Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. (NYSE: BFAM) provides employer-sponsored child care and workforce-support services. Its offerings include full-service, center-based early education and preschool programs, back-up care for children and adults, and related family support services designed to help employees manage work and caregiving responsibilities.

The company also provides educational advisory services, including college admissions counseling, academic support and related guidance for families. Bright Horizons serves employers, families and educational institutions through child care centers, in-home and center-based back-up care arrangements, and digital or advisory resources.

Founded in 1986 by Linda Mason and Roger Brown, Bright Horizons has expanded from its early child care operations into a broader provider of dependent-care and education-related services. The company serves customers primarily in the United States and the United Kingdom, with additional operations and services in selected international markets.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $67.87 to $68.41
• 50-Day Range: $63.33 to $75.36
• 52-Week Range: $57.63 to $109.86
• Volume: 41,126 shs
• Average Volume: 974,496 shs
• Market Capitalization: $3.30 billion
• P/E Ratio: 21.49
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $93.25
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Bright Horizons Family Solutions scored higher than 90% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 139th out of 487 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.22, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a consensus price target of $93.25, representing about 36.8% upside from its current price of $68.15.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 16.38%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Bright Horizons Family Solutions are expected to grow by 16.38% in the coming year, from $4.70 to $5.47 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Bright Horizons Family Solutions is 21.56, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.83.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Bright Horizons Family Solutions is 21.56, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 45.49.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a PEG Ratio of 1.07. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a P/B Ratio of 2.88. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

5.19% of the float of Bright Horizons Family Solutions has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.27, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Bright Horizons Family Solutions has recently decreased by 16.67%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Bright Horizons Family Solutions does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Bright Horizons Family Solutions does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.68

News Sentiment

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a news sentiment score of 0.68. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.55 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Bright Horizons Family Solutions this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 1 people have searched for BFAM on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Bright Horizons Family Solutions insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $656,584.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.42% of the stock of Bright Horizons Family Solutions is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/30/2026
• Today: 10/14/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/29/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Diversified Consumer Services
• Sub-Industry: Specialized Consumer Services
• Current Symbol: NYSE:BFAM
• CIK: 1437578
• Web: www.brighthorizons.com
• Phone: (617) 673-8000
• Fax: 617-673-8001
• Employees: 32,200
• Year Founded: 1986

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Bright Horizons Family Solutions: $93.25
• High Price Target: $112.00
• Low Price Target: $64.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +36.4%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.22
• Research Coverage: 9 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $3.16
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 21.59
• Forward P/E Ratio: 14.54
• P/E Growth: 1.07
• Net Income: $193.12 million
• Net Margins: 5.78%
• Pretax Margin: 8.63%
• Return on Equity: 20.09%
• Return on Assets: 6.35%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.14
• Current Ratio: 0.48
• Quick Ratio: 0.48

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $2.93 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.13
• Cash Flow: $5.72 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 11.94
• Book Value: $23.68 per share
• Price / Book: 2.89

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 48,630,000
• Free Float: 47,944,000
• Market Cap: $3.32 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.18