Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) Operating Margin (2012 - 2026)
Bright Horizons Family Solutions posted quarterly Operating Margin of 9.12% for Q1 2026, down 24.0% year-on-year from 12.0% in Q1 2025, and up 47.07% on a QoQ basis from 6.2% in Q4 2025.
Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) has 15 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 9.12% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Margin fell 24.0% year-over-year to 9.12%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 10.65% (up 79.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 10.73%, up 154.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 9.12%, up from 6.2% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 15.05% in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 4.59% in Q4 2023.
- The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 7.55% (2023), against an average of 8.65%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Operating Margin soared 326 bps; it then plunged 288 bps in 2023.
- A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 7.47% in 2022, then sank by 39 bps to 4.59% in 2023, then surged by 56 bps to 7.15% in 2024, then dropped by 13 bps to 6.2% in 2025, then jumped by 47 bps to 9.12% in 2026.
- The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 9.12% (Q1 2026), 6.2% (Q4 2025), and 15.05% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | E-Home Household Service Holdings | 1,907.99 Bn | 1,907.73 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Rollins | 22.42 Bn | 22.30 Bn | 460.90 Mn | 16.05% |
| 3 | Service Corp International | 10.18 Bn | 9.92 Bn | 286.45 Mn | 22.24% |
| 4 | H&R Block | 5.01 Bn | 4.99 Bn | 1.37 Bn | 0.20% |
| 5 | Frontdoor | 4.26 Bn | 3.66 Bn | 248.00 Mn | 45.23% |
| 6 | Bright Horizons Family Solutions | 3.58 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 163.49 Mn | 9.12% |
| 7 | Carriage Services | 635.02 Mn | 632.11 Mn | 38.64 Mn | 23.82% |
| 8 | Andersen | 491.07 Mn | 1.09 Bn | 74.37 Mn | 10.00% |
| 9 | Medifast | 139.83 Mn | -29.11 Mn | 51.76 Mn | -4.33% |
| 10 | Regis | 69.91 Mn | 69.91 Mn | - | 10.91% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 9.12% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 6.20% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 15.05% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 11.76% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 9.36% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 7.15% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 12.43% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 10.31% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 6.41% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 4.59% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 10.35% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 7.55% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 5.54% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 7.47% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 7.23% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 9.75% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 6.77% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 7.63% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 9.99% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 7.70% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 3.51% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 2.09% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | -1.75% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 2.76% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 8.55% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 12.96% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 12.24% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 14.17% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 12.54% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 13.33% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 11.76% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 13.20% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 11.92% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 11.88% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 10.38% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 12.75% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 12.18% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 11.88% |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 11.65% |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 14.07% |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 12.61% |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 12.08% |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 11.41% |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 14.07% |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 12.22% |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 11.05% |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 9.87% |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 12.22% |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 10.24% |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 9.53% |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 9.00% |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 11.39% |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 5.51% |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 10.22% |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 9.46% |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 5.92% |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 10.11% |