Barrett Business Services (BBSI) Net Margin (2010 - 2026)

Barrett Business Services (BBSI) recorded quarterly Net Margin of 4.82% in Q1 2026, down 151.55% quarter-over-quarter from 9.35% in Q4 2025, and down 447.0% on a YoY basis from 1.39% in Q1 2025.

Barrett Business Services (BBSI) Net Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Barrett Business Services' Net Margin history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 4.82% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Net Margin fell 447.0% year-over-year to 4.82%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 4.33% (down 12.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 5.49%, up 86.0% from the prior year.
  • Net Margin was 4.82% for Q1 2026 at Barrett Business Services, down from 9.35% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Net Margin ranged from a high of 10.57% in Q4 2023 to a low of 4.82% in Q1 2026.
  • Historically, Net Margin has averaged 4.44% across 5 years, with a median of 6.0% in 2025.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Net Margin surged 713 bps in 2023, then slumped 506 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Net Margin shows it stood at 3.44% in 2022, then jumped by 207 bps to 10.57% in 2023, then tumbled by 48 bps to 5.51% in 2024, then surged by 70 bps to 9.35% in 2025, then sank by 152 bps to 4.82% in 2026.
  • The last three Net Margin figures came in at 4.82% (Q1 2026), 9.35% (Q4 2025), and 6.46% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Net Margin (Qtr)
1 Korn Ferry 3.69 Bn 2.72 Bn 724.93 Mn 9.12%
2 Robert Half 3.13 Bn 2.85 Bn 479.91 Mn 1.06%
3 Trinet 2.12 Bn 660.05 Mn 1.16 Bn 7.26%
4 ManpowerGroup 1.56 Bn 1.34 Bn 723.00 Mn 0.06%
5 Insperity 1.38 Bn 825.54 Mn 302.00 Mn 1.74%
6 Barrett Business Services 828.03 Mn 736.15 Mn 43.19 Mn -4.82%
7 Kforce 777.11 Mn 775.77 Mn 90.07 Mn 2.40%
8 Kelly Services 391.13 Mn 365.53 Mn 196.40 Mn -0.57%
9 TrueBlue 205.89 Mn 181.76 Mn 79.02 Mn -4.97%
10 HireQuest 172.03 Mn 171.01 Mn - -0.14%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -4.82%
Dec 31, 2025 9.35%
Sep 30, 2025 6.46%
Jun 30, 2025 6.00%
Mar 31, 2025 -0.35%
Dec 31, 2024 5.51%
Sep 30, 2024 6.67%
Jun 30, 2024 5.97%
Mar 31, 2024 -0.05%
Dec 31, 2023 10.57%
Sep 30, 2023 6.67%
Jun 30, 2023 6.43%
Mar 31, 2023 0.32%
Dec 31, 2022 3.44%
Sep 30, 2022 6.37%
Jun 30, 2022 6.87%
Mar 31, 2022 0.12%
Dec 31, 2021 4.00%
Sep 30, 2021 6.05%
Jun 30, 2021 7.33%