Tudor Investment Corp ET AL Makes New Investment in Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. $BFAM

Tudor Investment Corp ET AL acquired a new stake in Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. (NYSE:BFAM) in the third quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor acquired 175,906 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $19,098,000.

Several other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in BFAM. NewEdge Advisors LLC raised its position in Bright Horizons Family Solutions by 24.1% in the first quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 6,750 shares of the company’s stock worth $858,000 after purchasing an additional 1,312 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of Bright Horizons Family Solutions by 149.1% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 614,293 shares of the company’s stock valued at $78,040,000 after purchasing an additional 367,711 shares during the period. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC raised its holdings in shares of Bright Horizons Family Solutions by 12.0% in the 1st quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 195,119 shares of the company’s stock worth $24,788,000 after buying an additional 20,859 shares in the last quarter. Jane Street Group LLC lifted its position in shares of Bright Horizons Family Solutions by 646.2% during the 1st quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 59,643 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,577,000 after buying an additional 51,650 shares during the period. Finally, Focus Partners Wealth lifted its position in shares of Bright Horizons Family Solutions by 70.5% during the 1st quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 4,516 shares of the company’s stock worth $574,000 after buying an additional 1,868 shares during the period.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have weighed in on the company. Zacks Research cut Bright Horizons Family Solutions from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 30th. Robert W. Baird set a $100.00 target price on shares of Bright Horizons Family Solutions in a research note on Friday, February 13th. BMO Capital Markets lowered their target price on shares of Bright Horizons Family Solutions from $124.00 to $100.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, February 17th. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Bright Horizons Family Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Sunday, November 30th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Bright Horizons Family Solutions in a report on Monday, December 29th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Bright Horizons Family Solutions has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $107.11.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Trading Up 0.4%

Shares of BFAM opened at $77.37 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56, a quick ratio of 0.52 and a current ratio of 0.52. The company has a market cap of $4.26 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.03, a PEG ratio of 1.49 and a beta of 1.42. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $82.59 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $96.16. Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. has a 52-week low of $63.68 and a 52-week high of $132.99.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAM) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The company reported $1.15 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.13 by $0.02. Bright Horizons Family Solutions had a return on equity of 17.41% and a net margin of 6.58%.The company had revenue of $733.70 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $727.44 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.98 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 9.2% on a year-over-year basis. Bright Horizons Family Solutions has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.900-5.100 EPS. Analysts predict that Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. will post 3.61 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Company Profile

Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc (NYSE: BFAM) is a leading provider of employer-sponsored child care and early education services, offering a range of solutions designed to support working families and organizations. Through a network of on-site, near-site and center-based programs, the company partners with corporate and nonprofit clients to deliver infant, toddler, preschool and school-age care. Services emphasize age-appropriate curriculum, developmental milestones and community engagement to ensure high-quality learning experiences.