HireQuest HQI
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HireQuest (HQI) Gross Margin (2010 - 2022)

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HireQuest's Gross Margin was 99.89% in Q4 2022, up 3.30 percentage points from 96.59% a year earlier but down 5.07 percentage points from the prior quarter.

Analysis

HireQuest (HQI) Gross Margin (2010 - 2022) Analysis & Trends

For FY2022, Gross Margin at HireQuest came in at 26.00%, down 74.26 percentage points from FY2021.

  • Gross Margin shows a five-year change of +0.07 percentage points (FY2017 to FY2022).
  • In earlier years, Gross Margin was 100.27% in FY2021 (+0.27 pp), 100.00% in FY2020 and 25.61% in FY2018 (-0.32 pp).
  • Quarterly Gross Margin has moved between 24.53% (Q3 2018) and 104.96% (Q3 2022) over five years.
  • Compared with a year earlier, Gross Margin has increased for four straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +2.79 percentage points over the last five quarters.
  • The best year-over-year quarter for Gross Margin over five years was Q3 2019 (a gain of 78.13 percentage points); the worst was Q4 2021 (a drop of 3.41 percentage points).
  • Per Business Quant data, HQI's Gross Margin in the three quarters before Q4 2022 was 104.96% (Q3 2022), 104.26% (Q2 2022) and 104.83% (Q1 2022).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Accenture 116.45 Bn 76.86 Bn 6.13 Bn 32.77%
2 Cintas 80.26 Bn 79.45 Bn 1.48 Bn 50.95%
3 Iron Mountain 33.05 Bn 32.57 Bn 1.07 Bn 52.76%
4 APi 16.57 Bn 13.61 Bn 703.00 Mn 31.19%
5 Rollins 14.72 Bn 14.26 Bn 569.95 Mn 52.84%
6 Aramark 14.30 Bn 12.32 Bn 430.34 Mn 8.51%
7 UL Solutions 13.09 Bn 11.87 Bn 417.00 Mn 51.10%
8 Gartner 11.73 Bn 5.42 Bn 1.19 Bn 70.95%
9 Rentokil Initial 10.36 Bn 3.71 Bn - -
10 HireQuest 274.25 Mn 266.59 Mn - -
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2022 99.89%
Sep 30, 2022 104.96%
Jun 30, 2022 104.26%
Mar 31, 2022 104.83%
Dec 31, 2021 96.59%
Sep 30, 2021 100.00%
Jun 30, 2021 100.00%
Mar 31, 2021 100.00%
Dec 31, 2020 100.00%
Sep 29, 2019 102.66%
Jun 28, 2019 26.37%
Mar 29, 2019 25.89%
Sep 28, 2018 24.53%
Jun 29, 2018 25.97%
Mar 30, 2018 24.90%
Dec 29, 2017 24.51%
Sep 29, 2017 26.92%
Jun 30, 2017 26.50%
Mar 31, 2017 25.68%
Dec 30, 2016 25.69%
API Access

HireQuest Gross Margin API

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