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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.

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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

Overview Business Profile Financial Analysis Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios 10-Q 10-K

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 0.44

Total sells 0.79

Totals in millions of $.

	Dec 25			Mar 26			Jun 26			Sep 26
Buy	2	—	—	—	4	—	1	—	—	—	—	—
Sell	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	—

Insider Ownership 4.67%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 779.89

Revenue 1,266.35

Net Income 35.08

Free Cash Flow 15.52

Net Debt (67.89)

Current Ratio 1.14

Debt/Equity 0.00

P/E ratio 22.82

Fwd P/E 21.50

P/S ratio 0.61

P/B ratio 3.79

Past 5Y EPS Growth 13.64%

This Y EPS Growth (35.70%)

Next Y EPS Growth 49.91%

Next Y revenue growth 4.01%

Next 5Y EPS Growth 12.64%

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Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years

P/E against its own 10 years 89.51%

10-year low 10-year high

P/S against its own 10 years 54.39%

10-year low 10-year high

P/B against its own 10 years 37.78%

10-year low 10-year high

EV/Sales against its own 10 years 81.16%

10-year low 10-year high

EV/FCF against its own 10 years 97.03%

10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.24

Annual Dividend Rate 0.32

Annual Dividend Yield 1.01%

	total	individual payouts
2027	Powerpack
2026	0.32	0.08 0.08 0.08
2025	0.32	0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08
2024	0.31	0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08
2023	0.30	0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08
2022	0.30	0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08
2021	0.30	0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08
2020	0.30	0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08
2019	0.28	0.06 0.06 0.08 0.08
2018	0.25	0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06
2017	0.25	0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06
2016	0.22	0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06

predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

	2023	2024	2025	Q'26
Cash	152	122	157	68
Receivables	179	237	252	301
Inventory	—	—	—	—
Other	97	98	97	72
	448	475	525	466

	2023	2024	2025	Q'26
Payables	7	7	7	7
ST’ Debt	—	—	—	—
Other	50	39	33	30
	343	359	406	408

Compound Annual Growth %

	10y	5y	3y
Sales	5.29%	7.08%	5.56%
Cash Flow	(4.14%)	0.00%	33.41%
Earnings	7.88%	10.03%	4.83%
Book Value	16.02%	3.98%	10.66%

Revenue $m

	Mar	Jun	Sep	Dec	Year
’26	307	319	—	—	—
’25	293	308	319	321	1,240
’24	266	280	294	305	1,145
’23	255	265	273	277	1,069
’22	246	262	274	272	1,054
’21	218	233	247	257	955
’20	219	201	228	233	881

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

	Mar	Jun	Sep	Dec	Year
’26	(22)	(56)	—	—	—
’25	5	(54)	38	76	66
’24	9	(51)	(1)	53	10
’23	(27)	3	33	57	67
’22	(30)	(7)	34	31	28
’21	(8)	11	(63)	45	(15)
’20	1	(115)	36	51	(28)

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

	Mar	Jun	Sep	Dec	Year
’26	(28)	(61)	—	—	—
’25	1	(58)	34	71	47
’24	6	(56)	(4)	50	(4)
’23	(30)	1	31	54	56
’22	(37)	(9)	31	26	12
’21	(10)	9	(65)	43	(22)
’20	(2)	(118)	34	49	(37)

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

	Mar	Jun	Sep	Dec	Year
’26	(0.59)	0.52	—	—	—
’25	(0.04)	0.70	0.79	0.64	2.08
’24	0.00	0.62	0.74	0.63	1.98
’23	0.03	0.62	0.67	0.54	1.85
’22	0.01	0.62	0.61	0.41	1.64
’21	(0.15)	0.56	0.49	0.35	1.25
’20	(0.11)	0.38	0.60	0.23	1.10

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Group	Line	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026e
Price, $
Price, $	Low	5.64	11.13	13.28	13.70	6.81	15.58	14.44	19.06	27.06	33.01	Analyst estimates 2026–2028 Powerpack
	High	16.73	17.33	24.69	23.91	23.26	21.71	25.20	29.85	44.39	49.65
People
People	Employees	115,746	124,212	195,000	127,085	115,075	121,660	127,141	130,513	3,658	3,197
	Revenue/emp, $m	0.01	0.01	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.31	0.39
Income, $m
Income, $m	Revenue	841	920	941	942	881	955	1,054	1,069	1,145	1,240
	Gross margin, %	17.31	17.22	19.84	22.10	20.77	21.41	22.27	22.68	22.13	21.04
	EBT	26	34	45	61	43	51	65	69	71	71
	EBT margin, %	3.04	3.73	4.76	6.49	4.84	5.30	6.19	6.45	6.19	5.76
	Net income	19	25	38	48	34	38	47	51	53	54
	Depreciation	3	5	4	4	5	5	6	7	8	8
Per share, $
Per share, $	Revenue	29.08	31.63	32.03	31.62	29.06	31.67	36.97	39.72	43.89	48.42
	Earnings	0.65	0.87	1.30	1.62	1.12	1.26	1.66	1.88	2.03	2.13
	Cash flow	2.78	3.88	2.38	2.59	(0.92)	(0.51)	0.97	2.50	0.39	2.58
	Capex	(0.20)	(0.13)	(0.18)	(0.36)	(0.28)	(0.23)	(0.56)	(0.43)	(0.54)	(0.73)
	Free cash flow	2.58	3.75	2.20	2.23	(1.21)	(0.74)	0.41	2.06	(0.16)	1.84
	Book value	2.41	3.05	4.05	5.76	6.54	6.91	6.24	7.40	8.49	9.41
	Shares, m	29	29	29	30	30	30	29	27	26	26
Valuation, ×
Valuation, ×	P/E	24.86	18.46	11.09	13.96	15.40	13.65	13.86	15.21	21.35	17.00
	P/S	0.55	0.50	0.45	0.72	0.59	0.55	0.63	0.72	0.99	0.75
	P/B	6.68	5.22	3.53	3.92	2.61	2.50	3.73	3.89	5.12	3.85
	EV/Sales	0.43	0.33	0.29	0.46	0.29	0.32	0.51	0.62	0.98	0.70
	EV/FCF	4.89	2.78	4.15	6.54	(6.94)	(13.73)	45.45	11.96	(275.30)	18.31
Cash, $m
Cash, $m	Operating cash flow	80	113	70	77	(28)	(15)	28	67	10	66
	Capex	(6)	(4)	(5)	(11)	(9)	(7)	(16)	(12)	(14)	(19)
	Free cash flow	75	109	65	66	(37)	(22)	12	56	(4)	47
Balance, $m
Balance, $m	Working capital	(40)	(14)	(5)	82	117	91	120	104	117	119
	Total debt	5	4	4	4	4	4	21	—	—	—
	Net debt	(100)	(160)	(152)	(240)	(263)	(230)	(160)	(152)	(122)	(157)
	Shareholders’ equity	70	89	119	172	198	209	178	199	221	241
Returns, %
Returns, %	ROA	3.49	3.98	5.29	5.97	4.13	5.00	6.59	7.19	7.22	7.14
	ROIC	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	203.71	80.75	37.53	46.36
	ROE	30.26	31.75	36.62	33.21	18.25	18.72	24.47	26.85	25.20	23.55

Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

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BBSI Barrett Business Services, Inc.	$779.9M	22.8×	21.5×	+3.77% (above 0%: growing)	−26.39% (below 0%: shrinking)	−5.41% (below 0%: shrinking)	20.31%	4.82%
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KELYA Kelly Services, Inc.	$582.7M	— (loss-making)	19.2×	−5.77% (below 0%: shrinking)	−40.38% (below 0%: shrinking)	−48.93% (below 0%: shrinking)	20.42%	1.55%	Compare
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Median of peers	$710.4M	24.0×	19.3×	+4.55%	−8.32%	−43.21%	20.55%	1.93%

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Barrett Business Services, Inc. (BBSI) key facts

Strength: Barrett Business Services, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.2 billion, up 8.37% from fiscal 2024.
Strength: Net income was $54.4 million, or $2.13 per share (basic), a net margin of 4.39%.
Barrett Business Services, Inc. (BBSI) is a Staffing & Employment Services company in the Industrials sector, listed on Nasdaq.
As of October 9, 2026, BBSI traded at $31.72, a market capitalization of $779.9 million.
At that price the stock trades at 22.8× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 0.6× sales; its P/E is higher than 90% of its own readings over the past ten years.
Barrett Business Services, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share, a yield of 1.01%, with a payout ratio of 23.5%.
Return on equity was 23.6% and debt-to-equity 0.00.
Its Piotroski F-score is 6 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 3.44 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.