HireQuest HQI
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At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

HireQuest (HQI) Times Interest Earned (2010 - 2026)

HireQuest's (HQI) quarterly Times Interest Earned came in at $25.45 in Q1 2026, up 147.1% YoY from $10.3 in Q1 2025, and down 41.81% on a QoQ basis from $43.73 in Q4 2025.

HireQuest (HQI) Times Interest Earned (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

HireQuest (HQI) has 16 years of Times Interest Earned data on file, last reported at $25.45 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Times Interest Earned rose 147.1% year-over-year to $25.45 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $108.21 (up 2281.19% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $3.19, up 61.04% from the prior year.
  • Times Interest Earned slipped to $25.45 in Q1 2026, from $43.73 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Times Interest Earned ranged from a high of $52.94 in Q3 2022 to a low of -$22.62 in Q4 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $16.7 and a median of $12.41 in 2024 frame the typical range for Times Interest Earned.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Times Interest Earned tumbled 241.68% — and 2025, when it soared 485.94%.
  • Tracing HQI's Times Interest Earned over 5 years: stood at -$22.62 in 2022, then jumped by 131.38% to $7.1 in 2023, then surged by 99.53% to $14.16 in 2024, then surged by 208.8% to $43.73 in 2025, then slumped by 41.81% to $25.45 in 2026.
  • The last three Times Interest Earned figures came in at $25.45 (Q1 2026), $43.73 (Q4 2025), and $38.81 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Times Interest Earned (Qtr)
1 Robert Half 4.49 Bn 4.16 Bn 474.03 Mn -
2 Korn Ferry 4.38 Bn 3.24 Bn 685.99 Mn -
3 Trinet 3.24 Bn 1.36 Bn - 6.29
4 ManpowerGroup 2.89 Bn 2.71 Bn 780.30 Mn 4.71
5 Insperity 2.01 Bn 1.39 Bn 217.00 Mn 0.43
6 Kforce 978.37 Mn 978.04 Mn 99.45 Mn -
7 Barrett Business Services 817.12 Mn 717.73 Mn 64.85 Mn 366.74
8 Kelly Services 594.06 Mn 569.86 Mn 212.00 Mn -
9 TrueBlue 321.78 Mn 298.53 Mn 91.58 Mn -
10 HireQuest 234.33 Mn 232.69 Mn - 111.43

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 53.92
Mar 31, 2026 25.45
Dec 31, 2025 43.73
Sep 30, 2025 38.81
Jun 30, 2025 14.69
Mar 31, 2025 10.30
Dec 31, 2024 14.16
Sep 30, 2024 -10.06
Jun 30, 2024 10.65
Mar 31, 2024 8.65
Sep 30, 2023 7.10
Jun 30, 2023 8.49
Mar 31, 2023 6.14
Dec 31, 2022 -22.62
Sep 30, 2022 52.94
Jun 30, 2022 38.34
Mar 31, 2022 20.47
Dec 31, 2021 -137.58
Sep 30, 2021 15.35
Jun 30, 2021 15.56