HireQuest (HQI) Debt Ratio (2018 - 2025)
HireQuest posted quarterly Debt Ratio of 0.02 for Q3 2025, down 82.23% year-on-year from 0.13 in Q3 2024, and down 49.49% on a QoQ basis from 0.05 in Q2 2025.
HireQuest (HQI) has 8 years of Debt Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.02 in Q3 2025.
- For the quarter ending Q3 2025, Debt Ratio fell 82.23% year-over-year to 0.02; the trailing twelve-month figure through Sep 2025 stood at 0.02 (down 82.23% YoY), and the FY2024 full-year result was 0.07, down 47.08% from the prior year.
- Debt Ratio for Q3 2025 stood at 0.02, down from 0.05 in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Debt Ratio topped out at 0.16 in Q2 2023 and bottomed at 0.0 in Q3 2021.
- The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.06 (2022), against an average of 0.07.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Debt Ratio jumped 2132.2%; it then sank 88.96% in 2023.
- A 5-year view of Debt Ratio shows it stood at 0.04 in 2021, then retreated by 2.41% to 0.04 in 2022, then jumped by 254.86% to 0.14 in 2023, then tumbled by 47.08% to 0.07 in 2024, then sank by 68.06% to 0.02 in 2025.
- The last three Debt Ratio figures came in at 0.02 (Q3 2025), 0.05 (Q2 2025), and 0.06 (Q1 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Debt Ratio (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korn Ferry | 3.61 Bn | 2.64 Bn | 724.93 Mn | 0.10 |
| 2 | Robert Half | 2.93 Bn | 2.65 Bn | 479.91 Mn | - |
| 3 | Trinet | 2.15 Bn | 684.96 Mn | 1.16 Bn | 0.26 |
| 4 | ManpowerGroup | 1.48 Bn | 1.25 Bn | 723.00 Mn | 0.14 |
| 5 | Insperity | 1.31 Bn | 754.86 Mn | 302.00 Mn | 0.17 |
| 6 | Barrett Business Services | 814.51 Mn | 722.64 Mn | 43.19 Mn | - |
| 7 | Kforce | 805.03 Mn | 803.69 Mn | 90.07 Mn | 0.24 |
| 8 | Kelly Services | 399.73 Mn | 374.13 Mn | 196.40 Mn | - |
| 9 | TrueBlue | 187.20 Mn | 163.07 Mn | 79.02 Mn | 0.12 |
| 10 | HireQuest | 182.43 Mn | 181.41 Mn | - | - |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.02 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.05 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.06 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.07 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.13 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.15 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.15 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.14 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.01 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.16 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.01 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.04 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.06 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 0.07 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 0.05 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.04 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 0.00 |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 0.04 |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 0.00 |
| Sep 29, 2019 | 0.12 |
| Dec 28, 2018 | 0.32 |