Barrett Business Services (BBSI) earnings history
Most recent quarter
- Fiscal period
- Q2 2026
- Period end
- Jun 30, 2026
- EPS actual
- $0.52
- EPS estimate
- $0.56
- EPS surprise
- −6.31%
- Revenue surprise
- −0.70%
- Revenue
- $319.3M
- Revenue estimate
- $321.6M
- Reported
- Aug 5, 2026
Barrett Business Services reported Q2 2026 results on August 5, 2026. Earnings per share were $0.52, below the $0.56 estimate by 6.31%. Revenue was $319.3 million, slightly short of the $321.6 million consensus. Compared with Q2 2025, revenue rose about 4% from $307.7 million, while EPS fell from $0.70.
Q1 is the weakest quarter each year, and it ended in a loss in 2024, 2025 and 2026. Q1 2026's loss of $0.59 per share was the largest in the table, so the first half of 2026 shows a loss of $0.07 per share against a profit of $0.66 a year earlier, on revenue about 4% higher. Annual EPS rose every year in the table, from $1.65 in 2022 to $1.86 in 2023, $1.98 in 2024 and $2.09 in 2025. Annual revenue grew from $1.05 billion in 2022 to $1.24 billion in 2025. The EPS high was $0.79 in Q3 2025. Over the last 20 quarters, Barrett beat the EPS estimate 15 times, but the five most recent quarters include four misses.
Q3 results came between November 1 and November 6 in each of the past five years. That points to early November 2026 for the next report.
Earnings history
| Period | Reported | EPS estimate | EPS actual | Surprise | Revenue | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | Aug 5, 2026 | $0.56 | $0.52 | −6.31% | $319.3M | SEC |
| Q1 2026 | May 6, 2026 | −$0.37 | −$0.59 | −59.46% | $307.0M | SEC |
| Q4 2025 | Feb 25, 2026 | $0.64 | $0.64 | −0.39% | $321.1M | SEC |
| Q3 2025 | Nov 5, 2025 | $0.80 | $0.79 | −1.25% | $318.9M | SEC |
| Q2 2025 | Aug 6, 2025 | $0.69 | $0.70 | +1.82% | $307.7M | SEC |
| Q1 2025 | May 7, 2025 | −$0.13 | −$0.04 | +68.63% | $292.6M | SEC |
| Q4 2024 | Feb 26, 2025 | $0.62 | $0.63 | +2.02% | $304.8M | SEC |
| Q3 2024 | Nov 6, 2024 | $0.69 | $0.74 | +8.03% | $294.3M | SEC |
| Q2 2024 | Jul 31, 2024 | $0.58 | $0.62 | +7.01% | $279.7M | SEC |
| Q1 2024 | May 1, 2024 | −$0.08 | −$0.01 | +94.03% | $265.8M | SEC |
| Q4 2023 | Feb 28, 2024 | $0.48 | $0.54 | +13.68% | $276.7M | SEC |
| Q3 2023 | Nov 1, 2023 | $0.59 | $0.67 | +13.19% | $273.3M | SEC |
| Q2 2023 | Aug 2, 2023 | $0.46 | $0.62 | +33.69% | $264.6M | SEC |
| Q1 2023 | May 3, 2023 | −$0.03 | $0.03 | +211.52% | $254.7M | SEC |
| Q4 2022 | Mar 1, 2023 | $0.38 | $0.41 | +6.83% | $272.0M | SEC |
| Q3 2022 | Nov 2, 2022 | $0.56 | $0.61 | +9.75% | $273.8M | SEC |
| Q2 2022 | Aug 3, 2022 | $0.46 | $0.62 | +35.88% | $262.2M | SEC |
| Q1 2022 | May 4, 2022 | −$0.16 | $0.01 | +106.25% | $246.4M | SEC |
| Q4 2021 | Mar 2, 2022 | $0.25 | $0.35 | +41.07% | $256.6M | SEC |
| Q3 2021 | Nov 3, 2021 | $0.51 | $0.49 | −3.22% | $247.0M | — |
Quarterly revenue
Frequently asked questions
When did Barrett Business Services (BBSI) last report earnings?
Barrett Business Services last reported on Aug 5, 2026, covering fiscal Q2 2026.
Did BBSI beat earnings estimates?
No. Barrett Business Services reported EPS of $0.52 for Q2 2026 against a $0.56 estimate — a 6.31% miss.
How much revenue did BBSI report last quarter?
Barrett Business Services reported $319.3M in revenue for Q2 2026, against a consensus estimate of $321.6M.
Earnings figures may be restated, revised or corrected by the issuer. Past results do not indicate future performance.
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