BBSIBarrett Business Services, Inc.
What is the market doing?
No clear lean: rangebound and moderately shorted.
Choppy, but holding above its 200-day average. Price is +1% vs its 200-day average.
Moderately shorted, settled Sep 30, 2026, about a week of normal trading to cover.
Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.
How BBSI is trading
Barrett Business Services, Inc. is −20% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +16%: 36 points behind the market. Through the fall, its own insiders bought $29K more stock than they sold.
1-year return · S&P 500 +16%
- vs 200-day average
- +0.51%
vs 200-day average · close to trend
- RSI (14)
- 69
RSI (14) · neutral
- Below its 52-week high
- 20%
Below its 52-week high
Details›
- Last close2026-10-23
- $33.20
- 1 monthS&P 500 −0.94%
- +5.0%
- 1 yearS&P 500 +16%
- −20%
- 5 yearsS&P 500 +86%
- +76%
- vs 50-day average$32.58
- +1.9%
- 52-week high
- $41.67
- 52-week low
- $26.68
- Annualised volatility
- 33%
- Insider buying, net, 6 monthsForms 3/4/5 to 2026-10-22
- $29K
| Year | Return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | −7.8% |
| 2025 | −16% |
| 2024 | +51% |
| 2023 | +26% |
| 2022 | +37% |
| 2021 | +2.9% |
| 2020 | −23% |
| 2019 | +60% |
| 2018 | −10% |
| 2017 | +2.4% |
| Month | Years | Positive | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10 | 4 of 10 | −0.39% |
| Feb | 10 | 5 of 10 | −1.1% |
| Mar | 10 | 5 of 10 | −0.64% |
| Apr | 10 | 5 of 10 | +2.5% |
| May | 10 | 7 of 10 | +2.4% |
| Jun | 10 | 7 of 10 | +3.9% |
| Jul | 11 | 8 of 11 | +4.4% |
| Aug | 11 | 6 of 11 | +0.09% |
| Sep | 11 | 4 of 11 | −2.8% |
| Oct | 11 | 6 of 11 | +2.0% |
| Nov | 10 | 8 of 10 | +9.2% |
| Dec | 10 | 6 of 10 | −0.44% |
End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.
Where the price stands
Its trend against the 50-day and 200-day averages, and the levels it keeps coming back to.
What it has returned
With dividends, year by year, month by month, and by calendar month on average.
Staffing & Employment Services
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