NYSE:BFAMBright Horizons Family Solutions Stock Price, Forecast & 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 stock has decreased by 15.7% and is now trading at $111.33. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

7 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 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." 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) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 6th. The company reported $0.74 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.63 by $0.11. The company had revenue of $506.32 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $496.73 million. Bright Horizons Family Solutions had a return on equity of 21.52% and a net margin of 8.18%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up .9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.81 earnings per share. View Bright Horizons Family Solutions' earnings history.

7 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Bright Horizons Family Solutions' stock. Their forecasts range from $95.00 to $139.00. On average, they expect Bright Horizons Family Solutions' stock price to reach $120.33 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Bright Horizons Family Solutions.

News headlines about BFAM stock have trended negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group scores the sentiment of media 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 -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Bright Horizons Family Solutions earned a daily sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about Bright Horizons Family Solutions.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions saw a increase in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,230,000 shares, an increase of 9.8% from the May 31st total of 1,120,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 825,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.5 days. Approximately 2.1% 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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.10%) and Paragon Advisors LLC (0.01%). 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 Paragon Advisors 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, 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 Envestnet Asset Management Inc.. 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.

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 $111.33.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a market capitalization of $6.48 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]