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NYSE · HQI

HireQuest, Inc.

Industrials · Staffing & Employment Services

$16.18

Down-$0.33 (-2.00%)

Updated Oct 26, 2026, 12:34 AM

SID Score

5.5/10

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Market cap
115.14M
P/E ratio
16.37
Dividend yield
1.48%
52-week range
$7.38 – $20.84
Volume
28.17K
Avg. volume
13.87K

Price performance · HQI

HQI price history

1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices

Prices through Oct 23, 2026

HQI closed at $16.18 after 20 trading sessions, down 17.99% for the selected period.

Last close
$16.18
Period change
-17.99%
Period low
$16.18
Period high
$19.73
Daily close
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HQI OHLC price history, latest 40 sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVolume
Oct 23, 2026$16.55$16.55$15.8201$16.1828.17K
Oct 22, 2026$16.32$16.52$15.69$16.5131.81K
Oct 21, 2026$17.15$17.15$15.94$16.3235.45K
Oct 20, 2026$17.33$17.955$17.05$17.1119.35K
Oct 19, 2026$17.89$18.23$17.25$17.3333.02K
Oct 16, 2026$17.68$18.675$17.635$17.8982.76K
Oct 15, 2026$17.15$18.115$17.08$17.5022.23K
Oct 14, 2026$17.21$17.915$16.91$17.0934.78K
Oct 13, 2026$17.50$18.25$17.12$17.3146.88K
Oct 12, 2026$17.23$18.00$17.23$17.4834.59K
Oct 9, 2026$18.03$18.26$17.14$17.2030.39K
Oct 8, 2026$18.41$18.58$17.89$18.1817.09K
Oct 7, 2026$18.1551$19.47$18.1551$18.4551.09K
Oct 6, 2026$19.14$19.45$18.64$18.8319.29K
Oct 5, 2026$18.0001$19.355$18.0001$19.0721.13K
Oct 2, 2026$19.71$19.80$18.475$18.8115.78K
Oct 1, 2026$19.20$19.78$18.71$19.5919.8K
Sep 30, 2026$19.54$19.825$18.80$19.1324.13K
Sep 29, 2026$19.77$19.88$18.8001$19.4923.88K
Sep 28, 2026$20.23$20.8388$19.185$19.7329.75K

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Overview

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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
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HQI recent ratings
DateFirmRatingTarget
Aug 11, 2026DA DavidsonBuy—
May 18, 2026Barrington ResearchOutperform—
May 13, 2026DA DavidsonBuy—
Apr 13, 2026Barrington ResearchOutperform—
Jan 29, 2026Barrington ResearchOutperform—
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