NASDAQ · HQI

HireQuest, Inc.. (DE)

$12.90 +$0.22 (+1.74%) 1D Market open

Key Metrics

$176.76M
Market cap
27.08×
P/E · TTM
$29.69M
Revenue · TTM
$6.53M
Net income
EPS · TTM $0.47
Dividend yield 0.5%
Free cash flow
Beta · 1Y 0.61
EBITDA · TTM $9.99M
Gross margin

The Story So Far

LAST 6 MONTHS PRIMARY SOURCES ONLY
  • Jul 27
    Money has been moving out of its sector (Technology).

    Technology has run -4.1 points vs SPY over four weeks, ranking 8→2→11→7 of 11 sectors — this stock trades inside that current.

    RECEIPT: ROTATION MAP, LIVE ↗
  • Jul 16
    Money rotated out of high-beta cohorts market-wide.

    High-beta names lagged the blue-chips by 18.6 points over ten sessions around this date. Stocks in that cohort weren't falling alone — they fell together.

    RECEIPT: ROTATION GAUGE, LIVE
  • Jun 10
    The stock moved +8.8% in a single session.

    Sessions this size usually pair with a chapter above or below — a filing, a headline, or the whole cohort moving together.

    RECEIPT: DAILY BAR, Jun 10
  • May 13
    The stock moved +9.5% in a single session.

    Sessions this size usually pair with a chapter above or below — a filing, a headline, or the whole cohort moving together.

    RECEIPT: DAILY BAR, May 13

The story updates itself as events post · The wolf reports; you decide

Snapshot

Market cap$176.76M
Enterprise value
Shares outstanding13.9M
52-wk range$7.38 – $14.54
Avg volume · 20D19.9K
Net cash
Book value / share$4.82
IndustryServices-Help Supply Services
ExchangeNASDAQ
About HireQuest, Inc.. (DE)
IPO dateJun 6, 2002
Employees75000

HireQuest Inc is a nationwide franchisor of offices providing direct-dispatch, executive search, and commercial staffing solutions in the light industrial and blue-collar segments of the staffing industry and traditional commercial staffing.

Wolf Grade COMING SOON

The wolf is in training. Composite grades vs sector — profitability, health, value, momentum — arrive with the percentile engine. Methodology will be public.

Valuation

P/E27.08
P/S5.95
P/FCF
EV/EBITDA
EV/Sales
Graham №$7.11

Profitability

Gross
Operating 23.4%
Net 22.0%
FCF
ROE / ROIC 9.9% · —

Financial Health

Current ratio2.69
Quick ratio
Debt / equity
Debt / EBITDA
Net cash
Working capital$32.50M

Cash Flow · TTM

Operating CF $10.44M
Capex
Free cash flow
Buybacks
Dividends paid $844.00K
Shareholder yield 0.5%

Piotroski F-Score

5 / 9
Middling fundamentals · 5 of 9 signals passing

Altman Z-Score

5.9
Safe zone (> 2.99) · bankruptcy risk negligible

Graham Number vs Price

$7.11 vs $12.90
Trades 1.8× above classic defensive value — priced for growth
Fundamentals through 2026-03-31 · computed by TickerWolf from SEC filings