HireQuest, Inc. (HQI)

HireQuest Ratios and Metrics

Market cap in millions USD. Fiscal year is January - December.

Fiscal Year	Current	FY 2024	FY 2023	FY 2022	FY 2021	FY 2020
Period Ending	Aug 15, 2025	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2020
Market Capitalization	134	198	214	219	276	139
Market Cap Growth	-18.28%	-7.37%	-2.46%	-20.57%	98.90%	45.30%
Enterprise Value	132	210	228	224	275	129
Last Close Price	9.22	14.02	14.94	15.20	19.09	9.55
PE Ratio	54.53	53.99	34.88	17.61	23.31	25.91
Forward PE	18.67	19.80	19.19	11.71	-	-
PS Ratio	3.93	5.73	5.65	7.09	12.26	10.06
PB Ratio	1.96	3.06	3.41	3.77	5.91	3.82
P/TBV Ratio	3.48	5.67	8.47	11.83	12.75	3.86
P/FCF Ratio	7.63	16.56	20.34	13.08	17.29	14.68
P/OCF Ratio	7.59	16.47	20.15	13.00	15.89	12.76
EV/Sales Ratio	4.06	6.08	6.02	7.24	12.19	9.31
EV/EBITDA Ratio	12.04	15.94	16.98	12.40	29.85	19.17
EV/EBIT Ratio	16.28	20.21	21.43	13.98	35.90	19.55
EV/FCF Ratio	7.73	17.56	21.67	13.36	17.19	13.59
Debt / Equity Ratio	0.07	0.11	0.24	0.28	0.07	-
Debt / EBITDA Ratio	0.39	0.52	1.10	0.91	0.35	-
Debt / FCF Ratio	0.25	0.58	1.40	0.99	0.20	-
Asset Turnover	0.32	0.35	0.37	0.34	0.36	0.29
Quick Ratio	1.96	1.85	1.28	1.33	1.84	3.70
Current Ratio	2.23	2.04	1.44	1.41	1.96	4.12
Return on Equity (ROE)	4.06%	6.16%	10.64%	22.81%	28.50%	15.85%
Return on Assets (ROA)	5.03%	6.57%	6.42%	11.10%	7.56%	8.57%
Return on Capital (ROIC)	6.69%	8.71%	8.73%	16.07%	11.08%	12.16%
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)	11.40%	14.90%	15.60%	24.10%	13.70%	16.60%
Earnings Yield	1.86%	1.85%	2.87%	5.68%	4.29%	3.86%
FCF Yield	13.10%	6.04%	4.92%	7.65%	5.79%	6.81%
Dividend Yield	2.52%	1.71%	1.61%	1.58%	1.21%	1.05%
Payout Ratio	137.48%	91.48%	54.44%	26.58%	26.51%	25.33%
Buyback Yield / Dilution	-0.87%	-0.86%	-0.58%	-0.84%	0.35%	-17.82%
Total Shareholder Return	1.71%	0.85%	1.02%	0.73%	1.56%	-16.78%

Updated May 8, 2025. Source: S&P Global Market Intelligence. Standard template. Financial Sources.

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