NYSE:BFAM - Bright Horizons Family Solutions Stock Price, Forecast & News

Bright Horizons Family Solutions trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BFAM."

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc (NYSE:BFAM) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 30th. The company reported $0.86 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.80 by $0.06. The firm had revenue of $511.58 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $514.64 million. Bright Horizons Family Solutions had a return on equity of 23.33% and a net margin of 8.75%. The business's revenue was up 8.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.73 earnings per share. View Bright Horizons Family Solutions' Earnings History.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Bright Horizons Family Solutions.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 13th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $4.11-4.18 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $4.16. The company issued revenue guidance of +8-10% (Approx $2.226-2.268 million), compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.24 billion.

5 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Bright Horizons Family Solutions' shares. Their forecasts range from $126.00 to $185.00. On average, they expect Bright Horizons Family Solutions' share price to reach $162.50 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.8%. View Analyst Price Targets for Bright Horizons Family Solutions.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Bright Horizons Family Solutions in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Bright Horizons Family Solutions.

News headlines about BFAM stock have trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Bright Horizons Family Solutions earned a coverage optimism score of 0.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Bright Horizons Family Solutions.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 639,300 shares, an increase of 28.3% from the January 15th total of 498,200 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 275,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.3 days. Currently, 1.1% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Bright Horizons Family Solutions' Current Options Chain.

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Bright Horizons Family Solutions' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (5.04%), Bamco Inc. NY (4.96%), Capital World Investors (3.87%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (3.25%), State Street Corp (1.40%) and Franklin Resources Inc. (1.25%). Company insiders that own Bright Horizons Family Solutions stock include David H Lissy, E Townes Duncan, Elizabeth J Boland, John Guy Casagrande, Lawrence M Alleva, Lightfoot Sara Lawrence, Linda A Mason, Mandy Berman, Marguerite Kondracke, Mary Ann Tocio, Mary Lou Burke, Roger H Brown, Stephen Howard Kramer and Stephen I Dreier. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Bright Horizons Family Solutions.

BFAM stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Janus Henderson Group PLC, Pictet Asset Management Ltd., Martingale Asset Management L P, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Bamco Inc. NY, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC and Jennison Associates LLC. Company insiders that have sold Bright Horizons Family Solutions company stock in the last year include David H Lissy, Elizabeth J Boland, John Guy Casagrande, Linda A Mason, Marguerite Kondracke, Mary Ann Tocio, Mary Lou Burke, Roger H Brown, Stephen Howard Kramer and Stephen I Dreier. View Insider Buying and Selling for Bright Horizons Family Solutions.

BFAM stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Marshall Wace LLP, Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado, Alliancebernstein L.P., Credit Suisse AG, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, MUFG Securities EMEA plc and M&G Investment Management Ltd.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Bright Horizons Family Solutions.

Shares of BFAM can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BFAM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $174.42.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a market capitalization of $10.15 billion and generates $2.06 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $180.39 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.44 on an earnings per share basis. Bright Horizons Family Solutions employs 33,350 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Bright Horizons Family Solutions.

The official website for Bright Horizons Family Solutions is http://www.brighthorizons.com/.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions' mailing address is 200 TALCOTT AVENUE SOUTH, WATERTOWN MA, 02472. The company can be reached via phone at 617-673-8000 or via email at [email protected]