NYSE:BFAM - Bright Horizons Family Solutions Stock Price, Forecast & News

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 earnings results on Wednesday, October, 30th. The company reported $0.86 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.80 by $0.06. The business earned $511.58 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $514.64 million. Bright Horizons Family Solutions had a return on equity of 23.34% and a net margin of 8.88%. Bright Horizons Family Solutions's revenue was up 8.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.73 EPS. View Bright Horizons Family Solutions' Earnings History.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 13th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Bright Horizons Family Solutions.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Wednesday, October, 30th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $3.61-3.64 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.63.

6 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Bright Horizons Family Solutions' shares. Their forecasts range from $123.00 to $178.00. On average, they anticipate Bright Horizons Family Solutions' share price to reach $153.20 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.8%. View Analyst Price Targets for Bright Horizons Family Solutions.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Bright Horizons Family Solutions in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Bright Horizons Family Solutions.

Headlines about BFAM stock have been trending negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Bright Horizons Family Solutions earned a media sentiment score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Bright Horizons Family Solutions.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions saw a drop in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 498,200 shares, a drop of 13.3% from the December 15th total of 574,800 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 271,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.8 days. Currently, 0.9% 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 investors include Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.27%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.26%), Paragon Advisors LLC (0.02%), Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. (0.01%), Sciencast Management LP (0.01%) and AE Wealth Management LLC (0.01%). Company insiders that own Bright Horizons Family Solutions stock include David H Lissy, E Townes Duncan, Elizabeth J Boland, 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 Artemis Investment Management LLP, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank and Huntington National Bank. Company insiders that have sold Bright Horizons Family Solutions company stock in the last year include David H Lissy, 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Paragon Advisors LLC, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., Sciencast Management LP, AE Wealth Management LLC, Appleton Partners Inc. MA, Cerebellum GP LLC and Mission Wealth Management LP. 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 $164.38.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a market capitalization of $9.56 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]