NYSE:BFAM - Bright Horizons Family Solutions Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc (NYSE:BFAM) issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, April, 30th. The company reported $0.72 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.71 by $0.01. The company earned $463.66 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $461.15 million. Bright Horizons Family Solutions had a net margin of 8.58% and a return on equity of 21.28%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 9.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.61 EPS. View Bright Horizons Family Solutions' Earnings History.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August, 7th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Bright Horizons Family Solutions.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Monday, April, 30th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $3.12-3.16 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $3.15. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.88-1.915 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.90 billion.

10 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for Bright Horizons Family Solutions' shares. Their forecasts range from $95.00 to $112.00. On average, they anticipate Bright Horizons Family Solutions' share price to reach $103.30 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Bright Horizons Family Solutions.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions saw a drop in short interest in the month of May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 409,751 shares, a drop of 45.8% from the May 15th total of 755,308 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 183,197 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.2 days. Currently, 0.7% of the company's stock are short sold. View Bright Horizons Family Solutions' Current Options Chain.

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News headlines about BFAM stock have been trending positive on Wednesday, according to Accern Sentiment. Accern scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Bright Horizons Family Solutions earned a media sentiment score of 0.43 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the company an impact score of 48.26 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Select Equity Group L.P. (6.30%), Bamco Inc. NY (5.98%), BlackRock Inc. (4.31%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.78%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (2.75%) and Neuberger Berman Group LLC (2.61%). Company insiders that own Bright Horizons Family Solutions stock include Bain Capital Investors Llc, Danroy T Sr Henry Sr, David H Lissy, Elizabeth J Boland, Joshua Bekenstein, 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 Select Equity Group L.P., Bamco Inc. NY, Blair William & Co. IL, Eaton Vance Management, Oak Ridge Investments LLC, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Sei Investments Co. and Wells Fargo & Company MN. Company insiders that have sold Bright Horizons Family Solutions company stock in the last year include David H Lissy, Elizabeth J Boland, Joshua Bekenstein, Linda A Mason, Mandy Berman, Marguerite Kondracke, Mary Ann Tocio, Mary Lou Burke, 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 Victory Capital Management Inc., Jane Street Group LLC, Millennium Management LLC, Citadel Advisors LLC, OppenheimerFunds Inc., Eagle Asset Management Inc., Carillon Tower Advisers Inc. and Lord Abbett & CO. LLC. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BFAM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $105.75.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a market capitalization of $6.11 billion and generates $1.74 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $156.96 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.55 on an earnings per share basis. Bright Horizons Family Solutions employs 31,600 workers across the globe.

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]