BBSI
Barrett Business Services Inc
32.20$
+1.8%
vs. previous close
Closing price · As of: Oct 8, 2026
Statements
Ratios
Valuation ratios (P/E, P/S, EV/EBITDA and the other multiples) are based on the closing price at the end of each period, not on the current price. Margins and returns are shown in percent, multiples without a unit, per-share figures in the reporting currency, net debt in millions.
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| Line item | Q3 16 | Q4 16 | Q1 17 | Q2 17 | Q3 17 | Q4 17 | Q1 18 | Q2 18 | Q3 18 | Q4 18 | Q1 19 | Q2 19 | Q3 19 | Q4 19 | Q1 20 | Q2 20 | Q3 20 | Q4 20 | Q1 21 | Q2 21 | Q3 21 | Q4 21 | Q1 22 | Q2 22 | Q3 22 | Q4 22 | Q1 23 | Q2 23 | Q3 23 | Q4 23 | Q1 24 | Q2 24 | Q3 24 | Q4 24 | Q1 25 | Q2 25 | Q3 25 | Q4 25 | Q1 26 | Q2 26 |
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| 16.5 | 25.4 | 25.4 | 23.8 | 18.7 | 19.4 | 22.2 | 27.1 | 16.1 | 11.5 | 12.8 | 13.4 | 12.8 | 14.5 | 6.3 | 9.1 | 10.5 | 15.5 | 16.0 | 14.5 | 16.8 | 13.7 | 13.5 | 12.1 | 12.0 | 13.9 | 12.9 | 12.8 | 12.9 | 15.4 | 16.8 | 17.8 | 19.8 | 21.8 | 20.4 | 20.3 | 21.2 | 17.1 | 18.0 | 25.0 | |
| 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 | |
| 5.9 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.4 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 8.0 | 8.7 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.3 | |
| 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | |
| 9.5 | 13.4 | 13.8 | 12.9 | 11.5 | 11.4 | 13.7 | 19.2 | 12.3 | 9.4 | 10.3 | 11.1 | 10.6 | 11.0 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 6.5 | 9.6 | 10.7 | 10.1 | 11.3 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 7.8 | 7.2 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 9.4 | 10.6 | 11.4 | 13.2 | 14.1 | 13.2 | 13.3 | 13.7 | 10.6 | 7.5 | 12.4 | |
| 3.7 | 6.5 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 5.6 | 6.7 | 5.4 | 6.8 | 5.9 | 7.5 | 9.6 | 10.6 | 8.5 | – | – | – | – | 6.7 | – | – | – | – | 19.5 | 55.7 | 32.1 | 20.9 | 21.7 | 14.1 | 9.1 | 25.6 | – | – | – | – | 43.5 | 19.8 | 39.1 | 56.5 | |
| 27.3% | 15.3% | 20.4% | 19.2% | 18.6% | 22.3% | 17.8% | 14.9% | 18.4% | 14.7% | 16.8% | 13.4% | 10.4% | 9.5% | 11.7% | -21.6% | -17.2% | -7.0% | -8.4% | 15.0% | -2.8% | -4.3% | -8.6% | -12.7% | 5.1% | 1.8% | 3.1% | 4.8% | 4.6% | 7.1% | 10.9% | 3.9% | -0.1% | -0.4% | -0.9% | -1.1% | 2.3% | 5.1% | 2.6% | 1.8% | |
| Margins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17.6% | 17.3% | 16.9% | 16.7% | 17.1% | 17.2% | 17.6% | 17.9% | 18.3% | 19.8% | 21.3% | 22.0% | 23.2% | 22.1% | 21.8% | 21.6% | 20.8% | 20.8% | 21.3% | 21.8% | 21.4% | 21.4% | 21.8% | 22.1% | 22.1% | 22.3% | 22.2% | 22.2% | 22.3% | 22.7% | 22.3% | 22.0% | 22.2% | 22.1% | 21.9% | 21.8% | 21.6% | 21.0% | 20.7% | 19.8% | |
| 4.1% | 3.4% | 2.8% | 3.0% | 3.1% | 3.3% | 3.5% | 3.1% | 3.3% | 3.9% | 4.9% | 5.2% | 5.9% | 5.4% | 5.2% | 5.1% | 4.5% | 4.1% | 4.1% | 4.8% | 4.2% | 4.6% | 5.1% | 5.2% | 5.5% | 5.6% | 5.5% | 5.4% | 5.4% | 5.7% | 5.3% | 5.1% | 5.1% | 5.2% | 5.1% | 5.2% | 5.3% | 5.0% | 4.8% | 4.1% | |
| 2.7% | 2.2% | 1.8% | 2.1% | 2.5% | 2.7% | 2.9% | 2.9% | 3.3% | 4.0% | 4.8% | 5.1% | 5.7% | 5.1% | 5.0% | 4.9% | 4.3% | 3.8% | 3.7% | 4.2% | 3.7% | 4.0% | 4.4% | 4.3% | 4.5% | 4.5% | 4.5% | 4.4% | 4.5% | 4.7% | 4.6% | 4.5% | 4.5% | 4.6% | 4.4% | 4.5% | 4.5% | 4.4% | 3.2% | 2.8% | |
| 12.3% | 8.7% | 9.4% | 9.4% | 8.8% | 11.9% | 11.5% | 11.7% | 9.9% | 6.8% | 10.3% | 9.1% | 7.6% | 7.0% | 3.7% | -9.6% | -7.8% | -4.1% | -5.0% | 9.1% | -1.7% | -2.3% | -5.0% | -6.7% | 2.7% | 1.1% | 1.8% | 2.7% | 2.6% | 5.2% | 8.4% | 3.1% | -0.1% | -0.4% | -0.8% | -1.0% | 2.2% | 3.8% | 1.5% | 1.2% | |
| Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 35.6% | 27.0% | 27.1% | 26.8% | 28.2% | 28.3% | 36.2% | 32.3% | 31.7% | 32.0% | 37.4% | 34.6% | 33.4% | 28.1% | 29.3% | 24.9% | 19.4% | 17.0% | 17.7% | 19.2% | 16.7% | 18.3% | 23.1% | 25.1% | 27.1% | 26.6% | 27.6% | 26.3% | 26.4% | 25.4% | 26.2% | 24.8% | 23.6% | 23.9% | 24.4% | 23.9% | 22.8% | 22.6% | 19.8% | 17.2% | |
| 3.8% | 3.1% | 2.6% | 3.0% | 3.4% | 3.7% | 4.0% | 3.9% | 4.3% | 5.0% | 5.5% | 5.7% | 6.1% | 5.6% | 5.5% | 5.8% | 4.7% | 4.4% | 3.9% | 4.4% | 4.3% | 5.1% | 5.5% | 5.8% | 6.7% | 6.9% | 7.1% | 7.0% | 6.9% | 7.0% | 6.6% | 7.2% | 7.0% | 7.1% | 6.7% | 7.5% | 7.1% | 7.0% | 5.2% | 4.9% | |
| Balance Sheet & Debt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| -22 | -46 | -14 | -13 | -31 | -55 | -20 | -30 | -31 | -31 | -28 | -13 | -25 | -34 | -3.3 | -134 | -50 | -57 | -17 | 8.9 | -1.9 | -59 | -39 | -27 | -52 | -84 | -46 | -41 | -35 | -65 | -45 | -34 | -8.1 | -49 | -25 | -20 | -41 | -88 | -153 | -20 | |
| -0.6 | -1.4 | -0.5 | -0.4 | -0.9 | -1.5 | -0.5 | -0.8 | -0.8 | -0.7 | -0.5 | -0.2 | -0.4 | -0.6 | -0.1 | -2.3 | -0.9 | -1.2 | -0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | -1.0 | -0.6 | -0.4 | -0.7 | -1.2 | -0.6 | -0.6 | -0.5 | -0.8 | -0.6 | -0.5 | -0.1 | -0.6 | -0.3 | -0.2 | -0.5 | -1.1 | -2.0 | -0.3 | |
| 10.8% | 11.7% | 9.6% | 11.1% | 12.2% | 13.0% | 10.9% | 12.0% | 13.4% | 15.7% | 14.7% | 16.5% | 18.4% | 20.0% | 18.8% | 23.3% | 24.0% | 25.6% | 21.9% | 23.0% | 25.7% | 27.9% | 23.7% | 23.1% | 24.6% | 25.9% | 25.6% | 26.5% | 26.2% | 27.6% | 25.4% | 28.9% | 29.7% | 29.7% | 27.4% | 31.6% | 30.9% | 30.9% | 26.3% | 28.6% | |
| 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Per Share | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0.75 | 0.63 | 0.54 | 0.60 | 0.75 | 0.83 | 0.93 | 0.89 | 1.04 | 1.25 | 1.51 | 1.55 | 1.73 | 1.56 | 1.57 | 1.46 | 1.24 | 1.10 | 1.08 | 1.25 | 1.14 | 1.26 | 1.44 | 1.50 | 1.63 | 1.68 | 1.71 | 1.70 | 1.75 | 1.88 | 1.89 | 1.84 | 1.90 | 1.99 | 2.02 | 2.05 | 2.09 | 2.11 | 1.62 | 1.42 | |
| 27.46 | 28.17 | 29.65 | 29.20 | 29.79 | 30.34 | 31.98 | 30.63 | 31.00 | 30.81 | 31.56 | 30.37 | 30.31 | 30.45 | 31.35 | 29.86 | 28.95 | 28.65 | 29.04 | 29.83 | 30.62 | 31.59 | 32.88 | 34.66 | 36.44 | 37.40 | 38.03 | 38.73 | 39.17 | 39.67 | 41.11 | 40.93 | 41.76 | 42.99 | 45.38 | 45.75 | 46.61 | 48.12 | 50.13 | 51.25 | |
| 2.11 | 2.34 | 1.98 | 2.25 | 2.68 | 2.93 | 2.58 | 2.76 | 3.27 | 3.90 | 4.05 | 4.47 | 5.19 | 5.55 | 5.36 | 5.88 | 6.40 | 6.45 | 6.09 | 6.52 | 6.82 | 6.90 | 6.21 | 5.98 | 6.01 | 6.31 | 6.21 | 6.47 | 6.64 | 7.39 | 7.21 | 7.43 | 8.06 | 8.32 | 8.27 | 8.61 | 9.14 | 9.35 | 8.22 | 8.25 | |
| 3.38 | 2.45 | 2.78 | 2.76 | 2.63 | 3.60 | 3.68 | 3.59 | 3.07 | 2.10 | 3.25 | 2.76 | 2.32 | 2.14 | 1.16 | -2.86 | -2.25 | -1.19 | -1.45 | 2.71 | -0.53 | -0.74 | -1.66 | -2.31 | 1.00 | 0.42 | 0.69 | 1.04 | 1.04 | 2.06 | 3.47 | 1.28 | -0.03 | -0.15 | -0.37 | -0.44 | 1.02 | 1.83 | 0.75 | 0.63 | |
Showing the most recent 40 periods — older statements are on file for this stock.
Data as of: October 8, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.