Start Time: 16:30 January 1, 0000 5:14 PM ET

HireQuest, Inc. (NASDAQ:HQI)
Q4 2023 Earnings Conference Call
March 21, 2024, 16:30 PM ET

Company Participants

Rick Hermanns - President and CEO
Steve Crane - CFO
John Nesbett - IMS IR

Conference Call Participants

Kevin Steinke - Barrington Research
Peter Rabover - Artko Capital
Mike Baker - D.A. Davidson

Operator

Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for participating in today's call to discuss HireQuest Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter and Year Ended December 31, 2023. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. A question-and-answer session will follow the formal presentation. [Operator Instructions]. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded.

I will now turn the call over to John Nesbett of IMS Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

John Nesbett

Thank you. I’d like to welcome everybody to the call. Hosting the call today are HireQuest’s Chief Executive Officer, Rick Hermanns; and Chief Financial Officer, Steve Crane.

I’d like to take a moment to read the Safe Harbor statement. This conference call contains forward-looking statements as defined within Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements and terms such as anticipate, expect, intend, may, will, should or other comparable terms, involve risks and uncertainties, because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the future. These statements include statements regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of HireQuest and members of its management as well as the assumptions on which such statements are based.

Prospective investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, including those described in HireQuest periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and that actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements. Except as required by federal securities law, HireQuest undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect changed conditions.

I would now like to turn the call over to CEO of HireQuest, Rick Hermanns. Please go ahead, Rick.

Rick Hermanns

Thank you, everyone, for joining today’s call. I’ll begin by providing an overview of our financial and strategic highlights from the fourth quarter and full year of 2023, and then I’ll turn the call over to Steve, who will share more details around our fourth quarter and full year financial results.