Barrett Business Services Financial Ratios
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Barrett Business Services ratio analysis
Barrett Business Services earned a net margin of 4.4% in FY 2025, down from 4.6% a year earlier. Gross margin was 21.0% compared with a median of 21.4% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 22.6%, meaning Barrett Business Services generated 0.23 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
At the end of FY 2025, BBSI traded at 17.5 times earnings; across the 10 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 2.9 to 21.6, with a median of 5.6. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Barrett Business Services financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 17.50 | 21.62 | 15.65 | 14.22 | 3.45 | 3.88 | 3.61 | 2.92 | 4.84 | 6.28 |
| Price / sales | 0.75 | 0.98 | 0.73 | 0.63 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.18 | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.14 |
| Price / book | 3.87 | 5.04 | 3.91 | 3.74 | 0.62 | 0.65 | 0.98 | 0.90 | 1.32 | 1.66 |
| Gross margin | 21.0% | 22.1% | 22.7% | 22.3% | 21.4% | 20.8% | 22.1% | 19.8% | 17.2% | 17.3% |
| Operating margin | 5.0% | 5.2% | 5.7% | 5.6% | 4.6% | 4.1% | 5.4% | 3.9% | 3.3% | 3.4% |
| Net margin | 4.4% | 4.6% | 4.7% | 4.5% | 4.0% | 3.8% | 5.1% | 4.0% | 2.7% | 2.2% |
| Free cash flow margin | 3.8% | -0.4% | 5.2% | 1.1% | -2.3% | -4.1% | 7.0% | 6.8% | 11.9% | 8.7% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 22.6% | 23.9% | 25.4% | 26.6% | 18.3% | 17.0% | 28.1% | 32.0% | 28.3% | 27.0% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 7.0% | 7.1% | 7.0% | 6.9% | 5.1% | 4.4% | 5.6% | 5.0% | 3.7% | 3.2% |
| Debt / equity | — | — | — | — | — | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.06 |
| Current ratio | 1.29 | 1.32 | 1.30 | 1.36 | 1.29 | 1.40 | 1.24 | 0.98 | 0.96 | 0.86 |
| Revenue growth | 8.4% | 7.0% | 1.4% | 10.4% | 8.4% | -6.5% | 0.2% | 2.2% | 9.5% | 13.5% |
| EPS growth | 5.1% | 7.0% | 12.8% | -67.2% | 13.9% | -30.0% | 25.9% | 49.5% | 30.6% | -26.5% |