secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     HireQuest, Inc. (HQI)
CIK:        0001140102
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-10T20:08:01+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-26-026772
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

HireQuest Q2 net income $2.7M, adjusted EPS $0.23; revenue up 6%
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- Q2 revenue $8.1M (+6.0% YoY); pro forma +16.6% excluding MRINetwork divestiture.
- Net income $2.7M ($0.19/diluted) vs $1.1M ($0.08); adjusted EPS $0.23 vs $0.15.
- Adjusted EBITDA $4.6M vs $3.3M; franchise royalties $7.6M, +4.1% (pro forma +13.8%).
- System-wide sales $117.8M, -6.4% reported but +6.9% pro forma; cash $1.6M at quarter end.
- Quarterly dividend of $0.06/share paid June 15; company plans to continue quarterly payments.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140102/000143774926026772/0001437749-26-026772-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140102/000143774926026772/hqi20260810_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-026772

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