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Barrett Business Services BBSI Price / earnings

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Other financials

Income statement

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

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

Operating cash flow-$22.1M-524%

CapEx$5.7M+26.9%

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

Valuation

Market cap$839.94M-20.0%

Enterprise value$828.93M-20.3%

P/S0.7×-0.2×

Profitability

Gross margin20.8%-1.0pp

Operating margin4.8%-0.4pp

Net margin3.2%-1.2pp

FCF margin1.5%—

Returns & leverage

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.

market cap/net income=18.1×

Based on the most recent quarter.

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 price / earnings?: Barrett Business Services (BBSI) reported price / earnings of 18.1× in Q1 2026.
How has Barrett Business Services's price / earnings changed year-over-year?: Barrett Business Services's price / earnings decreased by 11.4% year-over-year, from 20.4× to 18.1×.
What is the long-term trend for Barrett Business Services's price / earnings?: Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Barrett Business Services's price / earnings has grown at a 35.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 3.8× to 17×.
What does price / earnings mean?: Market capitalization at the quarter end divided by trailing-twelve-month net income. The price the market pays for each dollar of trailing earnings.