secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES INC (BBSI)
CIK:        0000902791
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-08-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-23-037153
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

BBSI reports Q2 net income $17M ($2.47 EPS); declares $0.30 dividend, new $75M buyback
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- Q2 net income $17.0M ($2.47 diluted EPS) vs $18.0M ($2.48) year ago.
- Revenue $264.6M (+1% YoY); gross billings $1.91B (+5%).
- Workers' comp expense 2.6% of gross billings with $6.3M favorable adjustments vs 2.5% ($8.5M) year ago.
- New $75M stock repurchase program (2-year); quarterly dividend $0.30 payable Sept 1, 2023.
- 2023 outlook: gross billings growth 4-6%, WSE growth 2-4%, gross margin 3.1-3.15%.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/902791/000095017023037153/0000950170-23-037153-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/902791/000095017023037153/bbsi-20230802.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-037153

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