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 quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 30th. The company reported $0.86 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.80 by $0.06. The firm earned $511.58 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $514.64 million. Bright Horizons Family Solutions had a return on equity of 23.33% and a net margin of 8.75%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 8.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.73 earnings per share. View Bright Horizons Family Solutions' Earnings History.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Bright Horizons Family Solutions.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 13th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $4.11-4.18 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS 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.

5 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for Bright Horizons Family Solutions' stock. Their forecasts range from $126.00 to $185.00. On average, they anticipate Bright Horizons Family Solutions' share price to reach $162.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Bright Horizons Family Solutions.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Bright Horizons Family Solutions in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Bright Horizons Family Solutions.

Press coverage about BFAM stock has trended extremely negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public 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 -4.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Bright Horizons Family Solutions.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions saw a decline in short interest in the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 531,100 shares, a decline of 16.9% from the January 30th total of 639,300 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 257,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.1 days. Currently, 0.9% of the company's shares are short sold. 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 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 for Bright Horizons Family Solutions.

BFAM stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Marshall Wace LLP, Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado, Alliancebernstein L.P., Credit Suisse AG, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, MUFG Securities EMEA plc and M&G Investment Management Ltd.. 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 $155.55.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a market capitalization of $9.05 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 33,350 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]