Barrett Business Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:BBSI)

Magic Formula pick. Hidden Gems pick. Sitting at a near all-time low.

This is a good company at a bargain price....value investing :)

cheap, good balance sheet, no debt, lots of cash. Buying smaller companies at inexpensive prices. Agressive CEO who owns 30% of shares

A microcap company with 30% of the shares held by insiders, especially the CEO, no debt, plenty of cash for buying other companies, a low PEG and a dividend! The company offers a broad range of services that complement the more traditional temp agency as well. Sounds like a deal for me.

low debt levels, a small cap that pays dividends, a small amount of insider buying and a peg of only .79 seems like the right time to buy to me .

small-cap dividend paying insider ownership, fell on some rough times beyond it's control. seriously looking at buying.

Profitable, growing company with CEO who owns 30% of shares. A quote from him on their 10/25/07 conference call: "If you take the cash out, we're trading at 8x earnings, and if you guys want to sell it down to 5x earnings, maybe I'll just buy the whole goddamned thing!" Speaking of that $58MM of cash on their balance sheet, several analysts on the call commented that the stock looked very cheap and asked if the company would be considering using some of that cash to buy back more shares. He confirmed that that was a distinct possibility.

Call me crazy, but I'm buying more BBSI!

a very small company.. engaged in human resources services.. small and medium business are its customer base.....

MFI CAP 88 TOP 50 8/16/07

Human resource management helps clients focus on their core business

strong chart, recent upgrade

Good P/E, Return on Capital and Balance Sheet. Showed weakness after disappointing earnings and guidance; a buying opportunity.

solid earnings and projections

interesting industry

A tour of the balance sheet and cash flow report leaves one breathless with awe. Also, like credit cards, staffing is a great business to be in.

5-star $231 million market cap on 11/4/06
Human resource management services
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Decent valuation, strong business model, and poised for growth.

BBSI has shown consistent growth over the past 4 years. I think that their earnings are much less cyclical in nature than they were in the past. Their revenues are less dependent on staffing and the PEO side of their buisiness is growing very fast. The PEO buisiness is much less cyclical. BBSI has been slow to invest the cash they raised with a secondary last Summer. They have shown slower growth in earnings per a share although their gross income has grown in the 30-40% range. Over the next few quarters the comps should get better.