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Employees: 141,802
Size Barrett Business Services (BBSI) is a United States Industrials company (Personnel Services) with a market value of $725M, the 2454th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $29.91 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 0.1%, against +22.5% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 6th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 5.6% over the last twelve months (peer median -0.3%); the operating margin is 4.1% (peer median 7.0%).
Valuation It trades at 18.2× forward earnings against a peer median of 15.1× (7th most expensive of 21).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 2% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +7%, so the hurdle is -5 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 37.5 points above its cost of capital (9.3% WACC).
Short interest Short interest is 5.1% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 3 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.27B | $1.24B | $1.14B | $1.07B | $1.05B |
| Revenue growth | — | +8% | +7% | +1% | — |
| Gross profit | $244M | $253M | $246M | $235M | $229M |
| EBITDA | $60.9M | $70.4M | $67.4M | $74.8M | $72.2M |
| Net income | $35.1M | $54.4M | $53.0M | $50.6M | $47.3M |
| Free cash flow | $15.5M | $47.2M | -$4.07M | $55.4M | $11.8M |
| Capital expenditure | $21.1M | $18.8M | $14.2M | $11.8M | $16.0M |
| Total debt | $24.5M | $24.5M | $21.4M | $21.2M | $21.2M |
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| Measure | BBSI | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -7.0% | -1.5% | 5th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +0.1% | +22.5% | 6th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -29.2% | -14.9% | 5th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +5.6% | -0.3% | 6th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 4.1% | 7.0% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 18.2× | 15.1× | 7th most expensive of 21 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 1.9% | 5.3% | 10th least demanding of 20 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +7.1% | +7.7% | 9th lowest of 20 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -5.2 pp | -6.4 pp | 10th most demanding of 20 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +37.5 pp | +7.4 pp | 3rd highest of 20 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -1.9× | -0.8× | 4th least indebted of 20 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrett Business Services BBSI | United States | $725M | 0% | +6% | 4% | 18.2× | 1.9% | +7.1% |
| Synergie SDG.PA | France | $753M | -3% | +5% | 3% | 11.8× | -13.4% | +8.2% |
| Beijing Career International 300662.SZ | China | $643M | -10% | +13% | 2% | 12.0× | 10.6% | +29.9% |
| UT Group Co.,Ltd. 2146.T | Japan | $868M | +22% | -13% | 7% | 16.1× | 6.7% | +7.7% |
| Michael Page PAGE.L | United Kingdom | $896M | +60% | -3% | 2% | 43.4× | 23.5% | +4.1% |
| Grupa Pracuj spolka akcyjna GPP.WA | Poland | $919M | +23% | +5% | 37% | 13.1× | -1.9% | +22.1% |
| Kforce KFRC | United States | $970M | +25% | +2% | 5% | 18.0× | 9.8% | -1.0% |
| Groupe Crit CEN.PA | France | $534M | -20% | +1% | 3% | 8.3× | n/a | n/a |
| dip 2379.T | Japan | $520M | -17% | -9% | 7% | 68.1× | -1.1% | +11.0% |
| HRnetGroup CHZ.SI | Singapore | $519M | -9% | +1% | 7% | 14.0× | -13.1% | +6.2% |
| Kelly Services KELYA | United States | $507M | +40% | -10% | 1% | 10.2× | 12.8% | -1.2% |
| Quess QUESS.NS | India | $505M | +41% | -12% | 2% | 17.1× | 16.3% | +7.1% |
| en Inc. 4849.T | Japan | $504M | +60% | -11% | 7% | 9.6× | 5.3% | +6.7% |
| SThree STEM.L | United Kingdom | $481M | +65% | -9% | 2% | 42.2× | 10.2% | +1.6% |
| Open Up 2154.T | Japan | $1.11B | +12% | -11% | 10% | 13.1× | -6.5% | +11.1% |
| JAC Recruitment 2124.T | Japan | $1.21B | +34% | +12% | 26% | 19.3× | -1.0% | +16.4% |
| Hays HAS.L | United Kingdom | $1.24B | +75% | -3% | 1% | 33.0× | 18.3% | +2.6% |
| Upwork UPWK | United States | $1.26B | +14% | -1% | 18% | 8.9× | -7.1% | +16.1% |
| SMS 2175.T | Japan | $1.31B | +33% | +8% | 11% | 31.1× | 19.2% | +12.5% |
| Fullcast 4848.T | Japan | $401M | +12% | +33% | 9% | 11.6× | -12.6% | +12.3% |
| Link and Motivation 2170.T | Japan | $376M | +4% | +11% | 13% | 17.5× | -0.3% | +6.2% |