What is BFAM's five-year median P/E?

55.6x. Half of BFAM's weekly readings since November 2022 were higher and half were lower. This page has 651 weekly readings, from May 5, 2014 to Oct 19, 2026.

Does a low historical rank mean a stock is a buy?

No. The rank compares BFAM only with its own past. Slower growth or more risk can justify a lower multiple than before. P/E uses earnings and P/S uses revenue from the last twelve months.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc (BFAM) P/E ratio history

Consumer Discretionary

$71.40

Latest weekly close · Market cap $3.7B

Historically low

As of Oct 24, 2026

BFAM's P/E of 22.5x is lower than 90% of its weekly readings since November 2022.

Weekly P/E since November 2022

P/E each weekMiddle half of its readingsMedian 55.6×

Median: 55.6×
Low to high: 18.7×–94.5×
Versus median: -59%
History starts: November 2022

P/E

10thpercentile

of its weekly readings since November 2022

Historically low

Growth, last 12 months vs the year before

Revenue: +9%slowing
EPS: +4%

Price vs revenue and EPS, indexed to 100

Each line starts at 100 at its first positive reading over the last five years. Revenue and EPS change at fiscal quarter ends.

PriceRevenue, last 12 monthsEPS, last 12 months100 = first reading

P/E at each year-end

The last weekly reading of each year, and its percentile against the five years before it.

BFAM P/E at each year-end
Year-end	P/E	5-year percentile
Dec 29, 2025	28.5×	1
Dec 30, 2024	56.2×	33
Dec 25, 2023	63.3×	74
Dec 26, 2022	46.7×	50
Dec 27, 2021	n/a	Too little history
Dec 28, 2020	n/a	Too little history
Dec 30, 2019	51.5×	93
Dec 31, 2018	40.3×	9
Dec 25, 2017	46.8×	70
Dec 26, 2016	42.2×	22

Consumer Discretionary peers on P/E

Each percentile compares a stock with its own last five years.

Compare BFAM with peers

Consumer Discretionary peers of BFAM on P/E
Stock	P/E	Versus its own history	5-year percentile
DUOLDuolingo Inc	17.0×	Below its usual range	22
LOPEGrand Canyon Education Inc	19.8×	Within its usual range	52
ABNBAirbnb	40.0×	Above its usual range	79
AMZNAmazon	20.1×	Historically low	1
ANAutoNation Inc	7.5×	Within its usual range	46

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About this history

What is BFAM's current P/E?: BFAM's P/E of 22.5x is lower than 90% of its weekly readings since November 2022.
What is BFAM's five-year median P/E?: 55.6x. Half of BFAM's weekly readings since November 2022 were higher and half were lower. This page has 651 weekly readings, from May 5, 2014 to Oct 19, 2026.
Does a low historical rank mean a stock is a buy?: No. The rank compares BFAM only with its own past. Slower growth or more risk can justify a lower multiple than before. P/E uses earnings and P/S uses revenue from the last twelve months.