Valuation
26% of the score
79median 50
Barrett Business Services, Inc. is valued at 15.1x its operating profit, including debt: an ordinary multiple.
60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
15.1x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points
BBSIBarrett Business Services, Inc.
$32.17-27% 1Y
$32.17
$26.6852 weeks$44.18
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 81 out of 100, Strong
Strong. Barrett Business Services, Inc. scores higher than 95% of the 2,291 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by valuation and capital allocation, with nothing holding it far back.
Industrials median 59 · all companies 54
Return on capital
18% of the score
77median 23
Over 7 years the business earned 14% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
14%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 20%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
72median 33
For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 7 cents. It did so while using less capital than before.
-5%
12%
7.2%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
100median 63
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countDown 3.2% a year over 5 years: buybacks
1005%
-3%
-3.2%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 0.1% a year, sales 7.1%
10012%
-2%
-7%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
87median 63
Today's operating margin of 4.1% is 0.81x its normal 5.1%: below its usual level, with room to recover. Normal is half the 10 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.
2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
0.8x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow 4.1%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
100median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 313x
1001.5x
12x
312.8x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
54median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 0.91x profit over 3 years
410.7x
1x
1.3x
0.9x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 1.5% of assets
688%
0%
-8%
-1.5%
0 pointsfull points
How the RyuScore works
Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.
Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-06-30, latest annual report FY2025.
Staffing & Employment Services
Ranks #2 of 9 by RyuScore