Barrett Business Services 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 132.79 Bn 93.20 Bn 6.13 Bn 20.89%
2 Cintas 77.24 Bn 76.43 Bn 1.48 Bn 27.72%
3 Iron Mountain 33.76 Bn 33.28 Bn 1.07 Bn 7.58%
4 APi 17.50 Bn 14.54 Bn 703.00 Mn 6.73%
5 Aramark 14.64 Bn 12.66 Bn 430.34 Mn 6.84%
6 Rollins 14.51 Bn 14.06 Bn 569.95 Mn 26.74%
7 UL Solutions 13.33 Bn 12.11 Bn 417.00 Mn 22.87%
8 Gartner 11.67 Bn 5.36 Bn 1.19 Bn 28.65%
9 Rentokil Initial 10.08 Bn 3.42 Bn - -
10 Barrett Business Services 734.47 Mn 307.77 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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