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Bright Horizons Family Solutions (Bright Horizons Family Solutions) Graham Number : $N/A (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Bright Horizons Family Solutions Graham Number?

Graham Number is a figure that measures a stock's fundamental value by taking into account the company's earnings per share and book value per share. The Graham number is the upper bound of the price range that a defensive investor should pay for the stock. According to the theory, any stock price below the Graham number is considered undervalued, and thus worth investing in.

As of today (2024-05-01), the stock price of Bright Horizons Family Solutions is $103.71. Bright Horizons Family Solutions's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $N/A. Therefore, Bright Horizons Family Solutions's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is N/A.

The historical rank and industry rank for Bright Horizons Family Solutions's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

BFAM's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked *
in the Personal Services industry.
Industry Median: 1.45
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Graham-Number only.

Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation. It is a very conservative way of valuing a stock.


Bright Horizons Family Solutions Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Bright Horizons Family Solutions's Graham Number can be seen below:

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* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Bright Horizons Family Solutions Graham Number Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Bright Horizons Family Solutions's Graham Number

For the Personal Services subindustry, Bright Horizons Family Solutions's Price-to-Graham-Number, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Graham-Number data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Bright Horizons Family Solutions's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Personal Services Industry

For the Personal Services industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Bright Horizons Family Solutions's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Bright Horizons Family Solutions's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Bright Horizons Family Solutions Graham Number Calculation

Graham Number is a concept based on Ben Graham's conservative valuation of companies.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*-13.669*2.84)
=N/A

Bright Horizons Family Solutions's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*-13.669*2.84)
=N/A

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Bright Horizons Family Solutions  (NYSE:BFAM) Graham Number Explanation

Ben Graham actually did not publish a formula like this. But he wrote in The Intelligent Investor (1948 version) regarding to the criteria for purchases:

Current price should not be more than 15 times average earnings of the past three years.

Current price should not be more than 1.5 times the book value last reported. However, a multiplier of earnings below 15 could justify a correspondingly higher multiplier of assets. As a rule of thumb we suggest that the product of the multiplier times the ratio of price to book value should not exceed 22.5. (This figure corresponds to 15 times earnings and 1.5 times book value. It would admit an issue selling at only 9 times earnings and 2.5 times asset value, etc.)

Unlike valuation methods such as DCF or Discounted Earnings, the Graham number does not take growth into the valuation. Unlike the valuation methods based on book value alone, it takes into account the earnings power. Therefore, the Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation.

In general, the Graham number is a very conservative way of valuing a stock. It cannot be applied to companies with negative book values.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=103.71/N/A
=N/A

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Be Aware

Please keep these in mind:

1. Graham Number does not take growth into account. Therefore it underestimates the values of the companies that have good earnings growth. We feel that if the earnings per share grows more than 10% a year, Graham Number underestimates the value.
2. Graham Number punishes the companies that have temporarily low earnings. Therefore, an average of earnings makes more sense in the calculation of Graham Number.
3. Graham Numbers underestimates companies that are light with book.


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Bright Horizons Family Solutions (Bright Horizons Family Solutions) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2 Wells Avenue, Newton, MA, USA, 02459
Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc provides education and care solutions designed to help employers support their employees in managing their work/life balance. The company has three business segments: full-service center-based child care, backup care, and educational advisory services. The vast majority of the company's 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, tuition assistance, and education consulting. The company earns more than half of its revenue in North America.
Executives
Mary Ann Tocio director, officer: President and COO C/O BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS, 2 WELLS AVENUE, NEWTON MA 02459
Lightfoot Sara Lawrence director
Mary Lou Burke officer: COO North America Center Ops C/O BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS, 2 WELLS AVENUE, NEWTON MA 02048
Lawrence M Alleva director 1000 WINTER STREET, SUITE 3300, WALTHAM MA 02451
Stephen Howard Kramer officer: Chief Development Officer C/O BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS, 2 WELLS AVENUE, NEWTON MA 02459
Rosamund Marshall officer: Managing Director - Intl. 2 WELLS AVENUE, NEWTON MA 02459
Elizabeth J Boland officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS, 2 WELLS AVENUE, NEWTON MA 02459
John Guy Casagrande officer: General Counsel and Secretary C/O BRIGHT HORIZONS, 2 WELLS AVENUE, NEWTON MA 02459
Jason Janoff officer: Chief Accounting Officer 2 WELLS AVENUE, NEWTON MA 02459
Maribeth Nash Bearfield officer: Chief Human Resources Officer 2 WELLS AVENUE, NEWTON MA 02459
David H Lissy director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS, 2 WELLS AVENUE, NEWTON MA 02459
Marguerite Sallee director C/O BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC, 200 TALCOTT AVENUE SOUTH, WATERTOWN MA 02472
Julie Atkinson director C/O BRIGHT HORIZONS, 2 WELLS AVENUE, NEWTON MA 02459
Stephen I Dreier officer: See Remarks C/O BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS, 200 TALCOTT AVENUE SOUTH, WATERTOWN MA 02472
Linda A Mason director BRIGHT HORIZONS INC, ONE KENDALL SQ BLDG 200, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139