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Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) Competitors

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$98.28 +1.51 (+1.56%)
Closing price 10/14/2025 03:58 PM Eastern
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BFAM vs. LRN, LOPE, ATGE, STRA, UTI, LINC, APEI, ULS, APG, and RTO

Should 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), UL Solutions (ULS), APi Group (APG), and Rentokil Initial (RTO).

Bright Horizons Family Solutions vs. Its Competitors

Stride (NYSE:LRN) and Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAM) are both mid-cap education services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Stride presently has a consensus price target of $146.40, suggesting a potential upside of 0.08%. Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a consensus price target of $132.00, suggesting a potential upside of 34.31%. Given Bright Horizons Family Solutions' higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)
2.71
Bright Horizons Family Solutions
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56

Stride has a beta of 0.07, suggesting that its stock price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Stride has a net margin of 11.97% compared to Bright Horizons Family Solutions' net margin of 6.34%. Stride's return on equity of 25.51% beat Bright Horizons Family Solutions' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Stride11.97% 25.51% 16.21%
Bright Horizons Family Solutions 6.34%15.12%5.27%

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 Ratio
Stride$2.41B2.65$287.94M$6.0224.30
Bright Horizons Family Solutions$2.69B2.08$140.19M$3.0532.22

In the previous week, Stride had 11 more articles in the media than Bright Horizons Family Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Stride and 4 mentions for Bright Horizons Family Solutions. Stride's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Bright Horizons Family Solutions' score of 0.69 indicating that Stride is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Stride
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Bright Horizons Family Solutions
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

98.2% of Stride shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Stride shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Bright Horizons Family Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Stride beats Bright Horizons Family Solutions on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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BFAM vs. The Competition

MetricBright Horizons Family SolutionsBUSINESS SVCS IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.50B$5.57B$31.64B$21.76B
Dividend YieldN/A3.75%2.93%3.64%
P/E Ratio32.2227.3826.5429.93
Price / Sales2.081.71939.4766.93
Price / Cash20.4315.2331.1623.91
Price / Book4.474.568.314.68
Net Income$140.19M$156.97M$196.57M$1.01B
7 Day Performance-0.52%-0.39%-0.50%-0.71%
1 Month Performance-10.07%-2.06%4.91%1.18%
1 Year Performance-26.05%50.43%56.51%14.46%

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BFAM
Bright Horizons Family Solutions
4.6048 of 5 stars
$98.28
+1.6%
$132.00
+34.3%
-26.5%$5.50B$2.69B32.221,450
LRN
Stride
2.4353 of 5 stars
$140.77
-1.9%
$146.40
+4.0%
+105.0%$6.26B$2.41B23.388,600Upcoming Earnings
LOPE
Grand Canyon Education
3.7936 of 5 stars
$215.99
-0.6%
$208.67
-3.4%
+59.6%$6.10B$1.03B26.155,830Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ATGE
Adtalem Global Education
4.0625 of 5 stars
$149.69
+0.8%
$139.00
-7.1%
+99.7%$5.39B$1.79B24.1810,371
STRA
Strategic Education
4.9099 of 5 stars
$83.89
-1.7%
$99.33
+18.4%
-10.4%$2.04B$1.22B17.443,801
UTI
Universal Technical Institute
3.6837 of 5 stars
$31.81
+1.7%
$35.83
+12.6%
+94.4%$1.70B$732.69M27.903,700
LINC
Lincoln Educational Services
3.4818 of 5 stars
$22.75
+0.2%
$25.00
+9.9%
+74.8%$717.74M$440.06M49.462,475
APEI
American Public Education
4.1415 of 5 stars
$37.77
-1.6%
$37.86
+0.2%
+170.4%$693.24M$624.56M35.636,117
ULS
UL Solutions
1.3813 of 5 stars
$73.87
+2.3%
$70.86
-4.1%
+45.3%$14.51B$2.87B45.6015,094News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
APG
APi Group
2.8647 of 5 stars
$35.00
+1.2%
$36.10
+3.1%
+55.9%$14.39B$7.02B109.3829,000
RTO
Rentokil Initial
1.8164 of 5 stars
$26.62
+0.8%
N/A+14.5%$13.34B$6.95B17.6368,485Gap Down

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This page (NYSE:BFAM) was last updated on 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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