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) Return on equity

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Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.'s return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was −13.0%, down 27.7 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (14.8%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.38% (fiscal 2020) to 21.9% (fiscal 2017); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is below the Personal Services industry median of 0.00% and below the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.20%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 14.8% 3.49
FY2024 11.3% 4.80
FY2023 6.46% (0.68)
FY2022 7.14% 1.42
FY2021 5.72% 3.34
FY2020 2.38% (18.23)
FY2019 20.6% 0.05
FY2018 20.6% (1.29)
FY2017 21.9% 8.58
FY2016 13.3% 0.65

Against its own ten years

Low 2.38% High 21.9%
Ten-year median 12.6%
Current reading's percentile 73

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
HRB H&R Block, Inc. compare 710.9%
ROL Rollins, Inc. compare 36.0%
SCI Service Corporation International compare 35.7%
RGS Regis Corporation compare 3.20%
FTDR Frontdoor Inc. compare 0.00%
ANDG Andersen Group Inc. compare 0.00%
CSV Carriage Services, Inc. compare 0.00%
BFAM Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. −13.0%
MED MEDIFAST INC compare −20.7%
Personal Services industry median 0.00%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.20%
Market median 0.51%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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