GNS vs TAL vs BFAM Stock Comparison

Genius, TAL Education and Bright Horizons Family Solutions Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
GNS Genius Group Ltd
$0.13 -18.8% 1M -84.3% 1Y
Market cap
$8.33M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Education Services Consumer Discretionary
TAL TAL Education Group
$10.20 -15.1% 1M -18.7% 1Y
Market cap
$5.76B
P/E
6.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.19B
Div. yield
–
Education Services Consumer Discretionary
9 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

TAL Education leads on 9 of the 12 questions below (TAL Education 9). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionGNSTALBFAMLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $8.33M $5.76B $3.56B TAL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 6.4x 20.3x TAL
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 7.0x 13.3x TAL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +32.4% +8.5% TAL
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 28.4% 5.8% TAL
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 9.3% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 2.8x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -84.3% -18.7% -28.8% TAL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +18.6%/yr -15.4%/yr TAL
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 91.6% 44.2% 47.8% TAL
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 87/100 52/100 TAL

Percentile Scorecard

GNSTALBFAM

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

AxisGNSTALBFAM
Valuation – 88 #5 of 33 34 #22 of 33
Growth – 100 #1 of 30 52 #15 of 30
Profitability – 86 #5 of 29 50 #15 of 29
Financial Health 66 #14 of 39 74 #11 of 39 24 #30 of 39
Shareholder Returns – – 100 #1 of 14
Overall – 87 52
  • GNS ranked among 39 companies in Consumer Services
  • TAL ranked among 39 companies in Consumer Services
  • 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

PeriodGNSTALBFAMSPY
1 month -18.8%-15.1%+7.2% -0.2%
3 months -13.3%-2.4%-12.5% +3.9%
6 months -56.7%-5.3%-13.5% +8.2%
Year to date -77.2%-6.5%-30.4% +12.9%
1 year -84.3%-18.7%-28.8% +12.3%
3 years -98.1%+10.4%-2.2% +87.4%
3 years, per year -73.4%+3.4%-0.7% +23.3%
5 years —+134.5%-56.8% +67.9%
5 years, per year —+18.6%-15.4% +10.9%
10 years —-24.7%+5.4% +261.1%
10 years, per year —-2.8%+0.5% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureGNSTALBFAMSPY
Volatility, 1Y 91.6%44.2%47.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 101.1%40.8%55.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.810.62-0.30 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.92-0.42-0.60 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -100.0%-67.3%-67.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -85.6%-21.0%-35.4% -1.2%
52-week high $0.90$12.91$109.23 $779.14
52-week low $0.12$8.95$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.

MultipleGNSTALBFAM
P/E now vs peer median —median 15.2x 6.4xmedian 15.2x 20.8xmedian 15.2x
P/S now vs peer median —median 1.3x 2.0xmedian 1.3x 1.1xmedian 1.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 9.8x —median 9.8x 11.3xmedian 9.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 14.5x 8.6xmedian 14.5x 14.7xmedian 14.5x
P/B now vs peer median 0.0xmedian 2.0x 1.5xmedian 2.0x 3.7xmedian 2.0x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.35 0.06median 0.35 0.47median 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 monthsGNSTALBFAM
Revenue – $3.19B $3.03B
Gross profit – $1.79B $711.35M
Operating income – $398.90M $311.11M
Net income – $906.86M $175.04M
Free cash flow – $731.92M $235.93M
EPS (diluted) – $1.57 $3.38
Cash & equivalents $1.88T $1.64B $163.69M
Total debt $13.06T – $1.29B
Shares (diluted) 24.15M 578.78M 51.76M
Enterprise value -$7.00T -$7.22B $3.01B

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
MetricGNSTALBFAM
P/E – 6.4x 20.8x
P/FCF – 8.6x 14.7x
P/Operating cash flow – 8.6x 10.4x
P/S – 2.0x 1.1x
P/B 0.0x 1.5x 3.7x
P/Tangible book 0.0x 1.6x 4.6x
EV/EBITDA – – 11.3x
EV/EBIT – 8.5x 14.8x
EV/Revenue – 1.1x 1.5x
EV/FCF – 4.6x 19.5x
EV/Operating cash flow – 4.6x 13.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.06 0.47

Growth

14 metrics
MetricGNSTALBFAM
Revenue growth (1Y) – 32.4% 8.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 43.9% 10.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 37.4% 7.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 45.2% 12.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 1,299% 8.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 74.6% 26.2%
Net income growth (1Y) – 770.5% -1.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 106.1% 39.1%
EPS growth (1Y) – 824.0% 10.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 110.4% 44.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 46.7% 0.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 60.3% 11.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 46.7% -2.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 60.3% 14.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricGNSTALBFAM
Gross margin – 56.0% 23.5%
EBITDA margin – – 13.5%
Operating margin – 12.5% 10.3%
Pretax margin – 28.0% 8.6%
Net margin – 28.4% 5.8%
FCF margin – 22.9% 7.8%
Operating cash flow margin – 22.9% 11.0%
Return on equity – 23.1% 16.8%
Return on assets – 14.3% 4.6%
Return on invested capital – – 9.3%
Return on capital employed – 9.6% 11.0%
Asset turnover – 0.5x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 0.8x 1.9x
Stock comp / revenue – – 1.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricGNSTALBFAM
Debt / assets 0.1% – 34.0%
Debt / equity 0.0x – 1.4x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 2.8x
Debt / FCF – – 5.5x
Liabilities / assets 19.4% 39.7% 75.1%
Equity / assets 80.6% 60.3% 24.9%
Interest coverage – – 6.2x
Current ratio 0.7x 1.7x 0.5x
Quick ratio 0.3x 1.3x 0.4x
Cash ratio 0.1x 1.3x 0.2x
Altman Z-score – 2.39 2.01

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricGNSTALBFAM
Dividend yield 153.8% – –
Net buyback yield – – 18.3%
Shareholder yield 153.8% 0.0% 18.3%
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.

ConsensusGNSTALBFAM
Forward P/E – 7.0xFY2026 13.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.08FY2026 $1.46FY2026 $5.31FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +47.5%FY2026 +16.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – -13.0% +13.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $18.40MFY2026 $3.66BFY2026 $3.03BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +119.0%FY2026 +21.6%FY2026 +3.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +47.3% +15.9% +2.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersGNSTALBFAM
Held by institutions – 41.2% 100.0%
Institutions holding – 237 384
Change in shares held, QoQ – +11.9% -1.2%
Institutions buying – 116 205
Institutions selling – 99 150
Buyers to sellers – 1.17 1.37

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

GNSTALBFAM
GNS 1.00 0.05 -0.05
TAL 0.05 1.00 -0.01
BFAM -0.05 -0.01 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, GNS, TAL and BFAM?

TAL Education (TAL) is the largest by market capitalisation: Genius (GNS) $8.33M, TAL Education (TAL) $5.76B, Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) $3.56B.

Which stock is cheaper, GNS, TAL and BFAM?

TAL Education (TAL) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (TAL Education (TAL) 6.4x, Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) 20.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, TAL Education (TAL) is cheapest (TAL Education (TAL) 7.0x, Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) 13.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

TAL Education (TAL) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: TAL Education (TAL) +32.4%, Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) +8.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

TAL Education (TAL) has the highest net margin (TAL Education (TAL) 28.4%, Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) 5.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year TAL Education (TAL) returned the most: Genius (GNS) -84.3%, TAL Education (TAL) -18.7%, Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) -28.8%. Over five years, TAL Education (TAL) compounded fastest (TAL Education (TAL) +18.6%/yr, Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) -15.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, TAL Education (TAL) has been the steadiest (Genius (GNS) 91.6%, TAL Education (TAL) 44.2%, Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) 47.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, GNS, TAL and BFAM?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, TAL Education (TAL) leads on 9. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.