BFAM PEER ANALYSIS

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

BFAMBright Horizons Family Solutions Inc

🇺🇸 USA · NYSE · Consumer Cyclical · Personal Services

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Personal Services

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

BFAMIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	BFAM	LNR	APE	LNW	HVN	DOO	Ind. Median
P/E	21.73	9.16●	25.71	23.67	10.33	22.60	19.64
P/B	3.59	0.91●	3.14	18.73	1.18	8.79	3.59
EV/EBITDA	14.16	4.16●	12.20	10.11	7.68	8.27	12.04
P/S	1.38	0.54	0.45●	1.75	1.17	0.68	1.48

Financial Health
Metric	BFAM	LNR	APE	LNW	HVN	DOO	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.46	1.50	1.09	1.78●	1.64	1.30	1.00
Debt/Equity	163.5%	35.1%●	202.1%	1,661.7%	76.1%	419.5%	163.5%
NetDebt/EBITDA	4.19	0.63●	4.41	4.68	2.82	2.16	1.12

Profitability
Metric	BFAM	LNR	APE	LNW	HVN	DOO	Ind. Median
Net Margin	6.4%	5.9%	1.7%	7.4%	11.3%●	3.0%	12.3%
ROE	15.3%	10.5%	14.3%	52.8%●	11.7%	46.7%	28.3%
ROA	5.0%	5.6%	3.9%	4.2%	6.6%●	4.1%	5.0%
EBITDA Margin	13.8%	15.3%	5.7%	32.2%●	23.9%	11.2%	24.5%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	BFAM	LNR	APE	LNW	HVN	DOO	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	9.2%	2.4%	16.5%	3.9%	48.2%●	17.1%	5.4%
NI Growth	17.3%	144.0%●	10.5%	-26.8%	29.8%	—	14.1%
Div. Yield	—	1.5%	3.5%	—	6.3%●	1.1%	1.7%
Payout	—	10.7%	83.5%	—	58.9%	24.2%	28.1%

Valuation
Metric	BFAM	HRB	FTDR	SCI	ROL	CSV	Ind. Median
P/E	21.73	7.03●	21.80	17.55	39.45	14.09	19.64
P/B	3.59	-212.73●	24.64	6.94	15.11	2.31	3.59
EV/EBITDA	14.16	6.02●	12.04	12.78	25.36	10.14	12.04
P/S	1.38	1.33●	2.67	2.54	5.43	1.48	1.48

Financial Health
Metric	BFAM	HRB	FTDR	SCI	ROL	CSV	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.46	1.00	1.47●	0.57	0.65	1.15	1.00
Debt/Equity	163.5%	-8,311.8%●	514.8%	325.9%	77.2%	204.6%	163.5%
NetDebt/EBITDA	4.19	1.09●	1.12	3.94	1.10	4.75	1.12

Profitability
Metric	BFAM	HRB	FTDR	SCI	ROL	CSV	Ind. Median
Net Margin	6.4%	18.9%●	12.3%	14.5%	13.8%	10.6%	12.3%
ROE	15.3%	—	121.5%●	38.7%	38.7%	17.9%	28.3%
ROA	5.0%	22.3%●	12.1%	3.5%	17.3%	3.4%	5.0%
EBITDA Margin	13.8%	26.8%	24.5%	28.7%●	22.4%	27.5%	24.5%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	BFAM	HRB	FTDR	SCI	ROL	CSV	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	9.2%	5.4%	12.1%●	2.8%	11.0%	2.1%	5.4%
NI Growth	17.3%	31.1%●	9.2%	18.1%	10.9%	-6.2%	14.1%
Div. Yield	—	4.2%●	—	1.7%	1.7%	1.2%	1.7%
Payout	—	28.1%	—	29.5%	63.5%	16.1%	28.1%

The green dot marks the best value in the group given the metric direction (higher/lower is better). All metrics use trailing-twelve-month (TTM) data.

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