Cash Flow Statement
Growth Metrics

HireQuest (HQI) Cash from Investing Activities (2010 - 2026)

HireQuest posted quarterly Cash from Investing Activities of -$435000.0 for Q1 2026, down 237.66% year-on-year from $316000.0 in Q1 2025, and down 13.58% on a QoQ basis from -$383000.0 in Q4 2025.

HireQuest (HQI) has 17 years of Cash from Investing Activities data on file, last reported at -$435000.0 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Cash from Investing Activities fell 237.66% year-over-year to -$435000.0; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at -$455000.0 (down 409.52% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $296000.0, up 572.73% from the prior year.
  • Cash from Investing Activities for Q1 2026 stood at -$435000.0, down from -$383000.0 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Cash from Investing Activities topped out at $366000.0 in Q3 2025 and bottomed at -$13.4 million in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Cash from Investing Activities is $17000.0 (2023), against an average of -$1.4 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Cash from Investing Activities sank 238.18%; it then jumped 475.68% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Cash from Investing Activities shows it stood at -$13.4 million in 2022, then soared by 102.31% to $310000.0 in 2023, then plunged by 265.48% to -$513000.0 in 2024, then gained by 25.34% to -$383000.0 in 2025, then decreased by 13.58% to -$435000.0 in 2026.
  • The last three Cash from Investing Activities figures came in at -$435000.0 (Q1 2026), -$383000.0 (Q4 2025), and $366000.0 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Cash from Investing Activities (Qtr)
1 Korn Ferry 3.61 Bn 2.64 Bn 724.93 Mn -31.74 Mn
2 Robert Half 2.93 Bn 2.65 Bn 479.91 Mn -3.28 Mn
3 Trinet 2.15 Bn 684.96 Mn 1.16 Bn -13.00 Mn
4 ManpowerGroup 1.48 Bn 1.25 Bn 723.00 Mn -8.70 Mn
5 Insperity 1.31 Bn 754.86 Mn 302.00 Mn -6.00 Mn
6 Barrett Business Services 814.51 Mn 722.64 Mn 43.19 Mn 3.28 Mn
7 Kforce 805.03 Mn 803.69 Mn 90.07 Mn -3.35 Mn
8 Kelly Services 399.73 Mn 374.13 Mn 196.40 Mn -1.20 Mn
9 TrueBlue 187.20 Mn 163.07 Mn 79.02 Mn 3.22 Mn
10 HireQuest 182.43 Mn 181.41 Mn - -435,000.00

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -435,000.00
Mar 31, 2026 -435,000.00
Dec 31, 2025 -383,000.00
Dec 31, 2025 -383,000.00
Sep 30, 2025 366,000.00
Sep 30, 2025 366,000.00
Jun 30, 2025 -3,000.00
Jun 30, 2025 -3,000.00
Mar 31, 2025 316,000.00
Mar 31, 2025 316,000.00
Dec 31, 2024 -513,000.00
Dec 31, 2024 -513,000.00
Sep 30, 2024 112,000.00
Sep 30, 2024 112,000.00
Jun 30, 2024 232,000.00
Jun 30, 2024 232,000.00
Mar 31, 2024 213,000.00
Mar 31, 2024 213,000.00
Sep 30, 2023 310,000.00
Sep 30, 2023 310,000.00
Jun 30, 2023 192,000.00
Jun 30, 2023 192,000.00
Mar 31, 2023 37,000.00
Mar 31, 2023 37,000.00
Dec 31, 2022 -13.43 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -13.43 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 -186,000.00
Sep 30, 2022 -186,000.00
Jun 30, 2022 -672,000.00
Jun 30, 2022 -672,000.00
Mar 31, 2022 -9.29 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 -9.29 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -5.40 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -5.40 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 -55,000.00
Sep 30, 2021 -55,000.00
Jun 30, 2021 -1.11 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 -1.11 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 -22.89 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 -22.89 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 42,492.00
Dec 31, 2020 42,492.00
Sep 30, 2020 138,601.00
Sep 30, 2020 138,601.00
Jun 30, 2020 -467,893.00
Jun 30, 2020 -467,893.00
Mar 31, 2020 323,171.00
Mar 31, 2020 323,171.00
Dec 31, 2019 8.69 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 8.69 Mn
Sep 29, 2019 138,014.00
Sep 29, 2019 138,014.00
Jun 29, 2018 1,846.00
Jun 29, 2018 1,846.00
Mar 30, 2018 -67,197.00
Mar 30, 2018 -67,197.00
Dec 29, 2017 -1,495.00
Dec 29, 2017 -1,495.00
Sep 29, 2017 -1,623.00
Sep 29, 2017 -1,623.00
Jun 30, 2017 -8,084.00
Jun 30, 2017 -8,084.00
Mar 31, 2017 -92,463.00
Mar 31, 2017 -92,463.00
Dec 30, 2016 23,377.00
Dec 30, 2016 23,377.00
Sep 23, 2016 -85,461.00
Sep 23, 2016 -85,461.00
Jun 24, 2016 -2.01 Mn
Jun 24, 2016 -2.01 Mn
Mar 25, 2016 -3,738.00
Mar 25, 2016 -3,738.00
Dec 25, 2015 -84,973.00
Dec 25, 2015 -84,973.00
Sep 25, 2015 -451.00
Sep 25, 2015 -451.00
Jun 26, 2015 -173,382.00
Jun 26, 2015 -173,382.00
Mar 27, 2015 -38,315.00
Mar 27, 2015 -38,315.00
Mar 28, 2014 -30,096.00
Mar 28, 2014 -30,096.00
Dec 27, 2013 -21,052.00
Dec 27, 2013 -21,052.00
Sep 27, 2013 -9,446.00
Sep 27, 2013 -9,446.00
Jun 28, 2013 19,831.00
Jun 28, 2013 19,831.00
Mar 29, 2013 -7,928.00
Mar 29, 2013 -7,928.00
Dec 28, 2012 -102,856.00
Dec 28, 2012 -102,856.00
Sep 28, 2012 -91,822.00
Sep 28, 2012 -91,822.00
Jun 29, 2012 -28,203.00
Jun 29, 2012 -28,203.00
Mar 30, 2012 -220,404.00
Mar 30, 2012 -220,404.00
Dec 30, 2011 -57,306.00
Dec 30, 2011 -57,306.00
Sep 30, 2011 -149,432.00
Sep 30, 2011 -149,432.00
Jul 1, 2011 114,071.00
Jul 1, 2011 114,071.00
Apr 1, 2011 -35,997.00
Apr 1, 2011 -35,997.00
Dec 31, 2010 -70,078.00
Dec 31, 2010 -70,078.00
Sep 24, 2010 -11,811.00
Sep 24, 2010 -11,811.00