Bright Horizons Family Solutions BFAM Ratios & Valuation
| Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 23.7%-0.1pp | 23.8%-0.4pp | 24.2%+0.5pp | 23.7%+0.2pp | 23.5%+0.4pp | |
| Operating margin | 10.6%-0.1pp | 10.7%-0.3pp | 11%+0.8pp | 10.2%+0.4pp | 9.9%+0.7pp | |
| Net margin | 6.3%-0.2pp | 6.6%-0.4pp | 7%+0.6pp | 6.3%+0.4pp | 5.9%+0.7pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | 15.3%+0.6pp | 14.8%+0.6pp | 14.2%+1.0pp | 13.2%+0.6pp | 12.6%+1.4pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 7.9%0.0pp | 7.9%+0.1pp | 7.8%+0.6pp | 7.2%+0.7pp | 6.5%+0.6pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 0.8×0.0× | 0.8×0.0× | 0.7×0.0× | 0.7×0.0× | 0.7×0.0× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 0.5×-0.1× | 0.5×0.0× | 0.5×0.0× | 0.6×0.0× | 0.6×0.0× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-equity | 1.5×+0.3× | 1.2×+0.1× | 1.1×-0.1× | 1.2×-0.1× | 1.3×-0.1× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.8×+0.3× | 3.5×-0.1× | 3.6×-0.3× | 3.9×-0.6× | 4.5×-0.3× | |
| Per Share | ||||||
| Book value per share | $20.94-10.2% | $23.32-6.2% | $24.88+2.6% | $24.24+6.1% | $22.85+4.5% | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $4.53B-21.1% | $5.73B-7.1% | $6.17B-12.7% | $7.07B-2.9% | $7.29B+13.0% | |
| Price / earnings | 23.9×-5.8× | 29.7×-1.1× | 30.8×-9.2× | 40×-5.2× | 45.2×-0.8× | |
| Price / sales | 1.5×-0.4× | 2×-0.2× | 2.1×-0.4× | 2.5×-0.1× | 2.7×+0.3× | |
| Price / book | 4×-0.3× | 4.3×0.0× | 4.3×-0.7× | 5.1×-0.4× | 5.5×+0.5× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 14.8×-2.8× | 17.5×-1.2× | 18.7×-4.0× | 22.7×-2.0× | 24.7×+1.1× |
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- What are Bright Horizons Family Solutions's profit margins?
- Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) runs a 23.7% gross margin and a 10.6% operating margin, with a 6.3% net margin.
- Where do Bright Horizons Family Solutions's ratios come from?
- Every ratio is computed from Bright Horizons Family Solutions's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.