HireQuest (HQI) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)
HireQuest posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 1.99% for Q1 2026, up 164.0% year-on-year from 0.75% in Q1 2025, and up 7.72% on a QoQ basis from 1.85% in Q4 2025.
HireQuest (HQI) has 14 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported 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.
- Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 27.06% in Q4 2022 and bottomed at 1.98% in Q2 2025.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 14.53% (2024), against an average of 12.58%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Return on Capital Employed soared 1429 bps; it then slumped 1585 bps in 2025.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 27.06% in 2022, then slumped by 42 bps to 15.81% in 2023, then tumbled by 93 bps to 1.17% in 2024, then soared by 58 bps to 1.85% in 2025, then gained 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.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korn Ferry | 3.61 Bn | 2.64 Bn | 724.93 Mn | 12.82% |
| 2 | Robert Half | 2.93 Bn | 2.65 Bn | 479.91 Mn | 4.93% |
| 3 | Trinet | 2.15 Bn | 684.96 Mn | 1.16 Bn | 81.52% |
| 4 | ManpowerGroup | 1.48 Bn | 1.25 Bn | 723.00 Mn | 0.46% |
| 5 | Insperity | 1.31 Bn | 754.86 Mn | 302.00 Mn | -2.62% |
| 6 | Barrett Business Services | 814.51 Mn | 722.64 Mn | 43.19 Mn | 18.92% |
| 7 | Kforce | 805.03 Mn | 803.69 Mn | 90.07 Mn | 19.89% |
| 8 | Kelly Services | 399.73 Mn | 374.13 Mn | 196.40 Mn | -5.98% |
| 9 | TrueBlue | 187.20 Mn | 163.07 Mn | 79.02 Mn | -10.37% |
| 10 | HireQuest | 182.43 Mn | 181.41 Mn | - | 1.99% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 1.99% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.85% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 5.18% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -1.98% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.36% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.17% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 6.13% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 13.87% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 15.19% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 15.81% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 20.42% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 25.14% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 27.06% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 23.42% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 22.50% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 23.21% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 14.02% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 14.30% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 12.38% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 8.92% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 12.55% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 16.09% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 0.13% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | -0.03% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | -4.39% |
| Sep 29, 2019 | 66.24% |
| Jun 28, 2019 | 83.45% |
| Mar 29, 2019 | 85.76% |
| Dec 28, 2018 | 126.18% |
| Sep 28, 2018 | 2.20% |
| Jun 29, 2018 | 6.51% |
| Mar 30, 2018 | 8.36% |
| Dec 29, 2017 | 17.65% |
| Sep 29, 2017 | 15.40% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 13.44% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 9.19% |
| Dec 30, 2016 | 5.35% |
| Sep 23, 2016 | 5.09% |
| Mar 29, 2013 | 25.15% |
| Sep 28, 2012 | 50.74% |
| Jun 29, 2012 | 59.51% |
| Mar 30, 2012 | 35.39% |
| Dec 30, 2011 | 58.08% |
| Sep 30, 2011 | -4.06% |