Roth Capital Has Negative Forecast for BBSI Q1 Earnings

Barrett Business Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:BBSI) – Investment analysts at Roth Capital lowered their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Barrett Business Services in a research report issued on Thursday, February 27th. Roth Capital analyst J. Martin now expects that the business services provider will post earnings per share of ($0.14) for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of ($0.04). The consensus estimate for Barrett Business Services’ current full-year earnings is $2.00 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Barrett Business Services’ Q2 2025 earnings at $0.64 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $0.74 EPS.

A number of other research analysts have also issued reports on the stock. StockNews.com lowered shares of Barrett Business Services from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 27th. Roth Mkm boosted their price objective on Barrett Business Services from $43.00 to $45.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 7th. Finally, Barrington Research restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $45.00 target price on shares of Barrett Business Services in a research report on Wednesday, December 11th.

Barrett Business Services Stock Performance

Shares of BBSI opened at $39.00 on Monday. Barrett Business Services has a 1 year low of $28.42 and a 1 year high of $44.97. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $42.54 and a 200-day moving average of $40.09. The company has a market cap of $1.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.58, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.21 and a beta of 1.41.

Barrett Business Services Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 28th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.08 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 14th. This represents a $0.32 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.82%. Barrett Business Services’s payout ratio is 16.08%.

Institutional Trading of Barrett Business Services

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Principal Financial Group Inc. raised its holdings in Barrett Business Services by 29.7% during the third quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 17,300 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $649,000 after purchasing an additional 3,960 shares in the last quarter. Summit Global Investments increased its position in shares of Barrett Business Services by 1.5% during the 3rd quarter. Summit Global Investments now owns 24,456 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $917,000 after purchasing an additional 352 shares during the period. Huntington National Bank bought a new stake in shares of Barrett Business Services in the 3rd quarter worth $39,000. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans acquired a new stake in shares of Barrett Business Services in the third quarter valued at $16,422,000. Finally, Quest Partners LLC boosted its stake in Barrett Business Services by 5.6% during the third quarter. Quest Partners LLC now owns 18,998 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $713,000 after buying an additional 1,012 shares in 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.