Four consecutive earnings beats at an average 7.5% positive surprise, a forward P/E of 11.1 times with a PEG of 0.15, and free cash flow converting at 148% of net income establish a compelling fundamental setup with 24.2% upside to analyst consensus; the primary near-term obstacle is a confirmed price downtrend with the 200-day moving average declining at 7.9% per month, which must reverse before the fundamental improvement can be reflected in price.
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- Perfect Earnings Beat Streak↓Deteriorating
- Confirmed Price Downtrend↑Improving
- Growth At Compelling Valuation→Stable
- +2 more pillars — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Bright Horizons Family Solution (BFAM) Stock Analysis
Consumer Cyclical · Personal Services
Sell if holding. Multiple concerning factors at $65.86: Concentration risk — Product: Full service center-based child care (71.0%); V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.6).
Bright Horizons provides employer-sponsored early education and child care, back-up care, and educational advisory services to more than 1,450 employers across the U.S., U.K., Netherlands, Australia, and India. The company generated $2.93 billion in revenue in 2025 through... Read more
Sell if holding. Multiple concerning factors at $65.86: Concentration risk — Product: Full service center-based child care (71.0%); V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.6). Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Score 5.9/10, high confidence.
Passes 8/10 gates (positive momentum, favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 34d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on death cross (50MA < 200MA). Suitability: speculative.
About Bright Horizons Family Solution
About Bright Horizons Family Solution
Bright Horizons delivered $2.93 billion in total revenue during 2025 across three segments: full service center-based child care (71% of revenue, $2.08 billion), back-up care (25%, $728 million), and educational advisory services (4%, $125 million). The company operated 1,010 early education and child care centers in the United States, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Australia, and India at December 31, 2025, serving more than 1,450 employers including more than 220 Fortune 500 companies.
Bright Horizons earns revenue primarily through multi-year employer contracts — 3 to 10 years for full service child care, typically 3 years for back-up care — under which employers sponsor care services as employee benefits. In the full service segment (71% of revenues), approximately 75% of centers operate under a profit-and-loss model, either as employer-sponsored (sponsor model, where the employer retains responsibility for facility development) or as community-facing (lease model, with lease terms typically running 10 to 15 years). The remaining 25% of centers operate on a cost-plus model where employers bear financial risk and pay a management fee. Tuition paid by families accounts for roughly 90% of full service segment revenue, with monthly rates averaging $2,765 for infants and $2,175 for preschoolers across a sample of 350 U.S. centers. Personnel costs comprise approximately 70% of center operating expenses, making labor the largest cost driver. Back-up care operations combine Bright Horizons-owned centers with a network of more than 5,500 third-party providers.
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Labor is the defining operating risk: personnel costs represent approximately 70% of center operating expenses, and government-mandated teacher-to-child ratios force enrollment constraints or classroom closures when qualified staff cannot be hired. The 10-K identifies ongoing difficulty attracting and retaining qualified teachers as a recurring challenge that has required salary increases and enhanced benefits. Real estate obligations compound this, with lease-model centers typically locked into 10 to 15-year terms that limit cost flexibility if enrollment declines at a particular site.
See also: Consumer Cyclical · Personal Services
From Bright Horizons Family Solution's most recent 10-K filing, extracted June 9, 2026.
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updated 2026-09-25Recent Developments — Bright Horizons Family Solution
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- NEWS Earnings To Watch: Bright Horizons (BFAM) Reports Q2 Results Tomorrow - TradingView — TradingView neutral
- NEWS A Look at Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc (BFAM) After 3.4% Decline -- GF Value $135.76 vs Price $72.04 - GuruFocus — GuruFocus negative
- NEWS Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) Tops Q1 Earnings and Revenue Estimates - Yahoo Finance — Yahoo Finance positive
- NEWS Mary Lou Burke Sells 500 Shares of Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAM) Stock - MarketBeat — MarketBeat neutral
- NEWS BFAM|Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc|Price:82.695|Chg%:+2.035 - TradingKey — TradingKey positive
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- HIGHProductFull service center-based child care71%10-K Item 1: 'Full service center-based child care (71% of our revenue in 2025)'
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Sell if holding. Multiple concerning factors at $65.86: Concentration risk — Product: Full service center-based child care (71.0%); V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.6). Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Prior stop was $61.25. Score 5.9/10, high confidence.
Take-profit target: $77.62 (+17.9% upside). Prior stop was $61.25. Stop-loss: $61.25.
Concentration risk — Product: Full service center-based child care (71.0%); V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.6); Sector modifier (Consumer Cyclical): -1.5.
Bright Horizons Family Solution trades at a P/E of 21.1 (forward 11.2). TrendMatrix value score: 8.1/10. Verdict: Sell.
16 analysts cover BFAM with a consensus score of 3.8/5. Average price target: $89.
What does Bright Horizons Family Solution do?Bright Horizons provides employer-sponsored early education and child care, back-up care, and educational advisory...
Bright Horizons provides employer-sponsored early education and child care, back-up care, and educational advisory services to more than 1,450 employers across the U.S., U.K., Netherlands, Australia, and India. The company generated $2.93 billion in revenue in 2025 through multi-year contracts, operating 1,010 child care centers with capacity for approximately 115,000 children.