Bright Horizons Family Solution (BFAM) Stock Analysis
Consumer Cyclical · Personal Services
Sell if holding. At $81.40, A.R:R 0.8:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Thin upside margin: 3.8%; Leverage penalty (D/E 1.3): -0.5.
Bright Horizons provides employer-sponsored child care (71% of $2.93B 2025 revenue), back-up care (25%), and educational advisory services (4%) to 1,450+ employer clients across 1,010 centers in the U.S., U.K., Netherlands, Australia, and India. Revenue is earned via multi-year... Read more
Sell if holding. At $81.40, A.R:R 0.8:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Thin upside margin: 3.8%; Leverage penalty (D/E 1.3): -0.5. Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Score 5.6/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 4/8 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, semi cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and favorable risk/reward ratio and death cross (50MA < 200MA) and earnings proximity 5d<=7d. Suitability: aggressive.
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Rating Breakdown
2 floor-breakers
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
Price action weak — below key moving averages, no momentum carry. Needs a base before trend-continuation setups apply.static
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Sell if holding. At $81.40, A.R:R 0.8:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Thin upside margin: 3.8%; Leverage penalty (D/E 1.3): -0.5. Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Prior stop was $77.53. Score 5.6/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $84.49 (+3.8% upside). Prior stop was $77.53. Stop-loss: $77.53.
Thin upside margin: 3.8%; Leverage penalty (D/E 1.3): -0.5; Earnings in 5 days (event risk).
Bright Horizons Family Solution trades at a P/E of 24.4 (forward 14.3). TrendMatrix value score: 7.1/10. Verdict: Sell.
16 analysts cover BFAM with a consensus score of 3.8/5. Average price target: $97.
What does Bright Horizons Family Solution do?Bright Horizons provides employer-sponsored child care (71% of $2.93B 2025 revenue), back-up care (25%), and...
Bright Horizons provides employer-sponsored child care (71% of $2.93B 2025 revenue), back-up care (25%), and educational advisory services (4%) to 1,450+ employer clients across 1,010 centers in the U.S., U.K., Netherlands, Australia, and India. Revenue is earned via multi-year contracts; largest client represented ~1% of revenue and top 10 clients ~8%, reflecting a highly diversified base.