Barrett Business Services, Inc. (BBSI)

NASDAQ: BBSI · USD

$32.4

-0.14 (-0.4%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	785.9M
Revenue (ttm)	1.3B
Net income (ttm)	35.1M
EPS (ttm)	$1.38
Shares out	24.2M
P/E (trailing)	23.4x
P/E (forward)	17.4x
Dividend	$0.32 (0.99%)
Volume	91,867
Beta	0.94

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 1.3B
Net income (ttm): 35.1M
EPS (ttm): $1.38
P/E (trailing): 23.4x
P/E (forward): 17.4x
Market cap: 785.9M

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Calendar

Next earnings

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Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E17.4

P25 13.2P50 18.7P75 25.2

Trailing P/E23.4

P25 16.3P50 24.9P75 35.2

ROE16.3

P25 -18.2P50 6.2P75 16.4

ROIC20.2

P25 -10.4P50 5.2P75 12.3

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0000902791
Company name	Barrett Business Services, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	068463108
Earnings date	2026-11-04
Earnings time	amc
Employees	141,802
Employees change	6,075
Employees growth	4.48%
Enterprise value	$742.6M
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-06-30
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	December
Founded	1965
In index	RUSSELL2000
Industry	Staffing & Employment Services
IPO date	1993-06-11
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US0684631080
Last 10-K release date	2026-02-26
Last earnings date	2026-08-05
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split date	2024-06-24
Last stock split type	Forward
Market cap	$785.9M
Market cap category	Small-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-11-04
Options	Yes
Price	$32.43
Price currency	USD
Sector	Industrials
SIC code	7363
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	BBSI
U.S. state	Washington
Website	https://www.bbsi.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	17.82x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	16.37x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	18.63x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	16.52x
Earnings yield	4.26%
EV/Earnings	21.17x
EV/EBIT	14.22x
EV/EBITDA	13.19x
EV/FCF	47.85x
EV/Sales	0.59x
FCF / EV yield	2.09%
FCF yield	1.97%
Forward EV/Sales	0.56x
Forward P/E	17.44x
Forward P/S	0.6x
Graham number	16.23032
Graham upside	-49.97%
Industry forward P/E	15.87x
Lynch fair value	$6.92
Lynch upside	-78.68%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	162.37x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	30.33x
P/B ratio	3.85x
P/E ratio	23.45x
P/FCF ratio	50.64x
P/OCF ratio	21.48x
P/S ratio	0.62x
PEG ratio	1.31x
Price / tangible book value	5.04x
Price/EBITDA ratio	13.96x
Sector forward P/E	26.03x
Sector P/E	40.37x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	4.13%
EBITDA margin	4.45%
Effective tax rate	42.01%
FCF margin	1.23%
Gross margin	20.6%
Operating margin	4.13%
Pretax margin	4.78%
Profit margin	2.77%
Profit per employee	$247
Profitable quarters	1
Profitable years	11
Revenue per employee	$8,930
ROA	4.58%
ROA (5Y)	4.86%
ROCE	17.22%
ROE	16.33%
ROE (5Y)	23.76%
ROIC	20.21%
ROIC (5Y)	60.94%
SBC / revenue	0.84%
Tax / revenue	2.01%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth	-31.75%
EPS growth (Q)	-25.71%
EPS growth 10Y	5.89%
EPS growth 3Y	-6.04%
EPS growth 5Y	2.16%
EPS growth years	5
FCF growth 3Y	-18.45%
FCF growth 5Y	-28.48%
Gross profit growth	-55.48%
Gross profit growth (Q)	-2.31%
Gross profit growth 3Y	3.37%
Gross profit growth 5Y	5.61%
Net income growth	-34.87%
Net income growth (Q)	-30.26%
Net income growth 3Y	-9.16%
Net income growth 5Y	-1.69%
Net income growth years	5
OCF growth	854.52%
OCF growth 10Y	-8.86%
OCF growth 3Y	-4.48%
OCF growth 5Y	-16.3%
Operating income growth	-17%
Operating income growth (Q)	-33.13%
Operating income growth 3Y	-3.07%
Operating income growth 5Y	3.52%
Revenue growth	5.59%
Revenue growth (Q)	3.77%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	3.99%
Revenue growth 10Y	4.87%
Revenue growth 3Y	5.94%
Revenue growth 5Y	6.78%
Revenue growth quarters	11
Revenue growth years	5

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-21.1M
Depreciation and amortization	$4.1M
EBIT	$52.2M
EBITDA	$56.3M
EPS	$1.38
FCF per share	$0.64
Financing cash flow	$-70.2M
Free cash flow	$15.5M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$4.8M
Gross profit	$260.9M
Income taxes	$25.4M
Investing cash flow	$27.3M
Net cash flow	$-6.3M
Net income	$35.1M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$25.9M
Operating income	$52.2M
Revenue	$1.3B
Stock-based compensation	$10.7M

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	3.57
Book value per share	$8.47
Debt / EBITDA	0.37
Debt / equity	0.12
Debt / FCF	1.58
Goodwill	$47.8M
Interest coverage	312.8
Long-term assets	$245M
Long-term liabilities	$99.6M
Net cash (debt)	$43.4M
Net cash / market cap	5.52%
Net cash growth	-33.18%
Net debt / EBITDA	-0.77
Net debt / equity	-0.21
Net debt / FCF	-2.8
Piotroski F-Score	5
Property, plant and equipment	$97.3M
Shareholders' equity	$203.8M
Tangible book value	$156M
Tangible book value per share	$6.48
Total assets	$711.3M
Total cash	$67.9M
Total debt	$24.5M
Total liabilities	$507.5M
WACC	9.14%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	1.78
Current assets	$466.3M
Current liabilities	$407.9M
Current ratio	1.14
Net working capital	$-2.2M
Quick ratio	0.91
Working capital	$58.4M
Working capital turnover	16.75

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	4.29%
Dividend growth	0%
Dividend growth (10Y)	3.82%
Dividend growth (3Y)	2.17%
Dividend growth (5Y)	1.3%
Dividend growth years	2
Dividend payment date	2026-09-04
Dividend payment years	21
Dividend payout frequency	Quarterly
Dividend per share	$0.32
Dividend yield	0.99%
Ex-dividend date	2026-08-21
FCF payout ratio	49.96%
Last dividend	$0.08
Payout ratio	23.14%
Shareholder yield	5.27%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y price change	195.76%
10Y return CAGR	13.01%
10Y total return	239.63%
150-day SMA	$33.12
15Y price change	679.58%
15Y return CAGR	16.49%
15Y total return	886.74%
1D price change	-0.43%
1M price change	4.09%
1M total return	4.09%
1W price change	1.04%
1W total return	1.04%
1Y price change	-21.95%
1Y return CAGR	-21.15%
1Y total return	-21.14%
20-day SMA	$32.01
200-day SMA	$33.01
20Y price change	506.46%
20Y return CAGR	11.37%
20Y total return	761.22%
3M price change	-19.96%
3M total return	-19.77%
3Y price change	47.21%
3Y return CAGR	14.81%
3Y total return	51.35%
50-day SMA	$32.62
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
52-week high	$42.25
52-week high date	2026-07-28
52-week low	$25.33
52-week low date	2026-02-26
5Y price change	58.9%
5Y return CAGR	10.96%
5Y total return	68.2%
6M price change	6.24%
6M total return	6.78%
All-time high	$49.65
All-time high date	2025-09-05
All-time low	$0.34
All-time low date	2002-09-30
Average true range (ATR)	$0.93
Average volume	183.4K
Beta (1Y)	-0.16
Beta (2Y)	0.5
Beta (5Y)	0.94
Change from 52-week high	-23.24%
Change from 52-week low	28.01%
Change from all-time high	-34.71%
Change from all-time low	9,576.12%
Change from open	-1.25%
Day's gap	0.83%
Dollar volume	$3M
High price	$32.84
Low price	$32.43
Monthly RSI	46.67
Open price	$32.84
Position in 52-week range	0%
Previous close	$32.57
Price vs 150-day SMA	-2.13%
Price vs 20-day SMA	1.28%
Price vs 200-day SMA	-1.81%
Price vs 50-day SMA	-0.64%
Relative volume	0.5
RSI	50.48
Sharpe ratio	-0.46
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.48
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	0.36
Sortino ratio	-0.44
Sortino ratio (3Y)	0.81
Sortino ratio (5Y)	0.7
Volume	91.9K
Weekly RSI	46.57
YTD price change	-10.48%
YTD total return	-9.76%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	23.2M
Float percentage	95.73%
Shares change (QoQ)	-1.29%
Shares change (YoY)	-4.29%
Shares held by insiders	4.27%
Shares held by institutions	90.17%
Shares outstanding	24.2M
Short % of float	4.66%
Short % of shares	4.46%
Short ratio	5.2 days

Deeper analysis on BBSI

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Forecast

Base and Bull forecast paths with report-date return framing.

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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Barrett Business Services, Inc. (BBSI)

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