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HireQuest (HireQuest) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 4.03% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is HireQuest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

HireQuest's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $227.60 Mil. HireQuest's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $9.17 Mil. HireQuest's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.03%.

The historical rank and industry rank for HireQuest's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

HQI' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -33.98   Med: 5.73   Max: 35.91
Current: 5.11

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of HireQuest was 35.91%. The lowest was -33.98%. And the median was 5.73%.

HQI's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
55.18% of 1109 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 5.48 vs HQI: 5.11

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. HireQuest's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.00%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


HireQuest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for HireQuest's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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HireQuest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

HireQuest Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.86 4.91 4.54 6.11 4.03

HireQuest Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.11 5.43 3.74 4.94 4.03

Competitive Comparison of HireQuest's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Staffing & Employment Services subindustry, HireQuest's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


HireQuest's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, HireQuest's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where HireQuest's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



HireQuest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

HireQuests Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=9.166/227.603085
=4.03 %

HireQuest's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $9.17 Mil.



HireQuest  (NAS:HQI) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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HireQuest (HireQuest) Business Description

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Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
111 Springhall Drive, Goose Creek, SC, USA, 29445
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 primary source of revenue for the company is royalty fees based on the operation of its franchised offices.
Executives
Lawrence F Hagenbuch director 600 CORPORATION DRIVE, PENDLETON IN 46064
R. Rimmy Malhotra director C/O COMMAND CENTER, INC., 3609 S WADSWORTH BLVD., SUITE 250, LAKEWOOD CO 80235
Kathleen M Shanahan director 24301 WALDEN CENTER DRIVE, BONITA SPRINGS FL 34134
Jack A. Olmstead director 111 SPRINGHALL DRIVE, GOOSE CREEK SC 29445
Edward Jackson director, 10 percent owner 111 SPRINGHALL DRIVE, GOOSE CREEK SC 29445
Richard Hermanns director, 10 percent owner, officer: President and CEO 111 SPRINGHALL DRIVE, GOOSE CREEK SC 29445
David S. Burnett officer: CFO C/O INTERLINK ELECTRONICS, INC., 31248 OAK CREST DRIVE, SUITE 110, WESTLAKE VILLAGE CA 91361
Richard F & Lisa S Hermanns Dynasty Trust Dated July 16, 2008 10 percent owner 240 S PINEAPPLE AVENUE, 10TH FLOOR, SARASOTA FL 34236
Jd Smith director 13506 SUMMERPORT VILLAGE PARKWAY #160, WINDERMERE FL 34786
John Mcannar officer: Secretary, VP and GC 111 SPRINGHALL DRIVE, GOOSE CREEK SC 29445
Smith Cory officer: CFO and Treasurer 360 S. MONROE STREET, APT. 707, DENVER CO 80209
Payne Brown director 111 SPRINGHALL DRIVE, GOOSE CREEK SC 29445
Brendan Simaytis officer: Executive VP & General Counsel COMMAND CENTER, INC., 3609 S. WADSWORTH BLVD., SUITE 250, LAKEWOOD CO 80235
Steven Mark Bathgate director 5350 S ROSLYN, SUITE 380, ENGLEWOOD CO 80111
Galen G Vetter director 500 EAST GRANT STREET, #2011, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55404