Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc [BFAM] stock is trading at $126.39, down -2.30%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The BFAM shares have gain 6.22% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 8.58%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc [NYSE: BFAM] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on November 22, 2024, when Robert W. Baird upgraded its rating to a Outperform but kept the price target unchanged to $140 for it. Previously, BMO Capital Markets upgraded its rating to Outperform on November 18, 2024, and dropped its price target to $125. On February 28, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Overweight and revised its price target to $125 on the stock. UBS upgraded its rating to a Neutral and increased its price target to $83 on October 23, 2023. BMO Capital Markets downgraded its rating to a Market Perform but $99 remained the price target by the analyst firm on July 17, 2023. UBS started tracking with a Sell rating for this stock on June 01, 2023, and assigned it a price target of $79. In a note dated May 12, 2023, Citigroup downgraded an Neutral rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $95 to $101.
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc [BFAM] stock has fluctuated between $100.59 and $141.90 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $145.5 within the next 12 months. Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc [NYSE: BFAM] shares were valued at $126.39 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 15.12% based on the average BFAM price forecast.
Analyzing the BFAM fundamentals
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc [NYSE:BFAM] reported sales of 2.69B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 9.50%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.23% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.09%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.07%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.05%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.04, Equity is 0.11 and Total Capital is 0.08. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.68.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 124.33 points at the first support level, and at 122.28 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 128.70, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 131.02.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc’s Current Ratio is 0.64. Also, the Quick Ratio is 0.61, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.14. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.74, the price to book ratio is 5.25 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 52.61.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved TOCIO MARY ANN, Director, that happened on Dec 03 ’24 when 5000.0 shares were sold. Officer, TOCIO MARY ANN completed a deal on Dec 03 ’24 to buy 5000.0 shares. Meanwhile, COO North America Center Ops Burke Mary Lou sold 800.0 shares on Nov 05 ’24.
