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(BFAM) Bright Horizons Family - Ratings and Ratios

Exchange: NYSE • Country: United States • Currency: USD • Type: Common Stock • ISIN: US1091941005

Early Education, Childcare, Back-Up Care, Educational Consulting, Advisory Services

BFAM EPS (Earnings per Share)

EPS Growth (3Y CAGR): 29.57%
EPS Trend (3Y Correlation): 69.6%

BFAM Revenue

Revenue Growth (3Y CAGR): 16.26%
Revenue Trend (3Y Correlation): 92.2%

Description: BFAM Bright Horizons Family November 05, 2025

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. (BFAM) delivers a portfolio of employer-focused childcare and education services across the United States, Puerto Rico, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Australia, and India. The business is organized into three segments: (1) Full-Service Center-Based Child Care, which operates traditional early-education centers and elementary programs; (2) Back-Up Care, which offers on-demand center-based, in-home, and ancillary services (e.g., pet care, tutoring) plus the Sittercity marketplace; and (3) Educational Advisory, which manages tuition assistance, student-loan repayment, and college-admissions consulting for corporate clients.

Key operating metrics that analysts watch include enrollment growth (≈ 4-5% YoY in FY 2024), same-store sales expansion (≈ 3% in the U.S. core market), and EBITDA margin (hovering around 12% after recent cost-control initiatives). The segment’s performance is tightly linked to macro drivers such as employer-driven benefit spending, labor-market tightness that pushes firms to offer family-friendly perks, and demographic trends in the 0-5-year-old cohort, which have been flat to slightly declining in the U.S. but rising in emerging markets like India.

If you want a data-rich, side-by-side comparison of BFAM’s valuation and peer metrics, the ValueRay platform provides a convenient starting point for deeper analysis.

BFAM Stock Overview

Market Cap in USD	5,894m
Sub-Industry	Education Services
IPO / Inception	1997-08-12

BFAM Stock Ratings

Growth Rating	-2.66%
Fundamental	72.1%
Dividend Rating	-
Return 12m vs S&P 500	-25.9%
Analyst Rating	3.60 of 5

BFAM Dividends

Currently no dividends paid

BFAM Growth Ratios

Growth Correlation 3m	-90.2%
Growth Correlation 12m	-23.8%
Growth Correlation 5y	-30.9%
CAGR 5y	9.09%
CAGR/Max DD 3y (Calmar Ratio)	0.26
CAGR/Mean DD 3y (Pain Ratio)	0.90
Sharpe Ratio 12m	-0.89
Alpha	-37.33
Beta	1.334
Volatility	40.12%
Current Volume	696.5k
Average Volume 20d	696.8k
Stop Loss	94.8 (-3.7%)
Signal	0.76

Piotroski VR‑10 (Strict, 0-10) 7.5

Net Income (200.5m TTM) > 0 and > 6% of Revenue (6% = 172.4m TTM)

FCFTA 0.06 (>2.0%) and ΔFCFTA 0.46pp (YES ≥ +1.0pp, WARN ≥ +0.5pp)

NWC/Revenue -13.45% (prev -10.00%; Δ -3.45pp) (YES ≤20% & Δ≤-1pp; WARN ≤25% & Δ≤0 oder ≤40% & Δ≤-3pp)

CFO/TA 0.08 (>3.0%) and CFO 323.4m > Net Income 200.5m (YES >=105%, WARN >=100%)

Net Debt (715.1m) to EBITDA (408.4m) ratio: 1.75 <= 3.0 (WARN <= 3.5)

Current Ratio 0.54 (target 1.5–3.0; WARN 1.2–<1.5 or >3.0–5.0; CFO/TA gate active)

Outstanding Shares last Quarter (57.7m) change vs 12m ago -1.74% (target <= -2.0% for YES)

Gross Margin 24.17% (prev 22.64%; Δ 1.53pp) >=18% & Δ>=+0.5pp (WARN >=15% & Δ>=0)

Asset Turnover 73.67% (prev 67.12%; Δ 6.55pp) >=50% & Δ>=+2pp (WARN >=35% & Δ>=0)

Interest Coverage Ratio 7.12 (EBITDA TTM 408.4m / Interest Expense TTM 44.6m) >= 6 (WARN >= 3)

Altman Z'' 0.82

(A) -0.10 = (Total Current Assets 454.7m - Total Current Liabilities 841.1m) / Total Assets 3.88b

(B) 0.20 = Retained Earnings (Balance) 766.0m / Total Assets 3.88b

(D) 0.27 = Book Value of Equity 655.8m / Total Liabilities 2.46b

Total Rating: 0.82 = (6.56 * A) + (3.26 * B) + (6.72 * C) + (1.05 * D)

ValueRay F-Score (Strict, 0-100) 72.05

1. Piotroski 7.50pt = 2.50

2. FCF Yield 3.09% = 1.54

3. FCF Margin 8.09% = 2.02

4. Debt/Equity 1.22 = 1.80

5. Debt/Ebitda 1.75 = 0.49

6. ROIC - WACC (= 1.66)% = 2.08

7. RoE 14.77% = 1.23

8. Rev. Trend 92.18% = 6.91

9. EPS Trend 69.63% = 3.48

What is the price of BFAM shares?

As of November 08, 2025, the stock is trading at USD 98.46 with a total of 696,486 shares traded.
Over the past week, the price has changed by -9.86%, over one month by -1.13%, over three months by -18.10% and over the past year by -15.50%.

Is Bright Horizons Family a good stock to buy?

Partly, yes. Based on ValueRay´s Fundamental Analyses, Bright Horizons Family (NYSE:BFAM) is currently (November 2025) ok to buy, but has to be watched. It has a ValueRay Fundamental Rating of 72.05 and therefor a somewhat positive outlook according to the companies health.
Based on momentum, paid dividends and discounted-cash-flow analyses, the fair value of BFAM is around 85.64 USD . This means that BFAM is currently overvalued and has a potential downside of -13.02%.

Is BFAM a buy, sell or hold?

Bright Horizons Family has received a consensus analysts rating of 3.60. Therefor, it is recommend to hold BFAM.

Strong Buy: 2
Buy: 4
Hold: 3
Sell: 0
Strong Sell: 1

What are the forecasts/targets for the BFAM price?

Issuer	Target	Up/Down from current
Wallstreet Target Price	129.4	31.5%
Analysts Target Price	129.4	31.5%
ValueRay Target Price	95.5	-3%

BFAM Fundamental Data Overview November 05, 2025

Market Cap USD = 5.89b (5.89b USD * 1.0 USD.USD)
P/E Trailing = 29.8646
P/E Forward = 22.6244
P/S = 2.0506
P/B = 4.3364
P/EG = 1.76
Beta = 1.334
Revenue TTM = 2.87b USD
EBIT TTM = 317.4m USD
EBITDA TTM = 408.4m USD
Long Term Debt = 918.4m USD (from longTermDebt, last fiscal year)
Short Term Debt = 276.6m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 1.75b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter)
Net Debt = 715.1m USD (from netDebt column, last quarter)
Enterprise Value = 7.53b USD (5.89b + Debt 1.75b - CCE 116.6m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 7.12 (Ebit TTM 317.4m / Interest Expense TTM 44.6m)
FCF Yield = 3.09% (FCF TTM 232.5m / Enterprise Value 7.53b)
FCF Margin = 8.09% (FCF TTM 232.5m / Revenue TTM 2.87b)
Net Margin = 6.98% (Net Income TTM 200.5m / Revenue TTM 2.87b)
Gross Margin = 24.17% ((Revenue TTM 2.87b - Cost of Revenue TTM 2.18b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 26.90% (prev 24.95%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 1.94 (Enterprise Value 7.53b / Total Assets 3.88b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 0.70% (Interest Expense 12.2m / Debt 1.75b)
Taxrate = 27.69% (30.1m / 108.6m)
NOPAT = 229.5m (EBIT 317.4m * (1 - 27.69%))
Current Ratio = 0.54 (Total Current Assets 454.7m / Total Current Liabilities 841.1m)
Debt / Equity = 1.22 (Debt 1.75b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 1.43b)
Debt / EBITDA = 1.75 (Net Debt 715.1m / EBITDA 408.4m)
Debt / FCF = 3.08 (Net Debt 715.1m / FCF TTM 232.5m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 1.36b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 5.16% (Net Income 200.5m / Total Assets 3.88b)
RoE = 14.77% (Net Income TTM 200.5m / Total Stockholder Equity 1.36b)
RoCE = 13.95% (EBIT 317.4m / Capital Employed (Equity 1.36b + L.T.Debt 918.4m))
RoIC = 10.21% (NOPAT 229.5m / Invested Capital 2.25b)
WACC = 8.54% (E(5.89b)/V(7.64b) * Re(10.93%) + D(1.75b)/V(7.64b) * Rd(0.70%) * (1-Tc(0.28)))
Discount Rate = 10.93% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares Correlation 3-Years: -33.33 | Cagr: -0.34%
[DCF Debug] Terminal Value 70.68% ; FCFE base≈225.9m ; Y1≈255.4m ; Y5≈346.1m
Fair Price DCF = 66.58 (DCF Value 3.79b / Shares Outstanding 56.9m; 5y FCF grow 15.15% → 3.0% )
EPS Correlation: 69.63 | EPS CAGR: 29.57% | SUE: 4.0 | # QB: 9
Revenue Correlation: 92.18 | Revenue CAGR: 16.26% | SUE: 2.00 | # QB: 1

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