Barrett Business Services (NASDAQ:BBSI) versus YY Group (NASDAQ:YYGH) Financial Analysis

Barrett Business Services (NASDAQ:BBSI) and YY Group (NASDAQ:YYGH) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Barrett Business Services and YY Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Barrett Business Services	0	1	1	0	2.50
YY Group	0	0	0	0	N/A

Barrett Business Services presently has a consensus price target of $35.13, suggesting a potential downside of 1.47%. Given Barrett Business Services’ higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Barrett Business Services is more favorable than YY Group.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

86.8% of Barrett Business Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Barrett Business Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Barrett Business Services and YY Group’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Barrett Business Services	$1.07 billion	0.87	$50.61 million	$1.82	19.56
YY Group	$31.77 million	0.93	$850,000.00	N/A	N/A

Barrett Business Services has higher revenue and earnings than YY Group.

Profitability

This table compares Barrett Business Services and YY Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Barrett Business Services	4.60%	26.58%	7.02%
YY Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Barrett Business Services beats YY Group on 9 of the 10 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 YY Group

YY Group Holding Limited, a data and technology driven company, provides manpower outsourcing and cleaning services in Singapore and Malaysia. Its cleaning services include commercial cleaning for offices and schools; hospitality cleaning for hotels and shopping centers; industrial cleaning, facade cleaning, disinfection, and stewarding services for meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions, as well as banquets; and pest control services. The company also offers cleaning robots and machines to enhance cleaning performance by deploying them at designated premises. In addition, it provides YY Smart iClean App, which is a smart toilet central management platform. Further, the company offers manpower contracting services; employment agencies; general cleaning services; manpower outsourcing with information technology solution; management consulting; and employment placement and recruitment services. YY Group Holding Limited was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Singapore.