Barrett Business Services Inc is a staffing & employment services business based in the US. Barrett Business Services shares (BBSI) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Barrett Business Services employs 121,660 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.
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- Does Barrett Business Services pay a dividend?
- Have BBSI shares ever split?
- Other common questions
Barrett Business Services stock price (NASDAQ: BBSI)
Use our graph to track the performance of BBSI stocks over time.Barrett Business Services shares at a glance
Latest market close | $73.54 |
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52-week range | $57.29 - $85.78 |
50-day moving average | $73.36 |
200-day moving average | $72.62 |
Wall St. target price | $106.25 |
PE ratio | 12.9202 |
Dividend yield | $1.2 (1.68%) |
Earnings per share (TTM) | $5.64 |
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Barrett Business Services price performance over time
Historical closes compared with the close of $73.54 from 2022-07-01
1 week (2022-06-24) | -3.07% |
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1 month (2022-06-03) | -0.77% |
3 months (2022-03-30) | N/A |
6 months (2022-01-03) | 6.27% |
1 year (2021-07-02) | 1.36% |
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2 years (2020-07-02) | 43.07% |
3 years (2019-07-03) | 80.97 |
5 years (2017-07-03) | 27.56% |
Is Barrett Business Services stock undervalued or overvalued?
Valuing Barrett Business Services stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Barrett Business Services's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Barrett Business Services's P/E ratio
Barrett Business Services's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 13x. In other words, Barrett Business Services shares trade at around 13x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Barrett Business Services's PEG ratio
Barrett Business Services's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.7938. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Barrett Business Services's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Barrett Business Services's EBITDA
Barrett Business Services's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $53.5 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Barrett Business Services's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Barrett Business Services financials
Revenue TTM | $983.1 million |
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Operating margin TTM | 5.1% |
Gross profit TTM | $204.5 million |
Return on assets TTM | 3.85% |
Return on equity TTM | 23.19% |
Profit margin | 4.37% |
Book value | $25.39 |
Market capitalisation | $533.4 million |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Barrett Business Services share dividends
Dividend payout ratio: 21.28% of net profits
Recently Barrett Business Services has paid out, on average, around 21.28% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.68% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Barrett Business Services shareholders could enjoy a 1.68% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Barrett Business Services's case, that would currently equate to about $1.2 per share.
While Barrett Business Services's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Barrett Business Services is investing more in its future growth.
Barrett Business Services's most recent dividend payout was on 2 June 2022. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 18 May 2022 (the "ex-dividend date").
Have Barrett Business Services's shares ever split?
Barrett Business Services's shares were split on a 3:2 basis on 19 May 2005. So if you had owned 2 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 3 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Barrett Business Services shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 33.3% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Barrett Business Services shares which in turn could have impacted Barrett Business Services's share price.
Barrett Business Services share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, Barrett Business Services's shares have ranged in value from as little as $57.2914 up to $85.7788. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Barrett Business Services's is 1.4569. This would suggest that Barrett Business Services's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
Barrett Business Services overview
Barrett Business Services, Inc. provides business management solutions for small and mid-sized companies in the United States. The company develops a management platform that integrates a knowledge-based approach from the management consulting industry with tools from the human resource outsourcing industry. It offers professional employer services under which it enters into a client services agreement to establish a co-employment relationship with each client company, assuming responsibility for payroll, payroll taxes, workers' compensation coverage, and other administration functions for the client's existing workforce. The company also provides staffing and recruiting services, such as on-demand or short-term staffing assignment, contract staffing, direct placement, and long-term or indefinite-term on-site management services. It serves electronics manufacturers, light-manufacturing industries, agriculture-based companies, transportation and shipping enterprises, food processors, telecommunications companies, public utilities, general contractors in various construction-related fields, and professional services firms. The company was incorporated in 1965 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Washington.
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Frequently asked questions
What percentage of Barrett Business Services is owned by insiders or institutions?Currently 2.525% of Barrett Business Services shares are held by insiders and 85.612% by institutions. How many people work for Barrett Business Services?
Latest data suggests 121,660 work at Barrett Business Services. When does the fiscal year end for Barrett Business Services?
Barrett Business Services's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Barrett Business Services based?
Barrett Business Services's address is: 8100 NE Parkway Drive, Vancouver, WA, United States, 98662 What is Barrett Business Services's ISIN number?
Barrett Business Services's international securities identification number is: US0684631080 What is Barrett Business Services's CUSIP number?
Barrett Business Services's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 068463108
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