# Barrett Business Services share price today (Barrett Business Services, Inc., BBSI)

> Barrett Business Services, Inc.'s share price, valuation and earnings point in different directions. The next one or two quarters should make it clearer. BBSI · Industrials · Staffing & Employment Services · data as of 3 November 2026. Page: https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/bbsi

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## Key numbers

- Business trend: Slowing from a peak, from the last 12 quarters
- Price: $32.73 (−19.1% in a year)
- P/E: 23.7× (higher than 73% of the last 1 year)
- Revenue (Jun 2026): $319 M (+3.8% on a year ago)
- Profit (Jun 2026): $12.9 M (−30.3% on a year ago)
- Operating margin: 4.8% (−2.7 points on a year ago)
- ROE: 23%, FY25
- ROIC: 20.2%, against a 9.1% cost of capital: +11.1 points

Biggest thing to watch: the P/E is higher than 73% of its own history, so the multiple has already done part of the work. ## What is the Barrett Business Services share price today? Barrett Business Services, Inc.'s share price was $32.73 at the close on 3 November 2026. That is 0.5% below its average price over the last 200 trading days. In the last 52 weeks it traded between $28 and $40, and at that close it sat 42% of the way up from that low. Over the past 13 weeks it has done better than the S&P 500, and it has stayed ahead for 1 week in a row. Over the last 1 year the share price moved −24% while the S&P 500 moved +21%, so it is behind the index over that whole period. The chart above shows the 13-week comparison for every week. This page treats a rise as over when the price closes below its 200-day average on two Fridays in a row. ## What dividend does Barrett Business Services pay? Barrett Business Services, Inc. paid $0.32 per share over the last four reported quarters. The most recent declaration was $0.08 for Jun 2026. At today's price of $32.73 that is a yield of 0.98%, based on dividends already paid, not a forecast. ## Which stock lists is Barrett Business Services on? Barrett Business Services is not in the Nasdaq 100, the S&P 500 or the Dow Jones 30, and is not on the US tech stocks list. ## Is Barrett Business Services profitable? Barrett Business Services, Inc. earned $12.9 M of net profit in the Jun 2026 quarter, −30.3% on the same quarter a year earlier. Full-year FY25 profit was $54.4 M. Over 4 years profit has grown 9.4% a year on average. That is 4.0% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned $18.5 M. 3 of the last 12 reported quarters were loss-making. For the full year, FY25 profit was $54.4 M (+2.7% on the year before). Why profit moved: revenue changed +3.8% on a year earlier and the margin moved −2.7 percentage points. Sales did the work while the margin got thinner. On average over the last four quarters, profit changed −9.2% and revenue +5.6%. Profit is growing slower than sales: rising costs are taking part of the growth. ## How much revenue does Barrett Business Services make, and is it growing? Barrett Business Services, Inc. reported $319 M of revenue in the Jun 2026 quarter, +3.8% on the same quarter a year earlier. That is the 11th quarter in a row with growth on the year before. Over 4 years it has grown 6.7% a year on average. The last full year, FY25, came in at $1.2 B. The last four reported quarters add to $1.3 B. FY25 revenue was $1.2 B, +8.4% on the year before. Recent pace: the last four quarters grew +5.6% on average, against 6.7% a year over the longer run, so this year is growing slower than its own long-run rate. Is growth speeding up? Revenue over the last 12 months grew +5.6%, against +7.5% a year over the last 8 quarters (stabilising); profit over the last 12 months grew −34.9%, against −15.7% a year (rolling over). ## How much of every $100 of sales does Barrett Business Services keep? Barrett Business Services, Inc.'s operating margin was 4.8% in the Jun 2026 quarter, 2.7 percentage points lower than the same quarter a year ago. Across 5 years it has been between 4.6% and 5.7%. The latest quarter is within that range. Why the margin moved: operating margin changed −2.7 percentage points on the year while gross margin changed −4.3 points. So the drop came mostly from the gross margin, which means input costs and prices charged. ## Is Barrett Business Services' profit turning into cash? Over the last 3 years, 91% of Barrett Business Services, Inc.'s reported profit came in as cash from its operations, so the profit is backed by cash. In FY25 it brought in $66.0 M of operating cash against $54.4 M of profit. After $18.8 M of spending on assets, $47.2 M was left over as free cash. Cash-flow figures here are yearly, because quarterly cash statements are not published, so this section changes once a year. Why: the cash figure is clear, but the day counts behind it are not in our data, so we show it without guessing the reason. What to look at next: the main use of cash is spending on assets. The next section checks what that spending is building. ## Where does Barrett Business Services' cash go? Barrett Business Services, Inc. does not report the customer, stock and supplier day counts a cash cycle needs, so this section looks at its spending on assets instead. It spent $44.8 M on assets over the last 3 years. Averaged over those years that is 1.2% of FY25 revenue a year. Nothing is estimated in place of the missing day counts, so no cash-cycle chart is drawn. Spending on assets: $44.8 M over the last 3 years. In short: the cash is going into new capacity, not getting stuck in the daily cycle. The question is whether the new capacity earns. ## What is Barrett Business Services' P/E ratio, and how does it compare with its own history? Barrett Business Services, Inc.'s P/E is 23.7×, near the high end of its own history: higher than 73% of past readings. Its usual P/E (the middle reading) is 21.4×, over 1 year of weekly prices. This compares the share price with the company’s own past. It does not say what the business is worth. Why the multiple is where it is: over the past year earnings per share moved +5.1% while the price moved −19.1%. Earnings did better than the price, which pulled the multiple down within its own range. In short: the multiple is high against its own past, so the earnings trend underneath matters more than the multiple. ## Is the Barrett Business Services business getting better or worse? Barrett Business Services, Inc.'s business is slowing from a peak. Profit and EPS growth have slowed sharply (profit growth from +8.1% at its peak to −34.9% now), while ROCE is still 16.4%. This is based on 12 quarters of 4 measures. Why it matters: slowing from a peak is where good stories often end quietly. ## How much does Barrett Business Services earn on its capital? Barrett Business Services, Inc. earned a ROE of 23% in FY25. That is up from a low of 18% in FY21. Its return on capital used (ROIC) is 11.1 percentage points above its cost of capital, so growth here adds value, not just size. It comes from a 4.4% net margin and 1.59× asset turnover (sales divided by assets). Why the return is what it is (FY25): a 4.4% net margin × 1.59× asset turnover × 3.23× leverage (assets divided by equity) ≈ 22.6% on equity. The margin does its share; borrowing is a big part of it. The key test, return on capital used minus the cost of capital: 20.2% − 9.1% = +11.1 percentage points. The 9.1% is an estimate of this company's own cost of capital. Read the sign and size of the gap, not the decimals. A gap this wide means each dollar put back into the business creates more than a dollar of value. The 20.2% ROIC above is the latest reading, as reported. The yearly chart below shows FY25 at 41.4%, and the quarterly chart works out each 12-month window from the quarterly figures, so the readings differ by date, not by method. ## Does Barrett Business Services have too much debt? Barrett Business Services, Inc. has total debt of $24.5 M against shareholder equity of $204 M as of Jun 2026, so its debt is 0.12× its equity, which is very little. Year by year, that ratio went from 0.12 in FY21 to 0.10 in FY25. So the returns on this page come from the business, not from borrowed money. ## What is the Barrett Business Services shareholding pattern? 5.3% of Barrett Business Services, Inc.'s tradable shares are in short positions, which are bets that the price will fall, so some traders are betting against it. At normal trading volumes, closing those positions would take about 5.5 days. US companies do not publish a quarter-by-quarter list of owners, so this page uses short interest instead. It is a single reading at one point in time; we do not have its history. Why it is at this level: the figure does not say who holds the short positions or why, so we show the level without guessing the story. ## How far is Barrett Business Services from balance-sheet trouble? For Barrett Business Services, Inc., the Z-score is 3.57. A Z-score above about 3 is safe and below about 1.8 signals danger, so this is well clear of danger. It estimates how far the balance sheet is from trouble; it is not a forecast of failure. Why it matters: a Z-score of 3.57 is well clear of the danger zone, so the balance sheet is not the risk here. ## How does Barrett Business Services rank in its industry? 32.1 out of 100, rank 9 of 11 in Staffing & Employment Services, with 81% of the evidence available. Barrett Business Services, Inc. scores 32.1 out of 100 against the 11 companies it is compared with in Staffing & Employment Services, ranking 9. The evidence is balanced: no factor stands out, so another reported quarter is needed before the picture is clearer. The four parts add up to the total exactly: 9.5 + 13.3 + 3.8 + 5.5 = 32.1. This is the same number shown on the industry page; it is worked out once for the whole group and read here. What would change it: The score would fall if profit growth turns negative or margins stop improving while the share price lags its sector. ## Which companies is Barrett Business Services compared with? Barrett Business Services ranks 9 of 11 Staffing & Employment Services companies on the 4-Factor Sector Score, with 32.1 out of 100. 1. [TriNet Group, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/tnet) TNET · losing its lead · Evidence leans up · 81% evidence 62.1 out of 100 Growth Capital Valuation Relative How the score adds up Growth & earnings 21.1/35 · Revenue -3.3% · Profit 21.5% · Operating margin change 2.3 points · 83% evidence Capital efficiency 18.0/25 · ROCE 21.5% · Operating margin 6.4% · 76% evidence Valuation 15.5/20 · P/E 13× · PEG 0.43 · 65% evidence Relative strength 7.5/20 · Lead over its industry -13.8% · Lead over S&P 500 12.5% · 1 year 14.9% · 100% evidence · 10 of 12 weeks ahead Exact sum: 21.1 + 18 + 15.5 + 7.5 = 62.1 · What this means: The evidence is balanced: no factor stands out, so another reported quarter is needed before the picture is clearer. 2. [HireQuest, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/hqi) HQI · leader · Evidence leans up · 71% evidence 62.0 out of 100 Growth Capital Valuation Relative How the score adds up Growth & earnings 23.1/35 · Revenue -6.3% · Profit 100% · Operating margin change 27.6 points · 83% evidence Capital efficiency 14.7/25 · ROCE 12.6% · Operating margin 41.3% · 76% evidence Valuation 9.8/20 · P/E 21.5× · PEG n/a · 15% evidence Relative strength 14.4/20 · Lead over its industry -2.1% · Lead over S&P 500 27% · 1 year 72.8% · 100% evidence · 12 of 12 weeks ahead Exact sum: 23.1 + 14.7 + 9.8 + 14.4 = 62 · What this means: The evidence is balanced: no factor stands out, so another reported quarter is needed before the picture is clearer. 3. [TrueBlue, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/tbi) TBI · losing its lead · Evidence leans up · 64% evidence 51.2 out of 100 Growth Capital Valuation Relative How the score adds up Growth & earnings 22.6/35 · Revenue 10.2% · Profit n/a · Operating margin change 2.6 points · 62% evidence Capital efficiency 3.3/25 · ROCE -5.4% · Operating margin 0.6% · 76% evidence Valuation 10.8/20 · P/E 10.1× · PEG n/a · 15% evidence Relative strength 14.5/20 · Lead over its industry 13.5% · Lead over S&P 500 43.7% · 1 year 95.3% · 100% evidence · 10 of 12 weeks ahead Exact sum: 22.6 + 3.3 + 10.8 + 14.5 = 51.2 · What this means: The evidence is balanced: no factor stands out, so another reported quarter is needed before the picture is clearer. 4. [Kforce Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/kfrc) KFRC · turning · Evidence leans up · 81% evidence 50.4 out of 100 Growth Capital Valuation Relative How the score adds up Growth & earnings 13.3/35 · Revenue -1.3% · Profit -16.3% · Operating margin change 0.9 points · 83% evidence Capital efficiency 17.1/25 · ROCE 18.7% · Operating margin 5.4% · 76% evidence Valuation 6.6/20 · P/E 21.5× · PEG 2.3 · 65% evidence Relative strength 13.4/20 · Lead over its industry 3.5% · Lead over S&P 500 32.6% · 1 year 91.7% · 100% evidence · 4 of 12 weeks ahead Exact sum: 13.3 + 17.1 + 6.6 + 13.4 = 50.4 · What this means: Relative strength against the index is 32.6%, and revenue and profit growth are weak. 5. [Korn Ferry](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/kfy) KFY · quiet · Evidence leans down · 85% evidence 49.7 out of 100 Growth Capital Valuation Relative How the score adds up Growth & earnings 18.7/35 · Revenue 6.9% · Profit 11.3% · Operating margin change 0.3 points · 95% evidence Capital efficiency 13.8/25 · ROCE 12.3% · Operating margin 11.8% · 76% evidence Valuation 12.7/20 · P/E 15.2× · PEG 1.19 · 65% evidence Relative strength 4.5/20 · Lead over its industry -22.1% · Lead over S&P 500 3% · 1 year 18% · 100% evidence · 4 of 12 weeks ahead Exact sum: 18.7 + 13.8 + 12.7 + 4.5 = 49.7 · What this means: The evidence is balanced: no factor stands out, so another reported quarter is needed before the picture is clearer. 6. [Robert Half Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/rhi) RHI · turning · Evidence leans down · 75% evidence 46.4 out of 100 Growth Capital Valuation Relative How the score adds up Growth & earnings 12.4/35 · Revenue -3% · Profit -21.3% · Operating margin change 4.5 points · 95% evidence Capital efficiency 9.8/25 · ROCE 0.8% · Operating margin 5.5% · 76% evidence Valuation 8.5/20 · P/E 30.4× · PEG n/a · 15% evidence Relative strength 15.7/20 · Lead over its industry 1.8% · Lead over S&P 500 32% · 1 year 65.8% · 100% evidence · 8 of 12 weeks ahead Exact sum: 12.4 + 9.8 + 8.5 + 15.7 = 46.4 · What this means: Relative strength against the index is 32%, and revenue and profit growth are weak. 7. [ManpowerGroup Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/man) MAN · losing its lead · Evidence leans down · 67% evidence 43.2 out of 100 Growth Capital Valuation Relative How the score adds up Growth & earnings 18.7/35 · Revenue 7.3% · Profit n/a · Operating margin change -0.2 points · 71% evidence Capital efficiency 9.8/25 · ROCE 9.9% · Operating margin 1.7% · 76% evidence Valuation 9.5/20 · P/E 21.5× · PEG n/a · 15% evidence Relative strength 5.2/20 · Lead over its industry -10.1% · Lead over S&P 500 14.8% · 1 year 58.3% · 100% evidence · 8 of 12 weeks ahead Exact sum: 18.7 + 9.8 + 9.5 + 5.2 = 43.2 · What this means: The evidence is balanced: no factor stands out, so another reported quarter is needed before the picture is clearer. 8. [Insperity, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/nsp) NSP · quiet · Evidence leans down · 64% evidence 40.7 out of 100 Growth Capital Valuation Relative How the score adds up Growth & earnings 13.3/35 · Revenue 2.6% · Profit -140% · Operating margin change 0.8 points · 62% evidence Capital efficiency 5.2/25 · ROCE -0.5% · Operating margin 0.4% · 76% evidence Valuation 11.5/20 · P/E -98.5× · PEG n/a · 15% evidence Relative strength 10.7/20 · Lead over its industry -5.5% · Lead over S&P 500 21.9% · 1 year 47.6% · 100% evidence · 7 of 12 weeks ahead Exact sum: 13.3 + 5.2 + 11.5 + 10.7 = 40.7 · What this means: The evidence is balanced: no factor stands out, so another reported quarter is needed before the picture is clearer. 9. Barrett Business Services, Inc. this page BBSI · turning · Most evidence points down · 81% evidence 32.1 out of 100 Growth Capital Valuation Relative How the score adds up Growth & earnings 9.5/35 · Revenue 5.5% · Profit -35.2% · Operating margin change -2.7 points · 83% evidence Capital efficiency 13.3/25 · ROCE 17.2% · Operating margin 4.8% · 76% evidence Valuation 3.8/20 · P/E 24.9× · PEG 3.37 · 65% evidence Relative strength 5.5/20 · Lead over its industry -30.5% · Lead over S&P 500 -7.1% · 1 year -1.7% · 100% evidence · 0 of 12 weeks ahead Exact sum: 9.5 + 13.3 + 3.8 + 5.5 = 32.1 · What this means: The evidence is balanced: no factor stands out, so another reported quarter is needed before the picture is clearer. 10. CALM Chain International Limited CCIL · Too little evidence to rank firmly · 11% evidence 57.2 out of 100 Growth Capital Valuation Relative How the score adds up Growth & earnings 21.9/43.75 · Revenue n/a · Profit n/a · Operating margin change n/a · 0% evidence Capital efficiency 22.8/31.25 · ROCE 112.4% · Operating margin n/a · 46% evidence Valuation 12.5/25 · P/E n/a · PEG n/a · 0% evidence Relative strength: no reading this week · its 20 points are shared across the other three Exact sum: 21.9 + 22.8 + 12.5 = 57.2 (no relative-strength reading this week; its 20 points are shared across the other three) · What this means: Some evidence is missing, so the score is pulled toward the middle on purpose. 11. [Kelly Services, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/kelyb) KELYB · turning · Too little evidence to rank firmly · 44% evidence 34.6 out of 100 Growth Capital Valuation Relative

Missing figures are not scored as bad. They lower the confidence and pull the final score toward the middle. Relative strength counts only when the company has a reading for this week; with no reading, that factor is left out and its 20 points are shared across the other three in proportion. PEG is not shown when the ratio cannot mean anything: the company must be making a profit, its price-to-earnings must be positive, and its three-year earnings growth must fall between 5% and 60%. Dividing a price multiple by a loss, or by growth measured off a tiny base, produces a number that looks precise and tells you nothing. Under relative strength, one mark per week shows the last 12 weeks: a mark is filled where the company led S&P 500 by 5% or more over the 13 weeks ending that week, which is the same test used everywhere on this site. Price stage places the company on the same six-step path the industry is placed on (basing, turning, breaking out, leader, fading, asleep), read from how many weeks running it has led S&P 500 and whether that lead is growing or shrinking. It describes where the share price stands, not the direction of earnings, and it is not a recommendation; it is left blank for a company whose weekly history is too short or too stale to read. The figures in this ranking come from the industry comparison: results through the Sep 2026 quarter, and the P/E at that quarter's end. The sections above use the latest weekly price, so a P/E or return there can differ a little from the one here. The stage words in this ranking (such as losing its lead or breaking out) describe the lead over the index, not the price phase in the price section. Related companies: [Staffing & Employment Services](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/sectors/staffing-employment-services), all 11 compared on one page. ## Which companies are close to Barrett Business Services in size? Barrett Business Services is the 7th largest of 10 Staffing & Employment Services companies on Sector Alpha by market value (scores of 3 November 2026). Just above it: ManpowerGroup Inc., Insperity, Inc. and Kforce Inc. Just below it: Kelly Services, Inc., TrueBlue, Inc. and HireQuest, Inc. ### Staffing & Employment Services companies close in size

1. [ManpowerGroup Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/man) $2.1 billion
2. [Insperity, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/nsp) $1.9 billion
3. [Kforce Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/kfrc) $968 million
4. Barrett Business Services, Inc. $793 million
5. [Kelly Services, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/kelyb) $602 million
6. [TrueBlue, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/tbi) $292 million
7. [HireQuest, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/hqi) $232 million

[All 10 Staffing & Employment Services companies, largest first](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/sectors/staffing-employment-services#all-companies)

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2. [Employers Holdings, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/eig) $810 million · Insurance - Specialty
3. Barrett Business Services, Inc. $809 million
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## What else do people ask about Barrett Business Services? ### What were Barrett Business Services's latest quarterly results? Barrett Business Services, Inc. reported revenue of $319 M and net profit of $12.9 M for the Jun 2026 quarter. Revenue rose 3.8% and profit fell 30.3% compared with a year earlier. Earnings per share were $0.52. The operating margin was 4.8%, 2.7 percentage points lower than a year earlier (as of 3 November 2026). ### What is Barrett Business Services's market cap? Barrett Business Services, Inc.'s market capitalisation is $793 M at a stock price of $32.73. Market cap is the share price times the number of shares, so it changes whenever the price moves (as of 3 November 2026). ### How is Barrett Business Services performing? Barrett Business Services, Inc.'s latest readings are below. In its latest quarter, revenue rose 3.8% and profit fell 30.3% compared with a year earlier. Over the past 13 weeks it has done better than the S&P 500, for 1 week running. This describes what the data did, not a rating (as of 3 November 2026). ### Will Barrett Business Services's stock price go up? This page does not forecast Barrett Business Services, Inc.'s stock price. What it shows instead: the stock price is $32.73. Its P/E of 23.7× is higher than 73% of its own last 1 years. Nobody can reliably say which way a price will move, and this site does not try (as of 3 November 2026). ### Where is Barrett Business Services in its business cycle? Barrett Business Services, Inc.'s FY25 operating margin was 5.0%, against a 5-year range of 4.6% to 5.7%: the middle of its own range, neither a peak nor a low. The latest quarter was 4.8%. Comparing margins with a company's own long history is a good way to see where it is in its cycle (as of 3 November 2026). ### What could break the Barrett Business Services story? Biggest thing to watch: the P/E is higher than 73% of its own history, so the multiple has already done part of the work. On price, this page treats a rise as over when the share price closes below its 200-day average on two Fridays in a row (as of 3 November 2026). ### Is Barrett Business Services a stock worth studying right now? What the numbers show: Barrett Business Services, Inc.'s share price, valuation and earnings point in different directions. The next one or two quarters should make it clearer. The main open question: the next one or two quarters of results. Every number on this page is worked out by code from the published figures, with no forecasts and no price opinions (as of 3 November 2026). This is research, not advice. We’re not SEBI-registered.