BBSI
Barrett Business Services Inc Industrials Services-Help Supply Services Russell 3000
$32.53Close
$819.1MMarket cap
$26.62 – $40.9552-week range
Nov 4, 2026Next report · after the close
Highlights
Cautions
- Not in an uptrend 2 of 8 trend conditions
- Lagging the market RS 23 · weaker than 77% of stocks over 12 months
- Earnings shrinking EPS −26% year on year
- Results soon Nov 4, 2026, in 3 days
Price
Filing Results Screen pick 52-week high and low Adjusted prices
Key figures
Off 12-month high
21%
1wk
down 2.1%
price change
1mo
up 7.5%
price change
12-month return
down 18%
market up 11% ·
its own down 29%
F-score
6 / 9
Mixed
Altman Z″
2.87
Low risk
P/E
15.0×
price / earnings
PEG
3.02
P/E / EPS growth
P/B
3.4×
price / book
Earnings yield
up 8.6%
EBIT / enterprise value
Cheaper than
69%
of the market · cheap
Revenue growth
up 8%
year on year
EPS growth
down 26%
latest quarter
Sales growth
up 4%
latest quarter · -1 pts
ROE
up 24%
return on equity
Free cash margin
up 4%
$47.2M FCF
D/E
—
long-term debt / equity
Net debt / EBITDA
-1.3×
net cash
Interest cover
—EBIT / interest
Piotroski tests
- profitability slipped from last year
- short-term liquidity weakened
- gross margin narrowed
- profitable on its assets
- generating cash from operations
- profits backed by cash
- reduced long-term debt
- no new shares issued
- assets working harder
Repair signals
- FCF turned positive ($-4M → $47M)
Trade setup
ATR%
2.8%
$0.93 a day · 2×ATR $30.68
RS
23 / 99
vs the universe
Trend
2 / 8
trend template
Relative volume
0.6×
vs 50-day average
Up/down volume
0.99
50 sessions
Implied move
—
no option chain · report Nov 4, 2026
Trend template · 2 of 8
- 150-day average above the 200-day: passes
- Within 25% of the 52-week high: passes
Screen verdict
Did not qualify for any screen.
Warning signs
- Gross margin narrowing Gross margin fell from 22.1% to 21.0%. The company is keeping less of each dollar of sales than it did a year ago.
Last reported
Aug 5, 2026
Last shock
Aug 6, 2026-18% in one session2.9× volumeon results-1% since
Financials
- Gross 21%
- Net 4%
- Free cash 4%
- Cash
- Long-term debt
| FY2020Dec 31, 2020 | FY2021Dec 31, 2021 | FY2022Dec 31, 2022 | FY2023Dec 31, 2023 | FY2024Dec 31, 2024 | FY2025Dec 31, 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $880.8M | $955.2M | $1.1B | $1.1B | $1.1B | $1.2B |
| Gross margin | 21% | 21% | 22% | 23% | 22% | 21% |
| Operating income | $36.1M | $43.9M | $59.0M | $60.6M | $59.8M | $62.2M |
| Net income | $33.8M | $38.1M | $47.3M | $50.6M | $53.0M | $54.4M |
| Net margin | 4% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 4% |
| Earnings per share | $1.10 | $1.25 | $1.64 | $1.85 | $1.98 | $2.08 |
| Free cash flow | -$36.5M | -$22.3M | $11.8M | $55.4M | -$4.1M | $47.2M |
| Free cash margin | -4% | -2% | 1% | 5% | -0% | 4% |
| Cash | $68.7M | $69.4M | $91.4M | $71.2M | $55.4M | $95.0M |
| Long-term debt | $3.5M | $0 | — | — | — | — |
| Shareholders' equity | $198.2M | $208.5M | $177.8M | $199.1M | $221.4M | $241.0M |
| Shares outstanding | 30.26m | 29.66m | 27.48m | 26.29m | 25.78m | 25.18m |
Filings
| Filed | Report | Period to | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 30, 2026 | 37d |
| May 7, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 31, 2026 | 37d |
| Feb 26, 2026 | Annual ↗ | Dec 31, 2025 | 57d |
| Nov 6, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Sep 30, 2025 | 37d |
| Aug 7, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 30, 2025 | 38d |
| May 8, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 31, 2025 | 38d |
| Feb 28, 2025 | Annual ↗ | Dec 31, 2024 | 59d |
| Nov 7, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Sep 30, 2024 | 38d |
| Aug 1, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 30, 2024 | 32d |
| May 2, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 31, 2024 | 32d |
| Mar 1, 2024 | Annual ↗ | Dec 31, 2023 | 61d |
| Nov 2, 2023 | Quarterly ↗ | Sep 30, 2023 | 33d |
Current reports
| Filed | Disclosed |
|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | Results · Regulation FD ↗ |
| Jun 3, 2026 | Director or officer change · Shareholder vote ↗ |
| May 6, 2026 | Results · Regulation FD ↗ |
| Mar 31, 2026 | Other events ↗ |
| Feb 25, 2026 | Results · Regulation FD ↗ |
| Nov 5, 2025 | Results · Regulation FD ↗ |
| Sep 23, 2025 | Material agreement · New obligation ↗ |
| Aug 6, 2025 | Results · Regulation FD ↗ |
| Jun 4, 2025 | Regulation FD ↗ |
| Jun 4, 2025 | Shareholder vote ↗ |
| May 7, 2025 | Results · Regulation FD ↗ |
| Apr 7, 2025 | Director or officer change · Regulation FD ↗ |