HireQuest Inc (HQI) — Titan Protect Analysis

HQI

HireQuest Inc

Industrials · ·

$13.08

Data: 2026-06-03

✓ ETHICAL PASS

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Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap

$177M

Total market value of the company

Trailing P/E

26.52

Premium valuation

Forward P/E

20.87

Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper

Rev Growth

-12.7%

Year-over-year revenue change

Profit Margin

22.0%

How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue

ROE

10.2%

Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money

Analyst Target

$15.00

+15% from current price — median analyst estimate

Recommendation

STRONG_BUY

Consensus view from 2 analysts covering this stock

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, Hire

https://hirequest.com

Country: United States Employees: 88 Industry: Staffing & Employment Services

Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity

PASS

Core business does not involve prohibited activities

Debt Ratio

0.0% PENDING

Debt must be below 33% of total assets

Cash Ratio

0.0% PENDING

Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets

Receivables

0.0% PENDING

Receivables below 49% of assets

Revenue Purity

0.0% PENDING

Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

Regime

MARKUP

Price trending up with increasing momentum

Sharpe Ratio

0.236

Positive but modest risk-adjusted returns

Kelly Fraction

0.0040

Marginal edge — very small allocation suggested

Calmar Ratio

-0.009

Drawdown risk outweighs the returns — higher risk profile

Annual Return

-0.5%

Historical annualised return based on price data

Max Drawdown

-50.5%

Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been

HMM State

SIDEWAYS

Price consolidating — no clear directional bias

Days in State

How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable

Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

Beta

1.09

Moves slightly more than the broader market

52W High

$13.39

2% below the year high

52W Low

$7.38

77% above the year low

Avg Volume

18,092

Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell

Short Ratio

13.4

Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded

Short % Float

N/A

Div Yield

187.0%

Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price

EPS (TTM)

$0.48

Earnings per share over the last 12 months

Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

Debt/Equity

N/A

Current Ratio

N/A

Quick Ratio

N/A

Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test

Gross Margin

100.0%

Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power

Operating Margin

22.6%

Profit from core operations before interest and tax

Free Cash Flow

$7M

Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends

Revenue (TTM)

$30M

Total revenue over the last 12 months

Net Income

$7M

Profitable — the bottom line is positive

Analyst Coverage

Analysts

Target High

$15.00

Target Median

$15.00

Target Low

$15.00

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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2026-06-03

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