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Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.

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Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.

BFAM·NYSE·Trade & Services·CIK 0001437578

Bright Horizons provides education and care solutions for working families and employers. The company offers high-quality early education and child care, comprehensive back-up care solutions, and educational advisory services. These services are primarily delivered under multi-year contracts with employer-clients who include them in their employee benefits packages. Bright Horizons aims to support employees across life and career stages, and to improve employee recruitment, engagement, productivity, retention, and career advancement for employers. The company operates through three reportable segments: 1. Full service center-based child care, which generated 71% of its revenue in 2025. 2. Back-up care, which accounted for 25% of its revenue in 2025. 3. Educational advisory services, contributing 4% of its revenue in 2025. As of December 31, 2025, Bright Horizons served over 1,450 employers, including more than 220 Fortune 500 companies, across various industries. On the same date, the company operated 1,010 early education and child care centers with the capacity to serve approximately 115,000 children. These centers are located in the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Australia, and India. Bright Horizons has operated early education and child care centers since 1986.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. (NYSE:BFAM) is a publicly traded company in the Trade & Services sector. Wiseek has independently scored 12 items for BFAM at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-07-30, rated 8/10. Across its 12 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 8/10, with 6 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for BFAM spans 8-K, 10-Q, DEF 14A.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • Bright Horizons Q2 Adjusted EPS Jumps 20% to $1.28, Revenue Up 7%
  • Bright Horizons Q2: Revenue +7%, Adjusted EPS +20%, Raises FY2026 Guidance
  • Bright Horizons Secures $375M Term A Loan, Boosts Revolver to $1.0B
  • Bright Horizons Secures $375M Term A Loan, Expands Revolving Credit to $1B
  • Bright Horizons Boosts Caregiving Solutions via Homethrive Partnership

Financial Snapshot

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
$2.93B
Net Income
$193.12M
Diluted EPS
$3.36
Op. Cash Flow
$350.73M
Free Cash Flow
$258.55M
Gross Profit
$697.19M
Operating Income
$314.67M
Cash & Equivalents
$140.09M
Total Debt
$747.61M
Debt / Equity
0.56×
Net Margin
6.6%
Shares Outstanding
55.62M sh
Source: 10-K · filed 2026-02-26 · accession 0001437578-26-000006

Short Interest & Short Volume

3.33 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 2,986,485 shares in BFAM as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 15.3% increase from the prior period — about 3.3 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 57.4% of BFAM volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)2,986,485 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▲ 15.3%
Days to cover3.33 at avg daily volume of 895,616
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)57.4% of 198,934 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume48.6%

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

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$64.26
52-week range · as of 2026-07-30 $57.63 – $130.76
Market cap
$3.13B
Volume
597.5K (0.7× avg)
3-mo avg 873.3K
Live data · 2026-10-05 02:49 UTC · Market closed

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Jul 30, 2026, 4:15 PM EDT
Source: BusinessWire
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $77.95
Real-time Price: $64.26 info
Change: -$13.69 (-18%) info
Market Cap: $3.125B info
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Jul 30, 2026, 4:13 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $77.95
Real-time Price: $64.26 info
Change: -$13.69 (-18%) info
Market Cap: $3.125B info
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Jun 01, 2026, 4:43 PM EDT
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Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $65.51
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Change: -$1.25 (-2%) info
Market Cap: $3.125B info
BFAM
Jun 01, 2026, 4:31 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $65.51
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Change: -$1.25 (-2%) info
Market Cap: $3.125B info
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May 13, 2026, 9:00 AM EDT
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Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $68.90
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Change: -$4.64 (-7%) info
Market Cap: $3.125B info
BFAM
May 07, 2026, 4:14 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $70.02
Real-time Price: $64.26 info
Change: -$5.76 (-8%) info
Market Cap: $3.125B info
BFAM
May 05, 2026, 5:03 PM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $79.27
Real-time Price: $64.26 info
Change: -$15.01 (-19%) info
Market Cap: $3.125B info
BFAM
May 05, 2026, 4:15 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $79.27
Real-time Price: $64.26 info
Change: -$15.01 (-19%) info
Market Cap: $3.125B info
BFAM
Apr 20, 2026, 6:05 AM EDT
Filing Type: DEF 14A
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $84.85
Real-time Price: $64.26 info
Change: -$20.59 (-24%) info
Market Cap: $3.125B info
BFAM
Mar 09, 2026, 5:13 PM EDT
Source: Wiseek News
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $77.21
Real-time Price: $64.26 info
Change: -$12.95 (-17%) info
Market Cap: $3.125B info
BFAM
Mar 09, 2026, 5:09 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $77.21
Real-time Price: $64.26 info
Change: -$12.95 (-17%) info
Market Cap: $3.125B info
BFAM
Feb 12, 2026, 4:14 PM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $81.83
Real-time Price: $64.26 info
Change: -$17.57 (-21%) info
Market Cap: $3.125B info
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