HQI (HireQuest) Quality Rank

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HQI HireQuest Inc HQI
82 GF Score
Price $16.95
GF Value $10.82
Valuation Significantly Overvalued
! 7 Warning Signs
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What is HireQuest Quality Rank?

The Quality Rank measures the business quality of a company relative to other companies. It is ranked based on the strength of the balance sheet, as well as the profitability and growth of the business. The ranked companies are split in equal numbers and then ranked from 1 to 10, with 10 being the highest.

The rank of balance sheet (30%)

The rank of balance sheet is done through the ranking of:
  • Interest coverage
  • Zscore
  • Debt to revenue
  • Equity to asset
  • Cash to debt

The rank of Profitability (70%)

The ranking of Profitability is done by ranking:
  • Operating margin mean rank (10-year mean average profit margine)
  • Operating margin growth rank
  • Fscore
  • Predictability rank
  • Revenue growth rank (5 year), when the growth is higher than 25%, set it as 25%
  • Num of year profit (number of years that is profitable within the last 10 years)
  • ROIC median (10-year median of ROIC)

HireQuest Quality Rank Related Terms

HQI
82GF Score
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Is HireQuest (HQI) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, HireQuest stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of $16.95 is trading 56.7% above its estimated GF Value™ of $10.82. GuruFocus considers HireQuest to be Significantly Overvalued.

Key valuation signals for HQI:

  • Quality Rank:
  • GF Value™: $10.82 vs. price of $16.95 (56.7% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 82/100 with 7 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the HQI stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.

HireQuest Business Description

Address 111 Springhall Drive, Goose Creek, SC, USA, 29445
HireQuest Inc is a nationwide franchisor of offices providing direct-dispatch, executive search, and commercial staffing solutions in the light industrial and blue-collar segments of the staffing industry and traditional commercial staffing. The company's franchisees provide various types of temporary personnel through two business models operating under the trade names HireQuest Direct, HireQuest, Snelling, DriverQuest, HireQuest Health, Northbound Executive Search, and MRI. The company's primary source of revenue is royalty fees based on the operation of its franchised offices.
82GF Score

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$16.95
Price
$10.82
GF Value