Cash Flow Statement
Growth Metrics

HireQuest (HQI) Tax Rate (2019 - 2026)

HireQuest posted quarterly Tax Rate of 14.4% for Q1 2026, up 387.0% year-on-year from 2.96% in Q1 2025, and up 178.5% on a QoQ basis from 18.35% in Q4 2025.

HireQuest (HQI) has 8 years of Tax Rate data on file, last reported at 14.4% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Tax Rate rose 387.0% year-over-year to 14.4%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 2.81% (up 147.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 1.49%, down 384.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate for Q1 2026 stood at 14.4%, up from 18.35% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Tax Rate topped out at 25.09% in Q3 2024 and bottomed at 18.35% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Tax Rate is 14.81% (2022), against an average of 11.96%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Tax Rate jumped 3086 bps; it then sank 2041 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Tax Rate shows it stood at 1.82% in 2022, then soared by 1245 bps to 24.48% in 2023, then sank by 92 bps to 2.07% in 2024, then plunged by 988 bps to 18.35% in 2025, then jumped by 178 bps to 14.4% in 2026.
  • The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 14.4% (Q1 2026), 18.35% (Q4 2025), and 5.38% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Korn Ferry 3.61 Bn 2.64 Bn 724.93 Mn 28.76
2 Robert Half 2.93 Bn 2.65 Bn 479.91 Mn 56.14
3 Trinet 2.15 Bn 684.96 Mn 1.16 Bn 27.64
4 ManpowerGroup 1.48 Bn 1.25 Bn 723.00 Mn 83.77
5 Insperity 1.31 Bn 754.86 Mn 302.00 Mn 47.62
6 Barrett Business Services 814.51 Mn 722.64 Mn 43.19 Mn -233.55
7 Kforce 805.03 Mn 803.69 Mn 90.07 Mn 30.20
8 Kelly Services 399.73 Mn 374.13 Mn 196.40 Mn 11.94
9 TrueBlue 187.20 Mn 163.07 Mn 79.02 Mn -3.00
10 HireQuest 182.43 Mn 181.41 Mn - 14.40

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 14.40
Mar 31, 2026 14.40
Dec 31, 2025 -18.35
Dec 31, 2025 -18.35
Sep 30, 2025 5.38
Sep 30, 2025 5.38
Jun 30, 2025 4.96
Jun 30, 2025 4.96
Mar 31, 2025 10.54
Mar 31, 2025 10.54
Dec 31, 2024 2.07
Dec 31, 2024 2.07
Sep 30, 2024 25.09
Sep 30, 2024 25.09
Jun 30, 2024 21.16
Jun 30, 2024 21.16
Mar 31, 2024 16.73
Mar 31, 2024 16.73
Sep 30, 2023 24.48
Sep 30, 2023 24.48
Jun 30, 2023 18.47
Jun 30, 2023 18.47
Mar 31, 2023 19.09
Mar 31, 2023 19.09
Dec 31, 2022 1.82
Dec 31, 2022 1.82
Sep 30, 2022 18.57
Sep 30, 2022 18.57
Jun 30, 2022 15.21
Jun 30, 2022 15.21
Mar 31, 2022 11.69
Mar 31, 2022 11.69
Dec 31, 2021 9.41
Dec 31, 2021 9.41
Sep 30, 2021 9.24
Sep 30, 2021 9.24
Jun 30, 2021 20.14
Jun 30, 2021 20.14
Mar 31, 2021 -19.17
Mar 31, 2021 -19.17
Dec 31, 2020 5.99
Dec 31, 2020 5.99
Sep 30, 2020 17.01
Sep 30, 2020 17.01
Jun 30, 2020 4.26
Jun 30, 2020 4.26
Mar 31, 2020 18.53
Mar 31, 2020 18.53
Dec 31, 2019 -58.84
Dec 31, 2019 -58.84
Sep 29, 2019 -126.04
Sep 29, 2019 -126.04