bright horizons - BFAM

BFAM

Close Chg Chg %
104.04 -0.37 -0.35%

Open Market

103.68

-0.37 (0.35%)

Volume: 3.74K

Last Updated:

Dec 5, 2025, 9:30 AM EDT

Company Overview: bright horizons - BFAM

BFAM Key Data

Open

$103.68

Day Range

103.68 - 104.07

52 Week Range

91.49 - 132.97

Market Cap

$5.90B

Shares Outstanding

56.55M

Public Float

55.98M

Beta

1.41

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

29.96

EPS

$3.50

Yield

0.00%

Dividend

N/A

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

738.09K

 

BFAM Performance

1 Week
 
1.20%
 
1 Month
 
5.62%
 
3 Months
 
-10.98%
 
1 Year
 
-9.66%
 
5 Years
 
-37.36%
 

BFAM Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 10
Full Ratings ➔

About bright horizons - BFAM

Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. engages in the provision of early education and childcare, family care solutions, and workforce education services. It operates through the following segments: Full-Service Center-Based Child Care, Back-Up Care, and Educational Advisory Services. The Full-Service Center-Based Child Care segment consists of traditional center-based early education and childcare, preschool, and elementary education. The Back-Up Care segment deals with center-based back-up childcare, in-home care for children and adult or elder dependents, school-age camps, tutoring, pet care, and self-sourced reimbursed care. The Educational Advisory Services segment is involved in tuition assistance and student loan repayment program management, workforce education, related educational advising, college advisory services, and Sittercity, an online marketplace for families and caregivers. The company was founded by Roger H. Brown and Linda A. Mason in 1986 and is headquartered in Newton, MA.

BFAM At a Glance

Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.
2 Wells Avenue
Newton, Massachusetts 02459-3225
Phone 1-617-673-8000 Revenue 2.69B
Industry Miscellaneous Commercial Services Net Income 140.19M
Sector Commercial Services 2024 Sales Growth 11.072%
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2025 Employees 32,050
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BFAM Valuation

P/E Current 29.956
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 46.234
Price to Sales Ratio 2.413
Price to Book Ratio 4.978
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 19.21
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 21.323
Enterprise Value to Sales 3.031
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.22

BFAM Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 83,806.958
Income Per Employee 4,374.134
Receivables Turnover 9.48
Total Asset Turnover 0.648

BFAM Liquidity

Current Ratio 0.636
Quick Ratio 0.636
Cash Ratio 0.171

BFAM Profitability

Gross Margin 23.535
Operating Margin 10.569
Pretax Margin 7.366
Net Margin 5.219
Return on Assets 3.38
Return on Equity 11.255
Return on Total Capital 4.565
Return on Invested Capital 4.757

BFAM Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 140.223
Total Debt to Total Capital 58.372
Total Debt to Total Assets 43.451
Long-Term Debt to Equity 130.008
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 54.12
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Annual Financials for Bright Horizons - BFAM

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All values USD millions. 2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
1.76B 2.02B 2.42B 2.69B
Sales Growth
+15.85% +15.11% +19.69% +11.07%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
1.41B 1.65B 1.93B 2.05B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
108.83M 106.14M 110.68M 97.92M
Depreciation
79.66M 74.23M 77.27M 79.58M
Amortization of Intangibles
29.17M 31.91M 33.41M 18.34M
COGS Growth
+9.22% +16.79% +17.43% +6.23%
Gross Income
345.52M 374.00M 484.81M 632.16M
Gross Income Growth
+54.01% +8.24% +29.63% +30.39%
Gross Profit Margin
+19.68% +18.51% +20.05% +23.54%
2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
242.15M 287.85M 324.32M 348.28M
Research & Development
- - - -
-
Other SG&A
242.15M 287.85M 324.32M 348.28M
SGA Growth
+9.59% +18.87% +12.67% +7.39%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
(23.07M) (65.52M) (10.75M) 37.26M
EBIT after Unusual Expense
126.45M 151.67M 171.24M 246.62M
Non Operating Income/Expense
(4.93M) 7.46M 30.38M 21.12M
Non-Operating Interest Income
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
31.17M 46.94M 81.99M 69.88M
Interest Expense Growth
-5.84% +50.61% +74.66% -14.77%
Gross Interest Expense
31.17M 46.94M 81.99M 69.88M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
90.35M 112.18M 119.63M 197.86M
Pretax Income Growth
+477.23% +24.17% +6.64% +65.39%
Pretax Margin
+5.15% +5.55% +4.95% +7.37%
Income Tax
19.89M 31.54M 45.41M 57.67M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
18.32M 37.98M 54.18M 60.54M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
6.57M 3.20M 2.94M 7.06M
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
(2.96M) (4.19M) (10.97M) (9.10M)
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
(2.04M) (5.46M) (744.00K) (829.00K)
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- (305.00K) (343.00K) (174.00K)
Consolidated Net Income
70.15M 80.30M 74.05M 140.19M
Minority Interest Expense
- - - -
-
Net Income
70.15M 80.30M 74.05M 140.19M
Net Income Growth
+161.03% +14.46% -7.78% +89.32%
Net Margin Growth
+4.00% +3.97% +3.06% +5.22%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
70.15M 80.30M 74.05M 140.19M
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
70.15M 80.30M 74.05M 140.19M
EPS (Basic)
1.1682 1.3763 1.283 2.4199
EPS (Basic) Growth
+158.79% +17.81% -6.78% +88.61%
Basic Shares Outstanding
60.31M 58.34M 57.72M 57.93M
EPS (Diluted)
1.1575 1.3728 1.2782 2.3976
EPS (Diluted) Growth
+159.70% +18.60% -6.89% +87.58%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
60.87M 58.49M 57.93M 58.47M
EBITDA
212.21M 192.29M 271.17M 381.80M
EBITDA Growth
+84.43% -9.38% +41.02% +40.80%
EBITDA Margin
+12.09% +9.52% +11.21% +14.21%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 136.222
Number of Ratings 10 Current Quarters Estimate 1.122
FY Report Date 12 / 2025 Current Year's Estimate 4.525
Last Quarter’s Earnings 1.57 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 3.47 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 5.113
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 9 9 9 9
Mean Estimate 1.12 0.89 4.52 5.11
High Estimates 1.16 0.93 4.57 5.26
Low Estimate 1.10 0.84 4.50 4.96
Coefficient of Variance 1.65 3.72 0.47 2.15

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 4 4 3
OVERWEIGHT 2 2 2
HOLD 3 3 3
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 0
SELL 1 1 1
MEAN Overweight Overweight Overweight

Insider Actions for Bright Horizons - BFAM

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Mar 17, 2025 Mary Burke Afonso COO North America Center Ops 33,449 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $124.69 per share 4,170,755.81
Mar 12, 2025 Mary Ann Tocio Director 22,757 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $124.74 per share 2,838,708.18
Feb 28, 2025 Elizabeth J. Boland Chief Financial Officer 84,438 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $127.17 per share 10,737,980.46
Feb 28, 2025 Stephen Howard Kramer CEO & President; Director 112,097 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $127.17 per share 14,255,375.49
Feb 28, 2025 Jason R. Janoff Chief Accounting Officer 8,431 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $127.17 per share 1,072,170.27
Feb 28, 2025 Jason R. Janoff Chief Accounting Officer 8,146 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $127.17 per share 1,035,926.82
Feb 20, 2025 John Guy Casagrande General Counsel and Secretary 19,677 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $96.46 per share 1,898,043.42
Feb 20, 2025 John Guy Casagrande General Counsel and Secretary 14,630 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $128.93 per share 1,886,245.90
Feb 20, 2025 John Guy Casagrande General Counsel and Secretary N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00

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