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

Bright Horizons Family Solutions' stock was trading at $132.00 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, BFAM shares have decreased by 22.0% and is now trading at $103.01. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Bright Horizons Family Solutions in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating 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 Tuesday, May 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Bright Horizons Family Solutions.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc (NYSE:BFAM) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 13th. The company reported $0.94 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.90 by $0.04. The firm had revenue of $520.62 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $516.26 million. Bright Horizons Family Solutions had a net margin of 8.75% and a return on equity of 22.67%. View Bright Horizons Family Solutions' earnings history.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 13th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $4.11-4.18 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $4.16. The company issued revenue guidance of +8-10% (Approx $2.226-2.268 million), compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.24 billion.

6 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Bright Horizons Family Solutions' shares. Their forecasts range from $95.00 to $177.00. On average, they expect Bright Horizons Family Solutions' stock price to reach $133.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 29.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Bright Horizons Family Solutions.

Media headlines about BFAM stock have trended somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing 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 five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Bright Horizons Family Solutions earned a media sentiment score of -1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutBright Horizons Family Solutions.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 1,089,700 shares, an increase of 107.4% from the February 27th total of 525,500 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 300,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.6 days. Currently, 1.9% of the company's stock are sold short. View Bright Horizons Family Solutions' Current Options Chain.

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

Bright Horizons Family Solutions' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (5.04%), Bamco Inc. NY (4.96%), Capital World Investors (3.87%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (3.25%), State Street Corp (1.40%) and Franklin Resources Inc. (1.25%). Company insiders that own Bright Horizons Family Solutions stock include David H Lissy, E Townes Duncan, Elizabeth J Boland, John Guy Casagrande, 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, Pictet Asset Management Ltd., Martingale Asset Management L P, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Bamco Inc. NY, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, and Jennison Associates 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, 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Marshall Wace LLP, Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado, Alliancebernstein L.P., Credit Suisse AG, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, and MUFG Securities EMEA plc. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $103.01.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a market capitalization of $6.00 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. 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 lboyn[email protected]