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BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES INC (BBSI)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES INC. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q2 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES INC

Barrett Business Services Inc (BBSI) provides business management solutions primarily for small and mid-sized companies. Its services include professional employer organization (PEO) offerings such as payroll, workers' compensation, employee benefits, and human resource outsourcing, as well as staffing and recruiting services. BBSI serves clients across various industries by partnering with business owners to manage human capital and reduce organizational complexity through a decentralized delivery model and a technology platform called myBBSI.

Snapshot

Revenue
$1.24B
Revenue growth (YoY)
8.4%
Net income
$54.4M
Diluted EPS
$2.08
Gross margin
21.0%
Operating margin
5.0%
Net margin
4.4%
FCF margin
3.8%
ROE
22.6%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
25.5×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$827.6M
Long-term debt / equity
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Barrett Business Services

  • Revenue grew 8.4% to $1.2B in FY2025, in line with the 7.0% the year before.
  • Operating margin is 5.0% in FY2025, +0.4 pp against 4.6% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q2 FY2026: revenue $319M, up 3.8% from Q2 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $47M in FY2025, 3.8% of revenue.
  • Net income rose 2.7% to $54M in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Barrett Business Services’s fundamentals sit among the 684 Industrials companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin21.0%
34th percentile of 466
Operating margin5.0%
50th percentile of 605
Net margin4.4%
54th percentile of 645
FCF margin3.8%
45th percentile of 562
Revenue growth (YoY)+8.4%
62nd percentile of 668
ROE22.6%
86th percentile of 600
P/E25.5×
52nd percentile of 434
Short interest2.87d
41st percentile of 676

Barrett Business Services’s return on equity of 22.6% ranks in the 86th percentile of the 600 Industrials companies reporting it.

No reported insider purchases (code P) in the last 90 days; 4 insider sales totaling $786,248. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 7 quant / multi-strat books among the superinvestors we track; no conviction manager currently reports a position.

Conviction investors
0
+7 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
4
2 new, 2 added
Reduced / exited
3
3 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$47.0M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$18.9M531.4KReduced
Point72 Asset ManagementquantQ2 2026$13.4M376.5KNew
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$6.5M183.2KAdded
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$6.2M175.7KAdded
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$909,34825.6KReduced
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$890,73525.1KNew
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$207,5795.8KReduced

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
0
code P
Bought (90d)
code P value
Sells (90d)
4
$786K
Reported activity
Net selling
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-07-07
Potts James REVP Gen Counsel & SecretarySell3.5K$38.00$133K
2026-07-06
filed 2026-07-07
Potts James REVP Gen Counsel & SecretarySell3.5K$37.55$131K
2026-07-02
filed 2026-07-07
MEEKER ANTHONYDirectorSell12.0K$37.85$454K
2026-07-02
filed 2026-07-07
Potts James REVP Gen Counsel & SecretarySell1.8K$38.00$68K
2026-05-13
Finn Mark StevenDirectorBuy1.0K$28.60$29K

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S) — which may be open-market or private; excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
936.8K
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
+14.6%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
2.87
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
326.8K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-14936.8K+14.6%2.87
2026-07-31817.7K+18.5%3.69
2026-07-15689.8K-21.9%3.45
2026-06-30883.6K+37.3%3.06
2026-06-15643.8K-1.1%2.72
2026-05-29651.1K+14.5%2.61
2026-05-15568.7K+0.5%2.31
2026-04-30565.9K+13.8%4.03

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$1.24B$1.14B$1.07B$1.05B$955.2M
Gross profit$260.9M$253.3M$242.5M$234.8M$204.5M
Operating income$62.2M$59.8M$60.6M$59.0M$43.9M
Net income$54.4M$53.0M$50.6M$47.3M$38.1M
Diluted EPS$2.08$1.98$1.85$1.64$5.00

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$95.0M$55.4M$71.2M$91.4M$69.4M
Current assets$524.6M$475.4M$447.5M$454.4M$406.7M
Total assets$779.1M$745.5M$721.5M$686.9M$747.0M
Current liabilities$405.9M$358.9M$343.3M$334.7M$315.4M
Long-term debt
Total liabilities$538.1M$524.1M$522.4M$509.1M$538.4M
Total equity$241.0M$221.4M$199.1M$177.8M$208.5M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$66.0M$10.1M$67.2M$27.8M$-15.5M
Capital expenditure$18.8M$14.2M$11.8M$16.0M$6.8M
Free cash flow$47.2M$-4.1M$55.4M$11.8M$-22.3M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q2 FY2026$319.3M3.8%$12.9M$0.52
Q1 FY2026$307.0M4.9%$-14.8M$-0.59
Q4 FY2025$321.1M5.3%$16.4M$0.64
Q3 FY2025$318.9M8.4%$20.6M$0.79
Q2 FY2025$307.7M10.0%$18.5M$0.70
Q1 FY2025$292.6M10.1%$-1.0M$-0.04
Q4 FY2024$304.8M10.2%$16.8M$0.63
Q3 FY2024$294.3M7.7%$19.6M$0.74

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNasdaq
SectorIndustrials
SIC industryServices-Help Supply Services
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ2 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2008
SEC CIK902791

Selected SEC filings

10-K2026-02-26
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10-Q2026-08-06
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10-Q2026-05-07
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10-Q2025-11-06
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8-K2026-08-05
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8-K2026-06-03
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8-K2026-05-06
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8-K2026-03-31
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.