Bright Horizons Family Solutions Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Bright Horizons Family Solutions in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" Bright Horizons Family Solutions stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in BFAM, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Bright Horizons Family Solutions saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 14th, there was short interest totaling 1,050,000 shares, an increase of 42.5% from the April 29th total of 736,700 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 440,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.4 days.
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Bright Horizons Family Solutions is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 4th 2021.
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Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. (NYSE:BFAM) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 5th. The company reported $0.16 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.02 by $0.14. The company earned $390.84 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $390 million. Bright Horizons Family Solutions had a net margin of 0.24% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 3.69%.
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Bright Horizons Family Solutions' stock was trading at $132.00 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, BFAM shares have increased by 15.3% and is now trading at $152.13.
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7 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for Bright Horizons Family Solutions' shares. Their forecasts range from $136.00 to $215.00. On average, they anticipate Bright Horizons Family Solutions' stock price to reach $169.86 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.7% from the stock's current price.
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248 employees have rated Bright Horizons Family Solutions CEO Stephen Kramer on Glassdoor.com. Stephen Kramer has an approval rating of 65% among Bright Horizons Family Solutions' employees.

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

Bright Horizons Family Solutions' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (15.22%), BlackRock Inc. (6.58%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (4.58%), Bamco Inc. NY (4.42%), Brown Advisory Inc. (2.59%) and William Blair Investment Management LLC (2.54%). Company insiders that own Bright Horizons Family Solutions stock include David H Lissy, Elizabeth J Boland, John Guy Casagrande, Julie Atkinson, Lawrence M Alleva, Linda A Mason, Marguerite Kondracke, Maribeth Nash Bearfield, Mary Ann Tocio, Mary Lou Burke, Roger H Brown, Stephen Howard Kramer and Stephen I Dreier.
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BFAM stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Allianz Asset Management GmbH, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Barclays PLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, and Neuberger Berman Group 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, Marguerite Kondracke, Maribeth Nash Bearfield, Mary Ann Tocio, Mary Lou Burke, and Stephen Howard Kramer.
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BFAM stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., William Blair Investment Management LLC, Amundi Asset Management US Inc., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Federated Hermes Inc., and Sands Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought Bright Horizons Family Solutions stock in the last two years include Julie Atkinson, and Lawrence M Alleva.
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Shares of BFAM can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of BFAM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $152.13.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a market capitalization of $9.28 billion and generates $1.52 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $26.99 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.28 on an earnings per share basis.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions employs 26,800 workers across the globe.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions was founded in 1986.

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

Bright Horizons Family Solutions is headquartered at 200 TALCOTT AVENUE SOUTH, WATERTOWN MA, 02472.

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]