Why did Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) stock move recently?

On 7/28/2026, Bright Horizons Family Solutions moved +3.6% — No company-specific catalyst identified; BFAM rose with the broader market or sector ahead of its Q2 earnings release on July 30. This is MarketChacha's decoded reason from filings and credible news; it is education, not buy/sell advice.

Is Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) overvalued or fairly valued?

MarketChacha shows Bright Horizons Family Solutions's valuation in context — a trailing P/E of about 18.5, a forward P/E of about 11.7, a price-to-book of about 3.6 — alongside its revenue and profit growth and whether reported profit converts into operating cash, so you can judge value for yourself. MarketChacha does not issue ratings, price targets, or buy/sell advice.

Does Bright Horizons Family Solutions's reported profit turn into cash?

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash. MarketChacha computes this cash-conversion check (2.32×) from reported figures — education, not a rating.

What is Bright Horizons Family Solutions's revenue?

Bright Horizons Family Solutions reported revenue of $2.9B for FY2025, with net profit of $193.1M, per official filings.

What is the share price of Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM)?

Bright Horizons Family Solutions last traded at $69.04 (-0.7% on the day), as of 10/20/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions

BFAM · NYSE · Consumer Discretionary · United States

Snapshot

TickerBFAM

ExchangeNYSE

SectorConsumer Discretionary

IndustryPersonal Services

CountryUnited States

Employees32,200

HeadquartersNewton, United States

Websitewww.brighthorizons.com

Filings tracked14

About Bright Horizons Family Solutions

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. provides early education and childcare, comprehensive 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. It operates in three segments: Full-Service Center-Based Child Care, Back-Up Care, and Educational Advisory services. The Full-Service Center-Based Child Care segment offers traditional center-based early education and childcare, preschool, and elementary education services. The Back-Up Care segment provides center-based back-up childcare, in-home child and senior care, school-age programs, camps, tutoring, pet care, and self-sourced reimbursed care services, as well as sittercity, an online marketplace for families and caregivers through early education and childcare centers, school-age programs and in-home care providers, the back-up care network, and other providers. The Educational Advisory services segment offers tuition assistance and student loan repayment program management, workforce education, and related educational consulting services, as well as college admissions and college financial advisory services. The company was formerly known as Bright Horizons Solutions Corp. and changed its name to Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. in July 2012. Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts.

Who owns it

Insiders1.1%
Institutions98.9%
Public & other0.0%

523 institutional holders

Ownership breakdown from public market data.

Top holders

Blackrock Inc.13.12%
AQR Capital Management, LLC6.34%
Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC5.92%
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC5.49%
Abrams Bison Investments, LLC4.92%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC4.90%
State Street Corporation3.67%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP3.46%

Largest institutional holders — last updated 6/30/2026.

Forensic scorecard

No major accounting red flags in the fundamentals we have — profit is backed by cash and returns look healthy.

Cash conversion2.32×

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash.

Net margin trend3.1% → 6.6%

Margin has expanded by about 3.5 points — the business is getting more profitable.

Growth qualityrev 10% · PAT 61%

Profit growth is broadly tracking revenue growth — the earnings trend looks operational rather than one-off.

Computed by MarketChacha from reported figures (SEC XBRL). Education, not a rating or recommendation.

What's expected next

Next quarter

Rev $766.6M · EPS 1.29

Est. earnings growth +11.8%

Next fiscal year

Rev $3.3B · EPS 5.90

Est. earnings growth +15.4%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance.

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Financials at a glance

Source: SEC XBRL

Annual

Quarterly · last 8

Revenue (FY2025)

$2.9B

Net margin

6.6%

ROE

14.4%

Revenue CAGR (2y)

+10.1%

Profit CAGR (2y)

+61.3%

EPS (FY2025)

3.36

Net profit (FY2025)

$193.1M

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Why it moved

Jul 28, 2026
No company-specific catalyst identified; BFAM rose with the broader market or sector ahead of its Q2 earnings release on July 30.
· confidence: low
Jul 27, 2026
No specific company catalyst or news identified for the move; BFAM rose alongside broader market or sector trends ahead of its Q2 earnings release scheduled for July 30.
· confidence: low
Jul 23, 2026
BFAM rose with the broader consumer discretionary sector on the final trading day of H1 2026; no specific company catalyst or filing was cited in coverage for the move.
source 1 ↗source 2 ↗· confidence: low
Jul 22, 2026
No specific catalyst identified in today's coverage or recent filings; the decline appears to reflect broader market or sector movement ahead of the July 30 earnings release.
· confidence: low

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Financials

Yearly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin	ROE
FY2025	$2.9B	$193.1M	3.36	6.6%	14.4%
FY2024	$2.7B	$140.2M	2.40	5.2%	11.0%
FY2023	$2.4B	$74.2M	1.28	3.1%	6.1%

Quarterly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin
2026Q2	$779.2M	$40.6M	0.79	5.2%
2026Q1	$712.2M	$34.1M	0.62	4.8%
2025Q3	$802.8M	$78.6M	1.37	9.8%
2025Q2	$731.6M	$54.8M	0.95	7.5%
2025Q1	$665.5M	$38.0M	0.66	5.7%
2024Q3	$719.1M	$54.9M	0.94	7.6%
2024Q2	$670.1M	$39.2M	0.67	5.8%
2024Q1	$622.7M	$17.0M	0.29	2.7%
2023Q3	$645.8M	$40.0M	0.69	6.2%
2023Q2	$603.2M	$20.6M	0.35	3.4%
2023Q1	$553.6M	$8.1M	0.14	1.5%

Figures as reported, in reporting currency. Source: SEC XBRL.

Filings & announcements

2026

10-Q filing
SEC8/6/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC7/30/2026material
8-K — Shareholder vote results
SEC6/3/2026material
8-K — Material agreement, Material financial obligation, Exhibits
SEC6/1/2026material
10-Q filing
SEC5/7/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC5/5/2026material
8-K — Other events
SEC3/9/2026material
10-K filing
SEC2/26/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Executive/director change, Exhibits
SEC2/12/2026material

2025

10-Q filing
SEC11/5/2025
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC10/30/2025material
8-K — Other events, Exhibits
SEC8/21/2025material
10-Q filing
SEC8/7/2025
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC7/31/2025material

In the news

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