Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAM) Releases Earnings Results, Beats Estimates By $0.05 EPS

Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAMGet Free Report) released its earnings results on Monday. The company reported $1.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.06 by $0.05, Briefing.com reports. The business had revenue of $719.00 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $713.16 million. Bright Horizons Family Solutions had a return on equity of 12.86% and a net margin of 3.98%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 11.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.78 earnings per share. Bright Horizons Family Solutions updated its FY24 guidance to $3.37-$3.42 EPS and its FY 2024 guidance to 3.370-3.420 EPS.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Price Performance

Bright Horizons Family Solutions stock traded up $0.43 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting $116.31. The stock had a trading volume of 1,545,893 shares, compared to its average volume of 364,808. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.73, a current ratio of 0.56 and a quick ratio of 0.56. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.75 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 66.61 and a beta of 1.49. Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a 1-year low of $80.29 and a 1-year high of $141.90. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $135.84 and its two-hundred day moving average is $122.28.

Insider Buying and Selling at Bright Horizons Family Solutions

In related news, COO Mary Lou Burke sold 800 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, October 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $136.94, for a total transaction of $109,552.00. Following the sale, the chief operating officer now owns 31,025 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,248,563.50. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. In related news, COO Mary Lou Burke sold 800 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, October 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $136.94, for a total transaction of $109,552.00. Following the sale, the chief operating officer now owns 31,025 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,248,563.50. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Mary Ann Tocio sold 2,500 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $130.93, for a total value of $327,325.00. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 30,257 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,961,549.01. The trade was a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 4,100 shares of company stock valued at $549,397. Insiders own 1.22% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts have recently issued reports on BFAM shares. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upped their price objective on Bright Horizons Family Solutions from $114.00 to $140.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, August 2nd. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price objective on Bright Horizons Family Solutions from $142.00 to $162.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday. Barclays upped their price objective on Bright Horizons Family Solutions from $125.00 to $160.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, August 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on Bright Horizons Family Solutions from $137.00 to $149.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday. Finally, Robert W. Baird upped their price objective on Bright Horizons Family Solutions from $131.00 to $140.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $141.13.

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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.

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