Barrett Business Services BBSI
NASDAQ BBSI
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Barrett Business Services (BBSI) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2013 - 2021)

Updated

Barrett Business Services' Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at 15.60% for Q4 2021, up 1.38 percentage points from 14.22% a year earlier and up 1.06 percentage points from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Barrett Business Services (BBSI) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2013 - 2021) Analysis & Trends

For FY2021, Barrett Business Services' Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] was 15.95%, up 0.78 percentage points from FY2020.

  • Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] carries a five-year change of -12.65 percentage points (FY2016 to FY2021).
  • Going back by year, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] was 15.17% in FY2020 (-11.51 pp), 26.68% in FY2019 (-2.38 pp), 29.06% in FY2018 (+2.89 pp) and 26.17% in FY2017 (-2.43 pp).
  • The five-year range for quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] is 14.22% (Q4 2020) to 30.65% (Q1 2019).
  • Year-over-year, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] increased in 1 of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -6.48 percentage points.
  • The fastest year-over-year change in Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] over five years came in Q1 2019 (a gain of 4.22 percentage points), and the weakest in Q3 2020 (a drop of 13.21 percentage points).
  • Business Quant data shows BBSI's Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] at 14.54% (Q3 2021), 17.39% (Q2 2021) and 14.60% (Q1 2021) in the three quarters before Q4 2021.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Accenture 159.50 Bn 117.43 Bn 5.98 Bn 21.11%
2 Cintas 88.97 Bn 88.05 Bn 1.55 Bn 28.17%
3 Iron Mountain 31.77 Bn 30.97 Bn 1.06 Bn 7.49%
4 Rollins 18.19 Bn 17.73 Bn 582.90 Mn 26.03%
5 APi 17.61 Bn 14.83 Bn 770.00 Mn 6.80%
6 UL Solutions 15.91 Bn 13.91 Bn 423.00 Mn 18.91%
7 Aramark 13.83 Bn 11.78 Bn 430.34 Mn 6.84%
8 Gartner 12.12 Bn 5.61 Bn 1.07 Bn 35.69%
9 Rentokil Initial 11.93 Bn 5.45 Bn - -
10 Barrett Business Services 727.52 Mn 300.82 Mn 64.85 Mn -
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2021 15.60%
Sep 30, 2021 14.54%
Jun 30, 2021 17.39%
Mar 31, 2021 14.60%
Dec 31, 2020 14.22%
Sep 30, 2020 16.47%
Jun 30, 2020 21.27%
Mar 31, 2020 22.71%
Dec 31, 2019 23.46%
Sep 30, 2019 29.68%
Jun 30, 2019 30.19%
Mar 31, 2019 30.65%
Dec 31, 2018 27.66%
Sep 30, 2018 26.53%
Jun 30, 2018 26.06%
Mar 31, 2018 26.42%
Dec 31, 2017 24.58%
Sep 30, 2017 26.21%
Jun 30, 2017 29.21%
Mar 31, 2017 26.42%
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