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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
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 (at or below 0.5: strong)
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%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y EPS Growth 49.91% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth 4.01%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 12.64%

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years
EV/Sales is 0.6×, against a ten-year median of 0.4×; over the ten years it ranged from 0.1× in 2020 to 1.0× in 2025.
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.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.7
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
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

Charts ten years each

Barrett Business Services, Inc. vs peers in Staffing & Employment Services (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
MAN ManpowerGroup Inc. $2.5B 23.7× 12.0× +7.54% (above 0%: growing) n/m +96.09% (above 0%: growing) 16.05% 2.30% Compare
NSP Insperity, Inc. $1.9B — (loss-making) 40.1× +1.69% (above 0%: growing) n/m +147.67% (above 0%: growing) 12.87% 0.36% Compare
KFRC Kforce, Inc. $937.5M 24.2× 19.4× +4.49% (above 0%: growing) +23.73% (above 0%: growing) −145.85% (below 0%: shrinking) 28.47% 5.37% Compare
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%
HHR HeadHunter Group PLC Sponsored ADR $761.1M 6.5× 7.9× +4.60% (above 0%: growing) n/m +41.15% (above 0%: growing) 56.09% 51.95% Compare
KELYB Kelly Services, Inc. $659.7M — (loss-making) — −5.77% (below 0%: shrinking) −40.38% (below 0%: shrinking) −48.93% (below 0%: shrinking) 20.42% 1.55% Compare
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
TBI TrueBlue, Inc. $278.9M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +11.78% (above 0%: growing) n/m −49.23% (below 0%: shrinking) 20.67% (0.26%) Compare
HQI HireQuest, Inc. $252.7M 29.2× 25.2× +6.04% (above 0%: growing) +150.00% (above 0%: growing) −37.48% (below 0%: shrinking) 100.00% 41.28% Compare
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.

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