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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 6.51%, EPS fell 17.7%, free cash flow fell 34.0% and total debt rose 43.3%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Revenue growth for five consecutive years, operating cash flow growth for three.

71.15 0.73 +1.04%
Market cap
$3.4B
P/E
22.3×
Fwd P/E
13.8×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
2.58
Beneish M
−2.64
Dividend safety
n/a

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 0.66
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — — — — — — — 1 1 2 —
Insider Ownership 6.73%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 3,420.00
Revenue 3,027.91
Net Income 175.04
Free Cash Flow 236.79
Net Debt 1,123.70
Current Ratio 0.48 (below 1: weak)
Debt/Equity 1.36
P/E ratio 22.30
Fwd P/E 13.80
P/S ratio 1.21
P/B ratio 3.89
Past 5Y EPS Growth 49.49% (at or above 15%: strong)
This Y EPS Growth 12.36%
Next Y EPS Growth 15.44% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth 5.64%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 14.88%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 3.02%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 1.99%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 8.07%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 2.47%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 4.42%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —
Annual Dividend Rate —
Annual Dividend Yield —
total individual payouts
2025 Powerpack
2024 Powerpack
2023 Powerpack
2022 Powerpack
2021 Powerpack
2020 Powerpack
2019 Powerpack
2017 Powerpack
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 72 110 140 164
Receivables 282 283 294 209
Inventory — — — —
Other — — — —
447 496 504 465
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 259 305 293 310
ST’ Debt 19 29 200 215
Other 149 39 33 48
799 779 966 972

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 7.24% 14.13% 13.24%
Cash Flow 7.51% 10.85% 23.00%
Earnings 7.55% 48.35% 33.79%
Book Value 6.29% 0.85% 7.42%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 712 779 — — —
’25 666 732 803 734 2,934
’24 623 670 719 674 2,686
’23 554 603 646 616 2,418
’22 460 490 540 530 2,020
’21 391 441 460 463 1,755
’20 506 294 338 377 1,515
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 108 95 — — —
’25 86 134 (18) 148 351
’24 116 109 (9) 121 337
’23 67 113 (19) 95 256
’22 59 67 5 57 188
’21 68 67 50 42 227
’20 64 (13) 119 40 210
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 88 76 — — —
’25 71 115 (42) 116 259
’24 97 87 (32) 91 242
’23 48 92 (39) 65 165
’22 47 60 (13) 35 128
’21 54 53 36 26 170
’20 51 (25) 99 11 137
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 0.62 0.79 — — —
’25 0.66 0.95 1.37 0.38 3.36
’24 0.29 0.67 0.94 0.50 2.40
’23 0.14 0.35 0.69 0.09 1.28
’22 0.33 0.42 0.31 0.31 1.37
’21 0.12 0.31 0.44 0.29 1.15
’20 0.52 0.01 (0.11) 0.04 0.45
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.3
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 59.00 65.00 91.29 107.42 64.23 113.41 54.19 62.87 91.61 91.49

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 72.80 95.82 123.93 168.28 177.16 182.50 140.02 98.87 141.90 132.99
People
People Employees 31,200 31,600 33,350 33,800 26,800 25,800 29,100 31,400 1,450 32,200
Revenue/emp, $m 0.05 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.07 0.07 0.08 1.85 0.09
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 1,570 1,741 1,903 2,062 1,515 1,755 2,020 2,418 2,686 2,934
Gross margin, % 24.90 24.73 24.87 25.36 20.10 23.64 23.69 21.99 23.07 23.77
EBT 143 161 192 223 16 90 112 120 198 270
EBT margin, % 9.12 9.27 10.07 10.80 1.03 5.15 5.55 4.95 7.37 9.20
Net income 95 157 158 180 27 70 81 74 140 193
Depreciation 89 97 103 110 115 111 106 111 98 93
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 26.50 29.57 32.92 35.65 25.45 29.10 34.63 41.90 46.37 51.52
Earnings 1.59 2.65 2.73 3.10 0.45 1.16 1.38 1.28 2.42 3.39
Cash flow 3.60 4.22 5.10 5.71 3.52 3.77 3.23 4.44 5.83 6.16
Capex (1.25) (1.42) (1.57) (1.81) (1.22) (0.96) (1.03) (1.57) (1.64) (1.60)
Free cash flow 2.35 2.79 3.53 3.90 2.30 2.81 2.20 2.86 4.18 4.56
Book value 11.61 12.72 13.48 16.79 21.56 19.55 18.52 21.01 22.07 23.52
Shares, m 59 59 58 58 60 60 58 58 58 57
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 43.51 35.35 40.97 48.32 371.22 108.52 47.64 72.45 45.81 29.91
P/S 2.61 3.18 3.39 4.22 6.80 4.33 1.90 2.23 2.39 1.97
P/B 5.96 7.39 8.27 8.95 8.02 6.44 3.55 4.45 5.02 4.31
EV/Sales 3.33 3.85 3.99 4.71 7.22 4.74 2.41 2.60 2.70 2.24
EV/FCF 37.55 40.74 37.21 43.01 80.04 49.08 37.84 38.01 29.97 25.37
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 213 248 295 330 210 227 188 256 337 351
Capex (74) (84) (91) (105) (73) (58) (60) (91) (95) (91)
Free cash flow 139 164 204 226 137 170 128 165 242 259
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital (233) (268) (290) (254) 93 (82) (439) (353) (283) (462)
Total debt 1,141 1,184 1,166 1,039 1,031 992 1,062 963 947 947
Net debt 1,126 1,161 1,150 1,011 647 731 1,025 891 837 807
Shareholders’ equity 688 749 779 971 1,284 1,179 1,080 1,213 1,278 1,339
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 4.17 6.50 6.29 6.16 0.76 1.91 2.17 1.92 3.62 4.99
ROIC 6.80 6.72 7.74 8.44 1.73 4.22 4.68 5.09 7.29 9.16
ROE 13.27 21.85 20.56 20.61 2.38 5.72 7.14 6.46 11.26 14.75
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. vs peers in Personal Services (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
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ANDG Andersen Group Inc. $6.7B — — +4.61% (above 0%: growing) n/m +517.12% (above 0%: growing) 20.26% (4.10%) Compare
HRB H&R Block, Inc. $5.9B 8.5× 7.1× +3.05% (above 0%: growing) +4.55% (above 0%: growing) −1.99% (below 0%: shrinking) 51.91% 32.91% Compare
FTDR Frontdoor Inc. $5.4B 20.5× 16.4× +4.54% (above 0%: growing) +19.21% (above 0%: growing) 0.00% 58.60% 29.46% Compare
BFAM Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. $3.4B 22.3× 13.8× +6.51% (above 0%: growing) −17.71% (below 0%: shrinking) −34.04% (below 0%: shrinking) 24.25% 10.24%
CSV Carriage Services, Inc. $573.8M 12.7× 10.9× +0.79% (above 0%: growing) +4.00% (above 0%: growing) −57.53% (below 0%: shrinking) 34.04% 23.27% Compare
MED MEDIFAST INC $134.8M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −27.64% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +115.31% (above 0%: growing) 69.90% (5.66%) Compare
RGS Regis Corporation $73.0M 10.5× — (loss-making) −7.28% (below 0%: shrinking) −96.38% (below 0%: shrinking) −42.31% (below 0%: shrinking) 100.00% 11.81% Compare
Median of peers $5.7B 16.6× 16.4× +3.30% +4.27% −0.99% 52.37% 19.83%

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Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. (BFAM) key facts

  • Strength: Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $2.9 billion, up 9.22% from fiscal 2024.
  • Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. (BFAM) is a Personal Services company in the Consumer Cyclical sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, BFAM traded at $71.15, a market capitalization of $3.4 billion.
  • Return on equity was 14.8% and debt-to-equity 1.36.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 8 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 2.58 (grey zone) for fiscal 2025.

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