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| 1 Year | 5 Year | 5 Year Annualized | Since IPO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BFAM | -10.35% | -39.94% | -9.69% | +253% |
| S&P | +14.49% | +91.09% | +13.83% | +356% |
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. engages in the provision of child care and early education, dependent care, and workforce education services. It operates through the following segments: Full-Service Center-Based Child Care, Back-Up Care Services, Educational Advisory and Other Services. The Full-Service Center-Based Child Care segment consists of traditional center-based child care and early education, preschool, and elementary education. The Back-Up Care Services segment deals with center-based back-up child care, and in-home child and adult/elder dependent care. The Educational Advisory and Other Services segment consists of tuition reimbursement program management and related educational advising, and college advisory services. The company was founded by Roger H. Brown and Linda A. Mason in 1986 and is headquartered in Newton, MA.
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The child care and workforce education services company delivered another strong quarter.
| Q3 2025 | YOY Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $802.81M | 11.6% |
| Gross Profit | $215.57M | 20.5% |
| Gross Margin | 26.85% | 2.0% |
| Market Cap | $6.17B | -24.1% |
| Market Cap / Employee | $0.19M | 0.0% |
| Employees | 32K | 2.1% |
| Net Income | $78.55M | 43.1% |
| EBITDA | $144.89M | 26.3% |
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| Q3 2025 | YOY Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Net Cash | $123.44M | 5.7% |
| Accounts Receivable | $246.65M | 6.5% |
| Inventory | 0 | 0.0% |
| Q3 2025 | YOY Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Long Term Debt | $1.47B | -14.1% |
| Short Term Debt | $276.65M | 111.7% |
| Q3 2025 | YOY Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Return On Assets | 5.14% | 2.1% |
| Return On Invested Capital | 2.69% | -0.4% |
| Q3 2025 | YOY Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Free Cash Flow | -$42.45M | -31.9% |
| Operating Free Cash Flow | -$17.58M | -96.7% |
| Metric | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price to Earnings | 46.17 | 45.93 | 40.66 | 31.26 | -55.44% |
| Price to Book | 4.61 | 5.70 | 5.37 | 4.44 | -29.94% |
| Price to Sales | 2.41 | 2.70 | 2.56 | 2.17 | -30.77% |
| Price to Tangible Book Value | -10.20 | -10.70 | -10.90 | -9.99 | -12.89% |
| Price to Free Cash Flow TTM | 26.97 | 34.38 | 29.38 | 26.80 | -29.58% |
| Enterprise Value to EBITDA | 109.83 | 106.65 | 79.75 | 54.10 | -37.58% |
| Free Cash Flow Yield | 3.7% | 2.9% | 3.4% | 3.7% | 42.02% |
| Return on Equity | 11.3% | 12.6% | 13.2% | 14.2% | 56.04% |
| Total Debt | $1.79B | $1.75B | $1.75B | $1.75B | -5.15% |
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