Barrett Business Services PE ratio BBSI

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2012.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 24.4×
10-year median: 17.1×
Against its 10-year history: 90th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 5.2× to 28.6×
Peer median: 22.0×

Barrett Business Services' PE ratio is 24.4× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $33.22 against $1.36 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is above its ten-year median of 17.1×, higher than on 90% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 5.2× in Mar 2020 to 28.6× in Jul 2017.

The median for 8 staffing and Employment Services stocks of a similar size is 22.0×.

PE ratio over time

median 17.1×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	24.4×	13.2×	26.0×
2025	17.4×	16.0×	24.0×
2024	22.9×	16.0×	23.0×
2023	16.8×	11.9×	16.8×
2022	14.6×	12.2×	16.2×
2021	15.2×	14.8×	18.5×
2020	7.5×	5.2×	13.0×
2019	13.0×	12.3×	19.6×
2018	13.9×	13.6×	27.4×
2017	21.8×	20.5×	28.6×
2016	21.5×	10.6×	21.8×
2015	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2014	6.2×	6.2×	20.0×
2013	19.1×	12.5×	22.0×
2012	17.0×	13.5×	20.1×

Against its peers

Companies in Staffing & Employment Services nearest Barrett Business Services' size, closest first, today.

Company	PE ratio
BBSIBarrett Business Services	24.4×
KFRCKforce	27.6×
EFOREverforth	22.5×
AMNAMN Healthcare Services	17.9×
MANManpowerGroup	21.5×
RCMTRCM Technologies	16.0×
HQIHireQuest	28.4×
KFYKorn Ferry	14.8×
RHIRobert Half	39.9×
Peer median	22.0×

Where Barrett Business Services ranks

#7of 10Staffing and Employment Services stocks with the lowest PE ratio

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.