Barrett Business Services (BBSI) Competitors

ASGN (NYSE:ASGN) and Barrett Business Services (NASDAQ:BBSI) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.

Do analysts prefer ASGN or BBSI?

ASGN presently has a consensus target price of $101.75, indicating a potential upside of 14.97%. Barrett Business Services has a consensus target price of $41.67, indicating a potential downside of 5.00%. Given ASGN's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ASGN is more favorable than Barrett Business Services.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ASGN	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Barrett Business Services	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ASGN or BBSI?

ASGN has higher revenue and earnings than Barrett Business Services. ASGN is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Barrett Business Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ASGN	$4.45B	0.88	$219.30M	$3.95	22.40
Barrett Business Services	$1.07B	1.06	$50.61M	$1.89	23.15

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ASGN or BBSI?

ASGN received 192 more outperform votes than Barrett Business Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.11% of users gave ASGN an outperform vote while only 68.20% of users gave Barrett Business Services an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ASGN	Outperform Votes 533 73.11%	Underperform Votes 196 26.89%
Barrett Business Services	Outperform Votes 341 68.20%	Underperform Votes 159 31.80%

Which has more risk & volatility, ASGN or BBSI?

ASGN has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barrett Business Services has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ASGN or BBSI?

95.4% of ASGN shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.8% of Barrett Business Services shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of ASGN shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Barrett Business Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer ASGN or BBSI?

In the previous week, Barrett Business Services had 2 more articles in the media than ASGN. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Barrett Business Services and 3 mentions for ASGN. ASGN's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Barrett Business Services' score of 0.63 indicating that ASGN is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ASGN	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Barrett Business Services	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ASGN or BBSI more profitable?

Barrett Business Services has a net margin of 4.55% compared to ASGN's net margin of 4.37%. Barrett Business Services' return on equity of 25.28% beat ASGN's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ASGN	4.37%	13.65%	7.19%
Barrett Business Services	4.55%	25.28%	7.04%

Summary

ASGN beats Barrett Business Services on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.