Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.

BFAM Consumer Cyclical Personal Services

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $2.9 billion, up 9.22% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+4.82%
EPS
−444.9%
Free cash flow
+40.9%
Total debt
+48.6%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

55.20 1.02 −1.81%
Market cap
$2.7B
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
−26.7×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
2.58
Beneish M
−2.64
Dividend safety
n/a

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. (BFAM) Gross margin

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Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.'s gross margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 22.8%, down 1.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (23.8%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 20.1% (fiscal 2020) to 25.4% (fiscal 2019); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is below the Personal Services industry median of 32.1% and below the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 34.3%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 23.8% 0.70
FY2024 23.1% 1.08
FY2023 22.0% (1.70)
FY2022 23.7% 0.05
FY2021 23.6% 3.54
FY2020 20.1% (5.26)
FY2019 25.4% 0.49
FY2018 24.9% 0.14
FY2017 24.7% (0.17)
FY2016 24.9% 0.37

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 24.3% 0.09
Jun 2026 24.3% 1.30
Mar 2026 23.0% 3.62
Dec 2025 19.3% (7.71)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 20.1% High 25.4%
Ten-year median 23.8%
Current reading's percentile 26

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
RGS Regis Corporation compare 100.0%
MED MEDIFAST INC compare 69.2%
FTDR Frontdoor Inc. compare 55.0%
ROL Rollins, Inc. compare 52.1%
HRB H&R Block, Inc. compare 44.3%
CSV Carriage Services, Inc. compare 34.1%
ANDG Andersen Group Inc. compare 29.8%
SCI Service Corporation International compare 25.9%
BFAM Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. 22.8%
Personal Services industry median 32.1%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 34.3%
Market median 45.1%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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