HQI

HireQuest, Inc.
NasdaqCMUSDEQUITY Industrials DELAYED
Last price
17.62
▲ 0.48 (2.80%)
MARKET ·

Price

1D H L Range Vol
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Open
17.14
Prev close
17.14
Day high
17.75
Day low
17.01
Volume
29.99K
Market cap
$244.75M
P/E (TTM)
29.37
52W range
7.38 – 19.01

Day trading desk

Current session · delayed
Gap from prior close
0.00%
Prior close 17.14
VWAP
17.47
+0.83% from price
Relative volume
1.36×
Normal
Session range
4.35%
17.01 – 17.75
Position in range
82%
Near session high
ATR (14D)
1.27
7.18% of price
Prior day high
17.25
PDH
Prior day low
16.63
PDL
Bid / ask spread
Quote not published
Session volume
26.62K
Avg 19.57K

VWAP and the session figures are computed from the delayed intraday series on this page, so they lag the live tape and will not match a broker's real-time VWAP exactly. Turn on Prior day H/L/C, Opening range and Volume profile in the chart's Studies menu to see these levels drawn on price.

Trailing performance

Price return · vs SPY
Returnvs SPY
1W
+9.10% +10.3%
1M
+36.59% +33.3%
3M
+46.22% +43.8%
6M
+53.35% +41.5%
YTD
+67.65% +55.7%
1Y
+87.25% +67.1%
3Y
-3.93% -78.9%
5Y

Price return only. Dividends are not reinvested, so total return on a dividend payer will be higher than shown.

Unusual options activity

Account required
Nothing crossed the thresholds in the expiries we scanned.
That is the normal state — most contracts trade well inside their existing open interest.
Free account required

Contracts trading at or above their open interest, ranked by notional and where the print landed.

Free account

5 more panels on HQI open with an account.

Options chains and analytics, valuation ratios, insider filings, analyst targets and ownership. No card, no trial, nothing to cancel.

Insider net activity

6m · Form 4 rollup
Net shares
0
Net selling
Buy transactions
0
0 shares
Sell transactions
0
Net transactions
0
Buys less sells
Sell : buy shares
Not enough filings
Insider-held shares
8.53M
Total on file

Insider transactions

Account required
DateInsiderAction SharesValueHeld
Aug 12, 26
SHANAHAN KATHLEEN M
Director
STOCK 4.00K $0 Direct
Aug 12, 26
MALHOTRA R RIMMY
Director
STOCK 5.04K $0 Direct
Aug 12, 26
HAGENBUCH LAWRENCE F
Director
STOCK 4.80K $0 Direct
Aug 12, 26
JACKSON EDWARD
Director and Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security
STOCK 4.65K $0 Direct
Aug 12, 26
OLMSTEAD JACK A.
Director
STOCK 4.81K $0 Direct
Jun 3, 26
HERMANNS RICHARD
Chief Executive Officer
BUY 1.13K $13.75K Direct
Apr 20, 26
HERMANNS RICHARD
Chief Executive Officer
STOCK 400.00K $0 Direct
Mar 2, 26
SHANAHAN KATHLEEN M
Director
STOCK 1.27K $0 Direct
Mar 2, 26
MALHOTRA R RIMMY
Director
STOCK 1.45K $0 Direct
Mar 2, 26
HAGENBUCH LAWRENCE F
Director
STOCK 1.12K $0 Direct
Mar 2, 26
JACKSON EDWARD
Director and Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security
STOCK 907 $0 Direct
Mar 2, 26
HERMANNS RICHARD
Chief Executive Officer
STOCK 25.00K $0 Direct
Mar 2, 26
MCANNAR JOHN
Officer
STOCK 10.00K $0 Direct
Mar 2, 26
OLMSTEAD JACK A.
Director
STOCK 1.13K $0 Direct
What this is, and what it is not

These are SEC Form 4 filings — officers, directors and 10% owners reporting their own trades in the company's stock. Filing is due within two business days of the transaction, so this lags reality by days, and the provider adds its own lag on top.

A sale is not automatically bearish. Executives sell on scheduled 10b5-1 plans, to cover tax on vesting equity, and to diversify. Purchases with cash are generally the more informative signal, and they are far rarer.

This does not include congressional or senate trading. That comes from STOCK Act disclosures filed with the Senate eFD system and the House Clerk, which this data source does not carry.

Free account required

Officer and director trades in their own stock, straight from Form 4 filings.

Insider holders

8 reporting
NameRelationShares heldLatest
HAGENBUCH LAWRENCE F
Director 125.39K Stock Award(Grant)
HARTLEY CHARLES DAVID RYAN
Chief Financial Officer 52.50K Stock Award(Grant)
HERMANNS RICHARD
Chief Executive Officer 2.98M Purchase
JACKSON EDWARD
Director and Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security 2.64M Stock Award(Grant)
MALHOTRA R RIMMY
Director 227.05K Stock Award(Grant)
MCANNAR JOHN
Officer 64.10K Stock Award(Grant)
OLMSTEAD JACK A.
Director 81.77K Stock Award(Grant)
SHANAHAN KATHLEEN M
Director 81.04K Stock Award(Grant)

Fundamentals

TTM · reported
Market cap$244.75M
Enterprise value$236.61M
Revenue (TTM)$30.15M
Gross profit$30.15M
EBITDA$12.33M
Net income$8.42M
EPS (TTM)$0.60
Free cash flow$6.32M
Total cash$1.64M
Total debt$0
Book value / share$4.96
Shares outstanding13.89M
Float5.18M
Short % of float4.44%
Dividend yield1.42%
Beta (5Y)1.12

Valuation & profitability ratios

Account required
Trailing P/E29.37
Forward P/E20.85
PEG ratio
Price / sales
Price / book3.55
EV / revenue7.85
EV / EBITDA19.19
Gross margin100.00%
Operating margin41.28%
Profit margin27.06%
Return on equity12.49%
Return on assets6.16%
Debt / equity
Current ratio2.74
Free account required

Fourteen ratios including P/E, PEG, EV/EBITDA, margins and return on equity.

Financial statements

As reported · 5 years · 6 quarters
Blank means not reported, not zero
Line item20252024202320222021YoY
Total revenue $30.64M$34.60M$37.88M$30.95M -11.4%
Operating revenue $30.64M$34.60M$37.88M$30.95M -11.4%
Cost of revenue $170.55K
Gross profit $22.59M
Selling, general & admin $20.68M$21.41M$24.45M$12.87M -3.4%
Total operating expense $23.68M$24.20M$27.24M$14.91M -2.1%
Operating income $6.96M$10.40M$10.64M$16.04M -33.1%
Net interest income $204.00K-$367.00K-$1.12M-$121.00K +155.6%
Pre-tax income $6.71M$4.15M$7.78M$13.87M +61.8%
Tax provision $100.00K$221.00K$1.34M$1.90M -54.8%
Net income $6.33M$3.67M$6.13M$12.46M +72.4%
Net income to common $6.33M$3.67M$6.13M$12.46M +72.4%
Basic EPS 0.450.270.450.91 +66.7%
Diluted EPS 0.450.260.450.91 +73.1%
EBIT $7.02M$5.07M$9.17M$14.24M +38.4%
EBITDA $10.02M$7.86M$11.96M$16.28M +27.6%
Basic shares 13.96M13.84M13.73M13.65M +0.9%
Diluted shares 13.98M13.92M13.80M13.72M +0.4%

Options analytics

Account required
Put / call volume
Put / call open interest
Positioning, not flow
Max pain
ATM implied vol
Nearest strike to spot
Skew (10% OTM)
Call volume
0
Contracts, this expiry
Put volume
0
Contracts, this expiry
Heaviest call OI
Heaviest put OI

Max pain is the strike at which the largest dollar value of open contracts expires worthless. It describes current positioning; it is not a forecast and it moves as open interest changes.

Free account required

Put/call ratios, max pain, implied volatility skew and where open interest is concentrated.

Earnings

History & consensus estimates
Reported vs expected · EPS
QuarterEst.ActualSurprise
Jun 2026 0.130.23 +76.9%
Mar 2026 0.11
Dec 2025 0.130.19 +46.2%
Sep 2025 0.160.24 +54.8%
Forward consensus
PeriodEPSAnalystsRevenueGrowth
Current quarter 0.23 1 $9.20M +8.3%
Next quarter 0.16 1 $7.60M +8.1%
Current year 0.75 1 $31.40M +2.5%
Next year 0.68 2 $30.96M -1.4%

Analyst targets & ownership

Account required
Mean target$17.00
High target$19.00
Low target$15.00
Implied upside-3.52%
Analyst count2
ConsensusSTRONG BUY
Strong buy / Buy1 / 1
Hold0
Sell / Strong sell0 / 0
Held by insiders61.39%
Held by institutions11.59%
Institutions holding92
Free account required

Price targets, consensus spread, insider and institutional ownership.

Moving averages & technicals

Computed from 2Y daily closes
SMA 10
16.97
+3.81% from price
SMA 20
15.16
+16.19% from price
SMA 50
13.71
+28.53% from price
SMA 100
12.70
+38.72% from price
SMA 200
11.41
+54.38% from price
EMA 12
16.31
+8.01% from price
EMA 26
15.16
+16.22% from price
EMA 50
14.16
+24.39% from price
RSI (14)
67.5
Neutral
MACD (12,26,9)
1.15
Hist 0.20
ATR (14)
1.27
7.18% of price
Realised vol 30D
87.4%
Annualised
Bollinger upper
18.89
20, 2σ
Bollinger lower
11.44
20, 2σ
50 / 200 cross
Golden
13.71 vs 11.41
Trend bias
Above 200
+54.38%

Options chain

Account required
Expiry
Spot 17.62
Calls
StrikeLastBidAskVolOIIV
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Puts
StrikeLastBidAskVolOIIV
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Free account required

Every listed expiry, both sides of the book, with volume, open interest and implied volatility.

Risk profile

Daily returns · 1Y window
Beta vs SPY
0.48
Less volatile than market
Correlation to SPY
0.10
Largely independent
Realised vol 30D
87.4%
Annualised
Market vol 1Y
12.8%
SPY, annualised
Max drawdown 1Y
-26.3%
Peak to trough
Max drawdown 5Y
-73.4%
Peak to trough
ATR 14
1.27
7.18% of price
Beta (reported)
1.12
5Y monthly, from filing

Short interest

Semi-monthly exchange report · lags by ~2 weeks
Shares short
238.73K
Prior 249.71K
Change vs prior
-4.4%
Shorts covering
% of float
4.44%
Normal
% of shares out
1.72%
Against total outstanding
Days to cover
22.8
Crowded exit
Float
5.18M
Freely tradeable shares

Exchanges publish short interest twice a month with a settlement lag, so this is roughly two weeks behind. Days to cover divides shares short by average daily volume — it estimates how long covering would take, not whether it will happen.

Rating changes

26 on file
DateFirm ActionFromTo
Aug 11, 26 DA Davidson MAINTAINED Buy Buy
May 18, 26 Barrington Research MAINTAINED Outperform Outperform
May 13, 26 DA Davidson MAINTAINED Buy Buy
Apr 13, 26 Barrington Research MAINTAINED Outperform Outperform
Jan 29, 26 Barrington Research MAINTAINED Outperform Outperform
Nov 12, 25 Barrington Research MAINTAINED Outperform Outperform
Aug 28, 25 Barrington Research MAINTAINED Outperform Outperform
May 12, 25 Barrington Research MAINTAINED Outperform Outperform
Mar 31, 25 Barrington Research MAINTAINED Outperform Outperform
Nov 15, 24 Barrington Research MAINTAINED Outperform Outperform
Aug 22, 24 Barrington Research MAINTAINED Outperform Outperform
Aug 9, 24 DA Davidson MAINTAINED Buy Buy

Dividends & splits

Declared · from the issuer
Forward rate$0.24 / yr
Forward yield1.42%
5-year avg yield1.68%
Payout ratio40.00%
Ex-dividend dateSep 1, 2026
Next pay dateSep 15, 2026
Last split1:12
Split dateDec 8, 2017

PRIVATE STRATEGY · BY QUALIFICATION

The same data. A different seat.

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