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Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. (BFAM)

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Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. (BFAM) reported revenue of $779 million for Q2 FY2026, the quarter ended 30 June 2026, up 6.5% on the same quarter a year earlier. Net income was $41 million, down 25.8% on the year, and diluted earnings per share $0.79. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-Q it filed with the SEC on 6 August 2026.

Revenue$779 millionup 6.5%
Net income$41 milliondown 25.8%
Diluted EPS$0.79
QuarterQ2 FY2026ended 30 June 2026

Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) in brief

Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) reported revenue of $2.9 billion for fiscal 2025, the year ended 31 December 2025, up 9.2% on the year before.
Read moreNet income was $193 million and diluted earnings per share $3.36. Revenue was $2.7 billion in fiscal 2024, $2.4 billion in fiscal 2023, $2.0 billion in fiscal 2022 and $1.8 billion in fiscal 2021. Net income in the same years was $140 million, $74 million, $81 million and $70 million. Over the twelve months to 30 June 2026, Bright Horizons Family Solutions reported revenue of $3.0 billion and net income of $175 million. Revenue grew 14.1% a year, compounded, over the five years to fiscal 2025. Bright Horizons Family Solutions had 49 million shares outstanding at the latest filed count. At 30 June 2026 it carried $1.1 billion of debt and $164 million of cash. At the close of 9 October 2026 the market cap of Bright Horizons Family Solutions was $3.4 billion, 22.0 times its earnings over the last twelve months.

Ratios

From the filings

ROE18.6%
ROCE15.4%
Operating margin10.3%
Net margin5.8%
FCF margin7.8%
Interest cover6.24
Debt to equity1.14
Cash conversion1.90
Share count, 1 year-13.9%
Sales CAGR, 3 years13.2%
Profit CAGR, 3 years33.8%
EPS, TTM$3.16

At the close of 9 October 2026

Price$69.51
Market cap$3.4 billion
Stock P/E22.00
Price to book3.63
EV / EBITDA10.62
Dividend yieldn/a
Market cap / sales1.13
52-week high$109.23
52-week low$59.18
Price, 1 year-28.3%
Price CAGR, 3 years-5.9%
Price CAGR, 5 years-15.0%
Worked from the filed figures; hover a name for the formula.
Read moreThe priced ones use the latest price, the last regular-hours trade on IEX. Debt to equity here stands on long-term debt as Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. files it, with lease liabilities counted separately and never inside it. Nothing here is a valuation or a view.
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Daily prices to 9 October 2026, adjusted for splits; from 28 September 2026 each day's price is the last regular-hours trade on IEX.
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The public record on BFAM

Filings14 in twelve months: 7 current reports (8-K), about 4 results of operations; 1 shareholder vote; 1 material agreement; 1 new financial obligation; 1 regulation FD disclosure
Planned insider sales3 Form 144 notices in twelve months, $612,189; latest 2 September 2026
Options tapeput/call 0.67 by open interest at the 9 October 2026 close; the straddle prices a 4.8% move to 16 October 2026
13F holders8 of the followed funds hold it; largest Two Sigma Investments; 12 Schedule 13D or 13G filings in twelve months
Insider trading4 sales and 0 purchases on Form 4 in twelve months
Congress0 House trades disclosed in six months
Short interest2.5 million shares short, 2.27 days to cover at 30 September 2026
Documentsthe 10-K, the 10-Qs, the proxy and 4 earnings press releases, each linked

Quarterly results, the last 12 quarters

Q3 FY2023Q4 FY2023 *Q1 FY2024Q2 FY2024Q3 FY2024Q4 FY2024 *Q1 FY2025Q2 FY2025Q3 FY2025Q4 FY2025 *Q1 FY2026Q2 FY2026
Revenue646616623670719674666732803734712779
Cost of revenue488500488508538534510549586592549590
Gross profit158116135162182141156183217142163189
Gross margin24%19%22%24%25%21%23%25%27%19%23%24%
SG&A83.379.187.587.589.590.191.994.894.795.097.4108
Operating income66.828.239.969.189.448.262.386.112145.564.979.8
Operating margin10%5%6%10%12%7%9%12%15%6%9%10%
Interest expense12.2n/a13.712.011.611.510.410.612.211.612.014.0
Pre-tax income54.614.026.357.077.836.851.975.510933.952.965.8
Tax rate27%61%35%31%29%21%27%27%28%36%36%38%
Net income40.05.517.039.254.929.138.054.878.621.734.140.6
Net margin6%1%3%6%8%4%6%7%10%3%5%5%
Diluted EPS$0.69$0.09$0.29$0.67$0.94$0.50$0.66$0.95$1.37$0.38$0.62$0.79
Operating cash flow-19.195.2116109-8.912186.2134-17.614810895.1
Capital expenditure20.330.619.422.623.232.115.218.824.933.320.119.0
Free cash flow-39.464.696.986.8-32.288.670.9115-42.411587.676.1
Buybacks0.00.00.00.00.084.619.640.844.3121225247
Shares outstanding58m58m58m58m58m57m57m57m57m56m53m49m
Filing10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q
Each quarter as filed, linked to its filing.
Read more* The fourth quarter is the full year less the first three quarters, because the company files the year and not the quarter on its own. A fourth quarter's EPS and diluted share count are from the company's results press release for that quarter, used where the release gives the same revenue and net income as the table. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and the share count are as they are. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Cash flow lines filed year to date are the difference between two filings. Shares outstanding are at the period end where the balance sheet tags them, otherwise the count on the filing's cover page. A derived fourth-quarter EPS is left blank when a split in the year makes the arithmetic meaningless.

Income statement (profit and loss), 12 fiscal years and the trailing twelve months

FY2014FY2015 †FY2016FY2017 †FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025TTM
Revenue1,3531,4581,5701,7411,9032,0621,5151,7552,0202,4182,6862,9343,028
Cost of revenue1,0391,1011,1791,3101,4301,5391,2111,3401,5421,8872,0662,2362,317
Gross profit314358391431473523305415479532620697711
Gross margin23.2%24.5%24.9%24.7%24.9%25.4%20.1%23.6%23.7%22.0%23.1%23.8%23.5%
Selling, general and administrative138148164189202221220257289327355376395
Operating income14718219720523926853.3129158171247315311
Operating margin10.9%12.5%12.6%11.8%12.6%13.0%3.5%7.4%7.8%7.1%9.2%10.7%10.3%
Interest expense34.741.443.044.047.5n/an/an/a39.551.648.844.849.9
Pre-tax income11214014316119222315.790.3112120198270261
Income tax40.346.248.44.433.642.3-11.319.931.545.457.776.886.2
Effective tax rate35.9%33.0%33.8%2.7%17.5%19.0%-72.5%22.0%28.1%38.0%29.1%28.5%33.0%
Net income72.093.994.815715818027.070.580.674.2140193175
Net margin5.3%6.4%6.0%9.0%8.3%8.7%1.8%4.0%4.0%3.1%5.2%6.6%5.8%
Diluted EPS$1.07$1.50$1.55$2.59$2.66$3.05$0.45$1.15$1.37$1.28$2.40$3.36$3.16
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
From each year's 10-K, linked; TTM is the last four quarters.
Read moreFree cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are. † The year as the company last restated it in a later filing; rest on a figure for the one first filed. EPS is as filed.

Revenue by segment

FY2023FY2024FY2025Share
latest year
Full service center-based child care1,7811,9622,08170.9%
Back-up care52661072824.8%
Educational advisory services1121141244.2%
Full service center-based child careBack-up careEducational advisory services
2,418FY20232,686FY20242,934FY2025

$ million; hover a block for its figure and share

From the latest 10-K, in the company's own words.
Read moreA year is shown only where the parts add up to the revenue above. Fiscal years are labelled by the year they end in.

Cash flow and capital returned

FY2014FY2015 †FY2016FY2017 †FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025TTM
Operating cash flow174170213248295330210227188256337351333
Capital expenditure66.277.875.388.192.511284.763.570.691.097.392.297.2
Free cash flow10892.3138160202219125164118165240259236
Free cash flow margin8.0%6.3%8.8%9.2%10.6%10.6%8.2%9.3%5.8%6.8%8.9%8.8%7.8%
Cash from investing-78.0-155-303-105-159-189-83.8-117-278-127-118-104-105
Cash from financing-36.4-90.693.8-124-134-149229-230-121-91.6-184-233-254
Depreciation and amortisation77.478.785.394.810110811210910611197.993.496.7
Share-based compensation7.99.211.612.113.817.321.023.128.128.833.630.630.1
Buybacks22212811316212731.632.72141830.084.6225637
Diluted shares, weighted67m62m61m60m59m59m60m61m58m58m58m57m52m
Shares outstanding at period end62m60m59m58m57m58m60m59m58m58m57m56m49m
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
Cash paid in the year, from the cash flow statement.
Read moreThe dividend per share is as declared. Diluted shares are the weighted average for the year; a falling count is the buybacks net of issuance. TTM sums the last four quarters; the share counts are the latest quarter's.

Balance sheet at year end

FY2014FY2015 †FY2016FY2017 †FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025TTM
Funded by
Shareholders' equity7517286887497799711,2841,1791,0801,2131,2781,339944
Depositsn/a0.03.15.2n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
Debt9219151,0651,0571,0371,0281,0209769629449187481,072
Operating lease liabilitiesn/an/an/an/a71.8686730704810797744703657
Other liabilities4695086036586366456937809469439101,1001,117
Total liabilities and equity2,1412,1512,3592,4692,5243,3303,7273,6403,7993,8963,8503,8903,790
Owned
Fixed assets399430529575597636629598571579573574560
Goodwill1,0961,1481,2681,3071,3481,4131,4321,4821,7281,7861,7631,8241,819
Intangible assets406389375349323305275251246217198193191
Investmentsn/an/an/an/a0.017.121.529.929.623.933.739.5n/a
Securities held for sale or to maturityn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a39.5
Cash and equivalents87.911.514.623.215.427.938426136.271.6110140164
Receivables83.197.397.2117131149177211217282283294209
Other assets69.274.875.597.8110783809807971937890824808
Total assets2,1412,1512,3592,4692,5243,3303,7273,6403,7993,8963,8503,8903,790
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
At the fiscal year end; the TTM column is the latest quarter end.
Read moreBoth totals are the company's own. Other liabilities is the filed total less the rows above it: payables, deferred revenue, taxes, borrowings the rows above do not carry and the rest; other assets is the same on the other side. Investments add the current and non-current lines as filed. Debt is the company's own stated total where it files one, otherwise its long-term debt with the current maturities, never parts added together. A row is left blank in a year where the lines shown overlap and the remainder would fall below nil.

Compounded growth

10 years5 years3 yearsTTM
Sales growth, compounded7.2%14.1%13.2%8.5%
Profit growth, compounded7.5%48.2%33.8%-1.0%
Return on equity, average12.1%9.0%10.5%14.4%
Yearly growth, compounded; TTM is the last four quarters against the four before.
Read moreReturn on equity is net income over shareholders' equity at each year end, averaged over the window (the TTM column is the latest year alone); equity is the parent's shareholders' equity as tagged in the 10-K. Arithmetic on filed numbers, nothing forecast.

Questions

What was Bright Horizons Family Solutions' revenue in fiscal 2025?

Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) reported revenue of $2.9 billion for fiscal 2025, the year ended 31 December 2025, up 9.2% on the year before.

How much did Bright Horizons Family Solutions earn in fiscal 2025?

Net income was $193 million for fiscal 2025, and diluted earnings per share $3.36.

What is Bright Horizons Family Solutions' P/E ratio?

At the close of 9 October 2026, Bright Horizons Family Solutions traded at 22.0 times its earnings over the twelve months to 30 June 2026.

What is Bright Horizons Family Solutions' market cap?

The market cap of Bright Horizons Family Solutions was $3.4 billion at the close of 9 October 2026.

How much debt does Bright Horizons Family Solutions have?

At 30 June 2026 Bright Horizons Family Solutions carried $1.1 billion of debt and $164 million of cash.

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TTM
Debt to equityDiv. yield
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TTM
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Ryder System Inc. R$9.1 billion19.4117.2%n/a1.1%1.911.4%
Laureate Education, Inc. LAUR$5.4 billion17.9528.2%24.4%17.9%0.14n/a
H&R Block Inc. HRB$5.4 billion7.70624.4%23.0%4.9%12.693.8%
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Unifirst Corp. UNF$4.8 billion41.145.3%5.8%1.4%0.00n/a
Covista Inc. CVSA$4.4 billion18.3817.4%19.6%9.3%0.460.0%
Grand Canyon Education, Inc. LOPE$4.2 billion19.3333.5%24.5%7.0%0.00n/a
Avis Budget Group, Inc. CAR$3.7 billionn/an/a-4.6%0.4%n/a9.5%
Stride, Inc. LRN$3.5 billion11.8720.7%17.9%4.7%0.26n/a
Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. BFAM$3.4 billion22.0018.6%10.3%8.5%1.14n/a
Perdoceo Education Corp. PRDO$2.1 billion12.3117.1%24.6%11.7%0.001.7%
Strategic Education, Inc. STRA$1.8 billion13.738.2%14.0%3.5%0.002.9%
Universal Technical Institute Inc. UTI$1.1 billion33.2810.0%5.0%9.1%0.460.0%
Yelp Inc. YELP$1.0 billion8.8919.6%11.7%1.5%0.16n/a
No other company here shares its SEC industry code (Services-Child Day Care Services); these are the names nearest in size in its wider industry, Personal Services, one of the Fama-French 48 industries, a published grouping of SEC industry codes.
Read moreBy market capitalisation; a click on a heading sorts by it, largest first, and a second click turns it round. Each figure is the same arithmetic as the ratio box above, on each company's own filings and latest close; a name marked * is a foreign company that files once a year, on its latest fiscal year.

Filings

FilingPeriodFiledWhere
10-Q30 June 20266 August 2026EDGAR
10-Q31 March 20267 May 2026EDGAR
10-K31 December 202526 February 2026EDGAR
10-Q30 September 20255 November 2025EDGAR
10-Q30 June 20257 August 2025EDGAR
10-Q31 March 20257 May 2025EDGAR
10-K31 December 202427 February 2025EDGAR
10-Q30 September 20247 November 2024EDGAR
10-Q30 June 20246 August 2024EDGAR
10-Q31 March 20246 May 2024EDGAR

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