What is Roth Capital’s Forecast for BBSI Q3 Earnings?

Barrett Business Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:BBSI) – Stock analysts at Roth Capital reduced their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for Barrett Business Services in a research note issued on Thursday, May 8th. Roth Capital analyst J. Martin now forecasts that the business services provider will earn $0.82 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.88. 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’ Q4 2025 earnings at $0.69 EPS.

Barrett Business Services (NASDAQ:BBSI) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, May 7th. The business services provider reported ($0.04) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.13) by $0.09. Barrett Business Services had a net margin of 4.55% and a return on equity of 25.28%. The company had revenue of $292.60 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $285.91 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned ($0.01) EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 10.1% on a year-over-year basis.

Other analysts have also issued reports about the stock. Barrington Research restated an “outperform” rating and set a $45.00 target price on shares of Barrett Business Services in a research note on Tuesday, May 6th. StockNews.com raised Barrett Business Services from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Thursday.

Barrett Business Services Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ BBSI opened at $40.45 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $1.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.35, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.21 and a beta of 1.02. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $40.35 and its two-hundred day moving average is $41.43. Barrett Business Services has a 1-year low of $30.68 and a 1-year high of $44.97.

Institutional Trading of Barrett Business Services

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Mawer Investment Management Ltd. raised its position in shares of Barrett Business Services by 15.1% during the 4th quarter. Mawer Investment Management Ltd. now owns 2,110,550 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $91,682,000 after buying an additional 276,098 shares in the last quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans raised its position in Barrett Business Services by 272.7% during the fourth quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 1,631,644 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $70,879,000 after buying an additional 1,193,839 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its position in shares of Barrett Business Services by 19.3% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 546,510 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $20,500,000 after purchasing an additional 88,350 shares in the last quarter. GW&K Investment Management LLC lifted its position in Barrett Business Services by 2.1% in the 1st quarter. GW&K Investment Management LLC now owns 528,243 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $21,737,000 after buying an additional 10,627 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Northern Trust Corp boosted its position in Barrett Business Services by 4.2% during the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 393,267 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $17,084,000 after purchasing an additional 15,900 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 86.76% of the company’s stock.

Barrett Business Services Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 6th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 23rd will be issued a $0.08 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 23rd. This represents a $0.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.79%. Barrett Business Services’s dividend payout ratio is currently 16.08%.

Barrett Business Services Company Profile

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.