Barrett Business Services (BBSI) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Reported EPS
- $0.52
- Estimate
- $0.56
- Surprise
- -6.3%
- Revenue (period 2026-06-30)
- $319.3M
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.1 → 5.1/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
Barrett Business Services (BBSI) missed the $0.56 estimate with diluted EPS of $0.52 — a clear 6.3% shortfall. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (5.1/10) to Sell at 5.1/10 after the report.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates BBSI Sell at 4.7/10.
1 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's -6.3% surprise compares with a +1.3% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-11-04.
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Counterparty: third-party workers' compensation insurers (insured program) (86.0%)
- Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining
- V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.1)
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $34.30
- Price target
- $34.64
- Stop
- $32.18
- Upside to target
- +1.0%
- Reward-to-risk
- 0.1:1
The stock trades at 24.7× trailing but 16.7× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-09-17 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
BBSI at TrendMatrix's latest read
Industrial quarters are order-book stories — backlog and book-to-bill color how the market reads the reported number.
- Industry
- Staffing & Employment Services
- Market cap
- $820.1M
- P/E (fwd)
- 16.7
- P/E (ttm)
- 24.7
- 52-week range
- $25.33–$47.35
- Off 52-week high
- 27.6%
- RSI (14)
- 53
- Volume vs avg
- 0.85×
- Score today
- 4.7/10