secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES INC (BBSI)
CIK:        0000902791
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-11-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-23-057445
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.72
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

BBSI Q3 net income $18.2M ($2.68 EPS) up 4.6% YoY; declares $0.30 dividend
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- Revenue $273.3M (-0.2% YoY); gross billings up 3% to $1.96B; average WSEs +1% to 127,232.
- Net income $18.2M vs $17.4M YoY; diluted EPS $2.68 vs $2.45; workers' comp expense improved to 2.7%.
- Board declared $0.30 per share quarterly dividend, payable Dec 1 to holders of record Nov 17.
- Repurchased 115,400 shares at avg $94.60 in Q3; $64.1M remaining under buyback program.
- 2023 guidance: gross billings growth 4-5%, avg WSE growth 2-3%, gross margin 3.1-3.15%.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/902791/000095017023057445/0000950170-23-057445-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/902791/000095017023057445/bbsi-20231101.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-057445

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