---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-009467"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "QRHC"
cik: "0001442236"
company_name: "Quest Resource Holding Corp"
filed_at: "2023-03-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T17:58:34.017545+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Quest Resource Q4 GAAP net loss $0.17/sh; revenue up 34% YoY

## Summary
- Q4 revenue $62.3M (+34.2% YoY); gross margin 17.3% vs 18.5%.
- GAAP net loss per share $(0.17) vs $(0.03) loss in Q4 2021; adjusted net loss $(0.02).
- FY 2022 revenue $284M (+82.4%); GAAP net loss $(0.31)/sh vs income $0.09 in 2021.
- Q4 adjusted EBITDA $2.3M, down 30.1% YoY; FY adjusted EBITDA $16.4M, up 51.2%.
- RWS integration caused ~$1.5M gross profit shortfall in 2022; process corrections underway.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-009467
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: QRHC
- cik: 0001442236
- company_name: Quest Resource Holding Corp
- filed_at: 2023-03-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1442236/000095017023009467/0000950170-23-009467-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1442236/000095017023009467/qrhc-20230323.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Quest Resource Holding Corp reported Year Ended December 31, 2022 results: revenue $284.0 million, EPS $(0.31) per share.
  - Period: Year Ended December 31, 2022
  - Revenue: $284.0 million
  - EPS: $(0.31) per share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: • Revenue was $284.0 million, an 82.4% increase compared with 2021. • Gross profit was $48.9 million, a 70.2% increase compared with 2021. • Gross margin was 17.2% of revenue compared with 18.4% for 2021. • GAAP net loss per share attributable to common shareholders was $(0.31), compared with net income of $0.09 ($0.08 per diluted share) during 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1442236/000095017023009467/0000950170-23-009467-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  Quest Resource Holding Corp reported Fourth Quarter 2022 results: revenue $62.3 million, EPS $(0.17) per share.
  - Period: Fourth Quarter 2022
  - Revenue: $62.3 million
  - EPS: $(0.17) per share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: • Revenue was $62.3 million, a 34.2% increase compared with the fourth quarter of 2021. • Gross profit was $10.8 million, a 25.0% increase compared with the fourth quarter of 2021. • Gross margin was 17.3% of revenue compared with 18.5% during the fourth quarter of 2021. • GAAP net loss per share attributable to common stockholders was $(0.17), compared with $(0.03) per basic and diluted share during the fourth quarter of 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1442236/000095017023009467/0000950170-23-009467-index.htm

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