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HireQuest, Inc. HQI

Services-Help Supply Services · CIK 0001140102 · Fiscal year ends 1231

Revenue
$30.64M
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31
Operating income
$6.28M
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31
Free cash flow
Unavailable
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31

Valuation, from the filing

Public float$66.10MMarket value of stock held by non-affiliates, as stated on the cover page for 2025-06-30
Float per share$4.72Float divided by shares outstanding in the same filing. A floor under the share price on that date, not the price itself.
Float / net income10.4×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.
Float / revenue2.2×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.
Float / equity1.0×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.

Every figure here is drawn from the 10-K cover page and the statements behind it, so each one traces to a filing. Public float counts only stock held by non-affiliates, which makes these floors rather than estimates: a high multiple is conclusive, a low one may mean cheap or may mean closely held. The float was measured on 2025-06-30, not today, and each multiple below it uses the figures for the fiscal year ending 2025-12-31 — the year that filing covered.

Valuation over time

10.4× earnings today, against a median of 10.0× across 8 years on record. In line with its own history.

Float measuredPublic floatFloat / net income
2025-06-30$66.10M10.4×
2024-06-30$66.10M18.0×
2023-06-30$133.20M21.7×
2022-06-30$72.70M5.8×
2021-06-30$92.61M7.8×
2020-06-30$29.51M5.5×
2018-06-29$16.50M16.9×
2017-06-30$15.90M9.5×

Each float is paired with the fiscal year the filing that stated it covers. Only years where the company reported positive net income appear, because a multiple against a loss is not a multiple.

How this compares in its industry

Percentile among the Services-Help Supply Services filers on this site, highest value first. A high percentile means a large figure, which is good for a margin and not for leverage — the ranking says where the company sits, not whether that is where it should be.

MeasureReportedPercentile
Effective tax rate1.5%0th
Net margin20.7%100th
Operating margin20.5%100th
Current ratio3.15x88th
Revenue YoY growth-11.4%12th
SBC / revenue3.1%87th

HireQuest, Inc. (HQI) reported revenue of $30.64M and net income of $6.33M for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31. This page shows 10 annual periods of income statement, balance sheet and cash flow figures normalized from HireQuest, Inc.’s SEC filings, each linked to the filing it came from. It is classified by the SEC under Services-Help Supply Services.

Income

HireQuest, Inc. income by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312018-12-282017-12-29
Revenue$30.64M$34.60M$37.88M$30.95M$22.53M$13.81M$15.88M$12.33M$97.39M$98.07M
Cost of revenueUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable$170.55K$0UnavailableUnavailable$72.45M$72.64M
Gross profitUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable$22.59M$13.81MUnavailableUnavailable$24.94M$25.43M
Operating income$6.28M$4.37M$10.64M$16.04M$7.65M$4.98M$2.78M$6.91M$1.18M$3.70M
Net income$6.33M$3.67M$6.14M$12.46M$11.85M$5.36M-$289.98K$7.12M$974.29K$1.68M
Research & developmentUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Weighted-average diluted sharesshares 13.98Mshares 13.92Mshares 13.80Mshares 13.72Mshares 13.61Mshares 13.65Mshares 11.59Mshares 9.94Mshares 4.86Mshares 5.11M
Pretax income$6.71M$4.15M$7.78M$13.87M$12.48M$6.10M$2.98M$7.08M$1.18M$3.68M
Income tax expense$100.00K$221.00K$1.34M$1.90M$635.00K$741.04K$3.48M$21.03K$205.07K$2.01M
Diluted EPS$0.45$0.26$0.45$0.91$0.87$0.39$-0.03$0.72$0.20$0.33
Selling, general & administrative$20.68M$21.41M$24.45M$12.87M$13.33M$8.70M$12.69M$5.32M$23.43M$21.35M
General & administrativeUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Selling & marketingUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable

Balance

HireQuest, Inc. balance by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312018-12-282017-12-29
Cash & equivalentsUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable$8.00M$7.78M
Total assets$88.23M$94.01M$103.83M$103.28M$77.35M$49.10M$46.91M$24.37M$24.37M$25.36M
Current assets$48.35M$49.24M$51.45M$51.93M$42.00M$38.97M$37.02M$22.23M$22.23M$18.18M
Total liabilities$19.91M$29.21M$41.09M$45.03M$30.62M$12.73M$15.63M$13.44M$11.63M$5.77M
Current liabilities$15.35M$24.10M$35.71M$36.78M$21.47M$9.46M$11.01M$12.68M$10.87M$4.85M
Total equity incl. NCI$68.32M$64.80M$62.73M$58.25M$46.74M$36.36M$31.28M$10.92M$10.92M$12.63M
Temporary (mezzanine) equityUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
InventoryUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Accounts receivable$39.28M$42.35M$44.39M$45.73M$38.24M$21.34M$28.20M$20.73M$20.73M$9.39M
Goodwill$1.63M$1.63M$5.87M$5.87M$0UnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable$3.78M
Long-term debtUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable$2.86MUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Accounts payable$192.00K$174.00K$137.00K$448.00K$1.13M$457.49K$253.84K$53.44K$53.44K$563.40K

Cash flow

HireQuest, Inc. cash flow by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312018-12-282017-12-29
Operating cash flow$12.05M$12.04M$10.62M$16.88M$17.38M$10.88M$4.96M$5.07M$2.62M$4.75M
Capital expendituresUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Investing cash flow$296.00K$44.00K-$7.08M-$23.57M-$29.45M$36.37K$9.81M$153.82K-$116.90K-$103.66K
Financing cash flow-$10.67M-$11.21M-$5.24M$8.49M-$347.00K-$1.44M-$11.87M-$4.21M-$2.28M$90.06K
Net change in cash$1.68M$877.00K-$1.71M$1.79M-$12.41M$9.48M$2.90M$1.02M$222.23K$4.73M
Stock-based compensation$936.00K$1.76M$1.68M$2.37M$1.63M$1.23M$758.05K$0$332.09K$156.79K
Common dividends paidUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable$3.31M$3.14M$1.36M$0UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Common share repurchases$377.00K$0UnavailableUnavailable$0$146.46K$8.37M$0$1.83M$375.22K
Depreciation & amortization$3.01M$2.79M$2.79M$2.04M$1.55M$129.18K$400.13K$92.61K$169.00K$165.00K

Derived

HireQuest, Inc. derived by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312018-12-282017-12-29
Free cash flowUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Gross marginUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable100.0%UnavailableUnavailable25.6%25.9%
Operating margin20.5%12.6%28.1%51.8%34.0%36.1%17.5%56.1%1.2%3.8%
FCF marginUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
SBC / revenue3.1%5.1%4.4%7.7%7.2%8.9%4.8%0.0%0.3%0.2%
Current ratio3.15x2.04x1.44x1.41x1.96x4.12x3.36x1.75x2.05x3.75x
Revenue YoY growth-11.4%-8.7%22.4%37.4%63.1%-13.0%28.8%Unavailable-0.7%Unavailable
Net margin20.7%10.6%16.2%40.2%52.6%38.8%-1.8%57.7%1.0%1.7%
R&D / revenueUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
CapEx / revenueUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Long-term debt / equityUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Effective tax rate1.5%5.3%17.3%13.7%5.1%12.1%117.0%0.3%17.4%54.4%

Amounts are abbreviated; the exact reported value is carried in each cell. — means unavailable, not zero. Open HQI in the interactive workspace to inspect any figure back to its filing.

Source filings

10-Q · Filed 2026-08-11View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-05-12View SEC filing
10-K · Filed 2026-03-31View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-11-06View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-08-07View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-05-08View SEC filing

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Reconciliation checks needing review

2 periods on this page do not reconcile under this site’s normalization. Read that as a limitation here before an observation about the company: the figures are the filer’s own, the filings linked above are authoritative, and a difference usually means the concepts this site selected do not match how this filer presents its statements. Nothing is adjusted to make a check pass.

balance equationreview2018-12-28

Difference 1810063 exceeds tolerance 1000000. Presentation or filing-vintage differences need review.

balance equationreview2017-12-29

Difference 6963673 exceeds tolerance 1000000. Presentation or filing-vintage differences need review.