Bright Horizons Family Solutions vs TAL Education
BFAM and TAL side by side. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BFAM and TAL compare
TAL Education grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (33.7% versus 6.7% for Bright Horizons Family Solutions).
TAL Education keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 17.6% compared with −4.4% at Bright Horizons Family Solutions.
TAL Education scores higher on the StockData Score (12 against 5 for Bright Horizons Family Solutions), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | BFAM | TAL |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $2.5B | – |
| Share price | $51.91 | $10.07 |
| Change, 1 year | −47.6% | −14.9% |
| Change, 5 years | −58.9% | 95.2% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.90 | 0.55 |
| Employees | 32K | 26K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 5 | 12 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 3 | 3 |
| Performance score | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 1 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/S | 0.8× | – |
| P/B | 3.9× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 34.2× | – |
| P/FCF | 9.8× | – |
| FCF yield | 10.2% | – |
| Fair value | $30.34 | – |
| Margin of safety | −71.1% | – |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 6.7% | 33.7% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 14.1% (better) | −7.7% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −167% | 527% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −185% | 571% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 49.5% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 22.8% | 55.4% (better) |
| Operating margin | 0.10% | 9.2% (better) |
| Net margin | −4.4% | 17.6% (better) |
| FCF margin | 8.3% | 16.9% (better) |
| Return on equity | −13.0% | 14.1% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 0.14% | 62.6% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.69 (better) | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 9.51 | – |
| Interest coverage | 0.1× | – |
| Current ratio | 0.45 | 2.17 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 1.49 | – |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 | 8 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Buyback yield | 27.3% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 27.3% | – |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 115% | 137% |
| Held by insiders | 1.4% | 28.8% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$657K (better) | −$1.2M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 6.3% | – |
Go deeper
- BFAM stock overview
- BFAM income statement
- BFAM valuation and score
- TAL stock overview
- TAL income statement
- TAL valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.