HireQuest (HQI) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

HireQuest has reported Return on Capital Employed for 14 years, with the latest figure at 1.99% in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 164.0% year-over-year to 1.99%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 1.99% (up 164.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 1.86%, up 70.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 1.99%, up from 1.85% in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for Return on Capital Employed was 27.06% in Q4 2022, with the low at 1.98% in Q2 2025.
• Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 12.58% across 5 years, with a median of 14.53% in 2024.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed soared 1429 bps — and 2025, when it plunged 1585 bps.
• HireQuest's Return on Capital Employed stood at 27.06% in 2022, then tumbled by 42 bps to 15.81% in 2023, then plunged by 93 bps to 1.17% in 2024, then surged by 58 bps to 1.85% in 2025, then rose by 8 bps to 1.99% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 1.99% (Q1 2026), 1.85% (Q4 2025), and 5.18% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.