Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. provides employer-sponsored child care and workforce-support services. The company operates early education and preschool centers, offering full-day care and educational programs for infants, toddlers, preschoolers and school-age children. It also provides back-up care services, including center-based and in-home care, to help employees manage disruptions in their regular care arrangements.

In addition to child care, Bright Horizons offers educational advisory services, college and university admissions counseling, and other family-support programs. Its services are marketed primarily to employers seeking benefits that support employees’ work-life needs, as well as to families and educational institutions.

Founded in 1986, Bright Horizons serves customers through operations in the United States, the United Kingdom and other international markets. Stephen H. Kramer has served as the company’s chief executive officer since 2018. Bright Horizons became a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange in 2013.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $63.89 to $66.02
• 50-Day Range: $63.33 to $82.73
• 52-Week Range: $57.63 to $110.14
• Volume: 1.45 million shs
• Average Volume: 859,713 shs
• Market Capitalization: $3.16 billion
• P/E Ratio: 20.54
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $95.88
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Bright Horizons Family Solutions scored higher than 81% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 160th out of 473 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.22, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a consensus price target of $95.88, representing about 47.7% upside from its current price of $64.91.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 15.96%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Bright Horizons Family Solutions are expected to grow by 15.96% in the coming year, from $4.70 to $5.45 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Bright Horizons Family Solutions is 20.54, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.14.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Bright Horizons Family Solutions is 20.54, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 44.38.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a PEG Ratio of 1.00. PEG Ratios around 1 indicate that a company is correctly valued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a P/B Ratio of 2.74. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

5.40% of the float of Bright Horizons Family Solutions has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.14.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Bright Horizons Family Solutions has recently increased by 15.42%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Bright Horizons Family Solutions does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Bright Horizons Family Solutions does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.51

News Sentiment

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a news sentiment score of 1.51. 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 0.49 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Bright Horizons Family Solutions this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In 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 $656,584.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.42% of the stock of Bright Horizons Family Solutions is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/30/2026
• Today: 9/22/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/29/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Diversified Consumer Services
• Sub-Industry: Specialized Consumer Services
• Current Symbol: NYSE:BFAM
• CIK: 1437578
• Web: www.brighthorizons.com
• Phone: (617) 673-8000
• Fax: 617-673-8001
• Employees: 32,200
• Year Founded: 1986

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Bright Horizons Family Solutions: $95.88
• High Price Target: $112.00
• Low Price Target: $68.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +47.7%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.22
• Research Coverage: 9 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $3.16
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 20.54
• Forward P/E Ratio: 13.81
• P/E Growth: 0.97
• Net Income: $193.12 million
• Net Margins: 5.78%
• Pretax Margin: 8.63%
• Return on Equity: 20.09%
• Return on Assets: 6.35%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.14
• Current Ratio: 0.48
• Quick Ratio: 0.48

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $2.93 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.08
• Cash Flow: $6.00 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 10.81
• Book Value: $23.68 per share
• Price / Book: 2.74

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 48,630,000
• Free Float: 47,944,000
• Market Cap: $3.16 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.15