secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     HireQuest, Inc. (HQI)
CIK:        0001140102
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-11-03T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-22-025755
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

HireQuest Q3 net income from cont ops up 29.9% YoY to $4.1M; royalties +13.7%
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- Franchise royalties rose 13.7% YoY to $7.4M; excluding acquisitions, up 7.3%.
- Net income from continuing operations $4.1M ($0.30 diluted EPS) vs $3.2M ($0.23).
- Adjusted EBITDA $6.6M vs $5.3M in prior-year quarter.
- System-wide sales $123.2M, up from $101.9M in Q3 2021.
- Declared quarterly cash dividend of $0.06 per share, subject to board discretion.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140102/000143774922025755/0001437749-22-025755-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140102/000143774922025755/hqi20221103_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-025755

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