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BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC. BFAM

Services-Child Day Care Services · CIK 0001437578 · Fiscal year ends 1231

Revenue
$3.07B
Fiscal year ended 2026-09-30
Operating income
$3.13M
Fiscal year ended 2026-09-30
Free cash flow
$253.30M
Fiscal year ended 2026-09-30

Valuation, from the filing

Public float$7.10BMarket value of stock held by non-affiliates, as stated on the cover page for 2025-06-30
Float per share$128.82Float divided by shares outstanding in the same filing. A floor under the share price on that date, not the price itself.
Float / net income36.8×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.
Float / revenue2.4×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.
Float / equity5.3×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.

Every figure here is drawn from the 10-K cover page and the statements behind it, so each one traces to a filing. Public float counts only stock held by non-affiliates, which makes these floors rather than estimates: a high multiple is conclusive, a low one may mean cheap or may mean closely held. The float was measured on 2025-06-30, not today, and each multiple below it uses the figures for the fiscal year ending 2025-12-31 — the year that filing covered.

Valuation over time

36.8× earnings today, against a median of 46.9× across 10 years on record. Below its own history.

Float measuredPublic floatFloat / net income
2025-06-30$7.10B36.8×
2024-06-30$6.40B45.7×
2023-06-30$5.30B71.4×
2022-06-30$4.90B60.8×
2021-06-30$8.90B126.3×
2020-06-30$7.00B259.3×
2019-06-28$8.70B48.2×
2018-06-30$5.90B37.3×
2017-06-30$3.90B24.8×
2016-06-30$2.90B30.6×

Each float is paired with the fiscal year the filing that stated it covers. Only years where the company reported positive net income appear, because a multiple against a loss is not a multiple.

BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC. (BFAM) reported revenue of $3.07B and net income of -$134.21M for the fiscal year ended 2026-09-30. This page shows 1 annual period of income statement, balance sheet and cash flow figures normalized from BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC.’s SEC filings, each linked to the filing it came from.

Income

BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC. income by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2026-09-30
Revenue$3.07B
Cost of revenue$2.37B
Gross profit$699.13M
Operating income$3.13M
Net income-$134.21M
Research & developmentUnavailable
Weighted-average diluted sharesUnavailable
Pretax income-$51.75M
Income tax expense$82.46M
Diluted EPSUnavailable
Selling, general & administrative$401.14M
General & administrativeUnavailable
Selling & marketingUnavailable

Balance

BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC. balance by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2026-09-30
Cash & equivalents$119.23M
Total assets$3.48B
Current assets$444.68M
Total liabilities$2.84B
Current liabilities$992.16M
Total equity incl. NCI$638.39M
Temporary (mezzanine) equityUnavailable
InventoryUnavailable
Accounts receivable$244.60M
Goodwill$1.53B
Long-term debt$1.07B
Accounts payableUnavailable

Cash flow

BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC. cash flow by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2026-09-30
Operating cash flow$356.01M
Capital expenditures$102.71M
Investing cash flow-$112.11M
Financing cash flow-$241.48M
Net change in cash$1.04M
Stock-based compensation$30.38M
Common dividends paidUnavailable
Common share repurchases$680.32M
Depreciation & amortization$97.78M

Derived

BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC. derived by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2026-09-30
Free cash flow$253.30M
Gross margin22.8%
Operating margin0.1%
FCF margin8.3%
SBC / revenue1.0%
Current ratio0.45x
Revenue YoY growth6.7%
Net margin-4.4%
R&D / revenueUnavailable
CapEx / revenue3.3%
Long-term debt / equity1.68x
Effective tax rateUnavailable

Amounts are abbreviated; the exact reported value is carried in each cell. — means unavailable, not zero. Open BFAM in the interactive workspace to inspect any figure back to its filing.

Source filings

10-Q · Filed 2026-10-30View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-08-06View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-05-07View SEC filing
10-K · Filed 2026-02-26View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-11-05View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-08-07View SEC filing

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