Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) Competitors $122.91 -0.65 (-0.53%) Closing price 05/21/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$122.98 +0.07 (+0.06%) As of 05/21/2025 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, BR, VLTO, and CPAYShould 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), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Veralto (VLTO), and Corpay (CPAY). Bright Horizons Family Solutions vs. Stride Grand Canyon Education Adtalem Global Education Strategic Education Universal Technical Institute Lincoln Educational Services American Public Education Broadridge Financial Solutions Veralto Corpay Stride (NYSE:LRN) and Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAM) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, valuation and community ranking. 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% Do insiders & institutionals believe in 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. 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$2.29B2.97$204.18M$6.4124.33Bright Horizons Family Solutions$2.73B2.58$140.19M$2.7744.37 Does the media favor LRN or BFAM? In the previous week, Stride had 2 more articles in the media than Bright Horizons Family Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Stride and 10 mentions for Bright Horizons Family Solutions. Bright Horizons Family Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Stride's score of 1.45 indicating that Bright Horizons Family Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Stride 11 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Bright Horizons Family Solutions 10 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive 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, 69.89% of users gave Stride an outperform vote while only 57.10% of users gave Bright Horizons Family Solutions an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformStrideOutperform Votes39769.89% Underperform Votes17130.11% Bright Horizons Family SolutionsOutperform Votes41857.10% Underperform Votes31442.90% Do analysts rate LRN or BFAM? Stride currently has a consensus price target of $126.83, indicating a potential downside of 18.69%. Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a consensus price target of $138.33, indicating a potential upside of 12.55%. Given Bright Horizons Family Solutions' higher possible 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 Which has more volatility and risk, LRN or BFAM? Stride has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryStride beats Bright Horizons Family Solutions on 11 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 {thisCompany.Symbol} 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$7.04B$7.04B$16.37B$19.37BDividend YieldN/AN/A2.49%3.84%P/E Ratio51.2151.2132.2034.23Price / Sales2.582.58266.8434.85Price / Cash27.9427.9431.5317.51Price / Book5.875.875.284.69Net Income$140.19M$140.19M$195.26M$1.02B7 Day Performance2.45%2.45%-0.94%-1.34%1 Month Performance8.40%8.40%17.47%9.79%1 Year Performance12.34%12.34%14.62%3.27% Bright Horizons Family Solutions Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)BFAMBright Horizons Family Solutions3.9982 of 5 stars$122.91-0.5%$138.33+12.6%+12.3%$7.04B$2.73B51.2125,800Positive NewsLRNStride1.6038 of 5 stars$149.34-4.6%$126.83-15.1%+123.9%$6.50B$2.29B24.937,500Positive NewsLOPEGrand Canyon Education3.6513 of 5 stars$195.73-0.2%$201.00+2.7%+32.7%$5.56B$1.05B25.295,500Positive NewsATGEAdtalem Global Education3.9541 of 5 stars$131.66-3.4%$135.67+3.0%+98.1%$4.91B$1.74B24.524,680Positive NewsHigh Trading VolumeSTRAStrategic Education3.8119 of 5 stars$89.02-0.3%$107.67+20.9%-24.3%$2.15B$1.23B16.963,910Positive NewsDividend AnnouncementUTIUniversal Technical Institute2.045 of 5 stars$34.07-0.8%$33.00-3.1%+146.1%$1.85B$759.42M35.121,950Analyst ForecastLINCLincoln Educational Services4.1514 of 5 stars$21.32+1.9%$23.25+9.1%+80.8%$673.56M$440.06M66.632,060High Trading VolumeAPEIAmerican Public Education4.6992 of 5 stars$26.04-5.3%$26.50+1.8%+58.8%$469.66M$624.56M46.505,800Gap UpBRBroadridge Financial Solutions4.2388 of 5 stars$236.88-0.1%$250.83+5.9%+19.5%$27.82B$6.77B37.0714,300Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastInsider TradeVLTOVeralto3.5657 of 5 stars$100.33+3.4%$110.09+9.7%+1.0%$24.87B$5.28B30.0416,000Positive NewsDividend AnnouncementCPAYCorpay4.3462 of 5 stars$349.68+6.8%$395.07+13.0%+20.1%$24.57B$4.05B25.0110,500Positive 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 Broadridge Financial Solutions Competitors Veralto Competitors Corpay 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 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersJuly 2025 Rule Change to Impact Retirement InvestorsThere's a massive change from a new rule going into effect this July. 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