What is Barrington Research's Estimate for BBSI Q2 Earnings?

Barrett Business Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:BBSI - Free Report) - Equities researchers at Barrington Research reduced their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for Barrett Business Services in a research note issued on Thursday, May 8th. Barrington Research analyst V. Colicchio now forecasts that the business services provider will post earnings of $0.65 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.70. Barrington Research currently has a "Outperform" rating and a $45.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Barrett Business Services' current full-year earnings is $2.00 per share. Barrington Research also issued estimates for Barrett Business Services' Q3 2025 earnings at $0.80 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.69 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $2.36 EPS.

Separately, StockNews.com raised Barrett Business Services from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Thursday.

Barrett Business Services Stock Performance

NASDAQ:BBSI traded up $1.00 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $41.45. 134,020 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 140,639. The firm has a market cap of $1.06 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.87, a P/E/G ratio of 1.21 and a beta of 1.02. Barrett Business Services has a twelve month low of $30.68 and a twelve month high of $44.97. The stock's fifty day moving average price is $40.39 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $41.50.

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

Barrett Business Services Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 6th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 23rd will be given a $0.08 dividend. This represents a $0.32 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.77%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 23rd. Barrett Business Services's payout ratio is currently 16.41%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Mawer Investment Management Ltd. increased its position in Barrett Business Services by 15.1% in 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 purchasing an additional 276,098 shares during the last quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans increased its position in Barrett Business Services by 272.7% in the 4th quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 1,631,644 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $70,879,000 after purchasing an additional 1,193,839 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its position in Barrett Business Services by 19.3% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 546,510 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $20,500,000 after purchasing an additional 88,350 shares during the last quarter. GW&K Investment Management LLC increased its position in Barrett Business Services by 2.1% in the 1st quarter. GW&K Investment Management LLC now owns 528,243 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $21,737,000 after purchasing an additional 10,627 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Northern Trust Corp increased its position in Barrett Business Services by 4.2% in the 4th quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 393,267 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $17,084,000 after purchasing an additional 15,900 shares during the last quarter. 86.76% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Barrett Business Services

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.