Bright Horizons Family Solutions Stock Forecast, Price & News

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 18.5% and is now trading at $156.39.
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7 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Bright Horizons Family Solutions in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research 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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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.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 11th 2021.
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Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. (NYSE:BFAM) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 5th. The company reported $0.02 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.49) by $0.51. The business had revenue of $337.90 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $312.51 million. Bright Horizons Family Solutions had a net margin of 4.35% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.63%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 34.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.86 EPS.
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7 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Bright Horizons Family Solutions' shares. Their forecasts range from $95.00 to $181.00. On average, they expect Bright Horizons Family Solutions' stock price to reach $141.83 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 9.3%.
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Bright Horizons Family Solutions saw a decrease in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 690,800 shares, a decrease of 25.0% from the December 15th total of 921,100 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 366,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.9 days.
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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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC (0.79%), Endurance Wealth Management Inc. (0.03%), Vision Capital Management Inc. (0.02%), Mission Wealth Management LP (0.01%), Profit Investment Management LLC (0.00%) and Park Avenue Securities LLC (0.00%). 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, Mandy Berman, 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 Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC, Profit Investment Management LLC, and Vision Capital Management Inc.. 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 Park Avenue Securities LLC, Mission Wealth Management LP, and Endurance Wealth Management Inc.. 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.

One share of BFAM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $156.39.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a market capitalization of $9.47 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 33,800 workers across the globe.

The official website for Bright Horizons Family Solutions is 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]