Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. BFAM
Nov 4, 2026, 12:53 PM EST
- YTD
- -45.20%
- 1 year
- -45.85%
- Market cap
- 2.66B
- Revenue (ttm)
- 3.07B
- Profit margin
- -4.38%
- EPS (ttm)
- -2.64
- Shares out
- 47.93M
- Forward P/E
- 9.41
- YTD return
- -45.20%
- 1-year return
- -45.85%
- Volume
- 420.44K
- Avg volume
- 940.52K
- Open
- 54.20
- Previous close
- 53.24
- Day's range
- 54.00 – 55.77
- 52-week range
- 52.10 – 105.75
- Beta
- 1.09
- Analysts
- Hold
- Price target
- 71.22 (+28.2%)
- Earnings date
- Feb 11, 2027
2Y -77.74 (-58.53%)
Key statistics
- Enterprise value
- 4.59B
- PEG ratio
- 0.00
- Price / sales
- 0.83
- Price / book
- 4.02
- Dividend yield
- 0.00%
- Payout ratio
- 0.00%
- Revenue growth
- 4.80%
- Free cash flow
- 252.94M
- Total cash
- 119.53M
- Total debt
- 2.11B
- Return on equity
- -12.99%
- Short % of float
- 5.14%
- 50-day average
- 67.97
- 200-day average
- 73.88
Analyst view
Consensus: hold
- Target (low)
- 57.00
- Target (mean)
- 71.22
- Target (high)
- 80.00
- Strong buy2
- Buy2
- Hold4
- Sell1
- Strong sell0
Next earnings
Feb 11, 2027
Expected Feb 11, 2027. Consensus EPS estimate 1.16.
Financials — quick view
Earnings
| Report date | Quarter ending | EPS estimate | EPS reported | Surprise | Surprise % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 2027 | Dec 30, 2026 | 1.16 | — | — | — |
| Oct 29, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 | 1.76 | 1.80 | +0.04 | +2.27% |
| Jul 30, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | 1.20 | 1.28 | +0.08 | +6.67% |
| May 5, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | 0.79 | 0.82 | +0.03 | +3.80% |
| Feb 12, 2026 | Dec 31, 2025 | 1.13 | 1.15 | +0.02 | +1.77% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | 1.32 | 1.57 | +0.25 | +18.94% |
Upgrades / downgrades
| Date | Firm | Action | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 2026 | Barclays | main | Overweight | Overweight |
| Oct 30, 2026 | UBS | main | Neutral | Neutral |
| Oct 30, 2026 | Morgan Stanley | main | Underweight | Underweight |
| Oct 30, 2026 | Goldman Sachs | main | Buy | Buy |
| Oct 30, 2026 | Baird | down | Outperform | Neutral |
| Oct 14, 2026 | UBS | main | Neutral | Neutral |
About Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.
Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. provides early education and childcare, comprehensive back-up care, educational advisory, and other workplace solutions services for employers and families in the United States, Puerto Rico, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Australia, and India. It operates in three segments: Full-Service Center-Based Child Care, Back-Up Care, and Educational Advisory services. The Full-Service Center-Based Child Care segment offers traditional center-based early education and childcare, preschool, and elementary education services. The Back-Up Care segment provides center-based back-up childcare, in-home child and senior care, school-age programs, camps, tutoring, pet care, and self-sourced reimbursed care services, as well as sittercity, an online marketplace for families and caregivers through early education and childcare centers, school-age programs and in-home care providers, the back-up care network, and other providers. The Educational Advisory services segment offers tuition assistance and student loan repayment program management, workforce education, and related educational consulting services, as well as college admissions and college financial advisory services. The company was formerly known as Bright Horizons Solutions Corp. and changed its name to Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. in July 2012. Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts.
- Sector
- Consumer Cyclical
- Industry
- Personal Services
- Country
- United States
- Website
- brighthorizons.com
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Insider holders
| Insider | Relation | Latest transaction | Date | Shares held |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALLEVA LAWRENCE M | Director | Stock Award(Grant) | Jun 2, 2026 | 13,336 |
| BERMAN MANDY L | Officer | Stock Award(Grant) | Mar 3, 2026 | 32,215 |
| BOLAND ELIZABETH J | Chief Financial Officer | Stock Award(Grant) | Mar 3, 2026 | 90,204 |
| BURKE MARY LOU | Officer | Sale | Aug 31, 2026 | 33,585 |
| CASAGRANDE JOHN GUY | General Counsel | Stock Award(Grant) | Mar 3, 2026 | 22,112 |
| HITCH JORDAN | Director | Stock Award(Grant) | Jun 2, 2026 | 12,778 |
Institution ownership
| Holder | % held | Shares | Value | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackrock Inc. | 13.31% | 6,381,452 | 340.26M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| AQR Capital Management, LLC | 6.44% | 3,084,745 | 164.48M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC | 6.01% | 2,879,905 | 153.56M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 5.57% | 2,669,590 | 142.34M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Abrams Bison Investments, LLC | 4.99% | 2,393,249 | 127.61M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 4.98% | 2,385,503 | 127.20M | Jun 29, 2026 |
Fund ownership
| Holder | % held | Shares | Value | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF | 6.04% | 2,895,947 | 154.41M | Sep 29, 2026 |
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund | 3.49% | 1,671,758 | 89.14M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund | 2.52% | 1,205,649 | 64.29M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Capitol Series Trust-FullerThaler Behavioral Small-Cap Equity Fund | 2.45% | 1,175,986 | 62.70M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Fidelity Capital Trust-Fidelity Value Fund | 1.94% | 929,100 | 49.54M | Aug 30, 2026 |
| BARON INVESTMENT Fd.S TRT -Baron Small Cap Fd. | 1.77% | 850,000 | 45.32M | Jun 29, 2026 |
