profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Bright Horizons Family Solutions
$52.79+1.70% today
-47.2% in 1 year
1-year low $51.741-year high $104.52
Trading close to its lowest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $13.10 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Bright Horizons Family Solutions sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $2.02 billion in 2022 to $2.93 billion in 2025, with $193 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Bright Horizons Family Solutions handed back 87% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $225M
Free cash flow 2025$259M
Bought back its own shares$225M
Paid as dividends–
Cash vs. debt$140M vs. $1.8B
Bright Horizons Family Solutions vs. similar companies
Bright Horizons Family Solutions grows the fastest of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bright Horizons Family Solutions | 13.1× · Cheap | ||
 Rollins | 34.4× · Expensive | ||
 Frontdoor | 25.3× · Fair price | ||
 H&R Block | 8.4× · Cheap | ||
 Mister Car Wash | 22.7× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Bright Horizons Family Solutions's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,020 | 2,418 | 2,686 | 2,934 | |
| 479 | 532 | 620 | 697 | |
| 158 | 171 | 247 | 315 | |
| 258 | 282 | 345 | 408 | |
| 81 | 74 | 140 | 193 | |
| 1.37 | 1.28 | 2.40 | 3.36 | |
| 23.7% | 22.0% | 23.1% | 23.8% | |
| 7.8% | 7.1% | 9.2% | 10.7% | |
| 4.0% | 3.1% | 5.2% | 6.6% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 3,799 | 3,896 | 3,850 | 3,890 |
| Cash | 36 | 72 | 110 | 140 |
| Total debt | 1,966 | 1,860 | 1,793 | 1,760 |
| Total liabilities | 2,718 | 2,683 | 2,572 | 2,550 |
| 1,080 | 1,213 | 1,278 | 1,339 | |
| 58 | 58 | 58 | 57 | |
| 3.9% | 4.4% | 6.3% | 8.0% | |
| 7.5% | 6.1% | 11.0% | 14.4% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 188 | 256 | 337 | 351 | |
| 71 | 91 | 97 | 92 | |
| 118 | 165 | 240 | 259 | |
| Dividends paid | – | – | – | – |
| 183 | 0 | 85 | 225 | |
| 28 | 29 | 34 | 31 |
Valuation
- 13.1×
- 10.5×
- 0.38
- 3.3×
- 0.9×
- 9.8×
- 10.2×
- 10.2%
- 7.6%
- 0.0%
Profitability
- 23.8%
- 10.7%
- 6.6%
- 13.8%
- 8.4%
- 3.6%
- 17.1%
- 6.0%
- 11.1%
- –
Growth
- +13.2%
- +34.9%
- +6.8%
- –
- −1.4%
Financial health
- 4.2×
- 1.64
- 49.4%
- 6.8×
- 0.46
- 0.46
- 0.79
How it ranks in Consumer Discretionary
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 47%of 977
Top 37%of 992
Top 27%of 856
Top 30%of 993
Top 21%of 980
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $95.57
- Range
- $70.00 – $112.00
- 7 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2026 | 0.82 | 0.79 | +3.8% |
| Feb 12, 2026 | 1.15 | 1.13 | +1.8% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | 1.57 | 1.32 | +18.9% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 1.07 | 1.00 | +7.0% |
| May 5, 2025 | 0.77 | 0.63 | +22.2% |
| Feb 13, 2025 | 0.98 | 0.91 | +7.7% |
| Nov 4, 2024 | 1.11 | 1.06 | +4.7% |
| Aug 1, 2024 | 0.88 | 0.73 | +20.5% |
News
Why Bright Horizons Family Solutions Stock Swooned on FridayYahoo Finance · Oct 30, 2026Therma Bright announces up to $420K non-brokered private placementSeeking Alpha · Oct 26, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
2/7Passes 2 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
52No pass
Benjamin Graham
46No pass
Philip Fisher
60Pass
Peter Lynch
82Pass
Joel Greenblatt
40No pass
Charlie Munger
32No pass
Terry Smith
37No pass
Questions about Bright Horizons Family Solutions
Is Bright Horizons Family Solutions a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. 2 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Bright Horizons Family Solutions AI analysis
What does Bright Horizons Family Solutions do?
Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. provides early education and child care, back-up care, educational advisory, and other workplace solutions services for employers and families. It is in Personal Products & Services, based in Newton, MA, United States, with 32,200 employees.
Does Bright Horizons Family Solutions pay a dividend?
No. Bright Horizons Family Solutions does not pay a dividend at the moment; in 2025 it returned $225 million to shareholders by buying back its own shares.
Is Bright Horizons Family Solutions stock halal?
No. Bright Horizons Family Solutions does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 70% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Bright Horizons Family Solutions stock done over the past year?
Down 47.2% over the past twelve months, to $52.79. It traded between $51.74 and $104.52 and is 49.5% below its high.
Who are Bright Horizons Family Solutions's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Rollins, Frontdoor, H&R Block and Mister Car Wash. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Bright Horizons Family Solutions's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 12, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.