BGSF

Staffing & Employment Services · Industrials

Price

$5.74

-0.03 (-0.52%)

Market Cap

$61.5M

Winston Score

Winston is worried

Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Share count rising — dilution

+6.4% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 10.4M (2021) → 11.1M (2025)

BGSF, Inc. is a staffing company that connects workers with businesses that need temporary or contract help. It operates in two main areas: placing workers in commercial real estate and property management jobs, and placing IT and professional workers at companies that need tech talent. Its customers are mostly businesses across the United States, including apartment communities, office buildings, and mid-sized companies needing technology staff.

BGSF makes money by charging client businesses a fee for each worker placed, typically billing at a markup over what the worker is paid. The company operates entirely in the United States and is relatively small, with a market cap around $100 million. It faces stiff competition from much larger staffing firms like Robert Half and ManpowerGroup, which have more resources and broader reach. The biggest risk right now is its negative operating margin, which means the company is spending more than it earns from operations, and a slow hiring environment could make that problem worse.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-67.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-97.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

8.1%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$14M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue declining

BGSF's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

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Quality

Gross Margin

34.7%

Modest — 34.7% gross margin

Operating Margin

-7.4%

Losing money on operations — -7.4%

ROCE

-3.3%

Weak — -3.3% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales YoY

-58.4%

Shrinking sales (-58.4% YoY)

EPS YoY

N/A

Data not available

EPS Consistency

0/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

N/A

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Data not available

FCF Margin

-1.1%

Burning cash (-1.1%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.01

Conservative — low debt load (0.01)

Interest Cover

N/A

Data not available

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

—

Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful

P/E vs Forward

N/A

not available

Data not available

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

35.09%

Healthy income — 35.09% yield

Yield above 6% — often a flag the market is pricing in a cut.

Dividend Growth

+308.3%

Dividend growing fast (308.3% YoY)

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