Roth Capital Issues Negative Estimate for BBSI Earnings

Barrett Business Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:BBSI) – Stock analysts at Roth Capital reduced their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for Barrett Business Services in a research note issued on Thursday, May 8th. Roth Capital analyst J. Martin now forecasts that the business services provider will earn $0.82 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.88. The consensus estimate for Barrett Business Services’ current full-year earnings is $2.00 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Barrett Business Services’ Q4 2025 earnings at $0.69 EPS.

Barrett Business Services (NASDAQ:BBSI) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 7th. The business services provider reported ($0.04) earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.13) by $0.09. The company had revenue of $292.60 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $285.91 million. Barrett Business Services had a net margin of 4.55% and a return on equity of 25.28%. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned ($0.01) earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 10.1% on a year-over-year basis.

BBSI has been the topic of a number of other reports. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Barrett Business Services from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Thursday. Barrington Research reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $45.00 price objective on shares of Barrett Business Services in a research note on Tuesday.

Barrett Business Services Stock Performance

NASDAQ:BBSI opened at $40.45 on Friday. Barrett Business Services has a fifty-two week low of $30.68 and a fifty-two week high of $44.97. The company has a market cap of $1.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.35, a PEG ratio of 1.21 and a beta of 1.02. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $40.35 and a 200-day moving average price of $41.39.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Barrett Business Services

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans boosted its position in Barrett Business Services by 272.7% in the fourth quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 1,631,644 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $70,879,000 after buying an additional 1,193,839 shares in the last quarter. Mawer Investment Management Ltd. grew its position in Barrett Business Services by 15.1% during the 4th quarter. Mawer Investment Management Ltd. now owns 2,110,550 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $91,682,000 after acquiring an additional 276,098 shares during the last quarter. 4D Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Barrett Business Services in the 4th quarter worth about $5,430,000. Norges Bank bought a new position in Barrett Business Services in the fourth quarter valued at about $3,849,000. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its stake in shares of Barrett Business Services by 19.3% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 546,510 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $20,500,000 after purchasing an additional 88,350 shares in the last quarter. 86.76% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Barrett Business Services Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 6th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 23rd will be issued a $0.08 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 23rd. This represents a $0.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.79%. Barrett Business Services’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 16.08%.

Barrett Business Services Company Profile

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.