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 (WHO). Since then, BFAM stock has decreased by 15.3% and is now trading at $111.74. 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) issued 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 firm had revenue of $506.32 million for 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 firm's quarterly revenue was up .9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.81 earnings per share. View Bright Horizons Family Solutions' earnings history.

7 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for Bright Horizons Family Solutions' stock. Their forecasts range from $95.00 to $139.00. On average, they anticipate Bright Horizons Family Solutions' stock price to reach $120.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Bright Horizons Family Solutions.

News articles about BFAM stock have trended very negative on Monday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Bright Horizons Family Solutions earned a media sentiment score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact 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 volume of 825,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.5 days. Approximately 2.1% of the shares of the 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 a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.10%), Whittier Trust Co. (0.05%), Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. (0.02%), Paragon Advisors LLC (0.01%) and Forte Capital LLC ADV (0.00%). 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, and Whittier Trust Co.. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc., and Forte Capital LLC ADV. 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 $111.74.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a market capitalization of $6.50 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]