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Barrett Business Services, Inc. (BBSI)

Industrials | Staffing & Employment Services | Vancouver, United States | NasdaqGS
29.86 USD +0.30 (1.015%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 29.86

Short-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★☆☆ | Dividends: ★★★☆☆
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 3:06 p.m. EDT

BBSI is currently in a consolidation phase with recent price movements showing volatility around the 28.29 level. The stock has a modest dividend yield and a consistent payout history, making it appealing for income-focused investors. However, the forecasting model suggests a slight downward trend in the short term, which could be a buying opportunity for short-term traders. Long-term investors might find the stock's fundamentals and recent dips attractive, but the overall risk level is moderate. The options activity indicates a cautious market with some bearish and bullish bets, suggesting a potential range-bound movement in the near term.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.201723
MSTL0.202862
AutoETS0.205193
AutoTheta0.222279

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 38%
H-stat 4.58
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.022
Excess Kurtosis -0.19
Attribute Value
Sector Industrials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-03-12
Last Dividend Date 2026-03-12
Debt to Equity Ratio 10.146
Revenue per Share 48.425
Market Cap 765,151,296
Trailing P/E 14.36
Forward P/E 13.43
Beta 0.99
Profit Margins 4.39%
Website https://www.bbsi.com

As of April 11, 2026, 3:06 p.m. EDT: The options activity indicates a mixed sentiment. For the April 17 expiration, there is significant open interest (OI) in the 25.0 strike put with a high IV of 2.44, suggesting some bearish speculation. However, there is also OI in the 30.0 strike call, indicating potential bullish bets. For the August 21 expiration, the 30.0 strike call has notable OI with an IV of 0.81, which could imply a bullish stance. The puts for August 21 show OI in the 17.5 and 40.0 strikes, suggesting a range of views on the stock's future price movement. Overall, the options market is showing a cautious approach with some short-term bullish and bearish positions.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.29% 0.88% 1.00% 1.23%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-03-13 0.0800 0.290909
2025-11-21 0.0800 0.230173
2025-08-22 0.0800 0.164910
2025-05-23 0.0800 0.196071
2025-03-14 0.0800 0.202665
2024-11-22 0.0800 0.189161
2024-08-16 0.0800 0.234351
2024-05-16 0.0750 0.243164
2024-03-14 0.0750 0.257933
2023-11-16 0.0750 0.279120
2023-08-17 0.0750 0.325673
2023-05-18 0.0750 0.372969
2023-03-16 0.0750 0.355893
2022-11-17 0.0750 0.324352
2022-08-18 0.0750 0.363641
2022-05-19 0.0750 0.433599
2022-03-17 0.0750 0.411844
2021-11-18 0.0750 0.416385
2021-08-19 0.0750 0.423907
2021-05-20 0.0750 0.427279
2021-03-18 0.0750 0.449741
2020-11-19 0.0750 0.459390
2020-08-20 0.0750 0.536728
2020-05-21 0.0750 0.725266
2020-03-12 0.0750 0.677288
2019-11-21 0.0750 0.373689
2019-08-22 0.0750 0.373828
2019-05-16 0.0625 0.351292
2019-03-14 0.0625 0.345626
2018-11-21 0.0625 0.398381
2018-08-23 0.0625 0.363574
2018-05-17 0.0625 0.321382
2018-03-15 0.0625 0.327463
2017-11-22 0.0625 0.428993
2017-08-23 0.0625 0.569190
2017-05-18 0.0625 0.488886
2017-02-23 0.0625 0.457350
2016-11-18 0.0550 0.449403
2016-08-18 0.0550 0.531670
2016-05-20 0.0550 0.899466
2016-02-17 0.0550 0.734670
2015-11-18 0.0550 0.612344
2015-08-19 0.0550 0.735968
2015-05-20 0.0550 0.703366
2015-02-18 0.0550 0.650189
2014-11-19 0.0550 1.163122
2014-08-20 0.0450 0.364404
2014-05-21 0.0450 0.472189
2014-02-19 0.0450 0.333133
2013-11-20 0.0450 0.263516
2013-08-21 0.0325 0.239996
2013-05-22 0.0325 0.277580
2013-02-27 0.0325 0.358849
2012-11-28 0.0325 0.488057
2012-08-22 0.0275 0.543686
2012-05-23 0.0275 0.679816
2012-02-27 0.0275 0.813671
2011-11-22 0.0275 0.779114
2011-08-24 0.0225 0.785413
2011-05-26 0.0225 0.759172
2011-02-23 0.0225 0.789562
2010-11-23 0.0225 0.793837
2010-08-25 0.0200 0.764658
2010-05-26 0.0200 0.756338
2010-02-24 0.0200 0.874925
2009-11-24 0.0200 0.952411
2009-08-26 0.0200 0.985236
2009-05-27 0.0200 1.046132
2009-02-25 0.0200 1.259279
2008-11-25 0.0200 1.085871
2008-08-26 0.0200 0.714925
2008-05-27 0.0200 0.867940
2008-02-27 0.0200 0.656440
2007-11-28 0.0200 0.674790
2007-08-28 0.0175 0.397834
2007-05-29 0.0175 0.395729
2007-02-26 0.0175 0.403867
2006-11-28 0.0175 0.407550
Additional Data
dividendRate 0.32
dividendYield 1.07
exDividendDate 2026-03-13
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.32
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.010825439
lastDividendValue 0.08
lastDividendDate 2026-03-13
dividendDate 2026-03-27

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.24185687
Address1 8,100 NE Parkway Drive
Address2 Suite 200
All Time High 49.65
All Time Low 0.335
Ask 29.91
Ask Size 1
Audit Risk 4
Average Analyst Rating 1.7 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 176,440
Average Daily Volume3 Month 268,924
Average Volume 268,924
Average Volume10Days 176,440
Beta 0.985
Bid 29.62
Bid Size 1
Board Risk 3
Book Value 9.571
City Vancouver
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,735,603,200
Compensation Risk 5
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 29.86
Current Ratio 1.293
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 30.21
Day Low 29.76
Debt To Equity 10.146
Display Name Barrett Business Services
Dividend Date 1,774,569,600
Dividend Rate 0.32
Dividend Yield 1.07
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,772,056,800
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,772,056,800
Earnings Growth 0.002
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.024
Earnings Timestamp 1,772,053,200
Earnings Timestamp End 1,778,097,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,778,097,600
Ebitda 65,819,000
Ebitda Margins 0.05307
Enterprise To Ebitda 9.417
Enterprise To Revenue 0.5
Enterprise Value 619,830,272
Eps Current Year 1.8625
Eps Forward 2.22333
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 2.08
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,773,360,000
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 360 828 0701
Fifty Day Average 30.0754
Fifty Day Average Change -0.21539879
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.0071619595
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -24.185688
Fifty Two Week High 49.65
Fifty Two Week High Change -19.79
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.39859015
Fifty Two Week Low 25.33
Fifty Two Week Low Change 4.5300007
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.17883936
Fifty Two Week Range 25.33 - 49.65
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 739,805,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.19
Float Shares 24,229,495
Forward Eps 2.22333
Forward P E 13.4303055
Free Cashflow 70,952,000
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 141,802
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,775,001,600
Gross Margins 0.21035999
Gross Profits 260,912,992
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.04531
Held Percent Institutions 0.87852997
Implied Shares Outstanding 25,624,623
Industry Staffing & Employment Services
Industry Disp Staffing & Employment Services
Industry Key staffing-employment-services
Ir Website http://www.barrettbusiness.com/investor-relations
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,773,360,000
Last Dividend Value 0.08
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,719,187,200
Last Split Factor 4:1
Long Business Summary Barrett Business Services, Inc. provides business management solutions for small and mid-sized companies in the United States. It develops a management platform that integrates a knowledge-based approach from the management consulting industry with tools from the human resource outsourcing industry. The company also 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. In addition, it 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. The company serves customers in various industries, including construction, waste management and remediation services, manufacturing, transportation and warehousing, health care, leisure and hospitality, retail, professional and advisory services, and wholesale trade industries. Barrett Business Services, Inc. was incorporated in 1965 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Washington.
Long Name Barrett Business Services, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 765,151,296
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_328132
Most Recent Quarter 1,767,139,200
Net Income To Common 54,448,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 745,507,402
Number Of Analyst Opinions 4
Open 29.85
Operating Cashflow 65,955,000
Operating Margins 0.05767
Overall Risk 3
Payout Ratio 0.1538
Peg Ratio 1.07
Phone 360 828 0700
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 29.86
Post Market Time 1,776,456,604
Previous Close 29.56
Price Eps Current Year 16.032215
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 3.1198413
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.61690927
Profit Margins 0.043899998
Quick Ratio 1.007
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.66667
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.300001
Regular Market Change Percent 1.01489
Regular Market Day High 30.21
Regular Market Day Low 29.76
Regular Market Day Range 29.76 - 30.21
Regular Market Open 29.85
Regular Market Previous Close 29.56
Regular Market Price 29.86
Regular Market Time 1,776,456,001
Regular Market Volume 132,090
Return On Assets 0.050970003
Return On Equity 0.2355
Revenue Growth 0.053
Revenue Per Share 48.425
Sand P52 Week Change 0.36506534
Sector Industrials
Sector Disp Industrials
Sector Key industrials
Share Holder Rights Risk 3
Shares Outstanding 25,203,090
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.031
Shares Short 780,403
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 707,540
Short Name Barrett Business Services, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0321
Short Ratio 2.36
Source Interval 15
State WA
Symbol BBSI
Target High Price 43.0
Target Low Price 41.0
Target Mean Price 42.25
Target Median Price 42.5
Total Cash 157,187,008
Total Cash Per Share 6.237
Total Debt 24,453,000
Total Revenue 1,240,297,984
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.32
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.010825439
Trailing Eps 2.08
Trailing P E 14.35577
Trailing Peg Ratio 1.0659
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 38.5771
Two Hundred Day Average Change -8.717098
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.22596562
Type Disp Equity
Volume 132,090
Website https://www.bbsi.com
Zip 98,662