NASDAQ:BBSI - Barrett Business Services Stock Price, Forecast & News

Barrett Business Services trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "BBSI."

Barrett Business Services announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 7th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 22nd will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Friday, December 6th. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.38%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 21st. View Barrett Business Services' Dividend History.

Barrett Business Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:BBSI) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November, 5th. The business services provider reported $3.24 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.30 by $0.94. The business services provider had revenue of $1.55 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.55 billion. Barrett Business Services had a return on equity of 39.84% and a net margin of 5.72%. View Barrett Business Services' Earnings History.

Barrett Business Services is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 25th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Barrett Business Services.

2 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Barrett Business Services' stock. Their forecasts range from $110.00 to $130.00. On average, they anticipate Barrett Business Services' share price to reach $120.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 38.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Barrett Business Services.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Barrett Business Services in the last year. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Barrett Business Services.

News headlines about BBSI stock have trended very positive on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Barrett Business Services earned a media sentiment score of 4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the business services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Barrett Business Services.

Barrett Business Services saw a decrease in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 56,000 shares, a decrease of 6.7% from the December 15th total of 60,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 35,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.6 days. Approximately 0.8% of the company's stock are sold short. View Barrett Business Services' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Barrett Business Services include Tradeweb Markets (TW), Robert Half International (RHI), ManpowerGroup (MAN), Insperity (NSP), ASGN (ASGN), Korn Ferry (KFY), Wageworks (WAGE), Trueblue (TBI), Kforce (KFRC), Kelly Services (KELYA), Heidrick & Struggles International (HSII), GP Strategies (GPX) and Hudson Global (HSON).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Barrett Business Services investors own include AbbVie (ABBV), Alibaba Group (BABA), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Verizon Communications (VZ), Akorn (AKRX), Broadcom (AVGO), Baidu (BIDU), Cohu (COHU), Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) and Digi International (DGII).

Barrett Business Services' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Bowling Portfolio Management LLC (0.15%). Company insiders that own Barrett Business Services stock include Anthony Meeker, Gary Kramer, Gerald Blotz, Gregory R Vaughn, James B Hicks, Jon L Justesen, Michael L Elich and Thomas J Carley. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Barrett Business Services.

BBSI stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bowling Portfolio Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Barrett Business Services.

Shares of BBSI can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BBSI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $86.83.

Barrett Business Services has a market capitalization of $650.70 million and generates $940.70 million in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $38.06 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.98 on an earnings per share basis. Barrett Business Services employs 195,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Barrett Business Services.

The official website for Barrett Business Services is http://www.barrettbusiness.com/.

Barrett Business Services' mailing address is 8100 NE PARKWAY DRIVE SUITE 200, VANCOUVER WA, 98662. The business services provider can be reached via phone at 360-828-0700 or via email at [email protected]