Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2013 - 2026)
Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) posted Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 9.35% for Q2 2026, up 0.10 percentage points from 9.25% a year earlier but down 0.47 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2013 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Bright Horizons Family Solutions' Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at 9.98%, up 2.04 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] shows a five-year change of +7.51 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Bright Horizons Family Solutions' Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] was 7.94% in FY2024 (+3.02 pp), 4.92% in FY2023 (-0.33 pp), 5.25% in FY2022 (+0.77 pp) and 4.49% in FY2021 (+2.02 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has run from a low of 3.79% in Q3 2021 to a high of 10.05% in Q3 2025 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has increased in each of the last ten quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +2.11 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in the past five years was Q1 2022, with a gain of 5.10 percentage points; the weakest was Q3 2021, with a drop of 1.12 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] for the three prior quarters was 9.82% (Q1 2026), 9.72% (Q4 2025) and 10.05% (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROIC (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Service Corp International | 10.06 Bn | 9.12 Bn | 272.27 Mn | 11.09% |
| 2 | New Oriental Education & Technology | 8.68 Bn | -2.70 Bn | 20,000.00 | 14.87% |
| 3 | TAL Education | 5.79 Bn | -6.69 Bn | 594.64 Mn | - |
| 4 | Graham Holdings | 5.18 Bn | 243.01 Mn | 392.25 Mn | 3.85% |
| 5 | Laureate Education | 4.67 Bn | 4.02 Bn | 131.69 Mn | 28.43% |
| 6 | Valvoline | 4.45 Bn | 4.16 Bn | 214.90 Mn | 8.79% |
| 7 | Covista | 3.73 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 290.78 Mn | 15.25% |
| 8 | Onespaworld Holdings | 3.16 Bn | 3.05 Bn | 49.70 Mn | 13.73% |
| 9 | Stride | 3.11 Bn | -66.08 Mn | 241.12 Mn | 17.09% |
| 10 | Bright Horizons Family Solutions | 2.77 Bn | 2.21 Bn | 204.83 Mn | 0.15% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 0.15% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 9.35% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 9.82% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 9.72% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 10.05% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 9.25% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 8.73% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 7.64% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 6.58% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 6.17% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 5.36% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 4.90% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 5.59% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 4.51% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 4.83% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 5.36% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 5.35% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 5.60% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 5.10% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 4.52% |
Bright Horizons Family Solutions Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=BFAM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-invested-capital-[roic]", "ticker": "BFAM", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=BFAM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();