A new trading day began on Monday, with Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc (NYSE: BFAM) stock price up 3.85% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $104.00. BFAM’s price has ranged from $85.95 to $141.90 over the past 52 weeks.
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Over the past five-year period, the growth rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Consumer Cyclical sector was 6.49%. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 19.73%. With a float of $57.60 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $57.82 million.
Considering the fact that the conglomerate employs 31400 people, you should pay attention to its efficiency factor. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 22.32%, operating margin of 8.84%, and the pretax margin is 6.66%.
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc (BFAM) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Personal Services Industry. The insider ownership of Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc is 1.01%, while institutional ownership is 102.45%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 05 ’24, was worth 103,072. In this transaction COO North America Center Ops of this company sold 800 shares at a rate of $128.84, taking the stock ownership to the 30,225 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 05 ’24, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 800 for $128.84, making the entire transaction worth $103,072.
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc (BFAM) Recent Fiscal highlights
In its latest quarterly report, released on 9/30/2024, the company reported earnings of 0.83 per share, which was $0.1 higher than the consensus estimate of $0.26. In terms of return on equity, this company recorded -19.55% in contrast with 50.0% return on Investment (trailing twelve months). Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.68 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 19.73% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 21.40% during the next five years compared to -13.65% drop over the previous five years of trading.
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc (NYSE: BFAM) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 0.61. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.32. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 28.24.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 2.00, a number that is poised to hit 0.91 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 4.07 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc (BFAM)
Compared to the last year’s volume of 0.38 million, its volume of 0.85 million showed improvement in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 8.94%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 3.85.
During the past 100 days, Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc’s (BFAM) raw stochastic average was set at 11.14%, which indicates a significant decrease from 13.27% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 60.27% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 38.45% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $130.84, while its 200-day Moving Average is $118.67. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $109.03 in the near term. At $110.05, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $111.93. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $106.13, it is likely to go to the next support level at $104.25. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $103.23.
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc (NYSE: BFAM) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 6.11 billion, the company has a total of 58,183K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 2,418 M while annual income is 74,220 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 719,100 K while its latest quarter income was 54,910 K.
