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HireQuest (HQI) Deferred Taxes (2012 - 2026)

HireQuest posted quarterly Deferred Taxes of -$89000.0 for Q1 2026, down 131.79% year-on-year from $280000.0 in Q1 2025, and down 281.63% on a QoQ basis from $49000.0 in Q4 2025.

HireQuest (HQI) has 8 years of Deferred Taxes data on file, last reported at -$89000.0 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Deferred Taxes fell 131.79% year-over-year to -$89000.0; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at -$196000.0 (up 87.01% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $173000.0, up 109.9% from the prior year.
  • Deferred Taxes for Q1 2026 stood at -$89000.0, down from $49000.0 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Deferred Taxes topped out at $280000.0 in Q1 2025 and bottomed at -$1.4 million in Q3 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Deferred Taxes is -$17000.0 (2023), against an average of -$126200.0.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Deferred Taxes slumped 8347.06%; it then surged 582.93% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Deferred Taxes shows it stood at $61000.0 in 2022, then tumbled by 127.87% to -$17000.0 in 2023, then slumped by 1729.41% to -$311000.0 in 2024, then jumped by 115.76% to $49000.0 in 2025, then tumbled by 281.63% to -$89000.0 in 2026.
  • The last three Deferred Taxes figures came in at -$89000.0 (Q1 2026), $49000.0 (Q4 2025), and -$165000.0 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Deferred Taxes (Qtr)
1 Korn Ferry 3.61 Bn 2.64 Bn 724.93 Mn -6.67 Mn
2 Robert Half 2.93 Bn 2.65 Bn 479.91 Mn 10.78 Mn
3 Trinet 2.15 Bn 684.96 Mn 1.16 Bn -
4 ManpowerGroup 1.48 Bn 1.25 Bn 723.00 Mn 6.10 Mn
5 Insperity 1.31 Bn 754.86 Mn 302.00 Mn 29.00 Mn
6 Barrett Business Services 814.51 Mn 722.64 Mn 43.19 Mn -
7 Kforce 805.03 Mn 803.69 Mn 90.07 Mn 411,000.00
8 Kelly Services 399.73 Mn 374.13 Mn 196.40 Mn 5.00 Mn
9 TrueBlue 187.20 Mn 163.07 Mn 79.02 Mn 195,000.00
10 HireQuest 182.43 Mn 181.41 Mn - -89,000.00

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -89,000.00
Dec 31, 2025 49,000.00
Sep 30, 2025 -165,000.00
Jun 30, 2025 9,000.00
Mar 31, 2025 280,000.00
Dec 31, 2024 -311,000.00
Sep 30, 2024 -1.44 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -42,000.00
Mar 31, 2024 41,000.00
Sep 30, 2023 -17,000.00
Jun 30, 2023 65,000.00
Mar 31, 2023 135,000.00
Dec 31, 2022 61,000.00
Jun 30, 2022 -334,000.00
Mar 31, 2022 -139,000.00
Dec 31, 2021 -1.33 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 -444,000.00
Jun 30, 2021 -21,000.00
Mar 31, 2021 -570,000.00
Dec 31, 2020 -352,564.00
Sep 30, 2020 -345,191.00
Dec 28, 2012 214,000.00
Sep 28, 2012 407,695.00