Company Analysis

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. (BFAM)

NYSE: BFAM · Services-Child Day Care Services · Newton, MA · filing with the SEC since 2008
Grade6.5
◀ Past 5.0● Present 7.1▶ Future 7.3

The grade of Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.5/10
◀ Past5.030% of the headline
● Present7.140% of the headline
▶ Future7.330% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.0/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
5.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 2 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
3.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+6.7% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 9 of 9.

weight 45% of this tense · 38th percentile among 2 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $1.7 billion in fiscal 2017 to $2.9 billion in fiscal 2025, up 6.7% a year; it rose in 7 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 27% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 9 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span6.7%bottom 25% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 25% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 25% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak26.5%bottom 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
7.5/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 0.6% a year. 33% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 4 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 75th percentile among 2 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 0.6% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 33% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 4 sales (3 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-09 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 25% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

7.1/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.9/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 14%: 14¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 66%: owes 66¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 69th percentile among 2 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. earned about 14 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 18 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 66 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 1.8% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 25% of its family
  • return on equitytop 25% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 50% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
7.5/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 25% of 2 in its family; net margin 6.6%.

weight 45% of this tense · 75th percentile among 2 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.'s standing among 2 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $2.9 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 25% by size; a net margin of 6.6% ranks in the top 25%; revenue growth of 13.2% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 25% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$2.93Btop 25% of its family
  • net margin6.6%top 25% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth13.2%top 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
6.7/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 33% of 2 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2018.

weight 22% of this tense · 67th percentile among 2 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Kramer, Stephen Howard (CEO & President, as filed), filing under that title since 2018-01-03, 8.9 years (top 25% of its family); the 16 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 10.8 years (top 50%); 6 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 16 people in charge now (top 25%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge6 in three years among 16 peopletop 25% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed10.8 yearstop 50% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record8.9 yearstop 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

7.3/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
6.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 33% of 2 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 67th percentile among 2 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $140 million against debt of $748 million leaves -15.6% of its assets as net cash, top 25% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 8.8% of revenue (top 25%); a gross margin of 23.8% (top 50%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-15.6%top 25% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue8.8%top 25% of its family
  • gross margin23.8%top 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
7.5/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 25% of 2 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 75th percentile among 2 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 13.2% a year over the last three filed years against 6.7% over all 9, speeding up (top 25% of its family); the newest year grew 9.2% (top 25%); capital spending grew 9.3% a year (top 25%) (its annual reports). Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Full Service Center Based Care at $2.1 billion (71%), Backup Dependent Care at $728 million (25%), Educational Advisory and Other Services at $125 million (4%); 3 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+6.5 points a yeartop 25% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth9.2%top 25% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending9.3%top 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
7.5/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 25% of 2 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 75th percentile among 2 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $2.9 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 5.3% below the $3.1 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 25% of its family); net income of $193 million against a prior three-year average of $98 million (top 25%); a net margin of 6.6% against 4.1% before (top 25%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-5.3%top 25% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+96%top 25% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+2.5 pointstop 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton BFAM · research, not advice