Compare Stocks: CTAS, HCA, and BFAM

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Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
BFAM Bright Horizons Family Solutions	$69.86 -1.8%	$69.09	$57.63 ▼ $109.86	$3.40B	1.18	969,348 shs	132,139 shs
CTAS Cintas	$212.57 -0.5%	$200.99	$161.16 ▼ $219.16	$84.47B	0.92	2.11 million shs	545,934 shs
HCA HCA Healthcare	$455.62 -0.7%	$426.39	$353.99 ▼ $556.52	$98.72B	1.1	1.34 million shs	404,749 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
BFAM Bright Horizons Family Solutions	0.00%	+2.35%	+8.50%	-8.42%	-29.31%
CTAS Cintas	0.00%	+5.57%	+8.12%	+5.89%	+13.60%
HCA HCA Healthcare	0.00%	+1.70%	+7.15%	+23.70%	+7.73%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
BFAM Bright Horizons Family Solutions	$69.86 -1.8%	$69.09	$57.63 ▼ $109.86	$3.40B	1.18	969,348 shs	132,139 shs
CTAS Cintas	$212.57 -0.5%	$200.99	$161.16 ▼ $219.16	$84.47B	0.92	2.11 million shs	545,934 shs
HCA HCA Healthcare	$455.62 -0.7%	$426.39	$353.99 ▼ $556.52	$98.72B	1.1	1.34 million shs	404,749 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
BFAM Bright Horizons Family Solutions	0.00%	+2.35%	+8.50%	-8.42%	-29.31%
CTAS Cintas	0.00%	+5.57%	+8.12%	+5.89%	+13.60%
HCA HCA Healthcare	0.00%	+1.70%	+7.15%	+23.70%	+7.73%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
BFAM Bright Horizons Family Solutions	2.22	Hold	$92.00	29.78% Upside
CTAS Cintas	2.53	Moderate Buy	$218.50	2.80% Upside
HCA HCA Healthcare	2.63	Moderate Buy	$467.61	2.01% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest CTAS, HCA, and BFAM Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
10/14/2026	BFAM Bright Horizons Family Solutions	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$88.00 ➝ $78.00
10/13/2026	BFAM Bright Horizons Family Solutions	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Underweight	$66.00 ➝ $64.00
10/12/2026	HCA HCA Healthcare	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Buy	$431.00 ➝ $460.00
10/9/2026	CTAS Cintas	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Buy (B)
10/8/2026	HCA HCA Healthcare	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Buy (B-)
10/7/2026	HCA HCA Healthcare	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$435.00 ➝ $496.00
10/5/2026	BFAM Bright Horizons Family Solutions	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Outperform	$93.00 ➝ $83.00
10/2/2026	HCA HCA Healthcare	Cantor Fitzgerald Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Overweight
9/30/2026	CTAS Cintas	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Sell	$180.00 ➝ $181.00
9/29/2026	CTAS Cintas	Argus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Buy	$230.00 ➝ $240.00
9/24/2026	CTAS Cintas	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$230.00 ➝ $235.00

(Data available from 10/19/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
BFAM Bright Horizons Family Solutions	$2.93B	1.18	$5.83 per share	12.15	$23.68 per share	2.99
CTAS Cintas	$11.56B	7.30	$6.28 per share	33.86	$12.85 per share	16.54
HCA HCA Healthcare	$78.01B	1.27	$45.21 per share	10.14	($12.14) per share	-37.76

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
BFAM Bright Horizons Family Solutions	$193.12M	$3.16	22.51	12.94	1.09	5.78%	20.09%	6.35%	10/29/2026 (Estimated)
CTAS Cintas	$2.00B	$5.07	42.15	34.67	3.40	17.82%	42.57%	20.07%	12/17/2026 (Estimated)
HCA HCA Healthcare	$6.78B	$29.87	15.35	14.30	1.55	8.77%	-244.79%	11.10%	10/27/2026 (Estimated)

Latest CTAS, HCA, and BFAM Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
10/29/2026	Q3 2026	BFAM Bright Horizons Family Solutions	$1.76	N/A	N/A	N/A	$842.69 million	N/A
10/27/2026	Q3 2026	HCA HCA Healthcare	$6.66	N/A	N/A	N/A	$19.33 billion	N/A
9/23/2026	Q1 2027	CTAS Cintas	$1.35	$1.39	+$0.04	$1.36	$2.98 billion	$3.01 billion
7/30/2026	Q2 2026	BFAM Bright Horizons Family Solutions	$1.20	$1.28	+$0.08	$0.79	$774.84 million	$779.18 million
7/24/2026	Q2 2026	HCA HCA Healthcare	$7.56	$7.59	+$0.03	$7.62	$19.76 billion	$20.23 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
BFAM Bright Horizons Family Solutions	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
CTAS Cintas	$2.08	0.98%	+7.57%	41.03%	42 Years
HCA HCA Healthcare	$3.12	0.68%	+30.19%	10.45%	6 Years

Latest CTAS, HCA, and BFAM Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/23/2026	HCA HCA Healthcare	quarterly	$0.78	0.72%	9/16/2026	9/16/2026	9/30/2026
7/28/2026	CTAS Cintas	quarterly	$0.52	1.04%	8/14/2026	8/14/2026	9/15/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
BFAM Bright Horizons Family Solutions	1.14	0.48	0.48
CTAS Cintas	0.27	1.45	1.29
HCA HCA Healthcare	N/A	0.99	0.90

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Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
BFAM Bright Horizons Family Solutions	N/A
CTAS Cintas	63.46%
HCA HCA Healthcare	62.73%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
BFAM Bright Horizons Family Solutions	1.42%
CTAS Cintas	14.40%
HCA HCA Healthcare	1.50%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
BFAM Bright Horizons Family Solutions	32,200	48.63 million	47.94 million	Optionable
CTAS Cintas	48,100	397.08 million	339.90 million	Optionable
HCA HCA Healthcare	320,000	216.50 million	213.25 million	Optionable

CTAS, HCA, and BFAM Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

HCA Healthcare stock pre-market at EUR 407.70

28 minutes ago | ad-hoc-news.deA

HCA’s TriStar Centennial to invest $90M in women’s, children’s care

28 minutes ago | beckershospitalreview.comB

HCA Healthcare stock: 24 analysts give HCA Healthcare stock a USD 467.61 consensus target

28 minutes ago | ad-hoc-news.deA

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4 hours ago | marketbeat.com

198,732 HCA Healthcare, Inc. $HCA Shares Sold by Curated Wealth Partners LLC

October 19 at 3:27 AM | marketbeat.com

Health care costs expected to rise by over 8% next year

October 18 at 8:49 AM | finance.yahoo.com

9,891 Shares in HCA Healthcare, Inc. $HCA Bought by Banque Pictet & Cie SA

October 18 at 3:51 AM | marketbeat.com

Chemistry Wealth Management LLC Acquires 4,382 Shares of HCA Healthcare, Inc. $HCA

October 17 at 4:02 AM | marketbeat.com

HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:HCA) Stock Has Consensus Price Target of $467.61 According to Brokerages

October 17 at 2:28 AM | americanbankingnews.com

HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:HCA) Stock Has Consensus Target Price of $467.61

October 17 at 2:28 AM | marketbeat.com

HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood names Chase Christianson as new CEO

October 16 at 7:28 PM | communityimpact.comC

HCA seeks to have AG Jackson’s Mission Hospital lawsuit dismissed

October 16 at 2:28 PM | carolinajournal.comC

HCA Healthcare stock pre-market at EUR 418.85

October 16 at 9:28 AM | ad-hoc-news.deA

HCA hospital CEO leaves Florida post for Texas hospital

October 16 at 9:28 AM | beckershospitalreview.comB

Q2 Earnings Highlights: HCA Healthcare (NYSE:HCA) Vs The Rest Of The Hospital Chains Stocks

October 16 at 9:28 AM | msn.com

TD Cowen raises target for HCA Healthcare stock to USD 460 from USD 431?.,

October 16 at 9:28 AM | ad-hoc-news.deA

First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Buys 2,738 Shares of HCA Healthcare, Inc. $HCA

October 16 at 3:36 AM | marketbeat.com

HCA hosts low-dose radiation therapy seminar, Oct. 17

October 15, 2026 | postandcourier.comP

HCA Healthcare (HCA) Stock Could Trade At A Discount Following Its 96% Run

October 15, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

INVESTOR ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Investigates Claims On Behalf of Investors of HCA Healthcare, Inc. - HCA

October 15, 2026 | prnewswire.com

Is HCA (HCA) Using Outpatient Partnerships To Quietly Redefine Its Competitive Moat In Charleston?

October 14, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

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CTAS, HCA, and BFAM Company Descriptions

Bright Horizons Family Solutions NYSE:BFAM

$69.86 -1.29 (-1.81%)

As of 02:18 PM Eastern

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.

Cintas NASDAQ:CTAS

$212.57 -1.12 (-0.52%)

As of 02:18 PM Eastern

Cintas Corporation engages in the provision of corporate identity uniforms and related business services primarily in the United States, Canada, and Latin America. It operates through Uniform Rental and Facility Services, First Aid and Safety Services, and All Other segments. The company rents and services uniforms and other garments, including flame resistant clothing, mats, mops and shop towels, and other ancillary items; and provides restroom cleaning services and supplies, as well as sells uniforms. In addition, the company offers first aid and safety services, and fire protection products and services. It provides its products and services through its distribution network and local delivery routes, or local representatives to small service and manufacturing companies, as well as major corporations. The company was founded in 1968 and is based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Cintas Corporation was formerly a subsidiary of Cintas Corporation.

HCA Healthcare NYSE:HCA

$455.62 -3.22 (-0.70%)

As of 02:18 PM Eastern

HCA Healthcare, Inc., through its subsidiaries, owns and operates hospitals and related healthcare entities in the United States. It operates general and acute care hospitals that offers medical and surgical services, including inpatient care, intensive care, cardiac care, diagnostic, and emergency services; and outpatient services, such as outpatient surgery, laboratory, radiology, respiratory therapy, cardiology, and physical therapy. The company also operates outpatient health care facilities consisting of freestanding ambulatory surgery centers, freestanding emergency care facilities, urgent care facilities, walk-in clinics, diagnostic and imaging centers, rehabilitation and physical therapy centers, radiation and oncology therapy centers, physician practices, and various other facilities. In addition, it operates behavioral hospitals, which provide therapeutic programs comprising child, adolescent and adult psychiatric care, adolescent and adult alcohol, drug abuse treatment, and counseling services. The company was formerly known as HCA Holdings, Inc. HCA Healthcare, Inc. was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.

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