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BBSI vs FCN

Side-by-side comparison of Barrett Business Services Inc. (BBSI) and FTI Consulting Inc. (FCN): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both BBSI and FCN operate in Professional Services (Consumer Discretionary), so they compete in similar markets.
  • FCN is the larger of the two at $4.66B, about 5.9x BBSI ($794.0M).
  • Over the past year, BBSI is down 22.4% and FCN is down 5.3% - FCN leads by 17.1 points.
  • FCN has been more active in the news (10 items in the past 4 weeks vs 2 for BBSI).
  • BBSI has more recent analyst coverage (3 ratings vs 2 for FCN).
PerformanceBBSI-22.42%FCN-5.34%
2025-06-03+0.00%2026-06-03
MetricBBSIFCN
Company
Barrett Business Services Inc.
FTI Consulting Inc.
Price
$32.32-2.80%
$154.47+0.63%
Market cap
$794.0M
$4.66B
1M return
+5.50%
-8.15%
1Y return
-22.42%
-5.34%
Industry
Professional Services
Professional Services
Exchange
NASDAQ
NYSE
IPO
1993
1999
News (4w)
2
10
Recent ratings
3
2
BBSI

Barrett Business Services Inc.

Barrett Business Services, Inc. provides business management solutions for small and mid-sized companies in the United States. It develops a management platform that integrates a knowledge-based approach from the management consulting industry with tools from the human resource outsourcing industry. The company offers professional employer services under which it enters into a client services agreement to establish a co-employment relationship with each client company, assuming responsibility for payroll, payroll taxes, workers' compensation coverage, and other administration functions for the client's existing workforce. It also provides staffing and recruiting services, such as on-demand or short-term staffing assignment, contract staffing, direct placement, and long-term or indefinite-term on-site management services. The company serves electronics manufacturers, light-manufacturing industries, agriculture-based companies, transportation and shipping enterprises, food processors, telecommunications companies, public utilities, general contractors in various construction-related fields, and professional services firms. Barrett Business Services, Inc. was incorporated in 1965 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Washington.

FCN

FTI Consulting Inc.

FTI Consulting, Inc. provides business advisory services to manage change, mitigate risk, and resolve disputes worldwide. Its Corporate Finance & Restructuring segment provides business transformation, transactions, turnaround, restructuring, and bankruptcy services. The company's Forensic and Litigation Consulting segment offers anti-corruption/anti-money laundering investigations and compliance, and data and analytics, as well as compliance, monitoring, and receivership services; cybersecurity, forensic accounting and advisory, and global risk and investigations practice; and construction solutions, dispute advisory, trial, insurance claims, health and environmental solutions, and export controls and sanctions. Its Economic Consulting segment provides financial, economic, and econometric consulting; business and expert valuation, and expert testimony services; intellectual property services; economic and statistical analyses services; services related to public policy and regulated industries, and healthcare economics and policy; international arbitration; and economic impact analysis, market modeling, and securities litigation and risk management services and other litigation services. The company's Technology segment offers e-discovery and data compliance management, managed document review, digital forensics, information governance, privacy and security, and contract intelligence services, as well as Radiance Visual Analytics software. Its Strategic Communications segment provides advice services relating to public affairs and government relations, crisis communications, corporate reputation, digital and, capital markets communications, transaction communications, and digital, analytics, and insights. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia.

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