HireQuest, Inc. HQI

Technology SIC 7363 - Services-Help Supply Services NAICS Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services › Administrative and Support Services › Employment Services derived Nasdaq

HireQuest, Inc. (collectively with its subsidiaries, the "Company," "we," "us," or "our") is a Delaware corporation originally organized in Washington as Command Staffing, LLC in 2002. In 2005, Temporary Financial Services, Inc., a public company, acquired the assets of Command Staffing, LLC, and the combined entity changed its name to Command Center, Inc. On September 11, 2019, Command Center, Inc. reincorporated in Delaware and changed its name to HireQuest, Inc. following its acquisition of Hire Quest Holdings, LLC ("Hire Quest Holdings," and together with its subsidiary, Hire Quest, LLC, "Legacy HQ"). This acquisition is sometimes referred to as the "Merger." Hire Quest, LLC was formed as a Florida limited liability company in 2002. Hire Quest Holdings, LLC was formed as a Florida limited liability company in 2017. Since the Merger, we have made a number of acquisitions which are discussed in more detail below.

Last close 16.18 2026-10-23
Market cap $224.9M 2026-06-30 share count
52-week range 7.38 - 20.84

Valuation FY2025 figures against the last close

P/S7.8x
P/E36.0x
P/FCF18.7x
EV/EBITDA24.2x
Dividend yield0.4%
Diluted EPS0.45

Annual financial statements

Income statement

Fiscal year FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016
Revenue $29.0M$32.7M$35.8M$28.9M$21.3M$12.8M$14.7M$11.3M$98.1M$93.3M
Cost of revenue ————$170.5K$0—$72.5M$72.6M$69.6M
Gross profit ————$22.6M$13.8M—$24.9M$25.4M$23.7M
SG&A $20.7M$21.4M$24.4M$12.9M$13.3M$8.7M$12.7M$5.3M$21.3M$22.3M
Operating income $6.3M$4.4M$10.6M$16.0M$7.7M$5.0M$2.8M$6.9M$3.7M$1.1M
Interest expense $307.0K$923.0K$1.4M$368.0K$157.0K$49.7K$559.6K$19.7K$11.6K$25.0K
Pre-tax income $6.7M$4.1M$7.8M$13.9M$12.5M$6.1M$3.0M$7.1M$3.7M$1.1M
Income tax $100.0K$221.0K$1.3M$1.9M$635.0K$741.0K$3.5M$21.0K$2.0M$522.8K
Net income $6.3M$3.7M$6.1M$12.5M$11.8M$5.4M-$290.0K$7.1M$1.7M$556.6K
EPS, basic 0.450.270.450.910.880.40-0.030.720.330.11
EPS, diluted 0.450.260.450.910.870.39-0.030.720.330.11
Shares, diluted (wtd. avg.) 14.0M13.9M13.8M13.7M13.6M13.7M11.6M9.9M5.1M5.3M

Balance sheet

Fiscal year FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016
Cash and equivalents ——————$4.2M$1.3M$7.8M$3.0M
Receivables $39.3M$42.3M$44.4M$45.7M$38.2M$21.3M$28.2M$20.7M$9.4M$10.3M
Total current assets $48.3M$49.2M$51.5M$51.9M$42.0M$39.0M$37.0M$22.2M$18.2M$14.8M
Property, plant and equipment $4.0M$4.1M$4.3M$4.4M$4.5M$3.2M$1.9M$2.0M$372.1K$432.9K
Goodwill $1.6M$1.6M$5.9M$5.9M$0—————
Other intangibles $24.2M$28.2M$25.8M$28.0M$22.9M$342.7K$0$3.9M$4.1M—
Total assets $88.2M$94.0M$103.8M$103.3M$77.4M$49.1M$46.9M$24.4M$25.4M$24.0M
Accounts payable $192.0K$174.0K$137.0K$448.0K$1.1M$457.5K$253.8K$53.4K$563.4K$762.3K
Total current liabilities $15.3M$24.1M$35.7M$36.8M$21.5M$9.5M$11.0M$12.7M$4.9M$4.2M
Total liabilities $19.9M$29.2M$41.1M$45.0M$30.6M$12.7M$15.6M$13.4M$5.8M$5.8M
Retained earnings $31.2M$28.6M$28.3M$25.5M$16.4M$7.7M$3.7M$4.0M-$36.6M-$38.3M
Total equity $68.3M$64.8M$62.7M$58.3M$46.7M$36.4M$31.3M$10.9M$10.8M$18.1M

Cash flow

Fiscal year FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016
Operating cash flow $12.0M$12.0M$10.6M$16.9M$17.4M$10.9M$5.0M$5.1M$4.7M-$464.2K
Depreciation and amortisation $3.0M$2.8M$2.8M$2.0M$1.6M$129.2K$400.0K$93.0K$165.0K$168.0K
Stock-based compensation $936.0K$1.8M$1.7M$2.4M$1.6M$1.2M$758.1K$0$156.8K$147.2K
Investing cash flow $296.0K$44.0K-$7.1M-$23.6M-$29.4M$36.4K$9.8M$153.8K-$103.7K-$2.1M
Financing cash flow -$10.7M-$11.2M-$5.2M$8.5M-$347.0K-$1.4M-$11.9M-$4.2M$90.1K-$2.0M
Dividends paid $842.0K$838.0K$838.0K$833.0K$822.0K$680.0K$0———
Buybacks $377.0K$0——$0$146.5K$8.4M$0$375.2K$1.5M

Figures as tagged in each year's own filing, in US dollars. A year restated by a later filing shows the restated figure. Capital expenditure, dividends and buybacks are cash out, shown positive. A line the filer does not report is not listed. Latest from accession 0001437749-26-014187.

Plot the figures US dollars

Income statement Revenue Cost of revenue Gross profit R&D SG&A Total operating expenses Operating income Interest expense Pre-tax income Income tax Net income EPS, basic EPS, diluted Shares, diluted (wtd. avg.)
Balance sheet Cash and equivalents Short-term investments Receivables Inventory Total current assets Property, plant and equipment Goodwill Other intangibles Total assets Accounts payable Short-term debt Total current liabilities Long-term debt Total liabilities Retained earnings Total equity
Cash flow Operating cash flow Depreciation and amortisation Stock-based compensation Capital expenditure Investing cash flow Financing cash flow Dividends paid Buybacks
  • Revenue
  • Gross profit
  • Net income
Revenue, Gross profit, Net income by fiscal year, in US dollars The same figures are in the table below this chart. -25M 0 25M 50M 75M 100M Revenue, FY2016: 93.3M Gross profit, FY2016: 23.7M Net income, FY2016: 556.6K Revenue, FY2017: 98.1M Gross profit, FY2017: 25.4M Net income, FY2017: 1.7M Revenue, FY2018: 11.3M Gross profit, FY2018: 24.9M Net income, FY2018: 7.1M Revenue, FY2019: 14.7M Net income, FY2019: -290K Revenue, FY2020: 12.8M Gross profit, FY2020: 13.8M Net income, FY2020: 5.4M Revenue, FY2021: 21.3M Gross profit, FY2021: 22.6M Net income, FY2021: 11.8M Revenue, FY2022: 28.9M Net income, FY2022: 12.5M Revenue, FY2023: 35.8M Net income, FY2023: 6.1M Revenue, FY2024: 32.7M Net income, FY2024: 3.7M Revenue, FY2025: 29M Net income, FY2025: 6.3M FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Fiscal year FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Revenue $93.3M $98.1M $11.3M $14.7M $12.8M $21.3M $28.9M $35.8M $32.7M $29.0M
Gross profit $23.7M $25.4M $24.9M — $13.8M $22.6M — — — —
Net income $556.6K $1.7M $7.1M -$290.0K $5.4M $11.8M $12.5M $6.1M $3.7M $6.3M

Recent filings and events

  • Regulation FD disclosure Something the company told the market and had to tell everyone at once - usually a slide deck or a press release. Item 7.01
  • Results announced The quarterly or annual earnings release. Arrives four times a year from almost every company here. Item 2.02
  • Shareholder vote The results of the annual meeting or a special vote. Item 5.07
  • Results announced Item 2.02
  • Regulation FD disclosure Item 7.01
  • Regulation FD disclosure Item 7.01
  • Annual report filed A new 10-K. The figures and the business description on this site come from it. Form 10-K
  • Results announced Item 2.02
  • Officer or director change Someone at the top arrived or left. The item covers everything from a board retirement to a chief executive being removed, and only the filing itself says which. Item 5.02
  • Regulation FD disclosure Item 7.01
  • Regulation FD disclosure Item 7.01
  • Material agreement signed The company entered an agreement outside the ordinary course of business - a large contract, a credit facility, a merger agreement. Item 1.01

Item numbers are Form 8-K's own, and a filing date is up to four business days after the thing it reports. The same feed across the whole market.

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