# Bright Horizons Family Solutions share price today (Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc., BFAM)

> Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.'s earnings have grown faster than its share price. Earnings per share grew +40.0% in a year while the price moved −51.3%. BFAM · Consumer Discretionary · Personal Services · data as of 3 November 2026. Page: https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/bfam

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## Key numbers

- Business trend: Mixed, from the last 12 quarters
- Price: $53.24 (−51.3% in a year)
- P/E: 21.2×, over 4.6 years
- Revenue (Jun 2026): $779 M (+6.5% on a year ago)
- Profit (Jun 2026): $40.6 M (−25.8% on a year ago)
- Operating margin: 12.7% (+0.9 points on a year ago)
- ROE: 14%, FY25
- ROIC: 13.2%, against a 6.6% cost of capital: +6.6 points

The main question: yearly earnings per share moved +40.0% while the share price moved −51.3%. ## What is the Bright Horizons Family Solutions share price today? Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.'s share price was $53.24 at the close on 3 November 2026. It has been falling for 59 weeks. That is 27.7% below its average price over the last 200 trading days. In the last 52 weeks it traded between $53 and $103, and at that close it was at the low of that range. Over the past 13 weeks it has done worse than the S&P 500, and it has been behind for 7 weeks running. Over the last 10 years the share price moved −21% while the S&P 500 moved +255%, so it is behind the index over that whole period. It was last ahead over 13 weeks in the week of 18 September 2026. The chart above shows the 13-week comparison for every week. This page treats a rise as over when the price closes below its 200-day average on two Fridays in a row. ## What dividend does Bright Horizons Family Solutions pay? Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. pays no dividend. In the last 12 reported quarters it declared no dividend per share, so there is no payout history to chart and no yield to show. Companies like this usually keep their earnings in the business, so the cash-flow sections show where that cash goes. ## Which stock lists is Bright Horizons Family Solutions on? Bright Horizons Family Solutions is not in the Nasdaq 100, the S&P 500 or the Dow Jones 30, and is not on the US tech stocks list. ## Is Bright Horizons Family Solutions profitable? Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. earned $40.6 M of net profit in the Jun 2026 quarter, −25.8% on the same quarter a year earlier. Full-year FY25 profit was $193 M. Over 4 years profit has grown 28.8% a year on average. That is 5.2% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned $54.8 M. For the full year, FY25 profit was $193 M (+37.8% on the year before). Why profit moved: revenue changed +6.5% on a year earlier and the margin moved +0.9 percentage points. Sales did the work, and the margin was about flat. On average over the last four quarters, profit changed −4.6% and revenue +8.5%. Profit is growing slower than sales: rising costs are taking part of the growth. ## How much revenue does Bright Horizons Family Solutions make, and is it growing? Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. reported $779 M of revenue in the Jun 2026 quarter, +6.5% on the same quarter a year earlier. That is the 12th quarter in a row with growth on the year before. Over 4 years it has grown 13.7% a year on average. The last full year, FY25, came in at $2.9 B. The last four reported quarters add to $3.0 B. FY25 revenue was $2.9 B, +9.2% on the year before. Recent pace: the last four quarters grew +8.5% on average, against 13.7% a year over the longer run, so this year is growing slower than its own long-run rate. Is growth speeding up? Revenue over the last 12 months grew +8.5%, against +8.9% a year over the last 8 quarters (stabilising); profit over the last 12 months grew −1.0%, against +31.3% a year (rolling over). ## How much of every $100 of sales does Bright Horizons Family Solutions keep? Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.'s operating margin was 12.7% in the Jun 2026 quarter, 0.9 percentage points higher than the same quarter a year ago. Its latest full-year margin is the highest it has ever reported. Across 5 years it has been between 4.0% and 12.4%. The latest quarter is above every full year in that period. Across 5 years it has been between 4.0% and 12.4%, and FY25's 12.4% is the highest of them. Why the margin moved: operating margin changed +0.9 percentage points on the year while gross margin changed +0.9 points. So the gain came mostly from the gross margin, which means input costs and prices charged. When margins are at a record, every ratio built on profit looks better than usual, so watch whether they hold. ## Is Bright Horizons Family Solutions' profit turning into cash? Over the last 3 years, 232% of Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.'s reported profit came in as cash from its operations, so the profit is backed by cash. In FY25 it brought in $351 M of operating cash against $193 M of profit. After $92.2 M of spending on assets, $259 M was left over as free cash. Cash-flow figures here are yearly, because quarterly cash statements are not published, so this section changes once a year. Why: the cash figure is clear, but the day counts behind it are not in our data, so we show it without guessing the reason. What to look at next: the main use of cash is spending on assets. The next section checks what that spending is building. ## Where does Bright Horizons Family Solutions' cash go? Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. does not report the customer, stock and supplier day counts a cash cycle needs, so this section looks at its spending on assets instead. It spent $281 M on assets over the last 3 years. Averaged over those years that is 3.2% of FY25 revenue a year. Nothing is estimated in place of the missing day counts, so no cash-cycle chart is drawn. Spending on assets: $281 M over the last 3 years. In short: the cash is going into new capacity, not getting stuck in the daily cycle. The question is whether the new capacity earns. ## What is Bright Horizons Family Solutions' P/E ratio, and how does it compare with its own history? Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.'s P/E is 21.2×, with too little history to compare. This compares the share price with the company’s own past. It does not say what the business is worth. Why the multiple is where it is: over the past year earnings per share moved +40.0% while the price moved −51.3%. Earnings did better than the price, which pulled the multiple down within its own range. Where the price move came from: over 3 years the price moved −14.8% a year; about +28.4% a year came from earnings growth and about −43.2 percentage points from the multiple (the market paying less). The split is approximate (price return minus earnings growth). It shows how much of the move came from the market paying a different multiple. In short: there is too little history to say whether the multiple is high or low for this company, so the earnings trend underneath matters more than the multiple. ## Is the Bright Horizons Family Solutions business getting better or worse? Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.'s business is giving mixed signals. There is no clear direction across the growth lines, with ROCE steady at 12.8%; each line tells part of the story. This is based on 12 quarters of 4 measures. Why it matters: when the lines disagree, each line above matters more than any single label. ## How much does Bright Horizons Family Solutions earn on its capital? Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. earned a ROE of 14% in FY25. That is up from a low of 6% in FY21. Its return on capital used (ROIC) is 6.6 percentage points above its cost of capital, so growth here adds value, not just size. It comes from a 6.6% net margin and 0.75× asset turnover (sales divided by assets). Why the return is what it is (FY25): a 6.6% net margin × 0.75× asset turnover × 2.90× leverage (assets divided by equity) ≈ 14.4% on equity. The margin does its share; borrowing is a big part of it. The key test, return on capital used minus the cost of capital: 13.2% − 6.6% = +6.6 percentage points. The 6.6% is an estimate of this company's own cost of capital. Read the sign and size of the gap, not the decimals. A gap this wide means each dollar put back into the business creates more than a dollar of value. The 13.2% ROIC above is the latest reading, as reported. The yearly chart below shows FY25 at 8.8%, and the quarterly chart works out each 12-month window from the quarterly figures, so the readings differ by date, not by method. ## Does Bright Horizons Family Solutions have too much debt? Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. has total debt of $2.1 B against shareholder equity of $944 M as of Jun 2026, so its debt is 2.18× its equity. Year by year, that ratio went from 1.51 in FY21 to 1.31 in FY25. Keep that borrowing in mind when reading the returns on this page. ## What is the Bright Horizons Family Solutions shareholding pattern? 5.9% of Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.'s tradable shares are in short positions, which are bets that the price will fall, so some traders are betting against it. At normal trading volumes, closing those positions would take about 2.8 days. US companies do not publish a quarter-by-quarter list of owners, so this page uses short interest instead. It is a single reading at one point in time; we do not have its history. Why it is at this level: the figure does not say who holds the short positions or why, so we show the level without guessing the story. ## How far is Bright Horizons Family Solutions from balance-sheet trouble? For Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc., the Z-score is 2.25. A Z-score above about 3 is safe and below about 1.8 signals danger, so this is in the grey area between the two. It estimates how far the balance sheet is from trouble; it is not a forecast of failure. Why it matters: a Z-score of 2.25 is in the grey area, neither clearly safe nor clearly in trouble. ## How does Bright Horizons Family Solutions rank in its industry? 43.8 out of 100, rank 5 of 8 in Personal Services, with 81% of the evidence available. Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. scores 43.8 out of 100 against the 8 companies it is compared with in Personal Services, ranking 5. The evidence is balanced: no factor stands out, so another reported quarter is needed before the picture is clearer. The four parts add up to the total exactly: 20.4 + 12.2 + 11.2 + 0 = 43.8. This is the same number shown on the industry page; it is worked out once for the whole group and read here. What would change it: The score would fall if profit growth turns negative or margins stop improving while the share price lags its sector. ## Which companies is Bright Horizons Family Solutions compared with? Bright Horizons Family Solutions ranks 5 of 8 Personal Services companies on the 4-Factor Sector Score, with 43.8 out of 100. 1. [H&R Block, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/hrb) HRB · breaking out · Most evidence points up · 81% evidence 69.5 out of 100 Growth Capital Valuation Relative How the score adds up Growth & earnings 14.8/35 · Revenue 4.9% · Profit 21.1% · Operating margin change -0.5 points · 83% evidence Capital efficiency 18.6/25 · ROCE 40.1% · Operating margin 32.9% · 76% evidence Valuation 16.1/20 · P/E 6.6× · PEG 0.24 · 65% evidence Relative strength 20.0/20 · Lead over its industry 23.3% · Lead over S&P 500 26% · 1 year 7.1% · 100% evidence · 11 of 12 weeks ahead Exact sum: 14.8 + 18.6 + 16.1 + 20 = 69.5 · What this means: Relative strength against the index is 26%, and revenue and profit growth are weak. 2. [Frontdoor, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/ftdr) FTDR · breaking out · Evidence leans up · 81% evidence 63.4 out of 100 Growth Capital Valuation Relative How the score adds up Growth & earnings 23.3/35 · Revenue 9.3% · Profit 6.6% · Operating margin change 1.8 points · 83% evidence Capital efficiency 17.8/25 · ROCE 24.5% · Operating margin 28.2% · 76% evidence Valuation 9.3/20 · P/E 19.9× · PEG 1.72 · 65% evidence Relative strength 13.0/20 · Lead over its industry 22.6% · Lead over S&P 500 25.7% · 1 year 75.7% · 100% evidence · 7 of 12 weeks ahead Exact sum: 23.3 + 17.8 + 9.3 + 13 = 63.4 · What this means: Earnings, capital efficiency and relative strength all agree. The open questions are about management, upcoming events and risks. 3. [Rollins, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/rol) ROL · turning · Evidence leans down · 85% evidence 46.4 out of 100 Growth Capital Valuation Relative How the score adds up Growth & earnings 17.7/35 · Revenue 8.3% · Profit 1.9% · Operating margin change -1.3 points · 95% evidence Capital efficiency 17.8/25 · ROCE 30.9% · Operating margin 20.6% · 76% evidence Valuation 3.9/20 · P/E 27.5× · PEG 4.24 · 65% evidence Relative strength 7.0/20 · Lead over its industry -29.6% · Lead over S&P 500 -28.3% · 1 year -36.3% · 100% evidence · 0 of 12 weeks ahead Exact sum: 17.7 + 17.8 + 3.9 + 7 = 46.4 · What this means: A strong business with a high valuation: it would need rising earnings, or a lower multiple, to score better on value. 4. [Carriage Services, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/csv) CSV · basing · Evidence leans down · 81% evidence 45.2 out of 100 Growth Capital Valuation Relative How the score adds up Growth & earnings 11.9/35 · Revenue 2.2% · Profit -17.3% · Operating margin change -0.1 points · 83% evidence Capital efficiency 11.3/25 · ROCE 7.4% · Operating margin 23.4% · 76% evidence Valuation 14.8/20 · P/E 14.1× · PEG 0.25 · 65% evidence Relative strength 7.2/20 · Lead over its industry -21.5% · Lead over S&P 500 -19.9% · 1 year -16.7% · 100% evidence · 0 of 12 weeks ahead Exact sum: 11.9 + 11.3 + 14.8 + 7.2 = 45.2 · What this means: The valuation scores well, but earnings are not improving yet, so the business does not back up the low multiple so far. 5. Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. this page BFAM · quiet · Evidence leans down · 81% evidence 43.8 out of 100 Growth Capital Valuation Relative How the score adds up Growth & earnings 20.4/35 · Revenue 8.5% · Profit -0.6% · Operating margin change 0.9 points · 83% evidence Capital efficiency 12.2/25 · ROCE 13.4% · Operating margin 12.7% · 76% evidence Valuation 11.2/20 · P/E 21.3× · PEG 1.21 · 65% evidence Relative strength 0.0/20 · Lead over its industry -36.7% · Lead over S&P 500 -35.6% · 1 year -45.9% · 100% evidence · 2 of 12 weeks ahead Exact sum: 20.4 + 12.2 + 11.2 + 0 = 43.8 · What this means: The evidence is balanced: no factor stands out, so another reported quarter is needed before the picture is clearer. 6. [Service Corporation International](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/sci) SCI · quiet · Evidence leans down · 81% evidence 37.4 out of 100 Growth Capital Valuation Relative How the score adds up Growth & earnings 14.2/35 · Revenue 2.9% · Profit 0.6% · Operating margin change -0.4 points · 83% evidence Capital efficiency 9.9/25 · ROCE 5.3% · Operating margin 21% · 76% evidence Valuation 6.3/20 · P/E 19.5× · PEG 2.85 · 65% evidence Relative strength 7.0/20 · Lead over its industry -12.3% · Lead over S&P 500 -10.4% · 1 year -6.8% · 100% evidence · 3 of 12 weeks ahead Exact sum: 14.2 + 9.9 + 6.3 + 7 = 37.4 · What this means: The evidence is balanced: no factor stands out, so another reported quarter is needed before the picture is clearer. 7. Medifast, Inc. MED · Too little evidence to rank firmly · 51% evidence 20.6 out of 100 Growth Capital Valuation Relative How the score adds up Growth & earnings 4.7/43.75 · Revenue -34.3% · Profit -933.3% · Operating margin change -4.7 points · 83% evidence Capital efficiency 5.3/31.25 · ROCE -9.9% · Operating margin -5.7% · 76% evidence Valuation 10.6/25 · P/E 39.9× · PEG n/a · 15% evidence Relative strength: no reading this week · its 20 points are shared across the other three Exact sum: 4.7 + 5.3 + 10.6 = 20.6 (no relative-strength reading this week; its 20 points are shared across the other three) · What this means: Some evidence is missing, so the score is pulled toward the middle on purpose. 8. [Andersen Group Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/andg) ANDG · breaking out · Too little evidence to rank firmly · 44% evidence 63.5 out of 100 Growth Capital Valuation Relative How the score adds up Growth & earnings 32.0/43.75 · Revenue 18% · Profit -2.3% · Operating margin change 55.7 points · 62% evidence Capital efficiency 17.1/31.25 · ROCE 32.5% · Operating margin -4.1% · 76% evidence Valuation 14.4/25 · P/E -6.6× · PEG n/a · 15% evidence Relative strength: no reading this week · its 20 points are shared across the other three Exact sum: 32 + 17.1 + 14.4 = 63.5 (no relative-strength reading this week; its 20 points are shared across the other three) · What this means: Some evidence is missing, so the score is pulled toward the middle on purpose. Missing figures are not scored as bad. They lower the confidence and pull the final score toward the middle. Relative strength counts only when the company has a reading for this week; with no reading, that factor is left out and its 20 points are shared across the other three in proportion. PEG is not shown when the ratio cannot mean anything: the company must be making a profit, its price-to-earnings must be positive, and its three-year earnings growth must fall between 5% and 60%. Dividing a price multiple by a loss, or by growth measured off a tiny base, produces a number that looks precise and tells you nothing. Under relative strength, one mark per week shows the last 12 weeks: a mark is filled where the company led S&P 500 by 5% or more over the 13 weeks ending that week, which is the same test used everywhere on this site. Price stage places the company on the same six-step path the industry is placed on (basing, turning, breaking out, leader, fading, asleep), read from how many weeks running it has led S&P 500 and whether that lead is growing or shrinking. It describes where the share price stands, not the direction of earnings, and it is not a recommendation; it is left blank for a company whose weekly history is too short or too stale to read. The figures in this ranking come from the industry comparison: results through the Sep 2026 quarter, and the P/E at that quarter's end. The sections above use the latest weekly price, so a P/E or return there can differ a little from the one here. The stage words in this ranking (such as losing its lead or breaking out) describe the lead over the index, not the price phase in the price section. Related companies: [Personal Services](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/sectors/personal-services), all 8 compared on one page. ## Which companies are close to Bright Horizons Family Solutions in size? Bright Horizons Family Solutions is the 6th largest of 7 Personal Services companies on Sector Alpha by market value (scores of 3 November 2026). Just above it: Rollins, Inc., Service Corporation International, Andersen Group Inc., H&R Block, Inc. and Frontdoor, Inc. Just below it: Carriage Services, Inc. ### Personal Services companies close in size

1. [Rollins, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/rol) $17.9 billion
2. [Service Corporation International](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/sci) $10.2 billion
3. [Andersen Group Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/andg) $7.4 billion
4. [H&R Block, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/hrb) $6.6 billion
5. [Frontdoor, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/ftdr) $6.1 billion
6. Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. $2.6 billion
7. [Carriage Services, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/csv) $544 million

[All 7 Personal Services companies, largest first](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/sectors/personal-services#all-companies)

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1. [V2X, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/vvx) $2.6 billion · Aerospace & Defense
2. [Banner Corporation](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/banr) $2.6 billion · Banks - Regional
3. Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. $2.6 billion
4. [Titan America SA](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/ttam) $2.6 billion · Building Materials
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## What else do people ask about Bright Horizons Family Solutions? ### What were Bright Horizons Family Solutions's latest quarterly results? Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. reported revenue of $779 M and net profit of $40.6 M for the Jun 2026 quarter. Revenue rose 6.5% and profit fell 25.8% compared with a year earlier. Earnings per share were $0.79 (as of 3 November 2026). ### What is Bright Horizons Family Solutions's market cap? Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.'s market capitalisation is $2.6 B at a stock price of $53.24. Market cap is the share price times the number of shares, so it changes whenever the price moves (as of 3 November 2026). ### How is Bright Horizons Family Solutions performing? Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.'s share price has been falling for 59 weeks. In its latest quarter, revenue rose 6.5% and profit fell 25.8% compared with a year earlier. Over the past 13 weeks it has done worse than the S&P 500, for 7 weeks running (as of 3 November 2026). ### Will Bright Horizons Family Solutions's stock price go up? This page does not forecast Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.'s stock price. What it shows instead: the stock price is $53.24, and it has been falling for 59 weeks. Nobody can reliably say which way a price will move, and this site does not try (as of 3 November 2026). ### Does Bright Horizons Family Solutions have too much debt? Yes, Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. has a lot of debt: its debt is 3.30× its equity. A year-by-year history of its borrowings is not in our data, so this uses the latest reading. Keep that borrowing in mind when reading the returns on this page (as of 3 November 2026). ### Is Bright Horizons Family Solutions's profit real cash? Yes, over the last 3 years, 232% of Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.'s reported profit came in as cash from operations. The latest year was lower at 182%, so the trend is worth watching. In FY25, operating cash was $351 M against reported profit of $193 M. Most of that cash then goes into building new capacity. These are yearly figures (as of 3 November 2026). ### Where is Bright Horizons Family Solutions in its business cycle? Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.'s FY25 operating margin was 12.4%, against a 5-year range of 4.0% to 12.4%: the top of its range, a record year. When profit is at a record, every ratio looks better than usual, and the story depends on margins staying high. The latest quarter was 12.7%. Comparing margins with a company's own long history is a good way to see where it is in its cycle (as of 3 November 2026). ### What could break the Bright Horizons Family Solutions story? The main question: yearly earnings per share moved +40.0% while the share price moved −51.3%. On price, this page treats a rise as over when the share price closes below its 200-day average on two Fridays in a row (as of 3 November 2026). ### Is Bright Horizons Family Solutions a stock worth studying right now? What the numbers show: Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.'s earnings have grown faster than its share price. Earnings per share grew +40.0% in a year while the price moved −51.3%. The main open question: whether the price catches up with earnings that have already grown. Every number on this page is worked out by code from the published figures, with no forecasts and no price opinions (as of 3 November 2026). This is research, not advice. We’re not SEBI-registered.