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

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$119.98 +0.15 (+0.13%)
As of 04/24/2025 03:52 PM Eastern
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About Bright Horizons Family Solutions Stock (NYSE:BFAM)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$119.07
$120.45
50-Day Range
$110.13
$130.32
52-Week Range
$100.59
$141.90
Volume
274,874 shs
Average Volume
440,694 shs
Market Capitalization
$6.87 billion
P/E Ratio
49.91
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$137.67
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

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.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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86th Percentile Overall Score

BFAM MarketRank™: 

Bright Horizons Family Solutions scored higher than 86% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 44th out of 321 stocks in the business services sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • 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 only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Bright Horizons Family Solutions' stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Bright Horizons Family Solutions are expected to grow by 19.39% in the coming year, from $3.61 to $4.31 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Bright Horizons Family Solutions is 49.91, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 21.66.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Bright Horizons Family Solutions is 49.91, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Business Services sector average P/E ratio of about 30.57.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a P/B Ratio of 5.72. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Bright Horizons Family Solutions' valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    1.59% 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 2, 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 23.79%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • 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.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    1.59% 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 2, 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 23.79%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a news sentiment score of 1.65. 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 0.76 average news sentiment score of Business Services companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 12 news articles for Bright Horizons Family Solutions this week, compared to 7 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    1 people have searched for BFAM on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    Only 1 people have added Bright Horizons Family Solutions to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -50% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • 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 $436,540.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

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

  • Read more about Bright Horizons Family Solutions' insider trading history.
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BFAM Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Bright Horizons Family Solutions' stock was trading at $110.85 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, BFAM shares have increased by 8.1% and is now trading at $119.79.
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Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. (NYSE:BFAM) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 13th. The company reported $0.88 earnings per share (EPS) 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%.
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Top institutional shareholders of Bright Horizons Family Solutions include Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC (0.55%), Bessemer Group Inc. (0.51%), GAMMA Investing LLC (0.11%) and Rhumbline Advisers (0.10%). 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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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.

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
4/24/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated)
5/01/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Industry
Child day care services
Sub-Industry
Education Services
Current Symbol
NYSE:BFAM
Employees
25,800
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
+14.9%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.70
Research Coverage
10 Analysts

Profitability

Trailing P/E Ratio
49.91
Forward P/E Ratio
33.18
P/E Growth
N/A
Net Income
$140.19 million
Pretax Margin
6.66%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$2.69 billion
Cash Flow
$4.29 per share
Price / Cash Flow
27.94
Book Value
$20.94 per share
Price / Book
5.72

Miscellaneous

Free Float
57,473,000
Market Cap
$6.87 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.31

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This page (NYSE:BFAM) was last updated on 4/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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