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Bright Horizons

BFAMNYSEUSMid capWebsite ↗
  • Russell 1000

What Bright Horizons is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.

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The latest read

Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.

  • Revenue over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $3.03 billion, up 8.6% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $0.24 billion, about level with a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Capital expenditure over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $0.10 billion, up 11% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Share buybacks in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $0.23 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
  • Latest earnings call or results release (July 30, 2026): sentiment 0.70 on a −1 to +1 scale (confident, opportunity-framed), confidence 0.80 of 1.Palanor Discourse
  • Guidance in the last 90 days: 1 outlook figure raised, 0 lowered, 1 held.Guidance Ledger (8-K results releases)
  • Latest annual report (filed February 26, 2026): 1 risk factor added, 0 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
  • Insiders were net sellers in Q3 2026: $0.7 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
  • 387 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (+16 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
  • H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 2 (3 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)

Company Posture covers S&P 500 companies.

No bond term sheets or tagged debt on file for Bright Horizons yet.

Charts

Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.

Cash flow

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Bright Horizons: free cash flow, trailing twelve months

Operating cash flow minus capital expenditure, $ billions, from SEC filings

$0.24BData to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Bright Horizons: operating cash flow and capital expenditure

Trailing twelve months, $ billions, from SEC filings

Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Bright Horizons: revenue, trailing twelve months

$ billions, from SEC filings

$3.0BData to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

Capital returned and raised

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Bright Horizons: share buybacks by fiscal year

Cash paid to repurchase common stock, $ billions, from the 10-K

$0.23BData to Dec 2025
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Bright Horizons: debt issued and repaid by fiscal year

Long-term debt, $ billions, from the 10-K

Data to Dec 2025
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Bright Horizons: debt due within a year and cash

At each balance-sheet date, $ billions, from SEC filings

Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Bright Horizons: interest coverage

Operating income ÷ interest expense, trailing twelve months, from SEC filings

6.2Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

What the company says

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Bright Horizons: guidance raised minus lowered

Guidance Ledger statements by quarter

1.0Data 22 days ago
ImageDataGuidance Ledger by Palanor · source: SEC EDGAR
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Bright Horizons: earnings call sentiment

Palanor Discourse score per call, −1 to +1

0.70Data to Jul 2026
ImageDataPalanor calculation
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Bright Horizons: earnings call confidence

Palanor Discourse score per call, 0 to 1

0.80Data to Jul 2026
ImageDataPalanor calculation
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Bright Horizons: risk factors added per annual report

New Item 1A risk factors in each 10-K

1.0Data to Feb 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Bright Horizons: early education and child care centers

KPI Ledger, as reported in the company's results releases, count

988Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataKPI Ledger by Palanor · source: SEC EDGAR

Hiring and ownership

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Bright Horizons: H-1B filings certified

Labor Condition Applications by quarter received

2.0Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data, dol.gov
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Bright Horizons: insider net buying

Open-market purchases minus sales by officers and directors, $ millions, by quarter

−$0.7MData 22 days ago
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Bright Horizons: institutional holders

Managers reporting a position on Form 13F, by quarter

387.0Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

Filings and records

The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.

  1. Jun 3, 20268-K
  2. Jun 1, 20268-K
  3. Feb 26, 202610-K
    Annual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 0 removed
  4. Feb 12, 20268-K
  5. Jun 3, 20258-K
  6. Apr 21, 20258-K
  7. Mar 27, 20258-K
  8. Feb 27, 202510-K
    Annual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 0 removed
  9. Feb 27, 202410-K
    Annual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 1 removed

Peers

Companies in the same sector in the S&P 500, Russell 1000 or MidCap 400, closest in revenue first. Trailing twelve months, from SEC filings.

CompanyRevenueFree cash flowThrough
Churchill Downs Incorporated CHDN$3.0B—Jun 30, 2026
Etsy ETSY$2.9B$0.7BJun 30, 2026
Vail Resorts MTN$2.8B$0.3BJul 31, 2026
Ollie's Bargain Outlet OLLI$2.8B$0.2BAug 1, 2026
Columbia Sportswear COLM$3.4B$0.3BJun 30, 2026
RH RH$3.5B$0.3BAug 1, 2026
Gentex GNTX$2.6B$0.5BJun 30, 2026
GameStop GME$3.5B$0.7BAug 1, 2026

Identity

SEC CIK
1437578
Wikidata
Q4967421

Built from SEC EDGAR filings (public domain), the Guidance and KPI Ledgers, Palanor Discourse, U.S. Department of Labor filings, USPTO, USAspending and Senate lobbying records, and rights-checked news headlines. Updated nightly; this page was built Oct 22, 2026. How the Dossier is built

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