Investors Could Be Concerned With HireQuest's (NASDAQ:HQI) Returns On Capital [Yahoo! Finance]
HireQuest, Inc. (HQI)
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Firstly, we'll want to see a proven return on capital employed (ROCE) that is increasing, and secondly, an expanding base of capital employed. Ultimately, this demonstrates that it's a business that is reinvesting profits at increasing rates of return. Although, when we looked at HireQuest NASDAQ:HQI ), it didn't seem to tick all of these boxes. This technology could replace computers: discover the 20 stocks are working to make quantum computing a reality. Just to clarify if you're unsure, ROCE is a metric for evaluating how much pre-tax income (in percentage terms) a company earns on the capital invested in its business. The formula for this calculation on HireQuest is: Return on Capital Employed = Earnings Before Interest and Tax (EBIT) ÷ (Total Assets - Current Liabilities) 0.10 = US$7.5m ÷ (US$95m - US$22m) (Based on the trailing twelve months to September 2025) Therefore, HireQuest has an ROCE of 10%. In isolation, that's a pretty standard return but against the Profess
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- HireQuest Announces $20 Million Share Repurchase ProgramPR Newswire
- HireQuest, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:HQI) Dismal Stock Performance Reflects Weak Fundamentals [Yahoo! Finance]Yahoo! Finance
- HireQuest (NASDAQ:HQI) was given a new $15.00 price target on by analysts at DA Davidson.MarketBeat
- HireQuest Announces Ownership Structure Change of MRINetwork to a New Leadership Group of Franchise Owners [Yahoo! Finance]Yahoo! Finance
- HireQuest Announces Ownership Structure Change of MRINetwork to a New Leadership Group of Franchise OwnersPR Newswire
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- 11/6/25 - Beat
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Sec Filings
- 12/17/25 - Form 8-K
- 12/12/25 - Form 4/A
- 12/1/25 - Form 8-K
- HQI's page on the SEC website