Barrett Business Services, Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade B
BBSI · Industrials
Generally healthy
Screening Summary
Management Signals
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 73 days, change -2 days YoY
AR growth 6.0% vs revenue growth 8.4%
Revenue 8.4%, CFFO 553.9%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
No material inventory
CapEx growth 32.6% is >2x revenue growth 8.4%
SG&A/Gross Profit = 73.0%, exceeds 70%
Gross margin 21.0%, change -1.1pp. Stable
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = 1.21. Profits backed by cash
FCF $0.0B, FCF/NI = 0.87
Accruals ratio = -1.5%. Low accruals
Cash $0.2B covers debt $0.0B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $0.0B = 20% of equity. Manageable
Debt/EBITDA = 0.3x. Healthy
Other assets -17.5% vs revenue 8.4%. Normal
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions positive
Goodwill+Intangibles change 0% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
M-Score = -2.55 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator
Beneish M-Score
Altman Z-Score
Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25