For the quarter ended March 2025, Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) reported revenue of $665.53 million, up 6.9% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.77, compared to $0.51 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $663.99 million, representing a surprise of +0.23%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +22.22%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.63.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Bright Horizons performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Revenue- Full service center-based child care: $510.55 million compared to the $511.04 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +5.6% year over year.
- Revenue- Educational advisory and other services: $26.37 million versus $25.31 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +8.1% change.
- Revenue- Back-up care: $128.61 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $127.86 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +12.2%.
- Adjusted income from operations- Full service center-based child care: $33.25 million versus $25.39 million estimated by two analysts on average.
- Adjusted income from operations- Educational advisory and other services: $2.63 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $2.95 million.
- Adjusted income from operations- Back-up care: $26.38 million versus $21.70 million estimated by two analysts on average.
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Shares of Bright Horizons have returned +11.9% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +0.4% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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