HireQuest HQI
NASDAQ HQI
$17.13 +0.09 (+0.53%)
As of: Aug 21, 2026 · 3:59 PM EDT

HireQuest (HQI) Debt Ratio (2018 - 2025)

HireQuest's (HQI) quarterly Debt Ratio came in at 0.07 in Q4 2024, down 47.08% YoY from 0.14 in Q1 2024, and down 44.36% on a QoQ basis from 0.13 in Q3 2024.

HireQuest (HQI) Debt Ratio (2018 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

HireQuest (HQI) has 7 years of Debt Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.07 in Q4 2024.

  • Quarterly Debt Ratio fell 47.08% year-over-year to 0.07 in Q4 2024, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2024 was 0.07 (down 47.08% YoY) and the FY2024 annual result came in at 0.07, down 47.08% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio eased to 0.07 in Q4 2024, from 0.13 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Debt Ratio ranged from a high of 0.16 in Q2 2023 to a low of 0.0 in Q1 2020.
  • A 5-year average of 0.07 and a median of 0.04 in 2022 frame the typical range for Debt Ratio.
  • The widest YoY moves for Debt Ratio: up 1784.72% in 2024, down 97.93% in 2024.
  • Tracing HQI's Debt Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.0 in 2020, then jumped by 6928.5% to 0.04 in 2021, then fell by 2.41% to 0.04 in 2022, then soared by 254.86% to 0.14 in 2023, then plunged by 47.08% to 0.07 in 2024.
  • The last three Debt Ratio figures came in at 0.07 (Q4 2024), 0.13 (Q3 2024), and 0.0 (Q2 2024), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Robert Half 4.49 Bn 4.16 Bn 474.03 Mn -
2 Korn Ferry 4.38 Bn 3.24 Bn 685.99 Mn 0.10
3 Trinet 3.24 Bn 1.36 Bn - 0.27
4 ManpowerGroup 2.89 Bn 2.71 Bn 780.30 Mn 0.12
5 Insperity 2.01 Bn 1.39 Bn 217.00 Mn 0.19
6 Kforce 978.37 Mn 978.04 Mn 99.45 Mn 0.26
7 Barrett Business Services 817.12 Mn 717.73 Mn 64.85 Mn -
8 Kelly Services 594.06 Mn 569.86 Mn 212.00 Mn 0.03
9 TrueBlue 321.78 Mn 298.53 Mn 91.58 Mn 0.13
10 HireQuest 234.33 Mn 232.69 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
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 0.00
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 0.05
Jun 30, 2022 0.07
Mar 31, 2022 0.11
Dec 31, 2021 0.04
Sep 30, 2021 0.04
Jun 30, 2021 0.04
Mar 31, 2020 0.00
Sep 29, 2019 0.12