NYSE:BFAMBright Horizons Family Solutions Stock Price, Forecast & News

Bright Horizons Family Solutions' stock was trading at $132.00 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, BFAM stock has decreased by 14.6% and is now trading at $112.68. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Bright Horizons Family Solutions in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Bright Horizons Family Solutions.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 6th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Bright Horizons Family Solutions.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc (NYSE:BFAM) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 6th. The company reported $0.74 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.63 by $0.11. The company earned $506.32 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $496.73 million. Bright Horizons Family Solutions had a net margin of 8.18% and a return on equity of 21.52%. The business's quarterly revenue was up .9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.81 EPS. View Bright Horizons Family Solutions' earnings history.

8 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Bright Horizons Family Solutions' shares. Their forecasts range from $95.00 to $139.00. On average, they anticipate Bright Horizons Family Solutions' share price to reach $120.33 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Bright Horizons Family Solutions.

News coverage about BFAM stock has trended very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Bright Horizons Family Solutions earned a news sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutBright Horizons Family Solutions.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions saw a drop in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 727,800 shares, a drop of 38.3% from the April 30th total of 1,180,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 722,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.0 days. Currently, 1.3% of the company's shares are sold short. View Bright Horizons Family Solutions' Current Options Chain.

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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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.21%), Capital World Investors (5.17%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (4.70%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (3.03%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (2.42%) and Invesco Ltd. (2.35%). Company insiders that own Bright Horizons Family Solutions stock include David H Lissy, E Townes Duncan, Elizabeth J Boland, John Guy Casagrande, Julie Atkinson, Lawrence M Alleva, Lightfoot Sara Lawrence, 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. 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, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Blair William & Co. IL, TimesSquare Capital Management LLC, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Alliancebernstein L.P., and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. 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, Maribeth Nash Bearfield, Mary Ann Tocio, Mary Lou Burke, Roger H Brown, Stephen Howard Kramer, and Stephen I Dreier. View insider buying and selling activity for Bright Horizons Family Solutions.

BFAM stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital World Investors, Pelham Capital Ltd., Invesco Ltd., Spyglass Capital Management LLC, Fred Alger Management LLC, Capital Research Global Investors, Capital International Investors, and Wells Fargo & Company MN. Company insiders that have bought Bright Horizons Family Solutions stock in the last two years include Julie Atkinson, and Lawrence M Alleva. View insider buying and selling activity for Bright Horizons Family Solutions.

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One share of BFAM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $112.68.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a market capitalization of $6.56 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]