HireQuest

HQI

Staffing & Employment Services · Industrials

Price

$12.11

-0.16 (-1.30%)

Market Cap

$168.8M

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is curious

A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Share count rising — dilution

+3.1% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 13.6M (2021) → 14.0M (2025)

HireQuest, Inc. provides temporary staffing solutions in the United States. The company provides temporary staffing services, including skilled and semi-skilled labor and industrial personnel, clerical and administrative personnel, and construction personnel. As of December 31, 2021, the company had a network of approximately 216 franchisee-owned offices in 36 states and the District of Columbia. In addition, the company specializes in commercial drivers. It serves customers primarily in the con

Winston Score History

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Quality

Gross Margin

88.1%

Premium pricing power — 88.1% gross margin

Operating Margin

22.6%

Excellent — 22.6% operating margin

ROCE

2.2%

Weak — 2.2% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

-11.8%

Shrinking sales (-11.8% YoY)

EPS YoY

+88.0%

Earnings growing fast (88.0% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

EPS Consistency

4/8 quarters

Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

160%

Turns 160% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

35.1%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (35.1%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

N/A

Data not available

Interest Cover

39.71x

Comfortably covers interest (39.7x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

26.0x

Growth-priced — P/E 26.0

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward

+6.6

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (26.0 → 19.3)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

1.88%

Small dividend — 1.88% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth

+0.0%

Dividend flat

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