Added to YB: 2026-08-14
Pitch date: 2026-08-11
HQI [neutral]
HireQuest, Inc.
+2.37%
current return
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Company Info
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.
Market Cap
$231.1M
Pitch Price
$17.30
Price Target
N/A
Dividend
1.44%
EV/EBITDA
18.61
P/E
27.74
EV/Sales
7.61
Sector
Professional Services
Category
turnaround
What I'm looking at. Returns YTD - HireQuest, Inc.
HQI (holding update ~5%): Capital-light staffing franchisor, ~6% royalty on system-wide sales, no debt, ~20% net margins, profitable through 11 downturn quarters. Q2 rev +6% muddied by MRINetwork divestiture; organic royalty +13.8%. Watching cycle inflection, buybacks (20% of cap), workers-comp risk.
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