Business management solutions provider Barrett Business Services (NASDAQ: BBSI) will be announcing earnings results this Wednesday after the bell. Here’s what to expect.
Barrett met analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $318.9 million, up 8.4% year on year. It was a slower quarter for the company, with a miss of analysts’ EPS estimates and revenue in line with analysts’ estimates.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Barrett’s revenue to grow 6.1% year on year, slowing from the 10.2% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Barrett has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.
Looking at Barrett’s peers in the professional staffing & hr solutions segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Robert Half’s revenues decreased 5.8% year on year, beating analysts’ expectations by 1.1%, and Kforce reported a revenue decline of 3.4%, topping estimates by 0.8%. Robert Half traded up 27.8% following the results while Kforce was down 3.8%.
Read our full analysis of Robert Half’s results here and Kforce’s results here.
Questions about potential tariffs and corporate tax changes have caused much volatility in 2025. While some of the professional staffing & hr solutions stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 8.9% on average over the last month. Barrett is down 18% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $51 (compared to the current share price of $30.89).
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