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Barrett Business Services, Inc.

BBSI Industrials Staffing & Employment Services

Barrett Business Services, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.2 billion, up 8.37% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 3.77%, EPS fell 26.4% and free cash flow fell 5.41%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for ten consecutive years, revenue growth for five; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

31.72 0.46 −1.43%
Market cap
$779.9M
P/E
22.8×
Fwd P/E
21.5×
Dividend yield
1.01%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
3.44
Beneish M
−2.54
Dividend safety
90/100
Dec '25 Dec '24 Dec '23 Dec '22 Dec '21 Dec '20 Dec '19 Dec '18 Dec '17 Dec '16
P/E ratio
17.00 21.35 15.21 13.86 13.65 15.40 13.96 11.09 18.46 24.86
Piotroski F-Score
6 7 8 8 6 3 7 7 6 3
Altman Z-Score
3.44 3.66 3.18 3.16 2.53 2.31 2.23 1.99 2.10 2.21
P/S ratio
0.75 0.99 0.72 0.63 0.55 0.59 0.72 0.45 0.50 0.55
P/FCF ratio
19.66 0.00 13.94 56.17 0.00 0.00 10.16 6.51 4.24 6.23
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers)
2.87 2.88 2.74 2.91 2.38 2.36 1.84 0.95 0.69 0.36
Beneish M-Score
(2.54) (1.95) (2.45) (2.49) (2.01) (2.33) (2.61) (2.61) (3.06) (2.62)
P/Operating CF
12.18 21.22 13.53 21.50 11.61 10.14 34.38 18.37 8.85 20.22
Dividend Safety Score
90 — — — — — — — — —
P/B ratio
3.85 5.12 3.89 3.73 2.50 2.61 3.92 3.53 5.22 6.68
Price to Tangible BV
4.80 6.53 5.11 5.10 3.24 3.44 5.44 5.90 11.30 21.28
EV/Sales
0.70 0.98 0.62 0.51 0.32 0.29 0.46 0.29 0.33 0.43
EV/EBITDA
12.27 16.61 9.80 8.23 6.20 6.19 7.98 6.51 8.58 11.34
EV/Operating CF
13.10 110.94 9.88 19.31 (19.77) (9.08) 5.63 3.84 2.69 4.54
EV/FCF
18.31 (275.30) 11.96 45.45 (13.73) (6.94) 6.54 4.15 2.78 4.89
Quick Ratio
1.01 1.00 0.97 0.97 1.23 1.35 1.20 0.94 0.94 0.84
Current Ratio
1.29 1.32 1.30 1.36 1.29 1.40 1.24 0.98 0.96 0.86
Net Debt/EBITDA
(2.23) (1.81) (2.25) (2.45) (4.67) (6.42) (4.42) (3.69) (4.51) (3.12)
Debt/Assets
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.47% 0.48% 0.46% 0.55% 0.64% 0.79%
Debt/Equity
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.04 0.05 0.07
Asset Turnover
1.63 1.56 1.52 1.47 1.26 1.08 1.17 1.31 1.46 1.56
Operating CF/Net income
1.21 0.19 1.33 0.59 (0.41) (0.83) 1.60 1.83 4.48 4.27
Capex/Depreciation
(2.27) (1.86) (1.65) (2.56) (1.28) (1.78) (2.78) (1.23) (0.68) (1.74)
Interest Coverage
363.53 335.85 365.36 418.26 118.07 29.06 28.22 35.16 95.66 35.86
ROE
23.55% 25.20% 26.85% 24.47% 18.72% 18.25% 33.21% 36.62% 31.75% 30.26%
ROA
7.14% 7.22% 7.19% 6.59% 5.00% 4.13% 5.97% 5.29% 3.98% 3.49%
ROIC
46.36% 37.53% 80.75% 203.71% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Return on Tangible Assets
29.27% 30.57% 32.75% 28.55% 29.84% 22.19% 42.57% 192.75% 231.15% (143.42%)
Average Days of Receivables
74.04 75.64 61.23 56.72 59.50 51.79 63.87 58.82 54.86 54.92
Research and Development Expense of Revenue
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Selling, General and Administrative Expense of Revenue
15.36% 16.24% 16.34% 16.09% 16.25% 16.11% 16.33% 15.46% 13.38% 13.48%
Intangible Assets out of Total Assets
0.06 0.06 0.07 0.07 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.07 0.08
Share Based Compensation of Revenue
0.84% 0.77% 0.79% 0.70% 0.56% 0.39% 0.76% 0.58% 0.45% 0.33%
Graham Net Nets
(0.01) (0.04) (0.10) (0.08) (0.25) (0.33) (0.39) (0.75) (0.62) (0.59)
Graham Number
21.24 19.72 17.74 15.34 14.03 12.77 14.50 10.85 7.70 5.93
Earnings Yield
5.88% 4.68% 6.57% 7.22% 7.32% 6.50% 7.16% 9.01% 5.42% 4.02%
Free Cash Flow Yield
5.09% (0.36%) 7.17% 1.78% (4.27%) (7.07%) 9.84% 15.37% 23.57% 16.04%
Revenue per Share
48.42 43.89 39.72 36.97 31.67 29.06 31.62 32.03 31.63 29.08
Operating CF per Share
2.58 0.39 2.50 0.97 (0.51) (0.92) 2.59 2.38 3.88 2.78
Capex per Share
(0.73) (0.54) (0.43) (0.56) (0.23) (0.28) (0.36) (0.18) (0.13) (0.20)
Free Cash Flow per Share
1.84 (0.16) 2.06 0.41 (0.74) (1.21) 2.23 2.20 3.75 2.58
Cash per Share
6.14 4.67 5.65 5.60 7.74 8.81 8.19 5.32 5.64 3.63
Shareholders Equity per Share
9.41 8.49 7.40 6.24 6.91 6.54 5.76 4.05 3.05 2.41
Interest Debt per Share
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Book value per Share
9.41 8.49 7.40 6.24 6.91 6.54 5.76 4.05 3.05 2.41
Free Cash Flow
47.18 (4.06) 55.52 11.81 (22.26) (36.52) 66.34 64.59 109.17 74.66
Working Capital
118.77 116.55 104.25 119.63 91.32 117.24 81.73 (5.06) (14.02) (39.78)
Capital Expenditures
(18.78) (14.15) (11.71) (15.97) (6.80) (8.61) (10.80) (5.19) (3.69) (5.65)
Net Current Asset Value
(13.43) (48.66) (74.90) (54.73) (131.70) (168.84) (265.28) (315.38) (285.42) (276.81)
EV/EBIT
13.90 18.72 10.95 9.10 6.96 7.01 8.60 7.25 10.14 12.61
Capex to Sales
0.02 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.01
Price to Operating Income
14.92 18.95 12.76 11.24 11.86 14.30 13.35 11.36 15.47 16.08
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Depreciation/Fixed assets
0.12 0.13 0.14 0.14 0.15 0.14 0.12 0.17 0.22 0.12
Cash ROIC
11.85% (1.18%) 15.80% 3.50% (5.00%) (7.79%) 15.80% 23.12% 42.42% 41.64%
Accounts Receivable Turnover
5.08 5.49 6.23 6.60 6.81 6.08 5.95 6.49 6.95 7.71
Accounts Payable Turnover
137.75 133.23 111.30 128.56 162.64 129.98 142.14 158.71 150.72 170.33
Inventory Turnover
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Average Days of Payables
2.77 2.78 2.91 3.68 2.18 2.48 2.98 2.10 2.47 2.60
Days of Inventory on Hand
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Average Receivables
244.39 208.29 171.62 159.77 140.35 144.94 158.25 144.97 132.42 109.03
Average Payables
7.11 6.69 7.43 6.37 4.62 5.37 5.16 4.75 5.06 4.08
Average Assets
762.29 733.52 704.24 716.95 760.95 817.94 808.51 719.29 632.19 539.33
Average Common Equity
231.20 210.27 188.49 193.19 203.38 185.02 145.42 103.94 79.26 62.12

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