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BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC. BFAM
BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC. (BFAM) earns a Piotroski F-score of 8/9 (strong financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the grey zone. It does not currently pay a dividend. FY2025 revenue was $2.9B at a 6.6% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Beneish M-score: -2.63 — low (below −2.22 — no manipulation red flag) . A statistical screen for earnings manipulation, not proof — and it doesn't apply to most banks/insurers.
Analyst price target
Recent analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | UBS | Neutral (main) |
| 2026-05-06 | JP Morgan | Overweight (main) |
| 2026-02-17 | Barclays | Overweight (main) |
| 2026-02-17 | BMO Capital | Outperform (main) |
| 2026-02-13 | Goldman Sachs | Buy (main) |
| 2026-01-21 | UBS | Neutral (main) |
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
How it ranks in Services · percentile among 982 companies
Percentile vs other Services companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 8/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · grey zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | -0.119 |
| Retained earnings / assets | 0.247 |
| EBIT / assets | 0.081 |
| Equity / liabilities | 0.525 |
Sector peers · similar-size Services companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BFAM | BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC. | 8/9 | 1.12 | 19.1 | +9.2% |
| KLC | KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. | 4/9 | -0.06 | — | +2.6% |
| GOOG | Alphabet Inc. | 5/9 | 6.79 | 31.1 | +15.1% |
| MSFT | MICROSOFT CORP | 6/9 | 4.49 | 20.7 | +17.8% |
| META | Meta Platforms, Inc. | 4/9 | 5.34 | 23.1 | +22.2% |
| BABA | Alibaba Group Holding Ltd | 3/9 | — | — | +8.1% |
| DIS | Walt Disney Co | 7/9 | 2.72 | 13.8 | +3.4% |
About BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC.
Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. provides early education and childcare, comprehensive 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. It operates in three segments: Full-Service Center-Based Child Care, Back-Up Care, and Educational Advisory services. The Full-Service Center-Based Child Care segment offers traditional center-based early education and childcare, preschool, and elementary education services. The Back-Up Care segment provides center-based back-up childcare, in-home child and senior care, school-age programs, camps, tutoring, pet care, and self-sourced reimbursed care services, as well as sittercity, an online marketplace for families and caregivers through early education and childcare centers, school-age programs and in-home care providers, the back-up care network, and other providers. The Educational Advisory services segment offers tuition assistance and student loan repayment program management, workforce education, and related educational consulting services, as well as college admissions and college financial advisory services. The company was formerly known as Bright Horizons Solutions Corp. and changed its name to Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. in July 2012. Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts.
FAQ
Is BFAM financially healthy?
BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC.'s Piotroski F-score is 8/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the grey zone.
Does BFAM pay a dividend?
No, BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC. does not currently pay a dividend.
How profitable is BFAM?
In FY2025, BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC. had a net margin of 6.6% and a return on equity of 14.4%.
Is BFAM overvalued or undervalued?
BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC. trades at about 21.3× trailing earnings — below its 10-year norm (10-year range 27.6×–337.7×, median 53.7×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for BFAM?
The average Wall-Street price target for BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC. is $91.11, about 27.5% above the recent price, from 9 analysts.
Is BFAM a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC.: a Piotroski F-score of 8/9, an Altman Z″ in the grey zone, a P/E of about 19.1×. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.