With 69079.0 shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 23050.0 shares. During the session, the Staffing & Employment Services company that operates in wider Industrials sector, reached to the highest price of $10.4789 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $9.355. The 52-week range on HQI shows that it touched its highest point at $15.75 and its lowest point at $7.38 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $14.00. With its current market cap of 143.82 million, HQI has annualized dividend of $0.24 while the current yield stands at 2.35%. HQI paid its most recent dividend on 1764547200, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1764547200. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.12.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of HQI was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 31.95%, but this was up by 13.84% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 3.03% while six-month performance rose 1.80%. The stock lost -27.97% in the past year, while it has lost -28.72% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for HQI yields 0.50 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.54. For the next quarter, that number is 0.13. This implies an EPS growth rate of -8.45% for this year and -16.92% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 14.06 million HQI shares are outstanding with a float of 5.48 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-11-28, short shares totaled 0.23 million, which was 165.0 higher than short shares on 1761868800. In addition to Mr. Richard F. Hermanns as the firm’s Chairman, President & CEO, Mr. John D. McAnnar J.D. serves as its VP of Professional Services, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2025-09-30, HQI reported revenue of $8497000.0 and operating income of $2675000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $3593000.0 and diluted EPS was $0.16.
Analysts Ratings:
In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With HQI analysts setting a high price target of 15.0 and a low target of 13.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 14.0. Based on these targets, HQI could surge 47.06% to reach the target high and rise by 27.45% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 37.25% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $0.47787 being high and $0.47213 being low. For HQI, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.475. The surprise factor in the prior quarter was $0.12. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.12 and the low estimate is $0.12. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.12.
