Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAM) Announces Quarterly Earnings Results

Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAM) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday. The company reported $0.88 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.91 by ($0.03), Zacks reports. Bright Horizons Family Solutions had a net margin of 4.44% and a return on equity of 13.23%. Bright Horizons Family Solutions updated its FY 2025 guidance to 3.950-4.150 EPS.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Stock Performance

NYSE BFAM traded up $0.63 on Thursday, reaching $118.91. The stock had a trading volume of 685,298 shares, compared to its average volume of 406,516. The stock has a market cap of $6.92 billion, a P/E ratio of 59.75 and a beta of 1.45. Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a 12-month low of $100.59 and a 12-month high of $141.90. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $114.93 and its 200 day moving average price is $124.55. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.66, a quick ratio of 0.61 and a current ratio of 0.61.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have commented on BFAM. BMO Capital Markets upgraded shares of Bright Horizons Family Solutions from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and lowered their price target for the stock from $137.00 to $125.00 in a report on Monday, November 18th. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Bright Horizons Family Solutions from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 5th. Morgan Stanley cut their price target on Bright Horizons Family Solutions from $102.00 to $100.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday. UBS Group decreased their price target on Bright Horizons Family Solutions from $148.00 to $130.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Friday, January 24th. Finally, Baird R W upgraded Bright Horizons Family Solutions from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, November 22nd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating, six have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $135.33.

Insider Transactions at Bright Horizons Family Solutions

In other news, Director Mary Ann Tocio sold 5,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $114.71, for a total value of $573,550.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 25,257 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,897,230.47. This represents a 16.53 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Insiders own 1.22% of the company’s stock.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Company Profile

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc provides early education and childcare, back-up care, educational advisory, and other workplace solutions services for employers and families in the United States, Puerto Rico, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Australia, and India. The company operates in three segments: Full Service Center-Based Child Care, Back-Up Care, and Educational Advisory and Other Services.