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

Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAM) announced its earnings results on Thursday. The company reported $0.88 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates 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 Trading Up 0.5 %

BFAM traded up $0.63 on Thursday, hitting $118.91. The company had a trading volume of 685,298 shares, compared to its average volume of 406,516. The company has a current ratio of 0.61, a quick ratio of 0.61 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.66. The firm has a market cap of $6.92 billion, a P/E ratio of 59.75 and a beta of 1.45. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $114.93 and its 200 day moving average price is $124.55. Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a 1 year low of $100.59 and a 1 year high of $141.90.

Insider Buying and Selling at Bright Horizons Family Solutions

In other news, Director Mary Ann Tocio sold 5,000 shares of Bright Horizons Family Solutions stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 3rd. The stock was 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. The trade was a 16.53 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Company insiders own 1.22% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

BFAM has been the subject of several recent research reports. The Goldman Sachs Group reduced their price objective on Bright Horizons Family Solutions from $162.00 to $142.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, December 27th. StockNews.com raised shares of Bright Horizons Family Solutions from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 5th. Jefferies Financial Group lowered their target price on Bright Horizons Family Solutions from $155.00 to $132.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, January 23rd. Robert W. Baird raised Bright Horizons Family Solutions from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $140.00 price target for the company in a report on Friday, November 22nd. Finally, UBS Group dropped their target price 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. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating, six have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $135.33.

About Bright Horizons Family Solutions

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.