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HireQuest, Inc. Stock: price and insider trades · United States
No insider purchase over the last 90 days. The latest was filed 02 Jan 2026.
HireQuest, Inc.: what insiders have been doing
HireQuest, Inc., classified in the Business Services sector, is a listed company. Its insiders report their share dealings to SEC (Form 4). In the past year (18 October 2025 to 18 October 2026), 27 filings came from 8 insiders.
Only purchases show up on the open market, 2 purchases in all worth €232k, filed by 1 insider. Buying on the open market means paying the going price with one's own funds, a different act from receiving shares as pay. Among those who bought: 1 chief executive. Biggest ticket of the year: €147k, bought by Hermanns Richard and made public on 29 December 2025.
For context, the typical company on the same exchange (median of 5,458 companies) published 22 filings over the same period, against 27 filings here. Our records for HireQuest, Inc. go back to 2016, with 42 purchases and no sales on the open market in total. On the fundamentals side, the SEC filing (10-K) for the period ending 31 December 2025 lists revenue at 30.6 m USD and net income at 6.3 m USD; the dividend was 0.24 USD per share.
The latest purchase dates back some time: it was published 289 days ago, on 2 January 2026. Filings reach the SEC (Form 4) feed a median of 2 days after the trade. US insiders must file a Form 4 within two business days of a trade.
Other companies in the same sector with recent insider buying flagged by our signals: Coursera, Inc. Source: insider filings from SEC (Form 4). Past trades are no guide to future returns.
Insider Decl.
186
Thresholds
n/a
Buy Volume
€2M
42 ops. · all time
Sell Volume
n/a
n/a
Who traded when
BuySaleRichard Hermanns2 buys
Lawrence F. Hagenbuch1 buy
Since the insiders bought
- -3.1%Entry US$10.84 · Close at T+90 US$10.50
- -29.6%Entry US$13.60 · Close at T+365 US$9.57
- -17.1%Entry US$12.30 · Close at T+365 US$10.20
Entry is the close on the day after publication, the first price a reader could act on. Prices in the listing currency. Past moves are not a forecast.
This score ranks the purchase within its own market. A position size is suggested only on the venues of the backtested strategy universe; elsewhere, signals stay on watch. Not investment advice.
Fundamental score
Ranked 7,418 of 24,148 companies
61.2
score / 100
Value43
Quality80
FCF yld4.8%
Earn yld2.5%
EV/EBITDA25.5x
ROE12%
Gross mgn74%
Net mgn21%
Debt/EBITDA0.7x
Pillars2/3
Transparent value + quality ranking, distinct from the insider signal.
Financial data
as of FY 2025FY ended December 2025 · cache
US$17.89
Analyst consensus
2 analysts1.50/5
US$19.00Target US$19.00(+6%)US$19.00
Income statement
RevenueUS$30.6M
Gross profitUS$22.6M74% margin
EBITDAUS$10M33% margin
Net incomeUS$6.3M27.1% margin
Valuation
PER (trailing)29.8x
PER (forward)21.2x
P/Book3.6x
Beta1.17
Balance sheet & cash
Market capUS$248.5M
Total debtUS$6.9M
Free Cash FlowUS$12M
Profitability & ownership
ROE12.5%
ROA6.2%
% insiders61.4%
% institutions11.7%
Last declaration on 14 August 2026
Declarations186 total
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4,000 sharesCommon StockSEC:0001654954-26-007656:1
811 sharesCommon StockSEC:0001654954-26-007652:0
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4,000 sharesCommon StockSEC:0001654954-26-007653:1
4,000 sharesCommon StockSEC:0001654954-26-007655:0
1,036 sharesCommon StockSEC:0001654954-26-007653:0
649 sharesCommon StockSEC:0001654954-26-007654:0
4,000 sharesCommon StockSEC:0001654954-26-007654:1
300,000 sharesCommon StockSEC:0001654954-26-006266:0
100,000 sharesCommon StockSEC:0001654954-26-006266:1
10,000 sharesCommon StockSEC:0001654954-26-001892:0
907 sharesCommon StockSEC:0001654954-26-001886:0
1,134 sharesCommon StockSEC:0001654954-26-001885:0
1,272 sharesCommon StockSEC:0001654954-26-001884:0
1,121 sharesCommon StockSEC:0001654954-26-001883:0
1,448 sharesCommon StockSEC:0001654954-26-001882:0
25,000 sharesCommon StockSEC:0001654954-26-001881:0
10,000 sharesCommon StockSEC:0001654954-26-001880:0
9,704 shares@ US$10.2810.8% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001654954-26-000047:0
Canonical exit: 30 Mar 2026 (T+90)
18,854 shares@ US$9.128318.8% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001654954-25-014343:0
Canonical exit: 22 Mar 2026 (T+90)
1,567 sharesCommon StockSEC:0001654954-25-013895:0
1,567 sharesCommon StockSEC:0001654954-25-012841:0
3,568 sharesCommon StockSEC:0001654954-25-012839:0
2,234 sharesCommon StockSEC:0001654954-25-012837:0
25 of 186 declarations
About HireQuest, Inc.
HireQuest, Inc. (NASDAQ: HQI) is a U.S.-based franchisor of staffing and recruitment services headquartered in Goose Creek, South Carolina, United States. The company traces its roots to 2002, when it was organized in Washington as Command Staffing, LLC, and later evolved into a public company focused on flexible workforce solutions and executive search. For investors, HireQuest is best understood not as a conventional direct employer, but as a branded franchise platform operating through a network of specialist staffing concepts. That model gives it a relatively asset-light profile compared with branch-heavy staffing peers.
The company’s core business is built around several complementary divisions. HireQuest Direct focuses on on-demand and temporary labor, particularly for light industrial, construction-related, and blue-collar roles. Snelling provides more traditional staffing services. TradeCorp serves technical and industrial labor needs. MRINetwork is the company’s longstanding executive-search platform, while other brands such as HireQuest Health, DriverQuest, SearchPath, and Northbound Executive Search address healthcare, transportation, recruiting, and leadership-hiring niches. The result is a diversified staffing portfolio spanning temporary personnel, direct hire, contract staffing, and permanent placement across a broad range of end markets.
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In competitive terms, HireQuest operates in a highly fragmented industry that includes global staffing firms, regional agencies, and independent local operators. Its main differentiator is the franchise structure, which can support geographic expansion without the same capital intensity as a fully owned branch network. The company emphasizes nationwide reach across the United States, with some international references through selected brands and initiatives. Its positioning is strongest where customers need fast labor deployment, local market responsiveness, and flexible staffing coverage in cyclical sectors such as construction, warehousing, manufacturing, and other labor-intensive industries.
Recent developments show the company actively refining its portfolio. In December 2025, HireQuest announced a new ownership structure for MRINetwork, transferring majority ownership to a group of current and former franchise owners while retaining a partial stake and continued support role. Recent SEC filings also indicate ongoing portfolio management, support for franchise operations, and share repurchases. From an equity-investor perspective, HQI remains a small-cap U.S. services company listed on the NASDAQ, with exposure to the health of the American labor market but backed by a franchise-led model that can scale efficiently and protect margins relative to more traditional staffing models.
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