Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) – Analysts’ Recent Ratings Changes

Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE: BFAM) has recently received a number of price target changes and ratings updates:

• 2/5/2025 – Bright Horizons Family Solutions was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating.
• 1/24/2025 – Bright Horizons Family Solutions had its price target lowered by analysts at UBS Group AG from $148.00 to $130.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 1/23/2025 – Bright Horizons Family Solutions had its price target lowered by analysts at Jefferies Financial Group Inc. from $155.00 to $132.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/22/2025 – Bright Horizons Family Solutions was downgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating.
• 1/14/2025 – Bright Horizons Family Solutions was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating.
• 12/27/2024 – Bright Horizons Family Solutions had its price target lowered by analysts at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. from $162.00 to $142.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 12/25/2024 – Bright Horizons Family Solutions was downgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating.
• 12/12/2024 – Bright Horizons Family Solutions had its price target lowered by analysts at Morgan Stanley from $108.00 to $102.00. They now have an “underweight” rating on the stock.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Price Performance

Shares of BFAM stock opened at $121.85 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $114.50 and a 200-day simple moving average of $124.47. 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 company has a market capitalization of $7.09 billion, a PE ratio of 61.23 and a beta of 1.45. Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. has a twelve month low of $94.83 and a twelve month high of $141.90.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAM) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November 4th. The company reported $1.11 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.06 by $0.05. The firm had revenue of $719.00 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $713.16 million. Bright Horizons Family Solutions had a net margin of 4.44% and a return on equity of 13.23%. The firm’s revenue was up 11.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.78 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. will post 3 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director Mary Ann Tocio sold 5,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $114.71, for a total transaction of $573,550.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 25,257 shares in the company, valued at $2,897,230.47. The trade was a 16.53 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. 1.22% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of Bright Horizons Family Solutions

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Cerity Partners LLC increased its stake in Bright Horizons Family Solutions by 63.0% during the 3rd quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 29,078 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,075,000 after buying an additional 11,236 shares during the period. BNP Paribas Financial Markets grew its position in Bright Horizons Family Solutions by 560.0% during the 3rd quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 9,180 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,286,000 after purchasing an additional 7,789 shares in the last quarter. TimesSquare Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in Bright Horizons Family Solutions during the 3rd quarter valued at about $13,639,000. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA increased its stake in Bright Horizons Family Solutions by 15.4% in the 3rd quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 3,181,050 shares of the company’s stock valued at $445,761,000 after buying an additional 423,456 shares during the period. Finally, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. raised its holdings in shares of Bright Horizons Family Solutions by 19.7% during the third quarter. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. now owns 218,859 shares of the company’s stock worth $30,669,000 after acquiring an additional 35,971 shares in the last quarter.

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.