HireQuest (HQI) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $9.51 -0.01 (-0.11%) Closing price 08/26/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$9.47 -0.04 (-0.41%) As of 04:02 AM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock HireQuest Short Interest DataHireQuest (HQI) has a short interest of 213,000 shares, representing 3.78% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 0.28% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 14.4, indicating that it would take 14.4 days of the average trading volume of 10,510 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest213,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest212,400 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+0.28%Dollar Volume Sold Short$2.18 millionShort Interest Ratio14.4 Days to CoverLast Record DateJuly 31, 2025Outstanding Shares14,100,000 sharesFloat Size5,640,000 sharesShort Percent of Float3.78%Today's Trading Volume6,948 sharesAverage Trading Volume10,510 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average66% Short Selling HireQuest? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for HireQuest and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Get Report View SMS TermsBy entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. 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Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartHQI Short Interest Over TimeHQI Days to Cover Over TimeHQI Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time HireQuest Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 7/31/2025213,000 shares $2.18 million +0.3%3.8%14.4 $10.23 7/15/2025212,400 shares $2.00 million -3.5%3.8%14.2 $9.40 6/30/2025220,200 shares $2.20 million +2.8%3.9%14.5 $10.01 6/15/2025214,300 shares $2.12 million -5.6%3.8%15 $9.90 5/31/2025227,000 shares $2.29 million +22.2%4.0%13.8 $10.07 5/15/2025185,700 shares $1.86 million +33.0%3.3%10.6 $10.00 4/30/2025139,600 shares $1.44 million -1.3%2.5%7.8 $10.28 4/15/2025141,400 shares $1.51 million -0.4%2.5%8.4 $10.68 3/31/2025141,900 shares $1.69 million -3.5%2.5%8.9 $11.90 3/15/2025147,100 shares $1.96 million -6.3%2.6%9.7 $13.35 Get the Latest News and Ratings for HQI and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for HireQuest and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 2/28/2025157,000 shares $2.38 million +17.6%2.8%10.3 $15.16 2/15/2025133,500 shares $1.89 million +2.9%2.4%8.5 $14.19 1/31/2025129,800 shares $1.69 million -3.1%2.3%8.5 $13.00 1/15/2025134,000 shares $1.77 million -0.5%2.5%8.8 $13.18 12/31/2024134,600 shares $1.91 million -2.8%2.5%8.5 $14.16 12/15/2024138,500 shares $2.03 million -4.0%2.5%9.1 $14.65 11/30/2024144,200 shares $2.19 million +6.0%2.6%9.5 $15.21 11/15/2024136,000 shares $1.94 million -3.5%2.5%10 $14.30 10/31/2024140,900 shares $1.88 million +2.4%2.6%10 $13.31 10/15/2024137,600 shares $1.95 million +1.6%2.5%9.7 $14.19 9/30/2024135,500 shares $1.92 million -1.7%2.5%9.5 $14.16 9/15/2024137,900 shares $2.03 million -9.0%2.5%8.9 $14.69 8/31/2024151,500 shares $2.16 million +16.0%2.8%10 $14.24 8/15/2024130,600 shares $1.80 million -1.5%2.4%9.1 $13.82 7/31/2024132,600 shares $1.78 million +5.7%2.4%9.5 $13.45 7/15/2024125,400 shares $1.72 million +9.5%2.3%8.7 $13.74 6/30/2024114,500 shares $1.41 million -1.6%2.1%8.5 $12.35 6/15/2024116,300 shares $1.45 million -13.5%2.1%8.6 $12.47 5/31/2024134,400 shares $1.75 million +14.9%2.4%9.9 $13.03 5/15/2024117,000 shares $1.45 million -3.6%2.1%8.5 $12.43 4/30/2024121,400 shares $1.56 million -1.6%2.2%9 $12.82 4/15/2024123,400 shares $1.57 million +0.8%2.2%10 $12.74 3/31/2024122,400 shares $1.59 million +1.2%2.2%8.8 $12.95 3/15/2024121,000 shares $1.51 million -18.9%2.3%8.3 $12.51 2/29/2024149,100 shares $2.00 million +37.0%2.8%8.2 $13.40 2/15/2024108,800 shares $1.43 million -3.7%2.1%6 $13.14 1/31/2024113,000 shares $1.50 million -17.3%2.1%5.5 $13.30 1/15/2024136,600 shares $1.85 million -10.4%2.6%6.6 $13.55 12/31/2023152,400 shares $2.34 million -11.6%2.9%7.2 $15.35 12/15/2023172,400 shares $2.74 million +7.7%3.3%8.3 $15.90Musk’s Project Colossus could mint millionaires (Ad)I predict this single breakthrough could make Elon the world’s first trillionaire — and mint more new millionaires than any tech advance in history. And for a limited time, you have the chance to claim a stake in this project, even though it’s housed inside Elon’s private company, xAI.All the details are waiting for you now — but you need to act before the September 1st funding windo 11/30/2023160,100 shares $2.37 million +14.4%3.1%8 $14.81 11/15/2023140,000 shares $1.97 million +0.9%2.7%6.8 $14.06 10/31/2023138,800 shares $2.12 million -2.6%2.7%5.6 $15.24 10/15/2023142,500 shares $2.14 million +2.7%2.7%6 $15.00 9/30/2023138,700 shares $2.14 million -19.6%2.7%5.8 $15.43 9/15/2023172,400 shares $2.90 million -12.1%3.3%6.3 $16.81 8/31/2023196,200 shares $3.73 million +12.8%3.8%4.8 $19.02 8/15/2023174,000 shares $3.28 million -0.1%3.3%4.1 $18.83 7/31/2023174,200 shares $4.36 million -9.5%3.3%4.2 $25.01 7/15/2023192,500 shares $4.78 million -3.9%3.7%4.7 $24.83 6/30/2023200,400 shares $5.22 million +161.6%3.8%4.9 $26.03 6/15/202376,600 shares $2.09 million +26.8%1.5%2 $27.32 5/31/202360,400 shares $1.40 million +41.8%1.1%2.3 $23.24 5/15/202342,600 shares $1.03 million +18.3%0.8%2 $24.20 4/30/202336,000 shares $752.40 thousand -18.7%0.7%2.4 $20.90 4/15/202344,300 shares $992.76 thousand +1.4%0.8%2.8 $22.41 3/31/202343,700 shares $942.61 thousand -5.4%0.8%2.7 $21.57 3/15/202346,200 shares $997.92 thousand -18.1%0.9%2.8 $21.60 2/28/202356,400 shares $1.28 million +2.6%1.1%4.1 $22.78 2/15/202355,000 shares $1.20 million -12.3%1.1%4.1 $21.78 1/31/202362,700 shares $1.35 million +4.7%1.2%4.8 $21.52 1/15/202359,900 shares $1.19 million +5.5%1.2%4.9 $19.90 12/30/202256,800 shares $898.01 thousand -5.8%1.1%5 $15.81 12/15/202260,300 shares $1.10 million -7.7%1.2%6.6 $18.17 11/30/202265,300 shares $1.14 million +18.1%1.3%8.2 $17.50 11/15/202255,300 shares $825.63 thousand -2.6%1.1%6.7 $14.93 10/31/202256,800 shares $887.22 thousand -2.7%1.1%6.6 $15.62 10/15/202258,400 shares $805.34 thousand +4.9%1.1%7.1 $13.79 9/30/202255,700 shares $718.53 thousand -13.2%1.1%6.4 $12.90 9/15/202264,200 shares $946.95 thousand -13.1%1.3%3.2 $14.75 8/31/202273,900 shares $1.04 million -8.8%1.5%2.8 $14.06 8/15/202281,000 shares $1.20 million +4.8%1.6%2.7 $14.86 7/31/202277,300 shares $1.16 million -1.9%1.5%2.2 $14.95 7/15/202278,800 shares $1.11 million -17.8%1.5%2 $14.04 6/30/202295,800 shares $1.35 million -57.2%1.9%2.4 $14.09 6/15/2022223,900 shares $2.94 million +2.9%4.3%5.5 $13.14 5/31/2022217,700 shares $3.36 million +18.7%4.2%7.7 $15.44 5/15/2022183,400 shares $2.78 million +18.0%3.5%7.1 $15.16 4/30/2022155,400 shares $2.58 million +12.4%3.0%7.3 $16.62 4/15/2022138,300 shares $2.63 million -1.1%2.7%7.4 $19.00 3/31/2022139,800 shares $2.67 million +5.2%N/A0 $19.12 3/15/2022132,900 shares $2.24 million +5.1%2.6%8.2 $16.85 2/28/2022126,500 shares $2.37 million +2.9%2.5%7.8 $18.76 2/15/2022123,000 shares $2.29 million +9.6%2.4%7.9 $18.59 1/31/2022112,200 shares $2.08 million +25.1%2.2%6.6 $18.50 1/15/202289,700 shares $1.63 million -5.1%N/A0 $18.18 12/31/202194,500 shares $1.91 million +0.3%1.9%6.5 $20.16 12/15/202194,200 shares $1.84 million +2.1%1.8%6 $19.50 11/30/202192,300 shares $2.10 million +1.0%1.8%5.9 $22.80 11/15/202191,400 shares $2.23 million -4.4%1.8%6.1 $24.39Musk’s Project Colossus could mint millionaires (Ad)I predict this single breakthrough could make Elon the world’s first trillionaire — and mint more new millionaires than any tech advance in history. And for a limited time, you have the chance to claim a stake in this project, even though it’s housed inside Elon’s private company, xAI.All the details are waiting for you now — but you need to act before the September 1st funding windo 10/29/202195,600 shares $1.72 million -0.6%1.9%6.9 $18.00 10/15/202196,200 shares $1.83 million -4.9%1.9%7 $19.00 9/30/2021101,200 shares $1.96 million -3.5%2.0%6.7 $19.33 9/15/2021104,900 shares $2.02 million -7.1%2.1%3.9 $19.25 8/31/2021112,900 shares $2.09 million +10.8%2.3%3.3 $18.55 8/13/2021101,900 shares $2.14 million +0.8%2.0%2.8 $21.01 7/30/2021101,100 shares $1.85 million -12.1%2.0%2.7 $18.30 7/15/2021115,000 shares $2.10 million -10.9%2.3%2.9 $18.24 6/30/2021129,000 shares $2.39 million +195.2%2.6%3.1 $18.51 6/15/202143,700 shares $926.44 thousand +12.6%0.9%1.3 $21.20 5/28/202138,800 shares $691.03 thousand -6.3%0.8%1.5 $17.81 5/14/202141,400 shares $801.09 thousand +143.5%0.8%1.7 $19.35 4/30/202117,000 shares $319.94 thousand +57.4%0.3%0.7 $18.82 4/15/202110,800 shares $216.54 thousand +42.1%0.2%0.4 $20.05 3/31/20217,600 shares $139.23 thousand +26.7%0.2%0.3 $18.32 3/15/20216,000 shares $90.90 thousand +11.1%0.1%0.3 $15.15 2/26/20215,400 shares $81 thousand +50.0%0.1%0.3 $15.00 2/12/20213,600 shares $45.22 thousand -20.0%0.1%0.2 $12.56 1/29/20214,500 shares $46.04 thousand +7.1%0.1%0.3 $10.23 1/15/20214,200 shares $43.01 thousand -40.0%0.1%0.5 $10.24 12/31/20207,000 shares $70.98 thousand +84.2%0.1%0.8 $10.14 12/15/20203,800 shares $35.00 thousand +52.0%0.1%0.4 $9.21 11/30/20202,500 shares $23.20 thousand -67.5%0.1%0.2 $9.28 11/15/20207,700 shares $67.80 thousand -2.5%0.2%0.8 $8.81 10/30/20207,900 shares $60.83 thousand -4.8%0.2%0.9 $7.70 10/15/20208,300 shares $62.83 thousand -16.2%0.2%0.9 $7.57 9/30/20209,900 shares $75.34 thousand -30.3%0.2%1.2 $7.61 9/15/202014,200 shares $100.80 thousand -14.5%0.3%1.8 $7.10 HQI Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is HireQuest's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of HireQuest shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of July 31st, traders have sold 213,000 shares of HQI short. 3.78% of HireQuest's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on HireQuest's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for HireQuest? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. HQI shares currently have a short interest ratio of 14.0. Learn More on HireQuest's short interest ratio. What is a good short interest percentage for HireQuest? Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 3.78% of HireQuest's floating shares are currently sold short. Is HireQuest's short interest increasing or decreasing? HireQuest saw a increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 213,000 shares, an increase of 0.3% from the previous total of 212,400 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. What is HireQuest's float size? HireQuest currently has issued a total of 14,100,000 shares. Some of HireQuest's outstanding shares are available for trading, while others are subject to various restrictions. The public float, also referred to as floating shares or "the float", are shares that publicly owned, unrestricted and available to trade on the open market. HireQuest currently has a public float of 5,640,000 shares. How does HireQuest's short interest compare to its competitors? 3.78% of HireQuest's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "business services" compare to HireQuest: Repay Holdings Corporation (7.94%), The RMR Group Inc. (2.55%), Next Technology Holding Inc. (0.34%), Nutex Health Inc. (25.57%), DoubleDown Interactive Co., Ltd. Sponsored ADR (0.15%), Sohu.com Inc. (0.82%), GRAVITY Co., Ltd. (0.12%), Absci Corporation (24.14%), International Money Express, Inc. (6.62%), Lightbridge Corporation (20.62%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ($70.87 billion), Invesco QQQ ($30.12 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($19.85 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($10.34 billion), Strategy Inc ($8.98 billion), iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF ($7.61 billion), SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ($6.81 billion), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF ($6.14 billion), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($5.97 billion), and Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($5.28 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short HireQuest stock? Short selling HQI is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from HireQuest as its price is falling. HQI shares are trading down $0.01 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against HireQuest? A short squeeze for HireQuest occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock appreciates in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of HQI, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is HireQuest's short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including HQI, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is July, 31 2025. 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