Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. provides early education and childcare, back-up care, educational advisory, and other workplace solutions services for employers and families in the United States, Puerto Rico, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Australia, and India. The company operates in three segments: Full Service Center-Based Child Care, Back-Up Care, and Educational Advisory and Other Services. The Full Service Center-Based Child Care segment offers traditional center-based child care and early education, preschool, and elementary education services. The Back-Up Care segment provides center-based back-up child care, in-home child and adult/elder dependent care, school-age camps, virtual tutoring, and self-sourced reimbursed care services through child care centers, school-age campuses, and in-home caregivers, as well as the back-up care network. The Educational Advisory and Other Services segment offers tuition assistance and student loan repayment program administration, workforce education, and related educational consulting services, as well as college admissions and college financial advisory services. The company was formerly known as Bright Horizons Solutions Corp. and changed its name to Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. in July 2012. Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $124.59 to $128.96
• 50-Day Range: $105.03 to $130.24
• 52-Week Range: $100.59 to $141.90
• Volume: 525,477 shs
• Average Volume: 465,987 shs
• Market Capitalization: $7.35 billion
• P/E Ratio: 52.62
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $137.67
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Bright Horizons Family Solutions scored higher than 88% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 39th out of 326 stocks in the business services sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.70, and is based on 6 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 18.34%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Bright Horizons Family Solutions are expected to grow by 18.34% in the coming year, from $3.49 to $4.13 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Bright Horizons Family Solutions is 52.62, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 22.06.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Bright Horizons Family Solutions is 52.62, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Business Services sector average P/E ratio of about 27.09.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a P/B Ratio of 6.03. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.33% of the float of Bright Horizons Family Solutions has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.3, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Bright Horizons Family Solutions has recently decreased by 11.87%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Bright Horizons Family Solutions does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Bright Horizons Family Solutions does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 4.8 / 5
• Environmental Score: -1.57

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.33% of the float of Bright Horizons Family Solutions has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.3, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Bright Horizons Family Solutions has recently decreased by 11.87%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.16

News Sentiment

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a news sentiment score of 1.16. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.65 average news sentiment score of Business Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 16 news articles for Bright Horizons Family Solutions this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Bright Horizons Family Solutions insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $573,550.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 1.22% of the stock of Bright Horizons Family Solutions is held by insiders.

BFAM Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have BFAM shares performed this year?

Bright Horizons Family Solutions' stock was trading at $110.85 at the start of the year. Since then, BFAM shares have increased by 13.9% and is now trading at $126.2850.
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How were Bright Horizons Family Solutions' earnings last quarter?

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. (NYSE:BFAM) posted its earnings results on Thursday, February, 13th. The company reported $0.88 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.91 by $0.03. Bright Horizons Family Solutions had a net margin of 5.22% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.63%.

Who are Bright Horizons Family Solutions' major shareholders?

Top institutional shareholders of Bright Horizons Family Solutions include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.36%), T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. (8.52%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (6.10%) and Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC (5.34%). Insiders that own company stock include Stephen Howard Kramer, Elizabeth J Boland, Mary Lou Burke, Mary Ann Tocio, John Guy Casagrande, Lawrence M Alleva, Jason Janoff and Lightfoot Sara Lawrence.
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How do I buy shares of Bright Horizons Family Solutions?

Shares of BFAM stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Bright Horizons Family Solutions own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Bright Horizons Family Solutions investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Tesla (TSLA), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Netflix (NFLX), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Visa (V).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 2/13/2025
• Today: 2/21/2025
• Next Earnings (Confirmed): 2/27/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Business Services
• Industry: Child day care services
• Sub-Industry: Education Services
• Current Symbol: NYSE:BFAM
• CUSIP: 10919410
• CIK: 1437578
• Web: www.brighthorizons.com
• Phone: (617) 673-8000
• Fax: 617-673-8001
• Employees: 31,400
• Year Founded: 1986

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $137.67
• High Stock Price Target: $160.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $100.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +9.0%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.70
• Research Coverage: 10 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $2.40
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 52.62
• Forward P/E Ratio: 36.18
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $140.19 million
• Net Margins: 5.22%
• Pretax Margin: 6.66%
• Return on Equity: 13.63%
• Return on Assets: 4.62%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.66
• Current Ratio: 0.61
• Quick Ratio: 0.61

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $2.69 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.74
• Cash Flow: $4.38 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 28.82
• Book Value: $20.94 per share
• Price / Book: 6.03

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 58,180,000
• Free Float: 57,473,000
• Market Cap: $7.35 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.45