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BBSI vs. PAYX, RHI, MAN, NSP, and KFRC

Should you buy Barrett Business Services stock or one of its competitors? MarketBeat compares Barrett Business Services with other companies and stocks that may be similar based on industry, sector, market capitalization, business model, investor interest, or shared news coverage. Companies and stocks commonly compared with Barrett Business Services include Paychex (PAYX), Robert Half (RHI), ManpowerGroup (MAN), Insperity (NSP), and Kforce (KFRC).

How does Barrett Business Services compare to Paychex?

Barrett Business Services (NASDAQ:BBSI) and Paychex (NASDAQ:PAYX) are related companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Barrett Business Services has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Paychex has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the broader market.

Paychex has a net margin of 25.84% compared to Barrett Business Services' net margin of 3.24%. Paychex's return on equity of 48.52% beat Barrett Business Services' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Barrett Business Services3.24% 22.89% 6.84%
Paychex 25.84%48.52%11.54%

In the previous week, Paychex had 5 more articles in the media than Barrett Business Services. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Paychex and 8 mentions for Barrett Business Services. Paychex's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Barrett Business Services' score of 0.47 indicating that Paychex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Barrett Business Services
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Paychex
10 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

86.8% of Barrett Business Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.5% of Paychex shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Barrett Business Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Paychex shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Barrett Business Services pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Paychex pays an annual dividend of $4.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Barrett Business Services pays out 20.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Paychex pays out 95.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Barrett Business Services has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Paychex has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Paychex is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Paychex has higher revenue and earnings than Barrett Business Services. Barrett Business Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paychex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Barrett Business Services$1.24B0.58$54.45M$1.5418.97
Paychex$5.57B5.71$1.66B$4.5419.57

Barrett Business Services presently has a consensus price target of $41.50, indicating a potential upside of 42.07%. Paychex has a consensus price target of $106.38, indicating a potential upside of 19.75%. Given Barrett Business Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Barrett Business Services is more favorable than Paychex.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Barrett Business Services
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Paychex
4 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.94

Summary

Paychex beats Barrett Business Services on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Barrett Business Services compare to Robert Half?

Barrett Business Services (NASDAQ:BBSI) and Robert Half (NYSE:RHI) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Barrett Business Services has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Robert Half has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the broader market.

Robert Half has higher revenue and earnings than Barrett Business Services. Barrett Business Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Robert Half, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Barrett Business Services$1.24B0.58$54.45M$1.5418.97
Robert Half$5.33B0.47$132.99M$1.3019.00

86.8% of Barrett Business Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Robert Half shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Barrett Business Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Robert Half shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Barrett Business Services presently has a consensus price target of $41.50, indicating a potential upside of 42.07%. Robert Half has a consensus price target of $31.75, indicating a potential upside of 28.57%. Given Barrett Business Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Barrett Business Services is more favorable than Robert Half.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Barrett Business Services
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Robert Half
5 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.70

Barrett Business Services pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Robert Half pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.6%. Barrett Business Services pays out 20.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Robert Half pays out 181.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Barrett Business Services has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Robert Half has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years. Robert Half is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Barrett Business Services has a net margin of 3.24% compared to Robert Half's net margin of 2.43%. Barrett Business Services' return on equity of 22.89% beat Robert Half's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Barrett Business Services3.24% 22.89% 6.84%
Robert Half 2.43%10.14%4.61%

In the previous week, Robert Half had 1 more articles in the media than Barrett Business Services. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Robert Half and 8 mentions for Barrett Business Services. Robert Half's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Barrett Business Services' score of 0.47 indicating that Robert Half is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Barrett Business Services
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Robert Half
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Barrett Business Services beats Robert Half on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Barrett Business Services compare to ManpowerGroup?

ManpowerGroup (NYSE:MAN) and Barrett Business Services (NASDAQ:BBSI) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.

ManpowerGroup currently has a consensus price target of $37.50, indicating a potential upside of 44.29%. Barrett Business Services has a consensus price target of $41.50, indicating a potential upside of 42.07%. Given ManpowerGroup's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ManpowerGroup is more favorable than Barrett Business Services.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ManpowerGroup
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.22
Barrett Business Services
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

In the previous week, ManpowerGroup had 9 more articles in the media than Barrett Business Services. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for ManpowerGroup and 8 mentions for Barrett Business Services. Barrett Business Services' average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat ManpowerGroup's score of 0.24 indicating that Barrett Business Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
ManpowerGroup
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Barrett Business Services
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Barrett Business Services has a net margin of 3.24% compared to ManpowerGroup's net margin of -0.09%. Barrett Business Services' return on equity of 22.89% beat ManpowerGroup's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ManpowerGroup-0.09% 7.01% 1.65%
Barrett Business Services 3.24%22.89%6.84%

ManpowerGroup has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Barrett Business Services has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the broader market.

Barrett Business Services has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ManpowerGroup. ManpowerGroup is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Barrett Business Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ManpowerGroup$17.96B0.07-$13.30M-$0.37N/A
Barrett Business Services$1.24B0.58$54.45M$1.5418.97

ManpowerGroup pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Barrett Business Services pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. ManpowerGroup pays out -389.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Barrett Business Services pays out 20.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Barrett Business Services has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. ManpowerGroup is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

98.0% of ManpowerGroup shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.8% of Barrett Business Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of ManpowerGroup shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Barrett Business Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Barrett Business Services beats ManpowerGroup on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Barrett Business Services compare to Insperity?

Barrett Business Services (NASDAQ:BBSI) and Insperity (NYSE:NSP) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Barrett Business Services currently has a consensus price target of $41.50, indicating a potential upside of 42.07%. Insperity has a consensus price target of $46.00, indicating a potential upside of 58.87%. Given Insperity's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Insperity is more favorable than Barrett Business Services.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Barrett Business Services
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Insperity
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.80

In the previous week, Insperity had 8 more articles in the media than Barrett Business Services. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Insperity and 8 mentions for Barrett Business Services. Insperity's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Barrett Business Services' score of 0.47 indicating that Insperity is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Barrett Business Services
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Insperity
12 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Barrett Business Services has a net margin of 3.24% compared to Insperity's net margin of -0.37%. Barrett Business Services' return on equity of 22.89% beat Insperity's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Barrett Business Services3.24% 22.89% 6.84%
Insperity -0.37%-28.26%-1.05%

Barrett Business Services has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Insperity has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the broader market.

Barrett Business Services has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Insperity. Insperity is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Barrett Business Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Barrett Business Services$1.24B0.58$54.45M$1.5418.97
Insperity$6.81B0.16-$7M-$0.67N/A

Barrett Business Services pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Insperity pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Barrett Business Services pays out 20.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Insperity pays out -358.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Barrett Business Services has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Insperity has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Insperity is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

86.8% of Barrett Business Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.4% of Insperity shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Barrett Business Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of Insperity shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Barrett Business Services beats Insperity on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Barrett Business Services compare to Kforce?

Barrett Business Services (NASDAQ:BBSI) and Kforce (NASDAQ:KFRC) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

86.8% of Barrett Business Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.8% of Kforce shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Barrett Business Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of Kforce shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Barrett Business Services has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Kforce has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the broader market.

In the previous week, Barrett Business Services had 4 more articles in the media than Kforce. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Barrett Business Services and 4 mentions for Kforce. Kforce's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Barrett Business Services' score of 0.47 indicating that Kforce is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Barrett Business Services
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Kforce
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Barrett Business Services pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Kforce pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Barrett Business Services pays out 20.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kforce pays out 80.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Barrett Business Services has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Barrett Business Services currently has a consensus price target of $41.50, indicating a potential upside of 42.07%. Kforce has a consensus price target of $39.67, indicating a potential upside of 0.74%. Given Barrett Business Services' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Barrett Business Services is more favorable than Kforce.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Barrett Business Services
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Kforce
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

Barrett Business Services has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Kforce. Barrett Business Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kforce, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Barrett Business Services$1.24B0.58$54.45M$1.5418.97
Kforce$1.33B0.53$50.41M$1.9819.89

Kforce has a net margin of 3.59% compared to Barrett Business Services' net margin of 3.24%. Kforce's return on equity of 30.34% beat Barrett Business Services' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Barrett Business Services3.24% 22.89% 6.84%
Kforce 3.59%30.34%13.76%

Summary

Kforce beats Barrett Business Services on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BBSI vs. The Competition

MetricBarrett Business ServicesOutsourcing IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$717.40M$3.27B$6.32B$12.46B
Dividend Yield1.10%1.98%3.12%5.30%
P/E Ratio18.979.3531.5925.58
Price / Sales0.580.50433.3463.56
Price / Cash11.946.4923.4455.34
Price / Book3.495.016.756.70
Net Income$54.45M$263.73M$200.71M$333.77M
7 Day Performance-2.31%-11.30%-0.55%0.45%
1 Month Performance-0.10%-14.70%1.42%4.06%
1 Year Performance-29.77%-37.86%36.41%36.21%

Barrett Business Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BBSI
Barrett Business Services
4.9582 of 5 stars
$29.21
+1.5%
$41.50
+42.1%
-31.0%$717.40M$1.24B18.973,197
PAYX
Paychex
4.6373 of 5 stars
$93.88
-0.1%
$106.38
+13.3%
-40.6%$33.65B$5.57B20.6819,000
RHI
Robert Half
4.5241 of 5 stars
$26.54
-1.8%
$31.75
+19.6%
-47.8%$2.77B$5.38B20.4214,500
MAN
ManpowerGroup
4.5419 of 5 stars
$28.97
-2.9%
$37.50
+29.5%
-40.4%$1.39B$17.96BN/A25,400
NSP
Insperity
4.6713 of 5 stars
$32.46
-0.4%
$46.00
+41.7%
-57.9%$1.24B$6.81BN/A4,200

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