Bright Horizons (BFAM)
NYSE:BFAM
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BFAM Stock Chart & Stats
$84.76
$2.22(1.97%)
At close: 4:00 PM EST
$84.76
$2.22(1.97%)
Day’s Range― - ―
52-Week Range$60.43 - $130.76
Previous CloseN/A
Volume76.10K
Average Volume (3M)1.50M
Market Cap
$3.21B
Enterprise Value$5.03B
Total Cash (Recent Filing)$148.61M
Total Debt (Recent Filing)$1.87B
Price to Earnings (P/E)17.5
Beta0.37
Next Earnings
Aug 04, 2026EPS Estimate
1.2Next Dividend Ex-DateN/A
Dividend YieldN/A
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)3.36
Shares Outstanding52,606,674
10 Day Avg. Volume1,228,715
30 Day Avg. Volume1,503,881
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 Cap1.57
Enterprise Value/Revenue1.69
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit7.18
Enterprise Value/Ebitda12.21
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$92.71Price Target Upside9.38% Upside
Rating ConsensusModerate Buy
Number of Analyst Covering7
EPS Forecast (FY)5.02
Revenue Forecast (FY)$3.10B
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
Backup Care: Durable, High-growth SegmentSustained double-digit Backup Care growth across 16 quarters shows a structural demand shift toward employer-sponsored flexible care. Recurring corporate contracts and scalable provider networks support higher long-term revenue visibility and margin expansion potential as utilization and cross-sell to Full Service clients increase.
Strong Cash Generation And FCF ConversionHigh and improving free cash flow conversion provides durable funding for reinvestment, technology, and opportunistic buybacks without relying on expensive external financing. Consistent FCF supports capital allocation optionality and reduces execution risk for strategic initiatives over the medium term.
Management Execution: Guidance And Go-to-market IntegrationReaffirmed guidance plus active CRM and salesforce integration indicate disciplined execution and focus on cross-selling. Strengthened account management and data capabilities should sustainably improve client penetration and lifetime value, supporting organic growth and margin durability over multiple quarters.
Bears Say
Elevated Historical LeverageA historically leveraged balance sheet limits financial flexibility and increases sensitivity to rising interest rates or earnings volatility. Even with improvement, elevated leverage constrains M&A, capex, and dividend/buyback flexibility and raises refinancing and covenant risk if cash flow weakens.
Material Australia Operating LossesPersistent losses and market saturation in Australia represent a structural regional drag. Material operating losses and localized supply/labor pressure can erode consolidated margins and require either ongoing cash support, strategic exits, or prolonged turnaround work, all of which weigh on multi-quarter profit recovery.
Portfolio Rationalization And Center ClosuresNet center reductions shrink the revenue base and introduce near-term headwinds to utilization and scale economics. While rationalization can improve long-term footprint quality, closures reduce short-to-medium-term organic growth and delay reaching steady-state operating leverage required for the stated margin targets.
Bright Horizons News
BFAM FAQ
What was Bright Horizons’s price range in the past 12 months?
Bright Horizons lowest stock price was $60.43 and its highest was $130.76 in the past 12 months.
What is Bright Horizons’s market cap?
Bright Horizons’s market cap is $3.21B.
When is Bright Horizons’s upcoming earnings report date?
Bright Horizons’s upcoming earnings report date is Aug 04, 2026 which is in 62 days.
How were Bright Horizons’s earnings last quarter?
Bright Horizons released its earnings results on May 05, 2026. The company reported $0.82 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.798 by $0.022.
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 1.2.
How many shares outstanding does Bright Horizons have?
Bright Horizons has 52,606,674 shares outstanding.
What happened to Bright Horizons’s price movement after its last earnings report?
Bright Horizons reported an EPS of $0.82 in its last earnings report, beating expectations of $0.798. Following the earnings report the stock price went down -18.647%.
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
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Analyst Consensus
Moderate Buy
Average Price Target:
$92.71 (9.38% Upside)
$92.71 (9.38% Upside)
Blogger Sentiment
Bullish
BFAM Sentiment 70%
Sector Average ―
Sector Average ―
Hedge Fund Trend
Increased
By 1.4M Shares
Last Quarter.
Last Quarter.
Crowd Wisdom
Very Negative
Last 7 Days ▼ 1.1%
Last 30 Days ▼ 5.8%
Last 30 Days ▼ 5.8%
Technicals
SMA
Negative
20 days / 200 days
Momentum
-52.38%
12-Months-Change
Fundamentals
Return on Equity
14.25%
Trailing 12-Months
Asset Growth
-0.83%
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
Q1 2026
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Earnings Call Sentiment|Positive
The call conveyed a largely positive operational and financial trajectory driven by strong Backup Care momentum, consolidated revenue and EPS growth, healthy free cash flow conversion, and proactive capital allocation (opportunistic buybacks). Management also reiterated full-year guidance and provided constructive Q2 visibility. However, meaningful headwinds from the Australia Full Service operations, portfolio rationalization (center closures), and near-term margin pressure temper the outlook. On balance, the highlights (notably Backup strength, cash generation, guidance reaffirmation, and go-to-market integration) outweigh the lowlights, though Australia remains a material watch item.View all BFAM earnings summariesBFAM Stock 12 Month Forecast
Average Price Target
$92.71
▲(9.38% Upside)
Technical Analysis
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Ownership Overview
1.25% Insiders
35.89% Mutual Funds
32.80% Other Institutional Investors
6.86% Public Companies and
Individual Investors