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HireQuest (HQI) Equity Ratio (2010 - 2026)

HireQuest posted quarterly Equity Ratio of 0.74 for Q1 2026, up 5.64% year-on-year from 0.7 in Q1 2025, and down 4.58% on a QoQ basis from 0.77 in Q4 2025.

HireQuest (HQI) has 16 years of Equity Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.74 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Equity Ratio rose 5.64% year-over-year to 0.74; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.74 (up 5.64% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.77, up 12.34% from the prior year.
  • Equity Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.74, down from 0.77 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Equity Ratio topped out at 0.77 in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 0.55 in Q1 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Equity Ratio is 0.61 (2024), against an average of 0.63.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Equity Ratio dropped 13.57%; it then advanced 16.57% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Equity Ratio shows it stood at 0.56 in 2022, then rose by 7.12% to 0.6 in 2023, then gained by 14.09% to 0.69 in 2024, then advanced by 12.34% to 0.77 in 2025, then dropped by 4.58% to 0.74 in 2026.
  • The last three Equity Ratio figures came in at 0.74 (Q1 2026), 0.77 (Q4 2025), and 0.71 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Equity Ratio (Qtr)
1 Korn Ferry 3.61 Bn 2.64 Bn 724.93 Mn 0.51
2 Robert Half 2.93 Bn 2.65 Bn 479.91 Mn 0.46
3 Trinet 2.15 Bn 684.96 Mn 1.16 Bn 0.02
4 ManpowerGroup 1.48 Bn 1.25 Bn 723.00 Mn 0.25
5 Insperity 1.31 Bn 754.86 Mn 302.00 Mn 0.03
6 Barrett Business Services 814.51 Mn 722.64 Mn 43.19 Mn 0.26
7 Kforce 805.03 Mn 803.69 Mn 90.07 Mn 0.31
8 Kelly Services 399.73 Mn 374.13 Mn 196.40 Mn 0.43
9 TrueBlue 187.20 Mn 163.07 Mn 79.02 Mn 0.41
10 HireQuest 182.43 Mn 181.41 Mn - 0.74

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.74
Dec 31, 2025 0.77
Sep 30, 2025 0.71
Jun 30, 2025 0.70
Mar 31, 2025 0.70
Dec 31, 2024 0.69
Sep 30, 2024 0.61
Jun 30, 2024 0.61
Mar 31, 2024 0.60
Dec 31, 2023 0.60
Sep 30, 2023 0.60
Jun 30, 2023 0.58
Mar 31, 2023 0.55
Dec 31, 2022 0.56
Sep 30, 2022 0.62
Jun 30, 2022 0.58
Mar 31, 2022 0.55
Dec 31, 2021 0.60
Sep 30, 2021 0.60
Jun 30, 2021 0.60
Mar 31, 2021 0.64
Dec 31, 2020 0.74
Sep 30, 2020 0.72
Jun 30, 2020 0.70
Mar 31, 2020 0.66
Dec 31, 2019 0.67
Sep 29, 2019 0.47
Jun 28, 2019 0.53
Mar 29, 2019 0.72
Dec 28, 2018 0.45
Sep 28, 2018 0.79
Jun 29, 2018 0.80
Mar 30, 2018 0.78
Dec 29, 2017 0.50
Sep 29, 2017 0.79
Jun 30, 2017 0.80
Mar 31, 2017 0.79
Dec 30, 2016 0.76
Sep 23, 2016 0.80
Jun 24, 2016 0.78
Dec 25, 2015 0.72
Mar 29, 2013 0.24
Dec 28, 2012 0.18
Sep 28, 2012 0.25
Jun 29, 2012 0.22
Mar 30, 2012 0.15
Dec 30, 2011 0.12
Sep 30, 2011 0.07
Jul 1, 2011 -0.10
Dec 31, 2010 -0.02