HQI Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (Hirequest | NASDAQ:HQI)

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.

What symbol and exchange does Hirequest shares trade?

Hirequest trades on the NASDAQ stock market under the symbol HQI.

What is Hirequest stock price doing today?

As of April 28, 2026, HQI stock price climbed to $11.34 with 16,867 million shares trading.

What is Hirequest's Beta?

HQI has a beta of 0.45, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. HQI has a correlation of 0.03 to the broad based SPY ETF.

How much is Hirequest worth?

HQI has a market cap of $159.39 million. This is considered a Micro Cap stock.

How much money does Hirequest make?

Last quarter Hirequest reported $7 million in Revenue and $.19 earnings per share. This fell short of revenue expectation by $-342,900 and exceeded earnings estimates by $.06.

What is the highest and lowest price Hirequest traded in the last 3 year period?

In the last 3 years, HQI traded as high as $29.38 and as low as $7.38.

What are the top ETFs holding Hirequest?

The top ETF exchange traded funds that HQI belongs to (by Net Assets): VTI, IWM, VXF, IWN, VTWO.

Is Hirequest (HQI) a good investment?

HQI has underperformed the market in the last year with a return of +11.3%, while the SPY ETF gained +30.6%. In the last 3 month period, HQI fell short of the market, returning +2.4%, while SPY returned +2.6%. However, in the most recent 2 weeks HQI has outperformed the stock market by returning +10.9%, while SPY returned +3.7%.

What are the support and resistance levels for Hirequest (HQI)?

HQI support price is $10.54 and resistance is $11.87 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that HQI shares will trade within this expected range on the day.