Cash Flow Statement
Growth Metrics

HireQuest (HQI) FCF Margin (2010 - 2026)

HireQuest posted quarterly FCF Margin of 3.97% for Q1 2026, down 2151.0% year-on-year from 0.19% in Q1 2025, and down 95.78% on a QoQ basis from 94.11% in Q4 2025.

HireQuest (HQI) has 16 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 3.97% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Margin fell 2151.0% year-over-year to 3.97%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 34.95% (down 894.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 39.23%, up 463.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 3.97%, down from 94.11% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 1392.33% in Q4 2022 and bottomed at 10.62% in Q1 2024.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 27.15% (2022), against an average of 116.2%.
  • Peak annual rise in FCF Margin reached 91144 bps in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 26454 bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 1392.33% in 2022, then sank by 99 bps to 18.2% in 2023, then soared by 474 bps to 104.38% in 2024, then declined by 10 bps to 94.11% in 2025, then slumped by 96 bps to 3.97% in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Margin figures came in at 3.97% (Q1 2026), 94.11% (Q4 2025), and 11.04% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Korn Ferry 3.61 Bn 2.64 Bn 724.93 Mn 29.20%
2 Robert Half 2.93 Bn 2.65 Bn 479.91 Mn -9.29%
3 Trinet 2.15 Bn 684.96 Mn 1.16 Bn 10.03%
4 ManpowerGroup 1.48 Bn 1.25 Bn 723.00 Mn -3.00%
5 Insperity 1.31 Bn 754.86 Mn 302.00 Mn -3.85%
6 Barrett Business Services 814.51 Mn 722.64 Mn 43.19 Mn -9.06%
7 Kforce 805.03 Mn 803.69 Mn 90.07 Mn -2.24%
8 Kelly Services 399.73 Mn 374.13 Mn 196.40 Mn -2.55%
9 TrueBlue 187.20 Mn 163.07 Mn 79.02 Mn -3.16%
10 HireQuest 182.43 Mn 181.41 Mn - 3.97%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 3.97%
Dec 31, 2025 94.11%
Sep 30, 2025 11.04%
Jun 30, 2025 33.53%
Mar 31, 2025 25.48%
Dec 31, 2024 104.38%
Sep 30, 2024 44.64%
Jun 30, 2024 2.59%
Mar 31, 2024 -10.62%
Sep 30, 2023 18.20%
Jun 30, 2023 -6.61%
Mar 31, 2023 3.46%
Dec 31, 2022 1,392.33%
Sep 30, 2022 28.82%
Jun 30, 2022 37.79%
Mar 31, 2022 76.13%
Dec 31, 2021 480.89%
Sep 30, 2021 50.69%
Jun 30, 2021 -17.07%
Mar 31, 2021 340.67%
Dec 31, 2020 101.95%
Sep 30, 2020 -86.57%
Jun 30, 2020 135.33%
Mar 31, 2020 116.21%
Dec 31, 2019 -69.00%
Sep 29, 2019 -202.93%
Mar 29, 2019 1.31%
Jun 29, 2018 0.26%
Mar 30, 2018 -1.05%
Dec 29, 2017 9.13%
Sep 29, 2017 5.88%
Jun 30, 2017 -1.88%
Mar 31, 2017 5.80%
Dec 30, 2016 8.61%
Sep 23, 2016 -3.80%
Jun 24, 2016 0.00%
Mar 25, 2016 -9.48%
Dec 25, 2015 8.82%
Sep 25, 2015 9.74%
Jun 26, 2015 -7.23%
Mar 29, 2013 8.02%
Sep 28, 2012 -2.76%
Jun 29, 2012 -6.43%
Mar 30, 2012 0.63%
Dec 30, 2011 1.57%
Sep 30, 2011 -0.10%
Jul 1, 2011 -2.87%
Apr 1, 2011 -6.04%
Dec 31, 2010 7.53%
Sep 24, 2010 6.15%