The historical rank and industry rank for Bright Horizons Family Solutions's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:
BFAM'
s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 21.62 Med: 36.5 Max: 89.17
Current: 29.98
During the past 13 years, Bright Horizons Family Solutions's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 89.17. The lowest was 21.62. And the median was 36.50.
BFAM's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than 75.64% of 78
companies
in the Personal Services industry
Industry Median: 12.995
vs BFAM: 29.98
During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Bright Horizons Family Solutions was 44.10% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 15.10% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 3.40% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 6.10% per year.
During the past 13 years, Bright Horizons Family Solutions's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 166.30% per year. The lowest was -52.60% per year. And the median was 15.00% per year.
Bright Horizons Family Solutions Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data
* 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.
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Bright Horizons Family Solutions Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart
Competitive Comparison of Bright Horizons Family Solutions's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
For the Personal Services subindustry, Bright Horizons Family Solutions's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Personal Services Industry
For the Personal Services industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Bright Horizons Family Solutions's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Bright Horizons Family Solutions's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.
Bright Horizons Family Solutions's Share Price of today is $123.35. Bright Horizons Family Solutions's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $4.12.
* 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.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAM) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation
Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.
In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.
Be Aware
In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.
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Bright Horizons Family Solutions Business Description
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.
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