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

HireQuest's (HQI) quarterly Gross Margin came in at 104.93% in Q4 2022, down 128318.0% YoY from N/an in Q4 2021, and little changed on a QoQ basis from 104.96% in Q3 2022.

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

HireQuest (HQI) has 12 years of Gross Margin data on file, last reported at 104.93% in Q4 2022.

  • Quarterly Gross Margin fell 128318.0% year-over-year to 104.93% in Q4 2022, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2022 was 104.74% (down 3212.0% YoY) and the FY2021 annual result came in at 100.27%, up 27.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin steadied at 104.93% in Q4 2022, from 104.96% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 1388.11% in Q4 2021 to a low of 24.53% in Q3 2018.
  • A 5-year average of 162.49% and a median of 100.0% in 2020 frame the typical range for Gross Margin.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2021 — Gross Margin jumped 128811 bps — and 2022, when it tumbled 128318 bps.
  • Tracing HQI's Gross Margin over 5 years: stood at 24.53% in 2018, then jumped by 318 bps to 102.66% in 2019, then retreated by 3 bps to 100.0% in 2020, then soared by 1288 bps to 1388.11% in 2021, then slumped by 92 bps to 104.93% in 2022.
  • The last three Gross Margin figures came in at 104.93% (Q4 2022), 104.96% (Q3 2022), and 104.26% (Q2 2022), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Robert Half 4.38 Bn 4.06 Bn 474.03 Mn 35.47%
2 Korn Ferry 4.35 Bn 3.22 Bn 685.99 Mn 89.29%
3 Trinet 3.16 Bn 1.29 Bn - -
4 ManpowerGroup 2.84 Bn 2.66 Bn 780.30 Mn 16.05%
5 Insperity 1.98 Bn 1.36 Bn 217.00 Mn 12.87%
6 Kforce 972.09 Mn 971.76 Mn 99.45 Mn 28.47%
7 Barrett Business Services 807.62 Mn 708.23 Mn 64.85 Mn 20.31%
8 Kelly Services 579.49 Mn 555.29 Mn 212.00 Mn 20.42%
9 TrueBlue 320.26 Mn 297.01 Mn 91.58 Mn 20.67%
10 HireQuest 232.43 Mn 230.79 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2022 104.93%
Sep 30, 2022 104.96%
Jun 30, 2022 104.26%
Mar 31, 2022 104.83%
Dec 31, 2021 1,388.11%
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%