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Bright Horizons (BFAM)
NYSE:BFAM
BFAM Stock Chart & Stats
$77.33
$2.22(1.97%)
At close: 4:00 PM EST
$77.33
$2.22(1.97%)
Day’s Range― - ―
52-Week Range$63.68 - $132.99
Previous CloseN/A
Volume76.10K
Average Volume (3M)1.20M
Market Cap
$4.26B
Enterprise Value$5.99B
Total Cash (Recent Filing)$155.98M
Total Debt (Recent Filing)$1.76B
Price to Earnings (P/E)29.9
Beta0.44
Next Earnings
May 05, 2026EPS Estimate
0.79Next Dividend Ex-DateN/A
Dividend YieldN/A
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)1.15
Shares Outstanding55,113,644
10 Day Avg. Volume913,285
30 Day Avg. Volume1,197,029
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio0.75
Price to Book (P/B)4.31
Price to Sales (P/S)1.97
P/FCF Ratio22.52
Enterprise Value/Market Cap1.41
Enterprise Value/Revenue2.04
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit8.63
Enterprise Value/Ebitda14.69
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$95.57Price Target Upside23.59% Upside
Rating ConsensusModerate Buy
Number of Analyst Covering7
EPS Forecast (FY)5
Revenue Forecast (FY)$3.11B
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
Revenue & Profit GrowthSustained top-line and EPS expansion through 2025 reflects durable demand for employer-sponsored care and pricing power. Consistent revenue growth and margin expansion provide operating leverage that supports reinvestment, service quality, and longer-term profitability across business cycles.
Strong Cash Generation & Rising Free Cash FlowImproving operating cash flow and meaningful free cash flow generation create flexibility to fund openings, invest in quality, pay down debt or return capital. Reliable FCF underpins sustainable operations and supports multi-year strategic moves despite near-term portfolio actions.
High‑margin Backup Care And Ed‑advisory GrowthSegments with high margins and faster growth diversify revenue away from center-based volatility. Backup care’s double-digit growth and ed-advisory’s strong margins enhance overall profitability mix, providing durable earnings contributions and a runway to deepen penetration within corporate clients.
Bears Say
Elevated Leverage And Rising DebtHigher leverage limits financial flexibility for capex, buybacks or acquisitions and raises sensitivity to interest costs. With operating cash flow modest relative to total debt, deleveraging will be gradual absent material cash-flow improvement or reduced capital return, increasing risk in downturns.
Portfolio Rationalization Creates Multi‑year Tail CostsClosing loss-making centers improves long-term portfolio quality but generates persistent lease and exit costs that depress near- to medium-term cash flow. Execution risk and multi-year tail liabilities can offset margin gains and complicate free-cash-flow conversion while rationalization completes.
Suboptimal Occupancy And Labor/benefits PressureBelow-target occupancy reduces revenue per-center and caps margin expansion potential; persistent wage and benefits inflation compresses operating margins. Together they create a structural headwind to profitability until occupancy and productivity sustainably improve.
Bright Horizons News
BFAM FAQ
What was Bright Horizons’s price range in the past 12 months?
Bright Horizons lowest stock price was $63.68 and its highest was $132.99 in the past 12 months.
What is Bright Horizons’s market cap?
Bright Horizons’s market cap is $4.26B.
When is Bright Horizons’s upcoming earnings report date?
Bright Horizons’s upcoming earnings report date is May 05, 2026 which is in 44 days.
How were Bright Horizons’s earnings last quarter?
Bright Horizons released its earnings results on Feb 12, 2026. The company reported $1.15 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.122 by $0.028.
Is Bright Horizons overvalued?
According to Wall Street analysts Bright Horizons’s price is currently Undervalued.
Does Bright Horizons pay dividends?
Bright Horizons does not currently pay dividends.
What is Bright Horizons’s EPS estimate?
Bright Horizons’s EPS estimate is 0.79.
How many shares outstanding does Bright Horizons have?
Bright Horizons has 55,113,644 shares outstanding.
What happened to Bright Horizons’s price movement after its last earnings report?
Bright Horizons reported an EPS of $1.15 in its last earnings report, beating expectations of $1.122. Following the earnings report the stock price went down -18.245%.
Which hedge fund is a major shareholder of Bright Horizons?
Currently, no hedge funds are holding shares in BFAM
What is the TipRanks Smart Score and how is it calculated?
Smart Score combines eight research factors - such as analyst recommendations, hedge fund trends, and technical indicators - to measure a stock’s outlook. These signals are unified into a single score that reflects bullish or bearish momentum. See detailed methodology
Bright Horizons Stock Smart Score
Neutral
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Analyst Consensus
Moderate Buy
Average Price Target:
$95.57 (23.59% Upside)
$95.57 (23.59% Upside)
Blogger Sentiment
Bullish
BFAM Sentiment 100%
Sector Average ―
Sector Average ―
Hedge Fund Trend
Increased
By 5.3K Shares
Last Quarter.
Last Quarter.
Crowd Wisdom
Very Negative
Last 7 Days ▼ 8.2%
Last 30 Days ▼ 2.9%
Last 30 Days ▼ 2.9%
News Sentiment
Neutral
Bullish news 50%
Bearish news 50%
Bearish news 50%
Technicals
SMA
Negative
20 days / 200 days
Momentum
-38.77%
12-Months-Change
Fundamentals
Return on Equity
14.07%
Trailing 12-Months
Asset Growth
0.50%
Trailing 12-Months
Company Description
Bright Horizons
Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. provides early education and child care, back-up care, educational advisory, and other workplace solutions services for employers and families. The company operates through 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 advisory services. As of December 31, 2021, it operated 1,014 child care and early education centers in the United States, Puerto Rico, the United Kingdom, Canada, the Netherlands, and India. 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.
BFAM Earnings Call
Q4 2026
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Earnings Call Sentiment|Positive
The call conveyed a predominantly positive operating and financial picture: solid revenue and EPS beats, robust back-up care growth and high margins, a profitable U.K. turnaround, strong cash generation and constructive 2026 guidance. Key operational challenges persist — notably a multi-year portfolio rationalization (45–50 expected closures), occupancy below the long-term ~70% target, closure-related lease/tail costs, and ongoing labor/benefits pressure. On balance, positive financial momentum and explicit growth guidance outweigh the operational headwinds.View all BFAM earnings summariesBFAM Stock 12 Month Forecast
Average Price Target
$95.57
▲(23.59% Upside)
Technical Analysis
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Ownership Overview
1.20% Insiders
32.49% Mutual Funds
30.66% Other Institutional Investors
21.81% Public Companies and
Individual Investors