Stocks · Industrials · Specialty Business Services
CBIZ, Inc. CBZ
$54.69 -0.04% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $2.93B
Inexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Net debt is 4.4× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 59 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- The diluted share count fell 6.4% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
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.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 30%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 33%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 10%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 11%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 5%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 40%
- Gross marginBottom 13%
- Operating marginTop 49%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 26%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 44%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 19%
- Interest coverBottom 30%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 30%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 10%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 22%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 42%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 36%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 38%
- 6-month returnTop 4%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 42%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 5%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 10%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 39%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 45%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 7%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 3%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 48%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 20%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 41%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 19%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 28.3% | 14.3% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 72.1% | 25.3% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 13.5% | 12.2% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 8.4% | 7.4% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 4.3% | 10.3% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 14.3% | 28.3% | ↓ | Top 30% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 25.3% | 72.1% | ↓ | Top 33% |
| Gross margin | 12.2% | 13.5% | ↓ | Bottom 13% |
| Operating margin | 7.4% | 8.4% | ↓ | Top 49% |
| Net margin | 4.7% | 4.5% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 10.3% | 4.3% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 3.7% | — | Bottom 40% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 25.0% | — | Top 11% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.21×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -3.5%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.3%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -9.0 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 4.35×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 1.0×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 2.67%
- Shareholder yield
- 2.67%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -6.4%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +5.8%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +9.3%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $44.75
- Target vs current price
- -18.2%
- Analysts with a rating
- 5
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 20%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | +26.0% | +17.6% | +17.9% | +17.2% | — |
| Apr 29, 2026 | +9.6% | +2.1% | -3.6% | -1.7% | +31.3% |
| Feb 25, 2026 | -6.1% | -1.8% | +7.5% | -9.5% | +13.7% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | +7.4% | -1.8% | +5.4% | -5.8% | -26.5% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | +13.1% | +0.6% | -17.2% | -14.1% | -29.0% |
| Apr 24, 2025 | +7.5% | -14.0% | -11.8% | -7.1% | -5.9% |
| Feb 26, 2025 | +13.0% | -5.2% | -11.5% | -13.2% | -15.9% |
| Oct 29, 2024 | +10.5% | +6.3% | +6.4% | +22.7% | +27.8% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | $0.91 | $0.72 | +26.0% | $682.2M |
| Apr 29, 2026 | $2.50 | $2.28 | +9.6% | $848.6M |
| Feb 25, 2026 | -$0.70 | -$0.66 | -6.1% | $542.7M |
| Oct 29, 2025 | $1.01 | $0.94 | +7.4% | $693.8M |
| Jul 30, 2025 | $0.95 | $0.84 | +13.1% | $683.5M |
| Apr 24, 2025 | $2.29 | $2.13 | +7.5% | $838.0M |
| Feb 26, 2025 | -$0.20 | -$0.23 | +13.0% | $460.3M |
| Oct 29, 2024 | $0.84 | $0.76 | +10.5% | $438.9M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 25.1× | 25.6× | 43th | Top 30% |
| P/E (forward) | 13.1× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 11.1× | — | — | Top 22% |
| EV / Sales | 1.74× | — | — | Top 42% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 9.75% | — | — | Top 10% |
| Earnings yield | 3.99% | — | — | Top 30% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 12.1× – 71.7× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -0.8%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +25.3%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -28.1%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
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
- 68
- Days above the 200-day average
- 59
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +14.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +1.1%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +37.0%
- RSI (14)
- 68.5
- Relative volume
- 0.57×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 42.5%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 73th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.97
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.29
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -3.7%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -71.6%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 2025 | Mar 24, 2026 | -71.6% | 282 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jul 30, 2024 | Oct 10, 2024 | -25.9% | 51 days | 75 days (Jan 30, 2025) |
| Apr 21, 2022 | Jun 23, 2022 | -15.0% | 43 days | 24 days (Jul 28, 2022) |
| Nov 5, 2021 | Dec 1, 2021 | -12.1% | 17 days | 30 days (Jan 13, 2022) |
| May 7, 2021 | Jul 22, 2021 | -11.9% | 52 days | 61 days (Oct 18, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $2.93B
- P/E (TTM)
- 25.1
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $2.18
- Revenue (TTM)
- $2.77B
- 52-week range
- $24.29 – $56.93
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.10B | $1.41B | $1.59B | $1.81B | $2.76B |
| Gross profit | $159.3M | $223.4M | $223.2M | $182.5M | $355.4M |
| Operating income | $72.7M | $168.3M | $165.2M | $73.7M | $234.0M |
| Net income | $70.9M | $105.4M | $121.0M | $41.0M | $115.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.32 | $2.01 | $2.39 | $0.78 | $1.83 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $438.9M | $460.3M | $838.0M | $683.5M | $693.8M | $542.7M | $848.6M | $682.2M |
| Net income | $35.1M | -$90.7M | $122.8M | $41.9M | $30.1M | -$79.4M | $161.6M | $18.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.70 | -$1.53 | $1.91 | $0.66 | $0.48 | -$1.24 | $2.63 | $0.31 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $131.2M | $126.1M | $153.5M | $123.7M | $192.5M |
| Capital expenditure | -$9.0M | -$8.6M | -$23.1M | -$12.9M | -$17.0M |
| Free cash flow | $122.2M | $117.5M | $130.5M | $110.8M | $175.5M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$100.5M | -$129.8M | -$73.8M | -$11.5M | -$160.1M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $20.9M
- Total assets
- $4.57B
- Total liabilities
- $2.71B
- Total debt
- $1.91B
- Net debt
- $1.89B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.87B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 2,060,130
- Days to cover
- 1.53
- Change vs previous report
- +4.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jul 1, 1996
- 2-for-1