80wk Downtrend — falling+below (sma 98.81 vs px 74.08)
Short Attack — velZ +3.55 · age 99w×0.45 · 6.22%
About Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc
Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. provides early education and childcare, comprehensive back-up care, educational advisory, and other workplace solutions services for employers and families in the United States, Puerto Rico, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Australia, and India. It operates in three segments: Full-Service Center-Based Child Care, Back-Up Care, and Educational Advisory services. Read full Trend Edge analysis →
Sector: Consumer Cyclical
Industry: Personal Services
Exchange: NYSE
IPO Date: August 12, 1997
Headquarters: 2 Wells Avenue, Newton, MA, United States, 02459
Hidden Gem: Yes — undiscovered relative to its market cap tier
Founder-Led: No
Key Metrics
Current Price
$74.08
Market Cap
$3.58B
Float
45.0M
Shares Outstanding
48.6M
P/E (Forward)
15.02
P/E (TTM)
23.37
Price/Sales (TTM)
1.17
vs. Analyst Target
+20.7% to analyst PT
Profit Margin
5.78%
Operating Margin (TTM)
12.70%
Revenue (TTM)
$3.03B
Earnings Growth (YoY)
-17.00%
Dividend Rate
None
Analyst Target Price
$89.44 (10 analysts)
Financial History
Annual Revenue & Earnings History
Year
Revenue
Net Income
Gross Profit
EBITDA
2020
$1.52B
$27.0M
$305M
$165M
2021
$1.76B
$70.5M
$415M
$235M
2022
$2.02B
$80.6M
$479M
$258M
2023
$2.42B
$74.0M
$532M
$282M
2024
$2.69B
$140M
$620M
$345M
2025
$2.93B
$193M
$691M
$408M
Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income
Quarter
Revenue
Net Income
Sep 2025
$801M
$78.6M
Dec 2025
$734M
$21.7M
Mar 2026
$712M
$34.1M
Jun 2026
$779M
$40.6M
Ownership & Float
Insider Ownership
1.1%
Institutional Ownership
123.4%
Short Float
5.5%
% of All Funds Holding
4.38%
Number of Funds Holding
385
Current Moving Averages
Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.
Timeframe
SMA
Value
Trend Context
Weekly
10-Week SMA
$73.71
Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly
40-Week SMA
$80.30
Medium-term trend
Weekly
80-Week SMA
$98.81
Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly
200-Week SMA
$99.12
Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly
10-Month SMA
$81.67
Near-term monthly trend
Monthly
20-Month SMA
$101.16
Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly
40-Month SMA
$103.41
Secular monthly trend
Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance
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creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative
volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.
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