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BGSF, Inc. BGSF

$4.92 -1.20% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $52.7M

Next earnings report: Nov 6, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Revenue over the last four quarters was $92.1M, down 58.6% from a year earlier.
  2. The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
  3. Operating margin narrowed to -5.9% from -1.5% a year earlier.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.

Growth2Very weak

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 1%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 8%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 1%
  • Revenue growth accelerationBottom 31%
Quality31Weak

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalBottom 12%
  • Gross marginTop 34%
  • Operating marginBottom 16%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Top 14%
  • Interest coverBottom 16%
Value25Very weak

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldBottom 16%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 18%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 9%
  • Sales / enterprise valueTop 4%
Momentum34Weak

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthTop 45%
  • 6-month returnBottom 16%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 49%
  • Distance from 52-week highBottom 46%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 15%
Revisions30Weak

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 19%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 16%
  • Upside to consensus price targetTop 17%
Stability62Neutral

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 28%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 19%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 17%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)-58.4%-58.6%↓
Gross margin33.7%35.3%↑
Operating margin-1.5%-5.9%↓
FCF margin5.6%-3.7%↓

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)-58.6%-58.4%↓Bottom 1%
Gross margin35.3%33.7%↑Top 34%
Operating margin-5.9%-1.5%↓Bottom 16%
Net margin-10.0%-2.8%↓—
Free-cash-flow margin-3.7%5.6%↓—
Return on invested capital-11.4%—Bottom 12%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR-32.1%—Bottom 1%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-11.3%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
0.5%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
+44.2 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
Net cash
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
-3.5×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
42.48%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
5.10%
Shareholder yield
47.57%
Share count change, 1 year
-3.9%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
-0.6%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jun 28, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
0
Beats in the last 8 reports
3 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
-28.4%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
-1.1%
Positive 20 days after report
2 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$9.00
Target vs current price
+82.9%

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Aug 5, 2026-140.0%+1.1%-0.5%-7.5%—
May 6, 2026-8.3%-6.4%-1.7%-5.9%+2.2%
Mar 11, 2026+31.3%-1.4%+2.4%-2.8%-17.2%
Nov 7, 2025+3.4%+8.3%+22.3%+37.9%+70.9%
Aug 6, 2025-1200.0%-2.7%-14.5%-12.6%-51.1%
May 7, 2025+61.1%-4.8%+25.6%+29.5%+79.2%
Mar 12, 2025-11.1%-4.4%-12.6%-23.9%+7.1%
Nov 6, 2024-163.6%+1.3%-7.2%-29.5%-31.3%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Aug 5, 2026-$0.08$0.20-140.0%$22.3M
May 6, 2026-$0.13-$0.12-8.3%$20.9M
Mar 11, 2026-$0.11-$0.16+31.3%$22.0M
Nov 7, 2025-$0.28-$0.29+3.4%$26.9M
Aug 6, 2025-$0.44$0.04-1200.0%$23.5M
May 7, 2025-$0.07-$0.18+61.1%$63.2M
Mar 12, 2025-$0.10-$0.09-11.1%$64.4M
Nov 6, 2024-$0.07$0.11-163.6%$71.2M

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
EV / Sales0.47×——Top 4%
Free-cash-flow yield-6.49%——Bottom 18%
Earnings yield-15.64%——Bottom 16%

P/E over the past five years

Range 4.6× – 46.3× since Jun 27, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✗ Price above 20-day average
  • ✗ Price above 50-day average
  • ✗ Price above 200-day average
  • ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
  • ✓ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
0
Days above the 200-day average
0
50-day average slope (20 days)
-4.4%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+1.4%
Distance from 50-day average
-7.3%
Distance from 200-day average
-11.2%
RSI (14)
39.7
Relative volume
1.13×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
32.2%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
22th percentile · Normal for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.67
Correlation with S&P 500
0.15
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-25.2%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-72.3%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Mar 15, 2021Apr 10, 2025-82.2%1024 daysNot yet recovered
Oct 12, 2020Oct 28, 2020-21.9%12 days8 days (Nov 9, 2020)
Jan 12, 2021Jan 29, 2021-14.8%12 days25 days (Mar 8, 2021)
Dec 18, 2020Dec 24, 2020-12.4%4 days11 days (Jan 12, 2021)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$52.7M
EPS, diluted (TTM)
-$0.77
Revenue (TTM)
$92.1M
52-week range
$3.25 – $6.75
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$239.0M$298.4M$313.2M$272.5M$93.3M
Gross profit$80.9M$103.5M$111.8M$92.9M$31.8M
Operating income$14.5M$16.3M-$7.2M$1.2M-$9.4M
Net income$14.1M$25.4M-$10.2M-$3.3M-$7.7M
EPS (diluted)$1.35$0.73-$0.95-$0.31-$0.70
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$71.2M$64.4M$63.2M$23.5M$26.9M$22.0M$20.9M$22.3M
Net income-$804,000-$981,000-$722,000-$3.7M-$5.8M-$1.2M-$1.4M-$834,000
EPS (diluted)-$0.07-$0.09-$0.07-$0.34-$0.53-$0.03-$0.13-$0.08
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$6.7M-$7.1M$20.4M$24.4M$113,000
Capital expenditure-$3.2M-$5.7M-$2.6M-$1.6M-$138,000
Free cash flow$3.5M-$12.8M$17.8M$22.7M-$25,000
Dividends paid-$4.6M-$6.3M-$6.5M-$1.6M-$22.4M
Net share buybacks$299,242$0$502,000$262,000-$1.4M

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$18.2M
Total assets
$52.9M
Total liabilities
$6.9M
Total debt
$608,000
Net debt
-$9.1M
Shareholders’ equity
$46.1M

As of Jun 28, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Oct 1, 2025$2.00—
Feb 16, 2024$0.15Feb 27, 2024
Nov 17, 2023$0.15Nov 28, 2023
Aug 18, 2023$0.15Aug 28, 2023
May 12, 2023$0.15May 22, 2023
Feb 22, 2023$0.15Mar 2, 2023
Nov 10, 2022$0.15Nov 21, 2022
Aug 12, 2022$0.15Aug 22, 2022

Short interest

Shares sold short
33,791
Days to cover
3.54
Change vs previous report
+4.1%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.