Is HQI halal?
HireQuest, Inc.
Halal
HireQuest, Inc. passed every check under AAOIFI Shariah standard No. 21: no prohibited business activity, and all three financial ratios are within limits.
Checked: 14 October 2026
Exchange
NASDAQ
Price
18.165
Day
+3.80%
Market cap
$239.5M
Industry
Staffing & Employment Services
Sector
Industrials
What the company does
HireQuest is a franchised staffing company (HireQuest Direct, Snelling, MRINetwork): day-labor/temporary workers and permanent placement. Its money comes from franchisee royalties.
What was checked
The AAOIFI standard has four steps: business activity first, then three financial ratios. Fail one and the stock is not halal.
Business activity
No prohibited activity
Interest-bearing debt / market cap
limit 30%
Interest-bearing debt $2.20M ÷ 36-month average market cap $169.82M = 1.3%
1.3%
Pass
Cash & investments / market cap
limit 30%
Cash + interest-bearing securities $1.64M ÷ 36-month average market cap $169.82M = 1.0%
1.0%
Pass
Non-compliant income / total revenue
limit 5%
Interest income $511K ÷ annual revenue $30.64M (2025) = 1.7%
1.7%
Pass
Figures from the company's filings (2026-06-30), USD. Market cap is a 36-month average (the S&P Shariah index approach), so a one-day price move does not flip the verdict. Today's market cap: $239.54M.
For information (AAOIFI 3/1 note): cash + receivables are 55.1% of total assets (2026-06-30). AAOIFI recommends tangible assets of at least one third — this figure does not affect the verdict, and other major screeners do not apply it either.
In the lists
- In the S&P 500
- Not in the S&P 500
- Among halal stocks
- 0.00% · #1093 of 1454
- Held by funds
- Not held by any tracked fund
- Dividend
- 1.37% · purify 1.7% · net 1.35%
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