Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. (BFAM)

NYSE: BFAM · USD

$69.2

-1.39 (-2.0%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	3.4B
Revenue (ttm)	3B
Net income (ttm)	175M
EPS (ttm)	$3.16
Shares out	48.6M
P/E (trailing)	21.9x
P/E (forward)	12.8x
Volume	397,438
Beta	1.18

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 3B
Net income (ttm): 175M
EPS (ttm): $3.16
P/E (trailing): 21.9x
P/E (forward): 12.8x
Market cap: 3.4B

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Calendar

Next earnings

Upcoming earnings date and setup when available.

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Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E12.8

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

Trailing P/E21.9

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

ROE14.9

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

ROIC8.9

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0001437578
Company name	Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	109194100
Earnings date	2026-10-29
Earnings time	amc
Employees	32,200
Employees change	150
Employees growth	0.47%
Enterprise value	$5.3B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-06-30
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	December
Founded	1986
Industry	Personal Services
IPO date	1997-08-12
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US1091941005
Last 10-K release date	2026-02-26
Last earnings date	2026-07-30
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split type	Never
Market cap	$3.4B
Market cap category	Mid-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-10-29
Options	Yes
Price	$69.17
Price currency	USD
Sector	Consumer Discretionary
SIC code	8351
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	BFAM
U.S. state	Massachusetts
Website	https://www.brighthorizons.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	14.35x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	147.85x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	48.08x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	61.24x
Earnings yield	4.57%
EV/Earnings	30.11x
EV/EBIT	13.91x
EV/EBITDA	11.08x
EV/FCF	22.34x
EV/Sales	1.74x
FCF / EV yield	4.48%
FCF yield	6.98%
Forward EV/Sales	1.66x
Forward P/E	12.8x
Forward P/S	1.07x
Graham number	36.92679
Graham upside	-46.88%
Industry forward P/E	17.96x
Industry P/E	22.18x
Lynch fair value	$79.08
Lynch upside	13.75%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	16.43x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	11.16x
P/B ratio	3.68x
P/E ratio	21.87x
P/FCF ratio	14.33x
P/OCF ratio	10.15x
P/S ratio	1.12x
PEG ratio	0.94x
Price/EBITDA ratio	7.11x
Sector forward P/E	24.24x
Sector P/E	30.29x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	12.52%
EBITDA margin	15.71%
Effective tax rate	32.99%
FCF margin	7.79%
Gross margin	25.48%
Operating margin	12.52%
Pretax margin	8.63%
Profit margin	5.78%
Profit per employee	$5,436
Profitable quarters	23
Profitable years	13
Revenue per employee	$94,034
ROA	6.14%
ROA (5Y)	3.06%
ROCE	13.45%
ROE	14.94%
ROE (5Y)	9.07%
ROIC	8.88%
ROIC (5Y)	4.53%
SBC / revenue	0.99%
Tax / revenue	2.85%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth	3.77%
EPS growth (Q)	-17.01%
EPS growth (QoQ)	27.17%
EPS growth 10Y	6.98%
EPS growth 3Y	41.17%
EPS growth 5Y	54.78%
EPS growth years	2
FCF growth	-2.81%
FCF growth (Q)	-34.04%
FCF growth (QoQ)	-13.12%
FCF growth 3Y	14.24%
FCF growth 5Y	2.58%
Gross profit growth	11.73%
Gross profit growth (Q)	10.54%
Gross profit growth 3Y	20.47%
Gross profit growth 5Y	23.51%
Net income growth	-1.03%
Net income growth (Q)	-25.82%
Net income growth (QoQ)	19.14%
Net income growth 3Y	39.28%
Net income growth 5Y	51.73%
Net income growth years	2
OCF growth	0.32%
OCF growth (Q)	-29.16%
OCF growth (QoQ)	-11.74%
OCF growth 10Y	5.13%
OCF growth 3Y	11.13%
OCF growth 5Y	2.53%
Operating income growth	16.89%
Operating income growth (Q)	14.99%
Operating income growth 3Y	53.82%
Revenue growth	8.51%
Revenue growth (Q)	6.51%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	9.4%
Revenue growth 10Y	7.1%
Revenue growth 3Y	10.79%
Revenue growth 5Y	14.37%
Revenue growth quarters	21
Revenue growth years	5

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-97.2M
Depreciation and amortization	$96.6M
EBIT	$379M
EBITDA	$475.6M
EPS	$3.16
FCF per share	$4.85
Financing cash flow	$-254.3M
Free cash flow	$235.9M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$205.8M
Gross profit	$771.7M
Income taxes	$86.2M
Investing cash flow	$-105.2M
Net borrowing	$390.6M
Net cash flow	$-29.3M
Net income	$175M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$303.1M
Operating income	$379M
Revenue	$3B
Stock-based compensation	$30.1M

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	2.44
Book value per share	$19.16
Debt / EBITDA	2.92
Debt / equity	2.18
Debt / FCF	8.71
Goodwill	$1.8B
Interest coverage	7.77
Long-term assets	$3.3B
Long-term liabilities	$1.9B
Net cash (debt)	$-1.9B
Net cash / market cap	-55.9%
Net debt / EBITDA	3.97
Net debt / equity	2
Net debt / FCF	8.01
Piotroski F-Score	6
Property, plant and equipment	$1.2B
Shareholders' equity	$943.5M
Tangible book value	$-1.1B
Tangible book value per share	$-21.66
Total assets	$3.8B
Total cash	$164.8M
Total debt	$2.1B
Total liabilities	$2.8B
WACC	7.27%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	0.79
Current assets	$465.1M
Current liabilities	$971.7M
Current ratio	0.48
Net working capital	$-345.7M
Quick ratio	0.38
Working capital	$-506.6M
Working capital turnover	-6.94

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	5.29%
Dividend yield	0%
Shareholder yield	5.29%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y price change	2.31%
10Y return CAGR	0.23%
10Y total return	2.31%
150-day SMA	$71.94
1D price change	-1.97%
1M price change	4.02%
1M total return	4.02%
1W price change	-0.73%
1W total return	-0.73%
1Y price change	-30.94%
1Y return CAGR	-30.95%
1Y total return	-30.94%
20-day SMA	$68.67
200-day SMA	$74.46
3M price change	-12%
3M total return	-12%
3Y price change	-5.09%
3Y return CAGR	-1.73%
3Y total return	-5.09%
50-day SMA	$68.82
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
52-week high	$109.86
52-week high date	2025-10-31
52-week low	$57.63
52-week low date	2026-06-03
5Y price change	-57.24%
5Y return CAGR	-15.63%
5Y total return	-57.24%
6M price change	-15.74%
6M total return	-15.74%
All-time high	$182.50
All-time high date	2021-04-05
All-time low	$27.50
All-time low date	2013-01-25
Average true range (ATR)	$2.45
Average volume	668.1K
Beta (1Y)	0.37
Beta (2Y)	0.37
Beta (5Y)	1.18
Change from 52-week high	-37.04%
Change from 52-week low	20.02%
Change from all-time high	-62.46%
Change from all-time low	149.11%
Change from open	-2.54%
Day's gap	0.58%
Dollar volume	$27.5M
High price	$70.97
Low price	$68.79
Monthly RSI	37.41
Open price	$70.97
Position in 52-week range	17.43%
Premarket change	-0.78%
Premarket close	$70.56
Premarket price	$70.01
Premarket volume	1.3K
Previous close	$70.56
Price vs 150-day SMA	-4.78%
Price vs 20-day SMA	-0.24%
Price vs 200-day SMA	-8%
Price vs 50-day SMA	-0.46%
Relative volume	0.59
RSI	48.86
Sharpe ratio	-0.64
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	-0.02
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	-0.35
Sortino ratio	-0.72
Sortino ratio (3Y)	0.13
Sortino ratio (5Y)	-0.33
Volume	397.4K
Weekly RSI	43.39
YTD price change	-32.44%
YTD total return	-32.44%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	42.3M
Float percentage	87.03%
Shares change (QoQ)	-5.39%
Shares change (YoY)	-5.29%
Shares held by insiders	0.97%
Shares held by institutions	103.58%
Shares outstanding	48.6M
Short % of float	5.88%
Short % of shares	5.12%
Short ratio	2.5 days

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Forecast

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Valuation

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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