Barrington Research Comments on HireQuest FY2025 Earnings

HireQuest, Inc. (NASDAQ:HQI) – Equities research analysts at Barrington Research dropped their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for HireQuest in a research report issued on Monday, May 12th. Barrington Research analyst K. Steinke now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $0.40 per share for the year, down from their prior forecast of $0.68. Barrington Research currently has a “Outperform” rating and a $13.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for HireQuest’s current full-year earnings is $0.28 per share. Barrington Research also issued estimates for HireQuest’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.08 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.49 EPS.

HireQuest Stock Up 1.1%

HQI opened at $9.30 on Wednesday. HireQuest has a twelve month low of $9.04 and a twelve month high of $15.75. The company has a fifty day moving average of $11.38 and a 200-day moving average of $13.12. The stock has a market cap of $130.51 million, a PE ratio of 84.55 and a beta of 1.20.

HireQuest (NASDAQ:HQI) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 8th. The company reported $0.10 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.14 by ($0.04). The firm had revenue of $7.47 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.03 million. HireQuest had a return on equity of 11.02% and a net margin of 4.04%.

Institutional Trading of HireQuest

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Wells Fargo & Company MN raised its position in shares of HireQuest by 36.2% in the 4th quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 3,187 shares of the company’s stock worth $45,000 after acquiring an additional 847 shares in the last quarter. Barclays PLC grew its stake in HireQuest by 288.2% during the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 7,837 shares of the company’s stock worth $110,000 after purchasing an additional 5,818 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its stake in HireQuest by 233.4% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 9,932 shares of the company’s stock worth $141,000 after purchasing an additional 6,953 shares during the period. Russell Investments Group Ltd. increased its holdings in HireQuest by 62,604.0% in the first quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 15,676 shares of the company’s stock worth $187,000 after purchasing an additional 15,651 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Inlight Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in HireQuest in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $287,000. Institutional investors own 12.00% of the company’s stock.

HireQuest Company Profile

HireQuest, Inc provides temporary staffing services in the United States. It offers staffing services, including direct-dispatch, executive search, consultant, unskilled and semi-skilled industrial and construction personnel, clerical and administrative personnel, and permanent placement services, as well as commercial and non-CDL drivers, and skilled personnel in the medical and dental industries.