NYSE:BFAM Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) Stock Price, News & Analysis $119.98 +0.15 (+0.13%) As of 04/24/2025 03:52 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Stock Analysis Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock About Bright Horizons Family Solutions Stock (NYSE:BFAM) 30 days 90 days 365 days Advanced Chart View Price History Chart DataSkip Price History Chart Get BFAM alerts:Sign Up Key Stats Today's Range$119.07▼$120.4550-Day Range$110.13▼$130.3252-Week Range$100.59▼$141.90Volume274,874 shsAverage Volume440,694 shsMarket Capitalization$6.87 billionP/E Ratio49.91Dividend YieldN/APrice Target$137.67Consensus RatingModerate Buy Company OverviewBright 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.Read More… Bright Horizons Family Solutions Stock Analysis - MarketRank™See Top-Rated MarketRank™ Stocks86th Percentile Overall ScoreBFAM 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. Analyst's Opinion2.4 / 5Analyst RatingModerate Buy Consensus RatingBright 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 CoverageBright 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 and Valuation1.9 / 5Proj. Earnings Growth19.39% Earnings GrowthEarnings 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 MarketThe 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. SectorThe 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 RatioBright 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. Short Interest5.0 / 5Short Interest LevelHealthy Percentage of Shares Shorted1.59% of the float of Bright Horizons Family Solutions has been sold short.Short Interest Ratio / Days to CoverBright 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 monthShort interest in Bright Horizons Family Solutions has recently decreased by 23.79%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly. Dividend0.0 / 5Dividend StrengthN/A Dividend YieldBright Horizons Family Solutions does not currently pay a dividend.Dividend GrowthBright Horizons Family Solutions does not have a long track record of dividend growth. Sustainability and ESG4.8 / 5Environmental Score-1.56 Percentage of Shares Shorted1.59% of the float of Bright Horizons Family Solutions has been sold short.Short Interest Ratio / Days to CoverBright 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 monthShort interest in Bright Horizons Family Solutions has recently decreased by 23.79%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly. News and Social Media3.7 / 5News Sentiment1.65 News SentimentBright 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 WeekMarketBeat has tracked 12 news articles for Bright Horizons Family Solutions this week, compared to 7 articles on an average week.Search Interest1 people have searched for BFAM on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. MarketBeat FollowsOnly 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. Company Ownership0.8 / 5Insider TradingSelling Shares Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn 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 InsidersOnly 1.22% of the stock of Bright Horizons Family Solutions is held by insiders.Read more about Bright Horizons Family Solutions' insider trading history. Receive BFAM Stock News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for Bright Horizons Family Solutions and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address BFAM Stock News HeadlinesWhat's Driving the Market Sentiment Around Bright Horizons Family?April 23 at 11:29 AM | benzinga.comBright Horizons Family Solutions Announces Date of First Quarter 2025 Earnings Release and Conference CallApril 22 at 4:55 PM | businesswire.comHere’s How to Claim Your Stake in Elon’s Private Company, xAIEven though xAI is a private company, tech legend and angel investor Jeff Brown found a way for everyday folks like you… To partner with Elon on what he believes will be the biggest AI project of the century… Starting with as little as $500.April 25, 2025 | Brownstone Research (Ad)Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc Launches New Podcast Season on Work-Life BalanceApril 7, 2025 | gurufocus.comBright Horizons Announces New Season of The Work-Life Equation Podcast, Kicking Off April 8April 7, 2025 | businesswire.comEarnings are growing at Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAM) but shareholders still don't like its prospectsApril 7, 2025 | finance.yahoo.comMarch 19, 2025 | gurufocus.comBright Horizons Family Solutions Full Year 2024 Earnings: EPS Misses ExpectationsMarch 4, 2025 | finance.yahoo.comSee More Headlines 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 beginning of 2025. Since then, BFAM shares have increased by 8.1% and is now trading at $119.79. View the best growth stocks for 2025 here. How were Bright Horizons Family Solutions' earnings last quarter? 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%. Read the conference call transcript. Who are Bright Horizons Family Solutions' major shareholders? 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. View institutional ownership trends. 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 Earnings2/13/2025Today4/24/2025Next Earnings (Estimated)5/01/2025Fiscal Year End12/31/2025Get Stock AlertsIndustry, Sector and Symbol Stock ExchangeNYSE SectorBusiness Services Industry Child day care services Sub-IndustryEducation Services Current SymbolNYSE:BFAM CIK1437578 Webwww.brighthorizons.com Phone(617) 673-8000Fax617-673-8001Employees25,800Year Founded1986Price 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 RatingModerate Buy Rating Score (0-4)2.70 Research Coverage10 Analysts Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$2.40 Trailing P/E Ratio49.91 Forward P/E Ratio33.18 P/E GrowthN/ANet Income$140.19 million Net Margins5.22% Pretax Margin6.66% Return on Equity13.63% Return on Assets4.62% Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.66 Current Ratio0.61 Quick Ratio0.61 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$2.69 billion Price / Sales2.56 Cash Flow$4.29 per share Price / Cash Flow27.94 Book Value$20.94 per share Price / Book5.72Miscellaneous Outstanding Shares57,354,000Free Float57,473,000Market Cap$6.87 billion OptionableOptionable Beta1.31 Social Links Metaverse Stocks And Why You Can't Ignore ThemThinking about investing in Meta, Roblox, or Unity? 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