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Financial-condition grades for SEC filers
Company Report · as of Oct 9, 2026
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| Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.BFAM · other | |
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| Grade |  Dfourth fifth of 336 graded peers; percentile 63.9, sampling error 2.6 points; lower is stronger |
| Rank | 215 of 336 |
| Profitability | Cpercentile 45.8 |
| Solvency | Dpercentile 69.4 |
| Growth and financing | Cpercentile 43.0 |
| Reliability | 0.94 AUCfailure model, filers with over $2.67B assets; 95% interval 0.88 to 0.97; 61 events, 2020 to 2025 |
| Peer failure rate | 0.52% a yearItem 1.03 bankruptcies, same asset band, 2012 to 2025 |
| Size band | over $2.67B assetstotal assets $3.9B[1] |
| Standard universe | insiderevenue above $1M and assets above $10M[1-2] |
| Warnings | none activenot computable: distress |
| Inputs computable | 10 of 14 |
| Graded from | filings received through Feb 26, 2026225 days before the rescan; every figure keyed to the SEC receipt date |
| Last close | $68.852026-10-08; market equity $3.3B; iex feed |
| Price used in grade | None |
| Share price, twelve months to the rescansplit-adjusted close; a lollipop at every rescan carries the letter held then; baseline ticks are SEC receipt dates of the inputs; ranges and dragging scroll the full history | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Percentile at every rescan on file, Jan 21, 2012 to Oct 9, 2026; stronger toward the top. Hover for the date. Open this report as it stood on | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Each date opens the report as it stood on that rescan. |
Business, in the company's words. Opening of Item 1 of the 10-K received Feb 26, 2026; the document on sec.gov.
For 40 years, Bright Horizons has been a champion for working families — designing and delivering innovative education and care solutions. We are a leading provider of high-quality early education and child care, comprehensive back-up care solutions and educational advisory services. Our offerings support both working families and employers’ workforce strategies by supporting their employees across life and career stages, and improving employee recruitment, engagement, productivity, retention, and career advancement.
The Fourteen Inputs [top]
Lower percentile is stronger. Source numbers open the SEC filing; a range that spans filings opens the sources table.
| Input | Percentile, 0 to 100 | Value | Source | Peer median | Percentile | Peers | Period end |
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| Profitability, sleeve percentile 45.8 | |||||||
| Gross profitability | 17.9% | [1,3] | 27.1% | 64.2 | 289 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Return on invested capital | not computable | 10.0% | |||||
| latest aligned inputs end 2017-12-31; latest annual assets end 2025-12-31 | |||||||
| Accruals ratio | (4.1%) | [1,4-6] | (5.9%) | 61.8 | 506 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Gross margin stability, five years | 0.7 pts | [2-3,7-14] | 2.2 pts | 11.3 | 204 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Solvency, sleeve percentile 69.4 | |||||||
| Twelve-month failure probability | not computable | 0.04% | |||||
| latest liabilities, cash plus short-term investments, book equity, and shares are required | |||||||
| Altman Z double-prime | 1.12 | [1,15-20] | 2.05 | 50.4 | 386 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Net debt to EBITDA | not computable | 2.52x | |||||
| latest aligned inputs end 2017-12-31; latest annual assets end 2025-12-31 | |||||||
| Interest coverage | not computable | 2.18x | |||||
| latest aligned inputs end 2018-12-31; latest annual assets end 2025-12-31 | |||||||
| Current ratio | 0.52x | [15-16] | 1.32x | 88.3 | 506 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Growth and financing, sleeve percentile 43.0 | |||||||
| Revenue growth, three-year compound | 13.2% | [2,8,10,12] | 5.1% | 24.4 | 403 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Free cash flow growth, three-year compound | 29.9% | [5,21-27] | 8.7% | 21.5 | 220 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Reinvestment rate | (80.0%) | [15-16,18,21,28-32] | 11.9% | 84.1 | 190 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Asset growth, three years | 0.8% | [1,6,33-34] | 4.1% | 63.6 | 438 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Net share issuance, one year | (3.9%) | [35-36] | (0.4%) | 21.4 | 356 | 2026-02-13 | |
Gross profitability. Revenue less cost of goods sold, over total assets.
Accruals ratio. Net income less operating cash flow, over average assets; lower is stronger.
Gross margin stability, five years. Standard deviation of gross margin; lower is stronger.
Twelve-month failure probability. CHS model; lower is stronger.
Net debt to EBITDA. Lower is stronger.
Net share issuance, one year. Split-adjusted; lower is stronger.
Sleeves are equal-weighted; within a sleeve each computable input carries equal weight. Composite 0.064; sampling error 2.6 percentile points on 336 peers.
Among 336 Peers [top]
Composite score of every graded peer, smoothed. Vertical rules are the letter band edges at the 20th, 40th, 60th and 80th percentiles. Small dots are the six largest peers by market equity.
| Rank | Company | Percentile | Letter | Warnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 210 | Izea Worldwide, Inc. (IZEA) Izea Worldwide, Inc. (IZEA) C/Don the C/D boundary; percentile 62.4 Nasdaq · Services-Advertising market equity $40.8M; last close $2.35 Warnings: fortress balance sheet; 8 of 14 inputs | 62.4 | C/D | fortress balance sheet |
| 211 | Iqvia Holdings Inc. (IQV) Iqvia Holdings Inc. (IQV) Dfourth fifth; percentile 62.7 NYSE · Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research market equity $43.2B; last close $259.10 No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs | 62.7 | D | |
| 212 | Corpay, Inc. (CPAY) Corpay, Inc. (CPAY) Dfourth fifth; percentile 63.0 NYSE · Services-Business Services, NEC market equity $26.4B; last close $402.01 No active warnings; 8 of 14 inputs | 63.0 | D | |
| 213 | Marriott International Inc. (MAR) Marriott International Inc. (MAR) Dfourth fifth; percentile 63.3 Nasdaq · Hotels & Motels market equity $94.2B; last close $361.11 No active warnings; 9 of 14 inputs | 63.3 | D | |
| 214 | DHI Group, Inc. (DHX) DHI Group, Inc. (DHX) Dfourth fifth; percentile 63.6 NYSE · Services-Business Services, NEC market equity $215.8M; last close $4.98 No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs | 63.6 | D | |
| 215 | Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. (BFAM) Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. (BFAM) Dfourth fifth; percentile 63.9 NYSE · Services-Child Day Care Services market equity $3.4B; last close $68.85 No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs | 63.9 | D | |
| 216 | Walt Disney Co. (DIS) Walt Disney Co. (DIS) Dfourth fifth; percentile 64.2 NYSE · Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation market equity $184.8B; last close $107.08 No active warnings; 8 of 14 inputs | 64.2 | D | |
| 217 | Expeditors International OF Washington Inc. (EXPD) Expeditors International OF Washington Inc. (EXPD) Dfourth fifth; percentile 64.5 NYSE · Arrangement of Transportation of Freight & Cargo market equity $25.2B; last close $193.79 No active warnings; 7 of 14 inputs | 64.5 | D | |
| 218 | Alaska AIR Group, Inc. (ALK) Alaska AIR Group, Inc. (ALK) Dfourth fifth; percentile 64.8 NYSE · Air Transportation, Scheduled market equity $4.4B; last close $39.54 No active warnings; 7 of 14 inputs | 64.8 | D | |
| 219 | Custom Truck One Source, Inc. (CTOS) Custom Truck One Source, Inc. (CTOS) Dfourth fifth; percentile 65.1 NYSE · Services-Equipment Rental & Leasing, NEC market equity $2.1B; last close $9.37 No active warnings; 8 of 14 inputs | 65.1 | D | |
| 220 | Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. (KNX) Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. (KNX) Dfourth fifth; percentile 65.4 NYSE · Trucking (No Local) market equity $10.6B; last close $65.06 No active warnings; 8 of 14 inputs | 65.4 | D |
| Peer policy | Letter | Percentile | Peers |
|---|---|---|---|
| all graded filers, equal sleeves | C/D | 60.7 | 2204 |
| sector peers, equal sleeves (the grade) | D | 63.9 | 336 |
| same exchange, equal sleeves | D | 66.7 | 984 |
| sector peers, equal inputs | C | 55.5 | 336 |
Each letter is one fifth of the 336 graded peers, about 67 companies. A boundary letter (A/B, B/C, C/D, D/E) marks a percentile within one sampling error of a band edge.
What the Price Implies [top]
Market measures at the 2026-10-08 close. None enters the grade. Percentile among graded peers with the same measure.
| Measure | Value | Peer median | Percentile | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twelve-month price change, skipping the latest month | (31.7%) | 2.0% | 20 | hotter than 20 of 100 peers |
| Distance from 52-week high | (36.9%) | (26.8%) | 34 | closer to its high than 34 of 100 peers |
| EBIT to enterprise value | 7.6% | 4.4% | 77 | pricier than 23 of 100 peers |
| Free cash flow yield | 7.7% | 4.1% | 75 | pricier than 25 of 100 peers |
| Book value to price | 0.28 | 0.34 | 43 | pricier than 57 of 100 peers |
| Sales to price | 0.88 | 0.70 | 57 | pricier than 43 of 100 peers |
| Composite equity issuance, five years | (22.3%) | (8.8%) | 28 | more equity-funded than 28 of 100 peers |
| Relative strength against the sector, log excess return | (0.53) | (0.13) | 20 | ahead of 20 of 100 peers |
Inputs: market equity $3.4B; EBIT $314.7M; free cash flow $258.5M; book equity $943.5M; sales $2.9B; debt $970.2M; cash $163.7M[37].
Diagnostics [top]
Diagnostics do not feed the grade.
| Piotroski F-score: 8 of 9, period end 2025-12-31 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Return on assets above zero | 5.0% | ✓ pass[4,6] |
| Operating cash flow above zero | $350.7M | ✓ pass[5] |
| Return on assets improved | 1.4 pts | ✓ pass[4,6,33,38] |
| Operating cash flow exceeds net income | $157.6M | ✓ pass[4-5] |
| Long-term leverage fell | (4.4 pts) | ✓ pass[1,6,33,39-40] |
| Current ratio improved | (11.5 pts) | ✗ fail[15-16,31-32] |
| No new shares issued | (3.9%) | ✓ pass[35-36] |
| Gross margin improved | 0.7 pts | ✓ pass[2-3,7-8] |
| Asset turnover improved | 7.3 pts | ✓ pass[2,6,8,33] |
| Cash, filings, liquidity | |
|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $163.7M[41] |
| Operating cash flow, four quarters | $333.1M[5,41-45] |
| Months of runway | not finite |
| trailing operating cash flow is nonnegative, so runway is not finite | |
| Late filings, two years | 0 |
| NT 10-K or NT 10-Q | |
| Days since last periodic filing | 64 |
| 10-Q received Aug 6, 2026 | |
| Median daily dollar volume | $55.2M |
| 63 sessions | |
| Days since newest grade input | 225 |
Downloads [top]
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Sources [top]
Every citation on this page. Filing opens the SEC index page for that submission; viewer opens the SEC interactive data for the same filing; series opens the SEC XBRL API record for that tag and company.
| # | Concept | XBRL tag | Value | Period end | Received | Form | Links |
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| 1 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $3.9B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 2 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $2.9B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 3 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $697.2M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 4 | net income | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | $193.1M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 5 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $350.7M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 6 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $3.9B | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 7 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $619.6M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 8 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $2.7B | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 9 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $531.7M | 2023-12-31 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 10 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $2.4B | 2023-12-31 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 11 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $478.7M | 2022-12-31 | 2025-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 12 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $2.0B | 2022-12-31 | 2025-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 13 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $415.0M | 2021-12-31 | 2024-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 14 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $1.8B | 2021-12-31 | 2024-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 15 | current assets | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent | $504.0M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 16 | current liabilities | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent | $966.2M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 17 | retained earnings | us-gaap:RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit | $959.1M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 18 | operating income | us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss | $314.7M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 19 | book equity | us-gaap:StockholdersEquity | $1.3B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 20 | liabilities | us-gaap:Liabilities | $2.6B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 21 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $92.2M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 22 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $337.5M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 23 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $97.3M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 24 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $256.1M | 2023-12-31 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 25 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $91.0M | 2023-12-31 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 26 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $188.5M | 2022-12-31 | 2025-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 27 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $70.6M | 2022-12-31 | 2025-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 28 | depreciation amortization | us-gaap:DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization | $93.4M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 29 | pretax income | us-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest | $269.9M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 30 | income tax | us-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit | $76.8M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 31 | current assets | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent | $496.0M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 32 | current liabilities | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent | $779.4M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 33 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $3.9B | 2023-12-31 | 2025-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 34 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $3.8B | 2022-12-31 | 2024-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 35 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 55,113,645 | 2026-02-13 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 36 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 57,354,223 | 2025-02-14 | 2025-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 37 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 48,635,306 | 2026-07-27 | 2026-08-06 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 38 | net income | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | $140.2M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 39 | long term debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebtNoncurrent | $747.6M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 40 | long term debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebtNoncurrent | $918.4M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 41 | cash | us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | $163.7M | 2026-06-30 | 2026-08-06 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 42 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $202.8M | 2026-06-30 | 2026-08-06 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 43 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $107.7M | 2026-03-31 | 2026-05-07 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 44 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $202.8M | 2025-09-30 | 2025-11-05 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 45 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $220.4M | 2025-06-30 | 2026-08-06 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
Limitations [top]
Grade boundary. Percentile 63.9 is 3.9 points from the nearest band edge; sampling error is 2.6 points.
Peer group. Sector assignment from four-digit SIC codes, hand-tuned and published. The grade under three alternative peer policies is tabled above.
Size. Within a sector the letter tracks size. Among graded filers in the smallest asset band, 72% grade E and 0% grade A; in the largest, 13% grade E and 21% grade A. Universe as of Oct 9, 2026.
Failure model. filings 2012-01-01 to 2019-12-31 fit, filings 2020-01-01 to 2025-12-31 test; status post hoc pending confirmation. pre-registered on 2026 filings once their 12-month outcome windows close; supported if the paired per-quintile gain over the pooled model has a lower bound above 0.05.
Input validity. Revenue or total assets at or below $100,000 sets the degenerate-inputs flag. An input whose denominator is at or below $100,000 is left not computable rather than ranked.
Returns. No input on this page has a post-2015 confidence interval on returns that excludes zero. The grade ranks reported financial condition and is not a return forecast.
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