Mary Lou Burke Sells 500 Shares of Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAM) Stock

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. (NYSE:BFAM) COO Mary Lou Burke sold 500 shares of Bright Horizons Family Solutions stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, July 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $80.00, for a total transaction of $40,000.00. Following the sale, the chief operating officer owned 33,345 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,667,600. The trade was a 1.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:BFAM opened at $82.73 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.35 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.92, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.38 and a beta of 1.15. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78, a current ratio of 0.46 and a quick ratio of 0.46. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $69.34 and its 200-day simple moving average is $76.89. Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. has a 12 month low of $57.63 and a 12 month high of $130.76.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAM) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 5th. The company reported $0.82 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.79 by $0.03. The firm had revenue of $712.22 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $713.35 million. Bright Horizons Family Solutions had a return on equity of 18.01% and a net margin of 6.35%.Bright Horizons Family Solutions’s quarterly revenue was up 7.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.77 EPS. Bright Horizons Family Solutions has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.900-5.100 EPS. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. will post 4.64 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Bright Horizons Family Solutions

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of BFAM. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Bright Horizons Family Solutions by 23.9% in the fourth quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 3,026,442 shares of the company’s stock worth $306,881,000 after acquiring an additional 582,976 shares during the last quarter. Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Bright Horizons Family Solutions during the fourth quarter valued at $191,952,000. Capital World Investors increased its position in Bright Horizons Family Solutions by 16.9% during the 4th quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 1,779,738 shares of the company’s stock worth $180,465,000 after purchasing an additional 257,813 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its position in Bright Horizons Family Solutions by 64.4% during the 4th quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 1,579,757 shares of the company’s stock worth $160,124,000 after purchasing an additional 619,067 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its stake in Bright Horizons Family Solutions by 31.1% in the 1st quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 1,334,650 shares of the company’s stock valued at $109,611,000 after purchasing an additional 316,919 shares during the last quarter.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Weiss Ratings downgraded Bright Horizons Family Solutions from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research note on Friday, May 1st. UBS Group lowered their price objective on shares of Bright Horizons Family Solutions from $88.00 to $87.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, July 17th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their target price on shares of Bright Horizons Family Solutions from $115.00 to $105.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $96.00.

About Bright Horizons Family Solutions

Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc (NYSE: BFAM) is a leading provider of employer-sponsored child care and early education services, offering a range of solutions designed to support working families and organizations. Through a network of on-site, near-site and center-based programs, the company partners with corporate and nonprofit clients to deliver infant, toddler, preschool and school-age care. Services emphasize age-appropriate curriculum, developmental milestones and community engagement to ensure high-quality learning experiences.