WW vs BFAM vs DRVN Stock Comparison

Ww International, Bright Horizons Family Solutions and Driven Brands Holdings Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
WW Ww International, Inc.
$13.70 -4.5% 1M -58.4% 1Y
Market cap
$136.95M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
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Personal Services Consumer Discretionary

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Bright Horizons Family Solutions leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Bright Horizons Family Solutions 6, Driven Brands Holdings 5). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionWWBFAMDRVNLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $136.95M $3.48B $1.92B BFAM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 20.8x 11.6x DRVN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 13.3x 10.1x DRVN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +8.5% +7.6% BFAM
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 5.8% 8.6% DRVN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 9.3% 10.8% DRVN
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.8x 3.8x BFAM
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% — 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -58.4% -28.8% -23.8% DRVN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — -15.4%/yr -17.6%/yr BFAM
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 94.9% 47.8% 55.7% BFAM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 52/100 49/100 BFAM

Percentile Scorecard

WWBFAMDRVN

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

AxisWWBFAMDRVN
Valuation – 34 #22 of 33 59 #14 of 33
Growth – 52 #15 of 30 62 #12 of 30
Profitability – 50 #15 of 29 57 #13 of 29
Financial Health 40 #24 of 39 24 #30 of 39 16 #33 of 39
Shareholder Returns – 100 #1 of 14 –
Overall – 52 49
  • WW ranked among 39 companies in Consumer Services
  • BFAM ranked among 39 companies in Consumer Services
  • DRVN ranked among 39 companies in Consumer Services

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodWWBFAMDRVNSPY
1 month -4.5%+7.2%-5.7% -0.2%
3 months -0.4%-12.5%-22.4% +3.9%
6 months +39.8%-13.5%-7.6% +8.2%
Year to date -53.1%-30.4%-21.7% +12.9%
1 year -58.4%-28.8%-23.8% +12.3%
3 years —-2.2%+5.5% +87.4%
3 years, per year —-0.7%+1.8% +23.3%
5 years —-56.8%-62.0% +67.9%
5 years, per year —-15.4%-17.6% +10.9%
10 years —+5.4%— +261.1%
10 years, per year —+0.5%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureWWBFAMDRVNSPY
Volatility, 1Y 94.9%47.8%55.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 98.6%55.1%63.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.59-0.300.41 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.62-0.60-0.43 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -79.7%-67.2%-70.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -60.8%-35.4%-32.1% -1.2%
52-week high $34.92$109.23$17.09 $779.14
52-week low $9.12$59.18$10.30 $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.

MultipleWWBFAMDRVN
P/E now vs peer median —median 15.2x 20.8xmedian 15.2x 11.6xmedian 15.2x
P/S now vs peer median —median 1.3x 1.1xmedian 1.3x 1.0xmedian 1.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 9.8x 11.3xmedian 9.8x 8.7xmedian 9.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 14.5x 14.7xmedian 14.5x 14.3xmedian 14.5x
P/B now vs peer median 0.4xmedian 2.0x 3.7xmedian 2.0x 2.3xmedian 2.0x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.35 0.47median 0.35 1.47median 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 monthsWWBFAMDRVN
Revenue – $3.03B $1.93B
Gross profit – $711.35M –
Operating income – $311.11M $269.79M
Net income – $175.04M $165.27M
Free cash flow – $235.93M $133.78M
EPS (diluted) – $3.38 $1.00
Cash & equivalents $160.28M $163.69M $183.95M
Total debt $465.47M $1.29B $1.69B
Shares (diluted) 9.99M 51.76M 164.94M
Enterprise value -$570.40M $2.92B $1.38B

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
MetricWWBFAMDRVN
P/E – 20.8x 11.6x
P/FCF – 14.7x 14.3x
P/Operating cash flow – 10.4x 6.1x
P/S – 1.1x 1.0x
P/B 0.4x 3.7x 2.3x
P/Tangible book -0.8x 4.6x 8.4x
EV/EBITDA – 11.3x 8.7x
EV/EBIT – 14.8x 12.7x
EV/Revenue – 1.5x 1.8x
EV/FCF – 19.5x 25.5x
EV/Operating cash flow – 13.8x 10.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.47 1.47

Growth

14 metrics
MetricWWBFAMDRVN
Revenue growth (1Y) – 8.5% 7.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 10.8% -4.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 7.7% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 12.6% –
Operating income growth (1Y) – 8.8% 62.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 26.2% -7.1%
Net income growth (1Y) – -1.0% 163.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 39.1% 7.4%
EPS growth (1Y) – 10.4% 163.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 44.4% 7.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 0.3% 6.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 11.1% 9.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -2.8% 276.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 14.2% 33.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricWWBFAMDRVN
Gross margin – 23.5% –
EBITDA margin – 13.5% 20.4%
Operating margin – 10.3% 14.0%
Pretax margin – 8.6% 8.3%
Net margin – 5.8% 8.6%
FCF margin – 7.8% 6.9%
Operating cash flow margin – 11.0% 16.2%
Return on equity – 16.8% 20.6%
Return on assets – 4.6% 4.8%
Return on invested capital – 9.3% 10.8%
Return on capital employed – 11.0% 8.6%
Asset turnover – 0.8x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.9x 1.9x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.0% 1.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricWWBFAMDRVN
Debt / assets 49.2% 34.0% 47.6%
Debt / equity 1.5x 1.4x 2.0x
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.8x 3.8x
Debt / FCF – 5.5x 12.6x
Liabilities / assets 66.4% 75.1% 76.5%
Equity / assets 33.6% 24.9% 23.5%
Interest coverage – 6.2x 2.8x
Current ratio 1.7x 0.5x 1.5x
Quick ratio 1.4x 0.4x 0.9x
Cash ratio 1.3x 0.2x 0.5x
Altman Z-score – 2.01 0.94

Shareholder Returns

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

ConsensusWWBFAMDRVN
Forward P/E – 13.3xFY2026 10.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-3.38FY2026 $5.31FY2026 $1.15FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +16.7%FY2026 -5.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +13.6% +30.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $656.64MFY2026 $3.03BFY2026 $1.93BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -7.6%FY2026 +3.3%FY2026 +3.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -9.3% +2.5% +18.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersWWBFAMDRVN
Held by institutions 77.9% 100.0% 43.3%
Institutions holding 78 384 193
Change in shares held, QoQ +8.1% -1.2% -8.5%
Institutions buying 35 205 111
Institutions selling 17 150 51
Buyers to sellers 2.06 1.37 2.18

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.

WWBFAMDRVN
WW 1.00 -0.01 0.02
BFAM -0.01 1.00 0.14
DRVN 0.02 0.14 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, WW, BFAM and DRVN?

Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ww International (WW) $136.95M, Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) $3.48B, Driven Brands Holdings (DRVN) $1.92B.

Which stock is cheaper, WW, BFAM and DRVN?

Driven Brands Holdings (DRVN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) 20.8x, Driven Brands Holdings (DRVN) 11.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Driven Brands Holdings (DRVN) is cheapest (Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) 13.3x, Driven Brands Holdings (DRVN) 10.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) +8.5%, Driven Brands Holdings (DRVN) +7.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Driven Brands Holdings (DRVN) has the highest net margin (Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) 5.8%, Driven Brands Holdings (DRVN) 8.6%). On return on invested capital, Driven Brands Holdings (DRVN) leads (Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) 9.3%, Driven Brands Holdings (DRVN) 10.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Driven Brands Holdings (DRVN) returned the most: Ww International (WW) -58.4%, Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) -28.8%, Driven Brands Holdings (DRVN) -23.8%. Over five years, Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) compounded fastest (Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) -15.4%/yr, Driven Brands Holdings (DRVN) -17.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) has been the steadiest (Ww International (WW) 94.9%, Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) 47.8%, Driven Brands Holdings (DRVN) 55.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, WW, BFAM and DRVN?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) leads on 6. 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.