Bright Horizons Family Solutions clears its cost of capital, but the record is mixed across the five tests. Real value creation, just not yet consistent.
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Description
Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. (Bright Horizons) provides early education and child care, comprehensive back-up care solutions, and educational advisory services for employers and families in the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherla…
Analysis
Middle-of-the-road
Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. is a middle-of-the-road business: neither the economics nor the price stand out from the peer group.
The price is fair. You pay 18.3× its owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year, which is in the historically fair zone. At today's price, the market is assuming roughly 5% yearly growth; analysts expect 13%. The price, in other words, assumes less than the experts do.
The trajectory is moderate and the balance sheet is adequate. The company scores 10/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value.
What to watch: The financial cushion is thinner than comfortable. A large part of the company's book value is the price paid for past acquisitions. As always: this describes the company's numbers; it is not a recommendation.
360° rank · history
1007550250
Jan 202319
4
2023202420252026
All-time high
56
Jan 2025
All-time low
1
Mar 2026
Average rank
22
across all years
Detailed & Historical Ranks
Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.
Current202520242023
Price/Sales
79
21
25
17
Price/Earnings
39
25
32
26
Price/Book
39
41
39
29
Dividend Yield
1
64
1
1
Value (overall)
40
37
22
5
Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.