A share price of Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc [BFAM] is currently trading at $128.98, up 3.04%. 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 2.11% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 0.40%, 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 experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $100.59 and $141.90. 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 $128.98 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 12.81% based on the average BFAM price forecast.
Analyzing the BFAM fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc [NYSE:BFAM] were 2.69B which represents 9.50% growth. 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 125.57 points at the first support level, and at 122.15 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 131.59, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 134.20.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc [NYSE:BFAM] is 0.64. Also, the Quick Ratio is 0.64, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.14. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.75, the price to book ratio is 5.79 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 53.72.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Burke Mary Lou, COO North America Center Ops, that happened on Mar 13 ’25 when 1000.0 shares were sold. Officer, Burke Mary Lou completed a deal on Mar 13 ’25 to buy 1000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director TOCIO MARY ANN sold 2500.0 shares on Mar 10 ’25.
