HireQuest, Inc. (HQI)
Industrials · NCM
Fundamentals
Valuation and ratings
HireQuest, Inc. trades at USD12.90, which is 17% below the USD15.10 our discounted cash flow model puts on the business. On that measure alone it screens as undervalued, though a DCF is an argument rather than a measurement, and the market is frequently right about why something is cheap.
Our moat model scores it 51 out of 100, which is a moat, but not a deep one. A moat is a structural reason competitors cannot take the profits away, and it matters more to a long holding period than any single quarter's numbers do.
It changes hands at 25.4 times earnings. Be careful reading that in isolation: for a cyclical business a low P/E arrives at the top of the cycle, when profits are peaking and about to fall, which is exactly when the shares look cheapest and are not.
HQI dividend history
Dividends per share by year
| Year | Total per share | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | USD0.120 | 2 |
| 2025 | USD0.240 | 4 |
| 2024 | USD0.240 | 4 |
| 2023 | USD0.240 | 4 |
| 2022 | USD0.240 | 4 |
| 2021 | USD0.230 | 4 |
| 2020 | USD0.100 | 2 |
Split-adjusted amounts in the listing currency, grouped by the calendar year of the ex-dividend date, from the filed record. Growth and streak figures compare complete years only.
HQI earnings and analyst estimates
Recommendation mix, 2 analyst ratings
Estimates are the published analyst consensus and move often. An earnings date is scheduled, not certain, and a share tends to reprice most violently on the day itself.
About HireQuest, Inc.
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.
HQI passes 4 of our 30 screens today
Each screen prints the exact criteria it used, and the circumstances in which it is wrong.
Super investor ownership
2 of the funds we track reported a position in their latest SEC 13F filing. Largest first:
- Ken Griffin, CITADEL ADVISORS LLC$358.4K · 0.0% of book
- Renaissance Technologies, RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC$106.8K · 0.0% of book
A word of warning on reading these figures: a 13F reports the market value of a holding, so a fund that traded nothing at all still appears to have sold when the price fell. We found 102 companies where the standard reading gives the opposite answer. Only the share count is honest.
Common questions
Is HireQuest, Inc. (HQI) undervalued?
Against our discounted cash flow estimate of USD15.10, HQI at USD12.90 is 17% below fair value. That is one model's answer, not a recommendation, and most of a DCF's output sits in a terminal value nobody can forecast.
Which funds own HQI?
2 of the institutions we track reported a position in HQI in their most recent SEC 13F filing. A 13F is filed up to 45 days after quarter end, so it tells you what a fund held then, not what it holds now.
What is HQI's P/E ratio?
HQI trades at 25.4 times earnings. A low P/E is not automatically cheap: on a cyclical company it is usually a warning that earnings are at a peak.
Does HireQuest, Inc. (HQI) pay a dividend?
Yes. HireQuest, Inc. yields 1.96% at the current share price. It has paid USD0.240 per share over the trailing twelve months. It has paid a dividend in each of the last 6 complete calendar years. A dividend is declared by the board and can be cut at any time; a yield is a fact about the current price, not a promise.
When does HQI report earnings next?
HireQuest, Inc. is scheduled to report on 6 Aug 2026. Companies move earnings dates, so read it as scheduled rather than certain.
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Data from company filings, exchange quotes and SEC EDGAR 13F disclosures. Quotes are delayed. Metrics we do not have are left out rather than estimated. Educational information, not financial advice.