Financial Contrast: Barrett Business Services (NASDAQ:BBSI) and GBT Technologies (OTCMKTS:GTCH)

Barrett Business Services (NASDAQ:BBSI) and GBT Technologies (OTCMKTS:GTCH) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Barrett Business Services and GBT Technologies, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Barrett Business Services	0	0	2	0	3.00
GBT Technologies	0	0	0	0	0.00

Barrett Business Services presently has a consensus price target of $45.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.31%. Given Barrett Business Services’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Barrett Business Services is more favorable than GBT Technologies.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Barrett Business Services and GBT Technologies”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Barrett Business Services	$1.14 billion	1.04	$52.99 million	$1.95	23.87
GBT Technologies	$1.20 billion	0.00	$20.72 million	N/A	N/A

Barrett Business Services has higher earnings, but lower revenue than GBT Technologies.

Volatility & Risk

Barrett Business Services has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GBT Technologies has a beta of -0.31, meaning that its share price is 131% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Barrett Business Services and GBT Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Barrett Business Services	4.45%	24.55%	7.09%
GBT Technologies	N/A	-90.27%	34,769.09%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

86.8% of Barrett Business Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Barrett Business Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 68.0% of GBT Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Barrett Business Services beats GBT Technologies on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Barrett Business Services

Barrett Business Services, Inc. provides business management solutions for small and mid-sized companies in the United States. The company develops a management platform that integrates a knowledge-based approach from the management consulting industry with tools from the human resource outsourcing industry. It 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. The company 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. It 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, restaurant franchises, and professional services firms. Barrett Business Services, Inc. was incorporated in 1965 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Washington.

About GBT Technologies

GBT Technologies Inc. develops Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) enabled networking and tracking technologies. The company's technologies include wireless mesh network technology platform and fixed solutions. It also develops intelligent human body vitals devices, asset-tracking IoT, and wireless mesh networks. The company also offers IT consulting services; and sells electronic products. The company was formerly known as Gopher Protocol Inc. and changed its name to GBT Technologies Inc. in August 2019. GBT Technologies Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Santa Monica, California.