Barrett Business Services, Inc. (BBSI) vs Insperity, Inc. (NSP)

Barrett Business Services, Inc. and Insperity, Inc. are both Staffing & Employment Services companies. Insperity, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.9B against $736.5M — 2.6× the size. Barrett Business Services, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 23.6× against 685×. Barrett Business Services, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 4.70% against 2.12%. Barrett Business Services, Inc. has the higher net margin (2.44% vs 0.04%) and the higher return on invested capital (14.7% vs 0.00%). Both pay a dividend; Insperity, Inc. yields more (4.75% vs 1.06%). Across the 23 metrics below, Barrett Business Services, Inc. leads on 15 and Insperity, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric BBSI NSP Staffing & Employment Services median
P/E 23.57 685.48 23.57
P/S 0.57 0.28 0.28
P/B 3.50 43.63 1.24
Price to free cash flow 242.39 9.75 17.58
EV/EBITDA 13.04 26.28 11.38
EV/Sales 0.59 0.24 0.34
Earnings yield 4.24% 0.15% 0.15%
Free cash flow yield 0.41% 10.26% 0.39%

Profitability

Metric BBSI NSP Staffing & Employment Services median
Gross margin 19.43% 13.01% 25.01%
Operating margin 3.80% 0.29% 0.29%
Net margin 2.44% 0.04% 0.04%
Free cash flow margin 0.23% 2.86% 0.14%
Return on equity 13.94% 4.58% 2.93%
Return on assets 4.09% 0.14% 0.07%
Return on invested capital 14.65% 0.00% 0.32%

Growth

Metric BBSI NSP Staffing & Employment Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.70% 2.12% (2.94%)
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 5.05% (107.85%) (21.61%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.08% 9.70% 1.03%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 10.03% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric BBSI NSP Staffing & Employment Services median
Debt to equity 0.00 9.52 0.04
Current ratio 1.18 1.11 1.75
Net debt to EBITDA (2.23) (10.66) (0.08)

Dividend

Metric BBSI NSP Staffing & Employment Services median
Dividend yield 1.06% 4.75% 2.47%
Payout ratio 0.25 32.56 0.50

Size

Metric BBSI NSP Staffing & Employment Services median
Market cap 736.50m 1.94b 461.40m

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