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Hirequest Inc

HQI
9.780USD
-0.040-0.41%
Market hours ETQuotes delayed by 15 min
137.46MMarket Cap
19.78P/E TTM

Hirequest Inc

9.780
-0.040-0.41%
TradingKey Stock Score
Overall Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Peer Comparison
TradingKey Stock Score
Overall Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score of Hirequest Inc

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-11

Key Insights

The company's fundamentals are relatively very healthy. Its valuation is considered fairly valued,and institutional recognition is very high. Over the past 30 days, multiple analysts have rated the company as a Strong Buy. The company is performing well in the stock market, with strong fundamentals and technicals supporting the current trend. The stock price is trading sideways between the support and resistance levels, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Hirequest Inc's Score

Industry at a Glance

Industry Ranking
58 / 159
Overall Ranking
168 / 4608
Industry
Professional & Commercial Services

Support & Resistance

No Data

Score Analysis

Current score
Previous score

Analyst Rating

Based on 2 analysts
Strong Buy
Current Rating
14.000
Target Price
+40.99%
Upside Space
Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Hirequest Inc Highlights

StrengthsRisks
HireQuest, Inc. is a franchisor of direct dispatch, executive search, and commercial staffing solutions for HireQuest Direct, HireQuest, Snelling, HireQuest Health, DriverQuest, TradeCorp, MRINetwork, SearchPath Global, and Northbound Executive Search franchised offices across the United States. Through its national network of over 400 franchisee-owned offices across the United States, it provides employment for about 73,000 individuals annually that work for thousands of customers in various industries, including construction, light industrial, manufacturing, hospitality, clerical, medical, travel, financial services, and event services. HireQuest Direct focuses on daily work/daily pay jobs primarily for construction and light industrial customers. Snelling, HireQuest, and TradeCorp focus on longer-term staffing positions in the light industrial and administrative arenas. DriverQuest specializes in both commercial and non-CDL drivers serving a variety of industries and applications.
Growing
The company is in a growing phase, with the latest annual income totaling USD 34.60M.
High Dividend
The company is a high dividend payer, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 85.58%.
Stable Dividend
The company has regularly paid dividends over the past 5 years, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 85.58%.
Undervalued
The company’s latest PE is 19.66, at a low 3-year percentile range.
Institutional Selling
The latest institutional holdings are 1.77M shares, decreasing 1.32% quarter-over-quarter.
Held by HACAX
Star Investor HACAX holds 167.00 shares of this stock.
Lower Market Activity
The company has less investor interest, with a 20-day turnover ratio of -0.55.

Financial Health

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-11

The company's current financial score is 7.98, which is higher than the Professional & Commercial Services industry's average of 7.30. Its financial status is robust, and its operating efficiency is high. Its latest quarterly revenue reached 8.50M, representing a year-over-year decrease of 9.76%, while its net profit experienced a year-over-year decrease of 204.40%.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.98
Change
0

Financials

8.53

Key Metrics

Cash and cash equivalents
Total assets
Total liabilities
Free cash flow
No Data

Quality of Earnings

7.77

Operational Efficiency

9.19

Growth Potential

6.18

Shareholder Returns

8.24

Hirequest Inc's Company Valuation

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-11

The company’s current valuation score is 6.93, which is lower than the Professional & Commercial Services industry's average of 7.14. Its current P/E ratio is 19.66, which is 658.04% below the recent high of 149.06 and 10.26% above the recent low of 17.65.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
6.93
Change
0

Valuation Dimensions

P/E
P/B
P/S
P/CF
Industry Ranking 58/159
No Data

Earnings Forecast

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-11

The company’s current earnings forecast score is 9.00, which is higher than the Professional & Commercial Services industry's average of 7.67. The average price target for Hirequest Inc is 14.00, with a high of 15.00 and a low of 13.00.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
9.00
Change
0

Support & Resistance

No Data

Analyst Rating

Based on 2 analysts
Strong Buy
Current Rating
14.000
Target Price
+42.57%
Upside Space
Strong Buy
Buy
Hold
Sell
Strong Sell

Peer Comparison

21
Total
5
Median
6
Average
Company name
Ratings
Analysts
Hirequest Inc
HQI
2
Kanzhun Ltd
BZ
20
Paychex Inc
PAYX
18
ManpowerGroup Inc
MAN
12
Robert Half Inc
RHI
12
Upwork Inc
UPWK
11
1
2
3
4

Financial Forecasting

EPS
Revenue
Net Profit
EBIT
No Data

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Price Momentum

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-11

The company’s current price momentum score is 8.51, which is higher than the Professional & Commercial Services industry's average of 7.20. Sideways: Currently, the stock price is trading between the resistance level at 10.63 and the support level at 8.38, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
8.65
Change
-0.14

Support & Resistance

No Data

Indicators

The Indicators feature provides value and direction analysis for various instruments under a selection of technical indicators, together with a technical summary.

This feature includes nine of the commonly used technical indicators: MACD, RSI, KDJ, StochRSI, ATR, CCI, WR, TRIX and MA. You may also adjust the timeframe depending on your needs.

Please note that technical analysis is only part of investment reference, and there is no absolute standard for using numerical values to assess direction. The results are for reference only, and we are not responsible for the accuracy of the indicator calculations and summaries.

Indicators
Sell(1)
Neutral(2)
Buy(2)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MACD(12,26,9)
0.413
Neutral
RSI(14)
63.321
Neutral
STOCH(KDJ)(9,3,3)
87.260
Buy
ATR(14)
0.571
High Vlolatility
CCI(14)
167.968
Buy
Williams %R
8.000
Overbought
TRIX(12,20)
-0.090
Sell
StochRSI(14)
91.015
Overbought
Moving Average
Sell(1)
Neutral(0)
Buy(5)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MA5
9.288
Buy
MA10
8.849
Buy
MA20
8.678
Buy
MA50
9.204
Buy
MA100
9.551
Buy
MA200
10.641
Sell

Institutional Confidence

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-11

The company’s current institutional recognition score is 3.00, which is lower than the Professional & Commercial Services industry's average of 6.89. The latest institutional shareholding proportion is 12.56%, representing a quarter-over-quarter decrease of 82.88%. The largest institutional shareholder is The Vanguard, holding a total of 293.01K shares, representing 2.08% of shares outstanding, with 2.59% increase in holdings.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
3.00
Change
0

Institutional Shareholding

No Data

Shareholder Activity

Name
Shares Held
Chg %
Hermanns (Richard)
2.92M
--
Jackson (Edward)
2.64M
+0.19%
Richard F. & Lisa S. Hermanns Dynasty Trust
2.42M
--
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Star Investors
280.77K
+0.13%
Bandera Partners LLC
236.85K
-5.96%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.
227.42K
-7.07%
Malhotra (R Rimmy)
216.75K
+2.70%
Geode Capital Management, L.L.C.
139.14K
+4.26%
Hagenbuch (Lawrence F)
116.71K
+4.78%
Mellon Investments Corporation
101.91K
+2.95%
1
2

Risk Assessment

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-11

The company’s current risk assessment score is 3.43, which is lower than the Professional & Commercial Services industry's average of 5.56. The company's beta value is 1.09. This indicates that the stock tends to outperform the index during upward trending markets but experiences larger declines during downward trending markets.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
3.43
Change
0
Beta vs S&P 500 index
1.09
VaR
+4.60%
240-Day Maximum Drawdown
+48.09%
240-Day Volatility
+54.59%

Return

Best Daily Return
60 days
+15.53%
120 days
+15.53%
5 years
+18.43%
Worst Daily Return
60 days
-4.91%
120 days
-6.09%
5 years
-24.60%
Sharpe Ratio
60 days
+0.38
120 days
+0.38
5 years
+0.19

Risk Assessment

Maximum Drawdown
240 days
+48.09%
3 years
+71.40%
5 years
+71.40%
Return-to-Drawdown Ratio
240 days
-0.76
3 years
-0.17
5 years
-0.07
Skewness
240 days
+0.66
3 years
-0.37
5 years
+0.13

Volatility

Realised Volatility
240 days
+54.59%
5 years
+58.45%
Standardised True Range
240 days
+4.96%
5 years
+8.12%
Downside Risk-Adjusted Return
120 days
+80.27%
240 days
+80.27%
Maximum Daily Upside Volatility
60 days
+49.72%
Maximum Daily Downside Volatility
60 days
+36.50%

Liquidity

Average Turnover Rate
60 days
+0.09%
120 days
+0.10%
5 years
--
Turnover Deviation
20 days
-55.19%
60 days
-21.88%
120 days
-5.47%

Peer Comparison

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8.49 /10
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8.37 /10
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