HireQuest (HQI) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026)
HireQuest posted quarterly Operating Expenses of $1.9 million for Q1 2026, down 15.02% year-on-year from $2.2 million in Q1 2025, and up 6.48% on a QoQ basis from $1.8 million in Q4 2025.
HireQuest (HQI) has 16 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $1.9 million in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Expenses fell 15.02% year-over-year to $1.9 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $7.7 million (up 7.44% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $8.2 million, up 16.14% from the prior year.
- Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 stood at $1.9 million, up from $1.8 million in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $7.7 million in Q3 2024 and bottomed at -$4.7 million in Q4 2024.
- The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $2.2 million (2022), against an average of $3.0 million.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Operating Expenses jumped 200.99%; it then sank 74.48% in 2025.
- A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $4.7 million in 2022, then soared by 34.53% to $6.4 million in 2023, then slumped by 173.8% to -$4.7 million in 2024, then soared by 137.85% to $1.8 million in 2025, then rose by 6.48% to $1.9 million in 2026.
- The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $1.9 million (Q1 2026), $1.8 million (Q4 2025), and $2.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Opex (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korn Ferry | 3.61 Bn | 2.64 Bn | 724.93 Mn | 634.03 Mn |
| 2 | Robert Half | 2.93 Bn | 2.65 Bn | 479.91 Mn | 443.00 Mn |
| 3 | Trinet | 2.15 Bn | 684.96 Mn | 1.16 Bn | 1.10 Bn |
| 4 | ManpowerGroup | 1.48 Bn | 1.25 Bn | 723.00 Mn | - |
| 5 | Insperity | 1.31 Bn | 754.86 Mn | 302.00 Mn | 240.00 Mn |
| 6 | Barrett Business Services | 814.51 Mn | 722.64 Mn | 43.19 Mn | 47.48 Mn |
| 7 | Kforce | 805.03 Mn | 803.69 Mn | 90.07 Mn | 76.76 Mn |
| 8 | Kelly Services | 399.73 Mn | 374.13 Mn | 196.40 Mn | 199.30 Mn |
| 9 | TrueBlue | 187.20 Mn | 163.07 Mn | 79.02 Mn | 87.30 Mn |
| 10 | HireQuest | 182.43 Mn | 181.41 Mn | - | 1.89 Mn |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 1.89 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.78 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 1.97 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 2.06 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 2.22 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -4.69 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 7.73 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.90 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.89 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 6.35 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 5.63 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 5.84 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 4.72 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 2.11 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 3.22 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 2.66 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 4.40 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 3.04 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 2.04 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 3.84 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 2.16 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 1.36 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 1.93 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 3.25 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 3.13 Mn |
| Sep 29, 2019 | 7.39 Mn |
| Jun 28, 2019 | 5.61 Mn |
| Mar 29, 2019 | 6.55 Mn |
| Sep 28, 2018 | 5.63 Mn |
| Jun 29, 2018 | 5.37 Mn |
| Mar 30, 2018 | 7.21 Mn |
| Dec 29, 2017 | 5.36 Mn |
| Sep 29, 2017 | 5.48 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 5.16 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 5.34 Mn |
| Dec 30, 2016 | 6.51 Mn |
| Sep 23, 2016 | 5.61 Mn |
| Jun 24, 2016 | 5.03 Mn |
| Mar 25, 2016 | 5.17 Mn |
| Dec 25, 2015 | 5.39 Mn |
| Sep 25, 2015 | 5.06 Mn |
| Jun 26, 2015 | 5.21 Mn |
| Mar 29, 2013 | 4.95 Mn |
| Sep 28, 2012 | 6.28 Mn |
| Jun 29, 2012 | 5.04 Mn |
| Mar 30, 2012 | 4.32 Mn |
| Dec 30, 2011 | 4.44 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 4.56 Mn |
| Jul 1, 2011 | 4.22 Mn |
| Apr 1, 2011 | 4.38 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2010 | 4.80 Mn |
| Sep 24, 2010 | 3.58 Mn |
| Jun 25, 2010 | 3.39 Mn |