Bright Horizons Family Stock Today

BFAM Stock  USD 115.25  0.15  0.13%   

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Bright Horizons is selling at 115.25 as of the 28th of November 2024; that is 0.13 percent increase since the beginning of the trading day. The stock's lowest day price was 114.36. Bright Horizons has about a 24 % chance of experiencing some form of financial distress in the next two years of operation but has generated negative returns over the last 90 days. Equity ratings for Bright Horizons Family are calculated daily based on our scoring framework. The performance scores are derived for the period starting the 30th of August 2024 and ending today, the 28th of November 2024. Click here to learn more.
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. Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts. The company has 58.18 M outstanding shares of which 718.83 K shares are currently shorted by private and institutional investors with about 1.06 trading days to cover. More on Bright Horizons Family

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Bright Stock Highlights

CEOStephen Kramer
Business ConcentrationDiversified Consumer Services, Consumer Services, Consumer Discretionary, NYSE Composite, Consumer Discretionary, Diversified Consumer Services, Personal Services, Consumer Cyclical (View all Sectors)
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Bright Horizons Family (BFAM) is traded on New York Stock Exchange in USA. It is located in 2 Wells Avenue, Newton, MA, United States, 02459 and employs 31,400 people. Bright Horizons is listed under Diversified Consumer Services category by Fama And French industry classification. The company currently falls under 'Mid-Cap' category with a current market capitalization of 6.7 B. Bright Horizons Family conducts business under Diversified Consumer Services sector and is part of Consumer Discretionary industry. The entity has 58.18 M outstanding shares of which 718.83 K shares are currently shorted by private and institutional investors with about 1.06 trading days to cover. Bright Horizons Family currently holds about 270.42 M in cash with 256.14 M of positive cash flow from operations. This results in cash-per-share (CPS) ratio of 4.68.
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Ownership Allocation
The majority of Bright Horizons Family outstanding shares are owned by other corporate entities. These outside corporations are usually referred to as non-private investors looking to acquire positions in Bright Horizons Family to benefit from reduced commissions. Consequently, institutional investors are subject to a different set of regulations than regular investors in Bright Horizons. Please pay attention to any change in the institutional holdings of Bright Horizons Family as this could imply that something significant has changed or is about to change at the company.
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Bright Horizons Family Risk Profiles

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Bright Horizons Corporate Directors

Julie AtkinsonIndependent DirectorProfile
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The market value of Bright Horizons Family is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Bright that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Bright Horizons' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Bright Horizons' true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Bright Horizons' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Bright Horizons' underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Bright Horizons' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Bright Horizons is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Bright Horizons' price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.