Barrett Business Services price to free cash flow BBSI

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2012.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 51.9×
10-year median: 9.2×
Against its 10-year history: 98th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 3.7× to 53.7×
Peer median: 17.6×

Barrett Business Services' price to free cash flow is 51.9× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 9.2×, higher than on 98% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 3.7× in Mar 2020 to 53.7× in Aug 2026.

The median for 8 staffing and Employment Services stocks of a similar size is 17.6×.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 9.2×

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	51.9×	14.7×	53.7×
2025	34.7×	31.9×	35.0×
2024	27.6×	8.9×	28.6×
2023	27.2×	20.7×	52.2×
2022	22.8×	21.8×	24.3×
2021	7.5×	6.7×	7.5×
2020	11.3×	3.7×	11.9×
2019	9.4×	4.6×	9.7×
2018	4.5×	4.1×	7.0×
2017	5.9×	4.3×	6.3×
2016	2.9×	2.8×	4.0×
2015	4.5×	3.6×	6.0×
2014	3.9×	2.8×	7.5×
2013	6.0×	3.9×	7.0×
2012	3.7×	2.3×	3.8×

Against its peers

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

Company	Price to free cash flow
BBSIBarrett Business Services	51.9×
KFRCKforce	46.4×
EFOREverforth	8.1×
AMNAMN Healthcare Services	4.2×
MANManpowerGroup	32.1×
RCMTRCM Technologies	11.5×
HQIHireQuest	23.8×
KFYKorn Ferry	13.4×
RHIRobert Half	21.8×
Peer median	17.6×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

More on Barrett Business Services

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