HireQuest (HQI) EBITDA Margin (2010 - 2026)
HireQuest posted quarterly EBITDA Margin of 22.63% for Q1 2026, up 278.0% year-on-year from 5.99% in Q1 2025, and up 144.68% on a QoQ basis from 50.64% in Q4 2025.
HireQuest (HQI) has 16 years of EBITDA Margin data on file, last reported at 22.63% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, EBITDA Margin rose 278.0% year-over-year to 22.63%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 4.73% (up 398.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 5.1%, up 211.0% from the prior year.
- EBITDA Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 22.63%, up from 50.64% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, EBITDA Margin topped out at 735.98% in Q4 2022 and bottomed at 50.64% in Q4 2025.
- The 5-year median for EBITDA Margin is 26.87% (2024), against an average of 65.3%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when EBITDA Margin jumped 38545 bps; it then tumbled 5255 bps in 2024.
- A 5-year view of EBITDA Margin shows it stood at 735.98% in 2022, then tumbled by 97 bps to 23.92% in 2023, then tumbled by 164 bps to 15.23% in 2024, then tumbled by 233 bps to 50.64% in 2025, then jumped by 145 bps to 22.63% in 2026.
- The last three EBITDA Margin figures came in at 22.63% (Q1 2026), 50.64% (Q4 2025), and 28.77% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBITDA Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korn Ferry | 3.61 Bn | 2.64 Bn | 724.93 Mn | 12.55% |
| 2 | Robert Half | 2.93 Bn | 2.65 Bn | 479.91 Mn | 2.84% |
| 3 | Trinet | 2.15 Bn | 684.96 Mn | 1.16 Bn | 7.10% |
| 4 | ManpowerGroup | 1.48 Bn | 1.25 Bn | 723.00 Mn | 0.63% |
| 5 | Insperity | 1.31 Bn | 754.86 Mn | 302.00 Mn | 3.27% |
| 6 | Barrett Business Services | 814.51 Mn | 722.64 Mn | 43.19 Mn | 3.26% |
| 7 | Kforce | 805.03 Mn | 803.69 Mn | 90.07 Mn | 3.63% |
| 8 | Kelly Services | 399.73 Mn | 374.13 Mn | 196.40 Mn | -0.49% |
| 9 | TrueBlue | 187.20 Mn | 163.07 Mn | 79.02 Mn | -4.98% |
| 10 | HireQuest | 182.43 Mn | 181.41 Mn | - | 22.63% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 22.63% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -50.64% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 28.77% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 13.66% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 19.85% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -15.23% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -28.62% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 31.05% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 24.97% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 23.92% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 29.64% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 33.64% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 735.98% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 66.77% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 53.20% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 55.22% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 350.53% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 50.44% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 57.82% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | -22.69% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 35.67% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 58.90% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 32.32% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 20.26% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 41.15% |
| Sep 29, 2019 | -125.75% |
| Jun 28, 2019 | 3.53% |
| Mar 29, 2019 | -4.53% |
| Sep 28, 2018 | 2.86% |
| Jun 29, 2018 | 3.39% |
| Mar 30, 2018 | -7.63% |
| Dec 29, 2017 | 2.27% |
| Sep 29, 2017 | 6.00% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 5.03% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 1.34% |
| Dec 30, 2016 | 0.42% |
| Sep 23, 2016 | 4.24% |
| Jun 24, 2016 | 1.66% |
| Mar 25, 2016 | -2.81% |
| Dec 25, 2015 | 0.58% |
| Sep 25, 2015 | 5.45% |
| Jun 26, 2015 | 4.09% |
| Mar 29, 2013 | 0.06% |
| Sep 28, 2012 | 3.45% |
| Jun 29, 2012 | 4.67% |
| Mar 30, 2012 | 1.06% |
| Dec 30, 2011 | 3.60% |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 5.68% |
| Jul 1, 2011 | 1.84% |
| Apr 1, 2011 | -7.98% |
| Dec 31, 2010 | -3.32% |
| Sep 24, 2010 | 6.19% |
| Jun 25, 2010 | 7.93% |