Down 27% from Oct 27 to Nov 10.
BFAM's Quality Score rose 2 points on Tue, Nov 10, to -2. It closed near its high of the day (2 chart checks started).
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| Long-term trend | −3 |
| Latest filing | 10-Q, Oct 30 |
After its last 4 reports it closed -14.8% on average, higher 0 of 4 times.
BFAM is #270 of 302 by Quality Score.
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Expected to report Thu Feb 11, after the close (in 93 days).
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Sales of $841.5M; a loss of $4.76 a share.
“Revenue increased by $38.7 million, or 5%, to $841.5 million in the third quarter of 2026 from the third quarter of 2025, primarily due to growth in back-up care, partially offset by the reductions in revenue from full service centers that have closed over the last 12 months.”
| Line | Q3 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full-Service Center Based Care | $522M | $557M | $516M |
Each quarter's sales and their share of its total. Figures as filed (SEC filing, Oct 30)
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Revenue | about $3.07B |
“The decrease in income from operations is primarily related to impairment losses of $294.0 million within the international full service operations, partially offset by increased service levels and contributions from our back-up care segment.”
From its results filing (SEC filing · Oct 29)
Sales grew 14% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.
Its share count fell 1% a year over 5 years.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 2026 | -12.0% | -17.9% | -17.2% |
| Jul 30, 2026 | -2.0% | -4.4% | -5.1% |
| May 5, 2026 | -8.4% | -18.6% | -15.3% |
| Feb 12, 2026 | -9.2% | -18.3% | -11.6% |
Sales grew in six of the last seven years, to $2.9B in 2025. It made a profit in each of the eight years.
RSI 28.7, MACD below signal, below both averages. Not scored.
One insider sold $436K across 1 filing in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest:
7 trades disclosed in the last six months. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: BFAM is under 0.1% of VTI, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by their holdings as filed for Jun 30, 2026.
Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc provider of early education and child care, family care solutions, and workforce education services that help working families and client employees personally and professionally. It provides services under multi-year contracts with employers that offer early education and child care, back-up care, and educational advisory services as part of their employee benefits package. The company has three business segments; Full-service center-based child care, Backup care, and Educational advisory services. The majority of the revenue is generated by full-service center-based child care, which includes traditional center-based child care and early education services. Other services provided by the company include in-home child and elder care, and Others.
“The market for early education and child care services is highly fragmented, and we compete for enrollment and sponsorship of early education and child care centers with a variety of other organizations, including large community-based child care companies, regional child care providers, family day care, nannies, for-profit and not-for-profit full- and part-time nursery schools, public and private elementary schools, and not-for-profit and government-funded providers of center-based child care.”
BFAM scores -2 today, which Breakaway calls Poor. It is #270 of 302 in Consumer Discretionary by Quality Score, with 2 of 14 chart checks firing. Down 27% from Oct 27 to Nov 10. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
BFAM scores -2 today, which Breakaway calls Poor (below zero). That is #270 of 302 in Consumer Discretionary by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind BFAM's -2.
One insider sold $436K across 1 filing in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest is Mary Ann Tocio, Director, who sold $436K on Sep 2.
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