BFAM vs Peers Stock Comparison

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group

Percentile Scorecard

BFAM

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisBFAM
Valuation 31 #23 of 33
Growth 52 #15 of 30
Profitability 50 #15 of 29
Financial Health 24 #30 of 39
Shareholder Returns 100 #1 of 14
Overall 51
  • BFAM ranked among 39 companies in Consumer Services

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodBFAMSPY
1 month +11.8% -0.8%
3 months -5.4% +3.5%
6 months -9.4% +7.0%
Year to date -27.4% +12.2%
1 year -27.0% +13.0%
3 years +2.0% +86.3%
3 years, per year +0.7% +23.1%
5 years -54.0% +68.6%
5 years, per year -14.4% +11.0%
10 years +9.9% +258.0%
10 years, per year +1.0% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureBFAMSPY
Volatility, 1Y 47.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 55.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.29 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.57 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -67.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -32.6% -1.8%
52-week high $109.23 $779.14
52-week low $59.18 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleBFAM
P/E now vs peer median 21.7xmedian 15.5x
P/S now vs peer median 1.2xmedian 1.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 11.7xmedian 10.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 15.4xmedian 14.7x
P/B now vs peer median 3.8xmedian 2.0x
PEG now vs peer median 0.49median 0.35

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsBFAM
Revenue $3.03B
Gross profit $711.35M
Operating income $311.11M
Net income $175.04M
Free cash flow $235.93M
EPS (diluted) $3.38
Cash & equivalents $163.69M
Total debt $1.29B
Shares (diluted) 51.76M
Enterprise value $3.07B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricBFAM
P/E 21.7x
P/FCF 15.4x
P/Operating cash flow 10.9x
P/S 1.2x
P/B 3.8x
P/Tangible book 4.8x
EV/EBITDA 11.7x
EV/EBIT 15.3x
EV/Revenue 1.6x
EV/FCF 20.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 14.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.49

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBFAM
Revenue growth (1Y) 8.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 10.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 7.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 12.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) 8.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 26.2%
Net income growth (1Y) -1.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 39.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 10.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 44.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 0.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 11.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -2.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBFAM
Gross margin 23.5%
EBITDA margin 13.5%
Operating margin 10.3%
Pretax margin 8.6%
Net margin 5.8%
FCF margin 7.8%
Operating cash flow margin 11.0%
Return on equity 16.8%
Return on assets 4.6%
Return on invested capital 9.3%
Return on capital employed 11.0%
Asset turnover 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.9x
Stock comp / revenue 1.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBFAM
Debt / assets 34.0%
Debt / equity 1.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.8x
Debt / FCF 5.5x
Liabilities / assets 75.1%
Equity / assets 24.9%
Interest coverage 6.2x
Current ratio 0.5x
Quick ratio 0.4x
Cash ratio 0.2x
Altman Z-score 2.04

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBFAM
Dividend yield –
Net buyback yield 17.5%
Shareholder yield 17.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) –
Payout ratio (FCF) –
Dividend growth (1Y) –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusBFAM
Forward P/E 13.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $5.31FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +16.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +13.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.03BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +3.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +2.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBFAM
Held by institutions 100.0%
Institutions holding 384
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.2%
Institutions buying 205
Institutions selling 150
Buyers to sellers 1.37

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