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Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. (BFAM) Stock Analysis

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. (BFAM) is a Personal Services stock listed on NYSE and quoted in US Dollar.

Last Updated: October 21, 2026

BFAM

$66.92

−$2.09 (−3.03%)

Oct 21, 2026 · Market close

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BFAM Key Statistics

As of Oct 21, 2026
Trading
Open
$68.25
Previous Close
$69.01
Day's Range
66.38–68.81
52-Week Range
57.63–109.86
Volume
513.60K
BetaHow much the share price moves relative to the wider market. 1.0 moves in line with it; above 1.0 swings more, below 1.0 less.
1.18
Valuation
Market Cap
$3.36B
P/E Ratio
21.84
Forward P/EShare price divided by forecast earnings for the year ahead, rather than the year just past.
11.69
P/S ratioMarket value divided by annual revenue. Useful for companies that are not yet profitable, where a P/E cannot be calculated.
1.11
EPS (ttm)Profit attributable to each share over the last twelve months.
3.16
Financials (FY)
Revenue (FY)
$2.93B+9.22%
Net Income (FY)
$193.12M+37.75%
Profit marginThe share of revenue left as profit after all costs and taxes.
5.78%
Shares OutstandingThe total number of shares held by all investors. Market value is this figure multiplied by the share price.
48.64M
1-Year Return
−34.86%
Dividend and dates
Earnings Date
October 29, 2026
Avg Volume
796.43K

Only metrics the company reports are shown. Data provided by Yahoo Finance via yfinance. Updated daily.

Key facts

As of October 21, 2026, BFAM closed at $66.92, −34.86% over 1 year.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. (BFAM) has a market capitalization of $3.36B.

In fiscal 2025, BFAM reported revenue of $2.93B.

BFAM Stock Return by Calendar Year

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. (BFAM) 10-year return: what $10,000 became

1 year
$10,000 $6,514
−34.86%
5 years
$10,000 $4,039
−59.61%
10 years
$10,000 $10,050
+0.50%

If you had invested $10,000 in Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. (BFAM) 10 years ago, at the close on October 21, 2016, it would have been worth $10,050 at the close on October 21, 2026: +0.50% in total, +0.05% a year. A historical calculation from closing prices adjusted for splits and dividends, before fees and taxes.

Calendar-year returns computed from daily closing prices. Partial years are shown muted and marked with an asterisk.

YearReturn
2026 (partial year)−34.00%
2025−8.53%
2024+17.63%
2023+49.35%
2022−49.87%
2021−27.23%
2020+15.10%
2019+34.85%
2018+18.56%
2017+34.25%
2016 (partial year)+6.30%

As of October 21, 2026.

BFAM Revenue and Earnings by Fiscal Year

FY ends December
Fiscal yearRevenueNet incomeNet margin
2025$2.93B$193.12M6.6%
2024$2.69B$140.19M5.2%
2023$2.42B$74.22M3.1%
2022$2.02B$80.64M4.0%
Fiscal yearRevenueGross profitOperating incomeNet incomeNet margin
2025$2.93B$697.19M$314.67M$193.12M6.6%
2024$2.69B$619.61M$246.62M$140.19M5.2%
2023$2.42B$531.72M$171.24M$74.22M3.1%
2022$2.02B$478.65M$157.59M$80.64M4.0%

Annual figures as reported, in the company's reporting currency. As of December 31, 2025.

BFAM Valuation vs Personal Services Median

Median of 14 stocks
MetricBFAMPersonal Services medianvs median
P/E21.8419.8410% above
P/S ratio1.111.110% above
Profit margin5.78%3.88%1.9 pts above

Medians across 14 Personal Services stocks that report the metric. Medians, not averages, so one outlier cannot move them. As of October 21, 2026.

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Analysis

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Company Overview

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. (BFAM) is capitalised at $3.36B on the latest close. The company sits in the Consumer Cyclical sector, in the Personal Services industry. The company reports 32,200 employees.

The most recent close on file for BFAM is $66.92, dated October 21, 2026. That is −$2.09 (−3.03%) against the previous close. Over the past 52 weeks the price has ranged from $57.63 to $109.86. The latest close sits 16.12% above that 52-week low.

Financial Health

The most recent full year on file, fiscal 2025, shows revenue of $2.93B. That is +9.22% against the prior fiscal year, when revenue was $2.69B. Net income for the same year was $193.12M. That is +37.75% against the prior fiscal year. Profit margin runs at 5.78%. That is 1.9 percentage points above the Personal Services median of 3.88%. Earnings per share on a trailing basis come to 3.16.

Across the 4 fiscal years on file, revenue moves from $2.02B in 2022 to $2.93B in 2025. Of those 4 years, 4 report positive net income.

Valuation Assessment

On trailing earnings, the shares are priced at 21.84 times earnings. That is 10.08% above the Personal Services median of 19.84. On forward earnings the ratio is 11.69. The price-to-sales ratio is 1.11. On price-to-sales that is 0% above the Personal Services median of 1.11. The medians here are taken across 14 Personal Services companies that report the metric.

Over the trailing twelve months the total return is −34.86%. Across 10 years the annualized return works out at +0.05%. Beta against the wider market is reported at 1.18. Annualized volatility over the trailing 10 years is 36.34%.

Growth & Income

No dividend is on file for BFAM.

The strongest complete calendar year on file is 2023 at +49.35%; the weakest is 2022 at −49.87%. Of the 9 complete calendar years on file, 6 finished higher. So far in 2026 the total return is −34.00%.

Peer Comparison

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. (BFAM) operates in the Personal Services industry. Here is how it compares to its closest peers by market capitalization:

Company Ticker Market Cap P/E Ratio
Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. BFAM $3.36B 21.8
Rollins, Inc. ROL $16.09B 30.4
Service Corporation International SCI $11.06B 21.3
H&R Block, Inc. HRB $5.86B 8.4

The Personal Services industry average P/E ratio is 19.8x. Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. trades at a P/E of 21.8.

Every figure above is read from this page's own data on each daily rebuild. Informational only, not financial advice. As of October 21, 2026.

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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.

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