What is BFAM's five-year median EV/EBITDA?

21.8x. Half of BFAM's weekly readings since February 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) valuation history

Consumer Discretionary

$71.40

Latest weekly close · Market cap $3.7B

Historically low

As of Oct 24, 2026

BFAM's EV/EBITDA of 11.3x is lower than 93% of its weekly readings since February 2022.

Weekly EV/EBITDA since February 2022

EV/EBITDA each weekMiddle half of its readingsMedian 21.8×

Median: 21.8×
Low to high: 10.1×–38.1×
Versus median: -48%
History starts: February 2022

EV/EBITDA

7thpercentile

of its weekly readings since February 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

EV/EBITDA at each year-end

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

BFAM EV/EBITDA at each year-end
Year-end	EV/EBITDA	5-year percentile
Dec 29, 2025	15.5×	1
Dec 30, 2024	22.5×	41
Dec 25, 2023	21.8×	34
Dec 26, 2022	17.9×	6
Dec 27, 2021	n/a	Too little history
Dec 28, 2020	n/a	Too little history
Dec 30, 2019	27.5×	94
Dec 31, 2018	23.0×	81
Dec 25, 2017	22.7×	99
Dec 26, 2016	18.5×	46

Consumer Discretionary peers on EV/EBITDA

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

Compare BFAM with peers

Consumer Discretionary peers of BFAM on EV/EBITDA
Stock	EV/EBITDA	Versus its own history	5-year percentile
DUOLDuolingo Inc	34.6×	Below its usual range	21
LOPEGrand Canyon Education Inc	n/a	Not ranked	n/a, not ranked
ABNBAirbnb	n/a	Not ranked	n/a, not ranked
AMZNAmazon	16.2×	Historically low	6
ANAutoNation Inc	n/a	Not ranked	n/a, not ranked

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About this history

What is BFAM's current EV/EBITDA?: BFAM's EV/EBITDA of 11.3x is lower than 93% of its weekly readings since February 2022.
What is BFAM's five-year median EV/EBITDA?: 21.8x. Half of BFAM's weekly readings since February 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.