profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Barrett Business Services
$31.03+0.91% today
-11.0% in 1 year
1-year low $26.831-year high $41.05
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $13.66 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
It holds more cash than debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Barrett Business Services sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $1.05 billion in 2022 to $1.24 billion in 2025, with $54.4 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Barrett Business Services handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks $42M
Free cash flow 2025$47M
Bought back its own shares$42M
Paid as dividends$8M
Cash vs. debt$95M vs. $24M
Barrett Business Services vs. similar companies
Barrett Business Services grows in the middle of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrett Business Services | 13.7× · Cheap | ||
 Robert Half International | 32.3× · Expensive | ||
 Korn Ferry | 14.9× · Cheap | ||
 TriNet Group | 19.3× · Fair price | ||
 ManpowerGroup | No profit yet |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Barrett Business Services's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,054 | 1,069 | 1,145 | 1,240 | |
| 235 | 243 | 253 | 261 | |
| 59 | 61 | 60 | 62 | |
| 72 | 76 | 79 | 80 | |
| 47 | 51 | 53 | 54 | |
| 1.64 | 1.85 | 1.98 | 2.08 | |
| 22.3% | 22.7% | 22.1% | 21.0% | |
| 5.6% | 5.7% | 5.2% | 5.0% | |
| 4.5% | 4.7% | 4.6% | 4.4% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 687 | 722 | 746 | 779 |
| Cash | 91 | 71 | 55 | 95 |
| Total debt | 21 | 21 | 21 | 24 |
| Total liabilities | 509 | 522 | 524 | 538 |
| 178 | 199 | 221 | 241 | |
| 29 | 27 | 27 | 26 | |
| 26.0% | 24.8% | 23.1% | 21.3% | |
| 26.6% | 25.4% | 23.9% | 22.6% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | 67 | 10 | 66 | |
| 16 | 12 | 14 | 19 | |
| 12 | 55 | -4 | 47 | |
| Dividends paid | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| 47 | 34 | 29 | 42 | |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
Valuation
- 13.7×
- 17.7×
- 1.63
- 3.6×
- 0.6×
- 15.8×
- 8.4×
- 6.3%
- 7.3%
- 1.1%
Profitability
- 21.0%
- 5.0%
- 4.4%
- 6.0%
- 10.9%
- 21.1%
- 17.8%
- 5.2%
- 18.8%
- –
Growth
- +5.6%
- +8.4%
- +1,258.3%
- +1.3%
- −4.2%
Financial health
- -1.8×
- 0.12
- 3.3%
- 704.3×
- 1.16
- 1.16
- 1.60
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 32%of 980
Bottom 25%of 986
Top 20%of 866
Bottom 42%of 986
Top 29%of 988
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $46.00
- Range
- $46.00 – $46.00
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2026 | -0.13 | -0.15 | +13.3% |
| Feb 25, 2026 | 0.64 | 0.64 | +0.0% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | 0.79 | 0.81 | −2.5% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | 0.70 | 0.65 | +7.7% |
| May 7, 2025 | -0.04 | -0.13 | +69.2% |
| Feb 26, 2025 | 0.63 | 0.62 | +1.6% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | 0.74 | 0.69 | +7.2% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 0.62 | 0.58 | +6.9% |
1.1%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$11a year at today's yield, before tax
+1.3%2020 to 2025
Raised2 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.22 in 2015 → $0.32 in 2025
How safe it looks
15.0% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 17.3%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
1/7Passes 1 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
70Pass
Benjamin Graham
59No pass
Philip Fisher
56No pass
Peter Lynch
46No pass
Joel Greenblatt
50No pass
Charlie Munger
57No pass
Terry Smith
46No pass
Questions about Barrett Business Services
Is Barrett Business Services a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. 1 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Barrett Business Services AI analysis
What does Barrett Business Services do?
Barrett Business Services, Inc. provides business management solutions for small and mid-sized companies in the United States. It is in Staffing & Employment Services.
Does Barrett Business Services pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 1.1% a year, about 15% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $8.18 million in dividends.
Is Barrett Business Services stock halal?
Questionable. Barrett Business Services sits in a grey zone: short-term investments may earn interest; type not reported. How we check
How has Barrett Business Services stock done over the past year?
Down 11.0% over the past twelve months, to $31.03. It traded between $26.83 and $41.05 and is 24.4% below its high.
Who are Barrett Business Services's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Robert Half International, Korn Ferry, TriNet Group and ManpowerGroup. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Barrett Business Services's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 12, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.