,387
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 249,078
Short Name HireQuest, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0422
Short Ratio 11.44
Source Interval 15
State SC
Symbol HQI
Target High Price 19.0
Target Low Price 19.0
Target Mean Price 19.0
Target Median Price 19.0
Total Cash 1,640,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.118
Total Debt 0
Total Revenue 30,151,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.24
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.014971927
Trailing Eps 0.61
Trailing P E 26.852457
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 11.53285
Two Hundred Day Average Change 4.847149
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.42029062
Type Disp Equity
Volume 25,423
Website https://hirequest.com
Zip 29,445