Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) Competitors $124.70 +0.23 (+0.19%) Closing price 06/11/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$124.84 +0.14 (+0.11%) As of 03:59 AM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock BFAM vs. LRN, LOPE, ATGE, STRA, UTI, LINC, APEI, IRM, BR, and VLTOShould you be buying Bright Horizons Family Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bright Horizons Family Solutions include Stride (LRN), Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), Adtalem Global Education (ATGE), Strategic Education (STRA), Universal Technical Institute (UTI), Lincoln Educational Services (LINC), American Public Education (APEI), Iron Mountain (IRM), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), and Veralto (VLTO). Bright Horizons Family Solutions vs. Its Competitors Stride Grand Canyon Education Adtalem Global Education Strategic Education Universal Technical Institute Lincoln Educational Services American Public Education Iron Mountain Broadridge Financial Solutions Veralto Stride (NYSE:LRN) and Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAM) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership. Do analysts recommend LRN or BFAM? Stride currently has a consensus price target of $126.83, suggesting a potential downside of 10.66%. Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a consensus price target of $138.33, suggesting a potential upside of 10.93%. Given Bright Horizons Family Solutions' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bright Horizons Family Solutions is more favorable than Stride.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Stride 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 5 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.71Bright Horizons Family Solutions 1 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 6 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.70 Does the MarketBeat Community favor LRN or BFAM? Bright Horizons Family Solutions received 21 more outperform votes than Stride when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.77% of users gave Stride an outperform vote while only 57.10% of users gave Bright Horizons Family Solutions an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformStrideOutperform Votes39769.77% Underperform Votes17230.23% Bright Horizons Family SolutionsOutperform Votes41857.10% Underperform Votes31442.90% Is LRN or BFAM more profitable? Stride has a net margin of 12.30% compared to Bright Horizons Family Solutions' net margin of 5.22%. Stride's return on equity of 22.42% beat Bright Horizons Family Solutions' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Stride12.30% 22.42% 13.73% Bright Horizons Family Solutions 5.22%13.63%4.62% Which has better earnings and valuation, LRN or BFAM? Stride has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Bright Horizons Family Solutions. Stride is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bright Horizons Family Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioStride$2.29B2.70$204.18M$6.4122.15Bright Horizons Family Solutions$2.73B2.62$140.19M$2.7745.02 Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of LRN or BFAM? 98.2% of Stride shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Stride shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Bright Horizons Family Solutions shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Does the media favor LRN or BFAM? In the previous week, Stride had 4 more articles in the media than Bright Horizons Family Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Stride and 4 mentions for Bright Horizons Family Solutions. Stride's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Bright Horizons Family Solutions' score of 1.51 indicating that Stride is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Stride 7 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Bright Horizons Family Solutions 4 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Which has more risk & volatility, LRN or BFAM? Stride has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryStride beats Bright Horizons Family Solutions on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Bright Horizons Family Solutions News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for BFAM and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BFAM and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart BFAM vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricBright Horizons Family SolutionsChild day care services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$7.13B$7.13B$14.33B$19.81BDividend YieldN/AN/A2.60%3.83%P/E Ratio51.9651.9634.3335.67Price / Sales2.622.62312.3246.74Price / Cash27.9427.9430.9317.52Price / Book5.965.965.464.84Net Income$140.19M$140.19M$195.72M$1.02B7 Day Performance-0.95%-0.95%2.66%1.94%1 Month Performance1.44%1.44%3.69%3.03%1 Year Performance16.39%16.39%24.28%9.73% Bright Horizons Family Solutions Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)BFAMBright Horizons Family Solutions4.1212 of 5 stars$124.70+0.2%$138.33+10.9%+18.3%$7.13B$2.73B51.9625,800Positive NewsLRNStride1.4413 of 5 stars$158.36+4.6%$126.83-19.9%+112.1%$6.89B$2.29B26.447,500Positive NewsLOPEGrand Canyon Education4.5916 of 5 stars$200.76+1.5%$207.67+3.4%+32.2%$5.70B$1.05B25.945,500Positive NewsATGEAdtalem Global Education4.6539 of 5 stars$133.12+0.8%$135.67+1.9%+85.7%$4.96B$1.74B24.794,680Short Interest ↓STRAStrategic Education4.5686 of 5 stars$92.26+1.1%$107.67+16.7%-23.1%$2.23B$1.23B17.573,910Positive NewsUTIUniversal Technical Institute2.908 of 5 stars$35.86+0.9%$35.83-0.1%+126.4%$1.95B$782.69M36.971,950Short Interest ↑LINCLincoln Educational Services4.146 of 5 stars$23.08-3.0%$24.60+6.6%+99.4%$729.17M$454.20M72.132,060Insider TradeHigh Trading VolumeAPEIAmerican Public Education4.5425 of 5 stars$29.24-0.7%$31.25+6.9%+65.3%$527.49M$634.68M52.215,800IRMIron Mountain4.3831 of 5 stars$99.43+0.7%$121.71+22.4%+15.5%$29.34B$6.27B163.0026,000Positive NewsBRBroadridge Financial Solutions4.2756 of 5 stars$242.27-0.2%$250.83+3.5%+22.6%$28.46B$6.77B37.9114,300VLTOVeralto4.2027 of 5 stars$100.28-0.7%$110.09+9.8%-2.0%$24.86B$5.28B30.0216,000Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Stride Competitors Grand Canyon Education Competitors Adtalem Global Education Competitors Strategic Education Competitors Universal Technical Institute Competitors Lincoln Educational Services Competitors American Public Education Competitors Iron Mountain Competitors Broadridge Financial Solutions Competitors Veralto Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:BFAM) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTrump’s Exec Order #14154 could be a “Millionaire-Maker”Former Presidential Advisor, Jim Rickards, says Trump could “rewire our economy and hand millions of Americans...Paradigm Press | SponsoredTrump wipes out trillions overnight…Is there anybody more powerful than Donald Trump right now? 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