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Barrett Business Services (BBSI) Competitors

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$42.08 -0.48 (-1.13%)
(As of 10:46 AM ET)

BBSI vs. CCRN, HQI, SRT, DLHC, ASGN, KFY, MAN, NSP, KFRC, and HSII

Should you be buying Barrett Business Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barrett Business Services include Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN), HireQuest (HQI), Startek (SRT), DLH (DLHC), ASGN (ASGN), Korn Ferry (KFY), ManpowerGroup (MAN), Insperity (NSP), Kforce (KFRC), and Heidrick & Struggles International (HSII).

Barrett Business Services vs.

Cross Country Healthcare (NASDAQ:CCRN) and Barrett Business Services (NASDAQ:BBSI) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Cross Country Healthcare presently has a consensus target price of $18.50, indicating a potential upside of 83.17%. Barrett Business Services has a consensus target price of $41.67, indicating a potential downside of 2.10%. Given Cross Country Healthcare's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Cross Country Healthcare is more favorable than Barrett Business Services.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cross Country Healthcare
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
Barrett Business Services
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Cross Country Healthcare received 132 more outperform votes than Barrett Business Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.07% of users gave Barrett Business Services an outperform vote while only 65.06% of users gave Cross Country Healthcare an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Cross Country HealthcareOutperform Votes
471
65.06%
Underperform Votes
253
34.94%
Barrett Business ServicesOutperform Votes
339
68.07%
Underperform Votes
159
31.93%

Barrett Business Services has a net margin of 4.55% compared to Cross Country Healthcare's net margin of -0.12%. Barrett Business Services' return on equity of 25.28% beat Cross Country Healthcare's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cross Country Healthcare-0.12% 5.38% 3.84%
Barrett Business Services 4.55%25.28%7.04%

In the previous week, Barrett Business Services had 12 more articles in the media than Cross Country Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Barrett Business Services and 18 mentions for Cross Country Healthcare. Barrett Business Services' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Cross Country Healthcare's score of 0.47 indicating that Barrett Business Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cross Country Healthcare
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Barrett Business Services
9 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Cross Country Healthcare has higher revenue and earnings than Barrett Business Services. Cross Country Healthcare 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cross Country Healthcare$2.02B0.16$72.63M-$0.05-201.96
Barrett Business Services$1.07B1.03$50.61M$1.8922.46

96.0% of Cross Country Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.8% of Barrett Business Services shares are held by institutional investors. 4.9% of Cross Country Healthcare shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Barrett Business Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Cross Country Healthcare has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barrett Business Services has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Barrett Business Services beats Cross Country Healthcare on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BBSI vs. The Competition

MetricBarrett Business ServicesHelp supply services IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.10B$1.27B$7.08B$8.94B
Dividend Yield0.75%2.90%2.86%4.03%
P/E Ratio22.4624.8941.3416.40
Price / Sales1.030.70215.2692.23
Price / Cash19.628.9227.4836.42
Price / Book5.133.514.605.98
Net Income$50.61M$69.89M$119.71M$225.08M
7 Day Performance3.33%-4.76%1.39%0.03%
1 Month Performance14.56%2.34%6.00%4.55%
1 Year Performance55.80%-22.86%27.77%27.70%

Barrett Business Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BBSI
Barrett Business Services
4.7006 of 5 stars
$42.08
-1.1%
$41.67
-1.0%
+62.1%$1.09B$1.07B22.21130,513Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
CCRN
Cross Country Healthcare
4.6244 of 5 stars
$10.10
-8.4%
N/A-43.7%$332.49M$2.02B-201.9610,831Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
HQI
HireQuest
2.6361 of 5 stars
$14.57
+2.0%
N/A+13.7%$203.98M$37.88M132.4573,000
SRT
Startek
N/A$4.42
flat
N/AN/A$178.35M$385.07M-8.3433,000News Coverage
DLHC
DLH
3.6215 of 5 stars
$8.76
+0.9%
N/A-39.2%$124.24M$401.04M51.533,200Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
ASGN
ASGN
1.5509 of 5 stars
$95.37
-2.1%
N/A+12.0%$4.22B$4.45B24.143,700Short Interest ↑
KFY
Korn Ferry
4.5017 of 5 stars
$78.19
-0.6%
N/A+63.9%$4.07B$2.80B22.349,076Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
MAN
ManpowerGroup
4.8517 of 5 stars
$63.80
+0.6%
N/A-11.1%$2.99B$18.91B80.7627,900Dividend Increase
Analyst Revision
NSP
Insperity
4.2107 of 5 stars
$77.56
+0.9%
N/A-28.1%$2.90B$6.49B24.624,400Positive News
KFRC
Kforce
2.5921 of 5 stars
$60.69
-0.5%
N/A-2.5%$1.16B$1.53B20.931,800Positive News
HSII
Heidrick & Struggles International
2.7103 of 5 stars
$47.16
-0.3%
N/A+86.2%$962.54M$1.04B25.492,212Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:BBSI) was last updated on 11/14/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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