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. Stockholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.45%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 21st. View Barrett Business Services' Dividend History.

Barrett Business Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:BBSI) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, November, 5th. The business services provider reported $3.24 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.30 by $0.94. The business services provider earned $1.55 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.55 billion. 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.

Barrett Business Services will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 25th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

2 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for Barrett Business Services' stock. Their forecasts range from $110.00 to $130.00. On average, they expect Barrett Business Services' stock price to reach $120.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 44.8% 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.

Media coverage about BBSI stock has trended neutral recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Barrett Business Services earned a media sentiment score of 0.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the business services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Barrett Business Services.

Barrett Business Services saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 58,900 shares, an increase of 5.2% from the January 15th total of 56,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 37,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.6 days. Approximately 0.8% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Barrett Business Services' Current Options Chain.

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

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

Barrett Business Services' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Renaissance Technologies LLC (5.33%), FMR LLC (2.34%), State Street Corp (2.30%), Heartland Advisors Inc. (2.13%), Prudential Financial Inc. (1.78%) and Panagora Asset Management Inc. (1.68%). 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 sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., Tieton Capital Management LLC, Foundry Partners LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., FMR LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp and California Public Employees Retirement System. Company insiders that have sold Barrett Business Services company stock in the last year include Anthony Meeker, Gary Kramer, Gerald Blotz, Gregory R Vaughn, James B Hicks, Michael L Elich and Thomas J Carley. View Insider Buying and Selling for Barrett Business Services.

BBSI stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Prudential Financial Inc., Pacific Ridge Capital Partners LLC, State Street Corp, UBS Group AG, Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd, Dupont Capital Management Corp, Principal Financial Group Inc. and Citigroup Inc.. 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 $82.90.