Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) Competitors $116.61 -1.55 (-1.31%) As of 03:58 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock BFAM vs. LRN, LOPE, ATGE, STRA, UTI, LINC, APEI, XYL, IRM, and VLTOShould you be buying Bright Horizons Family Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bright Horizons Family Solutions include Stride (LRN), Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), Adtalem Global Education (ATGE), Strategic Education (STRA), Universal Technical Institute (UTI), Lincoln Educational Services (LINC), American Public Education (APEI), Xylem (XYL), Iron Mountain (IRM), and Veralto (VLTO). Bright Horizons Family Solutions vs. Stride Grand Canyon Education Adtalem Global Education Strategic Education Universal Technical Institute Lincoln Educational Services American Public Education Xylem Iron Mountain Veralto Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAM) and Stride (NYSE:LRN) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership. Do analysts rate BFAM or LRN? Bright Horizons Family Solutions currently has a consensus target price of $137.67, indicating a potential upside of 16.09%. Stride has a consensus target price of $120.17, indicating a potential downside of 11.72%. Given Bright Horizons Family Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Bright Horizons Family Solutions is more favorable than Stride.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Bright Horizons Family Solutions 1 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 6 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.70Stride 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.67 Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BFAM or LRN? 98.2% of Stride shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Bright Horizons Family Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Stride shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Which has higher valuation & earnings, BFAM or LRN? Stride has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bright Horizons Family Solutions. Stride is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bright Horizons Family Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioBright Horizons Family Solutions$2.69B2.53$140.19M$2.4049.41Stride$2.19B2.70$204.18M$5.9922.72 Which has more risk & volatility, BFAM or LRN? Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stride has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media prefer BFAM or LRN? In the previous week, Stride had 11 more articles in the media than Bright Horizons Family Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Stride and 12 mentions for Bright Horizons Family Solutions. Bright Horizons Family Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Stride's score of 1.51 indicating that Bright Horizons Family Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Bright Horizons Family Solutions 10 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Stride 19 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Does the MarketBeat Community favor BFAM or LRN? Bright Horizons Family Solutions received 26 more outperform votes than Stride when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.63% of users gave Stride an outperform vote while only 57.18% of users gave Bright Horizons Family Solutions an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformBright Horizons Family SolutionsOutperform Votes41857.18% Underperform Votes31342.82% StrideOutperform Votes39269.63% Underperform Votes17130.37% Is BFAM or LRN more profitable? Stride has a net margin of 12.30% compared to Bright Horizons Family Solutions' net margin of 5.22%. Stride's return on equity of 22.42% beat Bright Horizons Family Solutions' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Bright Horizons Family Solutions5.22% 13.63% 4.62% Stride 12.30%22.42%13.73% SummaryStride beats Bright Horizons Family Solutions on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get Bright Horizons Family Solutions News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for BFAM and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart BFAM vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricBright Horizons Family SolutionsChild day care services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$6.80B$6.77B$6.99B$18.49BDividend YieldN/AN/A2.70%4.23%P/E Ratio49.4249.1729.6031.15Price / Sales2.532.52149.3125.57Price / Cash27.9427.9431.6117.53Price / Book5.665.634.544.29Net Income$140.19M$140.19M$195.82M$1.02B7 Day Performance-0.82%-1.34%-0.78%-0.80%1 Month Performance-6.26%-6.75%-6.67%-6.88%1 Year Performance13.16%12.57%3.70%1.68% Bright Horizons Family Solutions Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)BFAMBright Horizons Family Solutions4.2817 of 5 stars$116.61-1.3%$137.67+18.1%+11.1%$6.69B$2.69B48.5925,800Short Interest ↓Positive NewsGap DownLRNStride1.2438 of 5 stars$126.15+0.9%$120.17-4.7%+136.0%$5.49B$2.19B21.067,500Upcoming EarningsNews CoveragePositive NewsLOPEGrand Canyon Education3.9097 of 5 stars$166.95-0.2%$197.67+18.4%+36.9%$4.80B$1.03B21.575,500Analyst ForecastPositive NewsGap DownHigh Trading VolumeATGEAdtalem Global Education3.8839 of 5 stars$98.94+0.9%$101.67+2.8%+133.3%$3.69B$1.69B18.424,680Analyst ForecastShort Interest ↑Positive NewsHigh Trading VolumeSTRAStrategic Education4.3283 of 5 stars$77.93-3.9%$112.33+44.1%-19.2%$1.92B$1.22B14.843,910Analyst ForecastNews CoverageHigh Trading VolumeUTIUniversal Technical Institute3.9692 of 5 stars$25.63+1.5%$32.17+25.5%+92.2%$1.39B$759.42M26.421,950Short Interest ↓Gap DownHigh Trading VolumeLINCLincoln Educational Services3.1391 of 5 stars$16.11+5.2%$21.00+30.4%+77.5%$508.96M$440.06M50.352,060High Trading VolumeAPEIAmerican Public Education3.5147 of 5 stars$22.15+0.7%$25.33+14.4%+91.3%$398.61M$624.56M39.555,800Positive NewsGap DownXYLXylem4.4684 of 5 stars$103.65-0.9%$149.89+44.6%-14.3%$25.22B$8.56B28.3217,800Analyst ForecastNews CoveragePositive NewsHigh Trading VolumeIRMIron Mountain4.4927 of 5 stars$77.42+0.3%$125.67+62.3%+11.2%$22.74B$6.15B126.9126,000Positive NewsVLTOVeralto3.4478 of 5 stars$87.14-1.9%$113.50+30.2%+0.2%$21.62B$5.19B26.0916,000Upcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastNews CoveragePositive News Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Stride Competitors Grand Canyon Education Competitors Adtalem Global Education Competitors Strategic Education Competitors Universal Technical Institute Competitors Lincoln Educational Services Competitors American Public Education Competitors Xylem Competitors Iron Mountain Competitors Veralto Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:BFAM) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTrump Makes Major Crypto AnnouncementTrump Ends the “War on Crypto” I expect it to pump the market, which is why I'm recommending ONE coin to al...Crypto 101 Media | SponsoredCrypto’s crashing…but we’re still profitingMost traders are panicking right now. 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