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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.43%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 21st. View Barrett Business Services' Dividend History.

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

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 analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Barrett Business Services' shares. Their forecasts range from $110.00 to $130.00. On average, they anticipate Barrett Business Services' stock price to reach $120.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 42.6% 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 coverage about BBSI stock has trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog 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 daily sentiment score of 0.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the business services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Barrett Business Services.

Barrett Business Services saw a increase in short interest in 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 daily trading volume, of 37,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.6 days. Currently, 0.8% of the shares of the 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), ASGN (ASGN), Insperity (NSP), Korn Ferry (KFY), Wageworks (WAGE), Kforce (KFRC), Kelly Services (KELYA), Trueblue (TBI), 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), 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 a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Renaissance Technologies LLC (5.33%), FMR LLC (2.34%), State Street Corp (2.30%), Heartland Advisors Inc. (2.13%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.00%) and Prudential Financial Inc. (1.78%). 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Prudential Financial Inc., Pacific Ridge Capital Partners LLC, Geode Capital Management LLC, State Street Corp, UBS Group AG, Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd, Dupont Capital Management Corp and Principal Financial Group 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 $84.15.

Barrett Business Services has a market capitalization of $630.28 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]