Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) Competitors $120.89 -0.61 (-0.50%) Closing price 07/2/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$120.90 +0.00 (+0.00%) As of 07/2/2025 04:04 PM 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, ULS, APG, and RTOShould 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 Grand Canyon Education Adtalem Global Education Strategic Education Universal Technical Institute Lincoln Educational Services American Public Education UL Solutions APi Group Rentokil Initial Stride (NYSE:LRN) and Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAM) are both mid-cap education services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations. Do analysts recommend LRN or BFAM? Stride currently has a consensus price target of $126.83, suggesting a potential downside of 7.75%. Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a consensus price target of $138.67, suggesting a potential upside of 14.70%. 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) 2.71Bright Horizons Family Solutions 1 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 5 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.60 Is LRN or BFAM more profitable? Stride has a net margin of 13.10% compared to Bright Horizons Family Solutions' net margin of 5.91%. Stride's return on equity of 23.36% beat Bright Horizons Family Solutions' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Stride13.10% 23.36% 14.66% Bright Horizons Family Solutions 5.91%14.62%5.01% 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 15 mentions for Stride and 11 mentions for Bright Horizons Family Solutions. Stride's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Bright Horizons Family Solutions' score of 1.26 indicating that Stride is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Stride 11 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Bright Horizons Family Solutions 8 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has stronger valuation and earnings, 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$2.04B2.93$204.18M$6.4121.45Bright Horizons Family Solutions$2.69B2.58$140.19M$2.7743.64 Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of LRN or BFAM? 98.2% of Stride shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Stride shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Bright Horizons Family Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has more volatility and risk, LRN or BFAM? Stride has a beta of 0.32, suggesting that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryStride beats Bright Horizons Family Solutions on 11 of the 16 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 SolutionsBUSINESS SVCS IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$6.96B$6.02B$13.08B$20.53BDividend YieldN/A3.12%2.58%3.77%P/E Ratio43.6422.3828.3527.85Price / Sales2.581.9839.2637.49Price / Cash25.6513.8125.1421.91Price / Book5.505.256.174.55Net Income$140.19M$150.49M$187.50M$984.95M7 Day Performance0.47%0.93%2.01%2.31%1 Month Performance-5.70%2.34%3.91%4.85%1 Year Performance9.84%62.49%33.71%13.81% Bright Horizons Family Solutions Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)BFAMBright Horizons Family Solutions4.3825 of 5 stars$120.89-0.5%$138.67+14.7%+11.8%$6.96B$2.69B43.641,450Positive NewsInsider TradeLRNStride1.878 of 5 stars$147.09+0.8%$126.83-13.8%+100.0%$6.40B$2.04B22.957,800News CoveragePositive NewsLOPEGrand Canyon Education4.4082 of 5 stars$191.67+1.6%$207.67+8.3%+29.3%$5.44B$1.05B24.055,830Positive NewsATGEAdtalem Global Education4.8138 of 5 stars$127.88+2.2%$135.67+6.1%+80.7%$4.76B$1.58B21.219,938Positive NewsSTRAStrategic Education4.6439 of 5 stars$87.04+1.0%$107.67+23.7%-22.7%$2.10B$1.23B18.603,801UTIUniversal Technical Institute2.1538 of 5 stars$34.75+4.3%$35.83+3.1%+92.7%$1.89B$732.69M33.413,700LINCLincoln Educational Services2.9232 of 5 stars$23.09+2.7%$24.60+6.5%+89.1%$729.48M$454.20M59.212,475APEIAmerican Public Education4.7727 of 5 stars$30.11+1.1%$32.20+6.9%+70.9%$543.18M$624.56M29.526,117ULSUL Solutions2.9324 of 5 stars$71.40+1.1%$69.43-2.8%+65.8%$14.32B$2.87B42.7515,094Positive NewsAPGAPi Group2.8059 of 5 stars$50.75-0.9%$50.57-0.3%+37.8%$14.05B$7.14B110.3229,000High Trading VolumeRTORentokil Initial1.674 of 5 stars$23.49+0.8%N/A-18.5%$11.86B$6.95B15.5668,485News Coverage 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 UL Solutions Competitors APi Group Competitors Rentokil Initial 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 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersHere's the last trade you should make before heading out for the weekend tomorrow.Make this one trade at 2:59 PM on Friday afternoon, and you'll thank me on Monday morning.Timothy Sykes | SponsoredThis Signal Only Flashes Once Every 4 Years – And It Just TriggeredThis same signal has appeared twice before in the past 8 years — both times, it kicked off major moves in cryp...Crypto Swap Profits | SponsoredTrump’s New Order Could Boost Social Security Benefits by 400%If you collect—or plan to collect—Social Security, you need to see this. 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