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NYSE · HQI
HireQuest, Inc.
Industrials · Staffing & Employment Services
$16.14
Down-$0.48 (-2.89%)
Updated Sep 5, 2026, 4:28 AM
SID Score
6.2/10
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- Market cap
- 115.14M
- P/E ratio
- 16.37
- Dividend yield
- 1.49%
- 52-week range
- $7.38 – $19.01
- Volume
- 20.32K
- Avg. volume
- 13.87K
Price performance
HQI price history
1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
HQI closed at $16.14 after 21 trading sessions, up 21.54% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $16.14
- Period change
- +21.54%
- Period low
- $13.28
- Period high
- $17.71
Daily close
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| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 2026 | $16.51 | $16.59 | $15.74 | $16.14 | 20.32K |
| Sep 3, 2026 | $16.83 | $16.88 | $16.145 | $16.62 | 14.49K |
| Sep 2, 2026 | $16.21 | $17.48 | $16.11 | $16.71 | 39.35K |
| Sep 1, 2026 | $15.91 | $16.32 | $15.575 | $16.07 | 13.82K |
| Aug 31, 2026 | $16.39 | $17.39 | $15.851 | $15.96 | 9.53K |
| Aug 28, 2026 | $16.03 | $17.09 | $16.03 | $16.38 | 25.42K |
| Aug 27, 2026 | $17.09 | $17.3298 | $14.63 | $16.03 | 29.23K |
| Aug 26, 2026 | $17.40 | $17.50 | $16.90 | $17.06 | 11.27K |
| Aug 25, 2026 | $17.64 | $17.695 | $16.7903 | $17.45 | 22.41K |
| Aug 24, 2026 | $17.14 | $17.78 | $16.99 | $17.62 | 29.99K |
| Aug 21, 2026 | $17.07 | $17.25 | $16.63 | $17.14 | 45.38K |
| Aug 20, 2026 | $16.71 | $17.04 | $16.54 | $17.04 | 54.06K |
| Aug 19, 2026 | $16.76 | $16.99 | $16.396 | $16.71 | 13.37K |
| Aug 18, 2026 | $16.41 | $16.81 | $16.41 | $16.72 | 32.39K |
| Aug 17, 2026 | $16.80 | $17.20 | $15.80 | $16.15 | 35.07K |
| Aug 14, 2026 | $18.14 | $18.15 | $16.7801 | $16.82 | 19.87K |
| Aug 13, 2026 | $17.27 | $19.01 | $16.54 | $17.71 | 60.3K |
| Aug 12, 2026 | $17.30 | $17.30 | $16.4901 | $16.64 | 14.95K |
| Aug 11, 2026 | $14.70 | $18.9999 | $14.70 | $17.19 | 89.95K |
| Aug 10, 2026 | $13.37 | $13.90 | $13.33 | $13.57 | 11.89K |
| Aug 7, 2026 | $12.78 | $13.29 | $12.61 | $13.28 | 10.56K |
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Company profile
HireQuest Inc is a nationwide franchisor of offices providing direct-dispatch, executive search, and commercial staffing solutions in the light industrial and blue-collar segments of the staffing industry and traditional commercial staffing. The company's franchisees provide various types of temporary personnel through two business models operating under the trade names HireQuest Direct, HireQuest, Snelling, DriverQuest, HireQuest Health, Northbound Executive Search, and MRI. The company's primary source of revenue is royalty fees based on the operation of its franchised offices.
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- Average target
- $15.00
- Implied upside
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| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2026 | DA Davidson | Buy | — |
| May 18, 2026 | Barrington Research | Outperform | — |
| May 13, 2026 | DA Davidson | Buy | — |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Barrington Research | Outperform | — |
| Jan 29, 2026 | Barrington Research | Outperform | — |
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Benzinga · Aug 11, 2026
DA Davidson Maintains Buy on HireQuest, Raises Price Target to $19
DA Davidson analyst Michael Baker maintains HireQuest (NASDAQ:HQI) with a Buy and raises the price target from $15 to $19.
SeekingAlpha · Aug 11, 2026
HireQuest, Inc. (HQI) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
HireQuest, Inc. (HQI) Q2 2026 Earnings Call August 10, 2026 4:30 PM EDTCompany ParticipantsRichard Hermanns - Chairman, President & CEOC.
Benzinga · Aug 10, 2026
HireQuest Q2 Adj. EPS $0.23 Beats $0.13 Estimate, Sales $8.099M Beat $7.080M Estimate
HireQuest (NASDAQ:HQI) reported quarterly earnings of $0.23 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.13 by 76.92 percent. This is a 53.33 percent increase over earnings of $0.15 per share from the same
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