What is Barrett Business Services's free cash flow margin?

Barrett Business Services (BBSI) reported free cash flow margin of 1.5% in Q1 2026.

What is the long-term trend for Barrett Business Services's free cash flow margin?

Over 2 years (2022 to 2025), Barrett Business Services's free cash flow margin has grown at a 84.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 1.1% to 3.8%.

What does free cash flow margin mean?

Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditures) as a percentage of revenue, trailing twelve months. Measures how efficiently revenue converts into discretionary cash.

Barrett Business Services BBSI Free cash flow margin

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$307.0M+4.9%

Gross profit$43.2M+1.3%

Operating income-$6.5M-55.0%

Net income-$14.8M-1,350%

EPS (diluted)-$0.59-1,375%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$36.6M+14.4%

Total debt$25.6M+10.5%

Total equity$205.7M-3.6%

Total assets$783.2M+0.6%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow-$22.1M-524%

CapEx$5.7M+26.9%

Free cash flow-$27.8M-4,089%

Valuation

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Market cap$839.94M-20.0%

Enterprise value$828.93M-20.3%

P/E20.7×+0.5×

P/S0.7×-0.2×

Profitability

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Gross margin20.8%-1.0pp

Operating margin4.8%-0.4pp

Net margin3.2%-1.2pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity19.4%-6.5pp

Debt / equity0.1×0.0×

Current ratio1.2×-0.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Barrett Business Services’s reported figures.

free cash flow/total revenue=1.5%

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Barrett Business Services’s 10-Q, filed May 7, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Barrett Business Services's free cash flow margin?: Barrett Business Services (BBSI) reported free cash flow margin of 1.5% in Q1 2026.
What is the long-term trend for Barrett Business Services's free cash flow margin?: Over 2 years (2022 to 2025), Barrett Business Services's free cash flow margin has grown at a 84.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 1.1% to 3.8%.
What does free cash flow margin mean?: Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditures) as a percentage of revenue, trailing twelve months. Measures how efficiently revenue converts into discretionary cash.