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

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

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc (NYSE:BFAM) released its earnings results on Thursday, August, 1st. The company reported $0.92 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.92. The business earned $528.06 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $531.13 million. Bright Horizons Family Solutions had a net margin of 8.67% and a return on equity of 23.29%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 7.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.87 earnings per share. View Bright Horizons Family Solutions' Earnings History.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 30th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Bright Horizons Family Solutions.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, October 30th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 1st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $3.59-3.64 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.62. The company issued revenue guidance of 8-10% (~$2.055-2.09 billion), compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.07 billion.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Bright Horizons Family Solutions' shares. Their forecasts range from $122.00 to $166.00. On average, they anticipate Bright Horizons Family Solutions' stock price to reach $135.57 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 9.4%. View Analyst Price Targets for Bright Horizons Family Solutions.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Bright Horizons Family Solutions in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Bright Horizons Family Solutions.

News articles about BFAM stock have been trending somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Bright Horizons Family Solutions earned a media sentiment score of -1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Bright Horizons Family Solutions.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions saw a increase in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 613,100 shares, an increase of 18.6% from the August 30th total of 516,900 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 282,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.2 days. Approximately 1.1% of the company's stock are sold short. View Bright Horizons Family Solutions' Current Options Chain.

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Bright Horizons Family Solutions' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC (1.06%), Stephens Investment Management Group LLC (0.75%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.55%), Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.32%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.26%) and Navellier & Associates Inc (0.06%). Company insiders that own Bright Horizons Family Solutions stock include David H Lissy, E Townes Duncan, Elizabeth J Boland, Joshua Bekenstein, 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 CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Baldwin Brothers Inc. MA, Stephens Investment Management Group LLC and Stephens Inc. AR. Company insiders that have sold Bright Horizons Family Solutions company stock in the last year include David H Lissy, E Townes Duncan, Elizabeth J Boland, Linda A Mason, Mandy Berman, 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Navellier & Associates Inc, Polaris Greystone Financial Group LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Polianta Ltd, Tuttle Tactical Management, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., NEXT Financial Group Inc and Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc.. 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 $149.60.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a market capitalization of $8.71 billion and generates $1.90 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $157.98 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.03 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]