Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc (NYSE: BFAM) is -4.50% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $103.75 and a high of $141.90 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The BFAM stock was last observed hovering at around $114.19 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.81%.
Currently trading at $113.38, the stock is -3.51% and -7.09% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.02 million and changing -0.71% at the moment leaves the stock -6.49% off its SMA200. BFAM registered 2.28% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of -4.86%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $122.0314 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $121.25005.
The stock witnessed a -7.65% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -3.17%, and is -1.55% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.89% over the week and 1.92% over the month.
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc (BFAM) has around 32050 employees, a market worth around $6.49B and $2.73B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 40.99 and Fwd P/E is 23.66. Profit margin for the company is 5.91%. Distance from 52-week low is 9.28% and -20.10% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (5.48%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 18.58% this year
533.0 institutions hold shares in Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc (BFAM), with institutional investors hold 106.90% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 57.48M, and float is at 56.69M with Short Float at 1.60%. Institutions hold 105.75% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is DURABLE CAPITAL PARTNERS LP with over 5.45 million shares valued at $599.94 million. The investor’s holdings represent 9.4012 of the BFAM Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 5.35 million shares valued at $589.36 million to account for 9.2355 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are T. ROWE PRICE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. which holds 3.79 million shares representing 6.5463 and valued at over $417.75 million, while JPMORGAN CHASE & CO holds 5.7722 of the shares totaling 3.35 million with a market value of $368.35 million.
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc (BFAM) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Burke Mary Lou, the company’s COO North America Center Ops. SEC filings show that Burke Mary Lou sold 1,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Jul 01 ’25 at a price of $122.56 per share for a total of $0.12 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 29449.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Jun 02 ’25, Burke Mary Lou (COO North America Center Ops) disposed off 1,000 shares at an average price of $128.25 for $0.13 million. The insider now directly holds 30,449 shares of Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc (BFAM).
