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HireQuest PE ratio HQI

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2012.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
28.4×
9-year median
25.3×
Against its 9-year history
65th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
9-year range
15.8× to 139×
Peer median
22.0×

HireQuest's PE ratio is 28.4× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $16.18 against $0.57 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is above its 9-year median of 25.3×, higher than on 65% of days in the last 9 years.

Over that time it ranged from 15.8× in Dec 2025 to 139× in Nov 2024.

The median for 6 staffing and Employment Services stocks of a similar size is 22.0×.

PE ratio over time

The dashed line is the 9-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far28.4×19.7×35.2×
202520.8×15.8×138×
2024125×18.6×139×
202323.6×17.5×27.9×
202218.2×16.3×24.1×
202125.2×25.0×50.1×
2020n/m a value too high to mean anything
201922.7×18.1×27.3×
201826.4×22.7×27.0×
201724.6×17.5×36.0×
201640.0×9.8×42.8×
201512.5×4.1×12.5×
20145.2×5.0×10.7×
201310.3×5.0×15.3×
20125.1×3.8×44.0×

Against its peers

Companies in Staffing & Employment Services nearest HireQuest's size, closest first, today.

CompanyPE ratio
HQIHireQuest28.4×
RCMTRCM Technologies16.0×
BBSIBarrett Business Services24.4×
KFRCKforce27.6×
EFOREverforth22.5×
AMNAMN Healthcare Services17.9×
MANManpowerGroup21.5×
Peer median22.0×

Where HireQuest ranks

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.