Bright Horizons/$BFAM
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About Bright Horizons
Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc provider of early education and child care, family care solutions, and workforce education services that help working families and client employees personally and professionally. It provides services under multi-year contracts with employers that offer early education and child care, back-up care, and educational advisory services as part of their employee benefits package. The company has three business segments; Full-service center-based child care, Backup care, and Educational advisory services. The majority of the revenue is generated by full-service center-based child care, which includes traditional center-based child care and early education services. Other services provided by the company include in-home child and elder care, and Others.
- Ticker
- $BFAM
- Sector
- Consumer Discretionary
- Primary listing
- NYSE
- Employees
- 32,200
- Headquarters
- Newton, United States
- Website
- www.brighthorizons.com
Bright Horizons Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$3.5B
22.49
$3.16
1.15
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Price and volume
Market cap
$3.5B
Beta
1.15
52-week high
$109.86
52-week low
$57.63
Average daily volume
888K
Financial strength
Current ratio
0.479
Quick ratio
0.384
Long term debt to equity
1.833
Total debt to equity
2.178
Interest coverage (TTM)
7.77%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
475.569
Gross margin (TTM)
25.48%
Net profit margin (TTM)
5.78%
Operating margin (TTM)
12.52%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
32.99%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$90,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
6.14%
Return on equity (TTM)
14.94%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
22.494
Price to revenue (TTM)
1.287
Price to book
3.89
Price to tangible book (TTM)
-3.28
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
16.513
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
6.06%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
4.309
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
8.51%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
3.77%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
10.79%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
7.10%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
41.17%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
6.98%
What the Analysts think about Bright Horizons
Analyst ratings (Buy, Hold, Sell) for Bright Horizons stock.
Analyst projections of the future price of Bright Horizons stock.
Bulls say / Bears say
Back-up care revenue grew 19% to $193.6 million in Q2, and management expects 13%-15% growth for the full year. Rising use makes this a strong growth engine. (Bright Horizons)
Adjusted EPS rose 20% to $1.28, and Bright Horizons raised its 2026 adjusted EPS guidance to $5.05-$5.15. That points to solid earnings momentum despite a more cautious revenue outlook. (Bright Horizons)
Enrollment at centres open for more than a year grew about 1% excluding Australia, while management reported another quarter of full-service margin expansion. This suggests the core operation is improving outside its weakest market. (The Motley Fool, Bright Horizons)
GAAP net income fell 26% and operating income fell 7% in Q2. A $19.1 million impairment, higher tax and higher interest costs outweighed revenue growth. (Bright Horizons)
Management expects full-service revenue growth of just 2.5%-3% in 2026, with net centre closures taking about 200 basis points off growth and Australia another 100 basis points. Weakness in this major business could limit overall progress. (The Motley Fool)
The company repurchased $473.2 million of shares in the first half as operating cash flow fell to $202.8 million from $220.4 million a year earlier, and it had about $1.3 billion of gross debt at quarter-end. That combination could limit financial flexibility if cash generation weakens further. (Last10K, The Motley Fool)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 7 Oct 2026.
Bright Horizons Financial Performance
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Bright Horizons Earnings Performance
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Upcoming events
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Bright Horizons News
AllArticlesVideos
Women Drive the Job Market—These 3 Stocks Are Following Them
MarketBeat5 hours ago
Bright Horizons Family Solutions Announces Date of Third Quarter 2026 Earnings Release and Conference Call
Business Wire4 days ago
Fortune Media and Great Place To Work® Name Bright Horizons to 2026 Best Workplaces in Education & Training List
Business Wire3 weeks ago
Funds containing Bright Horizons
AllUSDGBPEUR
Fund name | Fund size | $BFAM weighting |
|---|---|---|
iShares S&P SmallCap 600$IDP6 | $3.2B | 0.20% |
iShares S&P Small Cap 600£ISP6 | £2.4B | 0.20% |
iShares MSCI USA Small Cap ESG Enhanced CTB€SXRG | €2.8B | 0.12% |
iShares MSCI USA Small Cap CTB Enhanced ESG£CUS1 | £2.4B | 0.12% |
SPDR MSCI USA Small Cap Value Weighted$USSC | $1.1B | 0.06% |
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