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BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC.

BFAMdata completeness 100%15 fiscal years on file
i. The business — what you’d actually own
FigureFY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$1.76B1$2.02B2$2.42B3$2.69B3$2.93B3
Net income$70.5M4$80.6M5$74.2M6$140.2M6$193.1M6
Operating cash flow$227.3M7$188.5M8$256.1M9$337.5M9$350.7M9
Capital expenditure$63.5M10$70.6M11$91M12$97.3M12$92.2M12
Free cash flow (derived)$163.8M7$117.9M8$165.1M9$240.2M9$258.5M9
Total debt$992.4M13$977.6M14$962.8M15$946.9M16$747.6M16
Cash & equivalents$261M17$36.2M18$71.6M19$110.3M19$140.1M19
Diluted shares60.9M58.5M57.9M58.5M57.4M

Superscripts are receipts. Each links to the SEC filing the number came from (full list at the bottom).

ii. Your slice — ownership made literal
If you owned
shares
You’d own
0.000017%
of the whole company
Your share of last year’s profit
$33.63
Your share of its debt
$130.2
Your share of free cash flow
$45.03
iii. What it’s worth — engine v0.1.0
DCF · Growth Exit 10Y
$246.43
assumptions (10)
  • riskFreeRate4.5%
  • equityRiskPremium5.0%
  • beta100.0%
  • equityWeight85.0%
  • costOfDebtSpread1.5%
  • taxRate21.0%
  • terminalGrowth2.5%
  • projectionYears10
  • fcfGrowth20.0%
  • fcfBase$240.2M
DCF · Growth Exit 5Y
$129.36
assumptions (10)
  • riskFreeRate4.5%
  • equityRiskPremium5.0%
  • beta100.0%
  • equityWeight85.0%
  • costOfDebtSpread1.5%
  • taxRate21.0%
  • terminalGrowth2.5%
  • projectionYears5
  • fcfGrowth20.0%
  • fcfBase$240.2M
Earnings Power Value
$14.8
assumptions (8)
  • riskFreeRate4.5%
  • equityRiskPremium5.0%
  • beta100.0%
  • equityWeight85.0%
  • costOfDebtSpread1.5%
  • taxRate21.0%
  • normalizedEarnings$80.6M
  • growthAssumed0.0%
Graham Number
$41.99
assumptions (1)
  • grahamMultiplier2250.0%

Different models answer different questions — which to trust when →

iv. The price question — last, on purpose
What does today’s price assume?
Type a price. The ledger answers.
Or set your own belief
FCF growth, next 5 years20.0%
Discount rate (WACC)8.78%
Terminal growth2.5%
At your growth, a share is worth $129.36

Default growth 20.0%= this company’s own filed history (median-to-median FCF CAGR, clamped 0–20%). Your adjustments are recorded anonymously. They become the “what do owners actually believe” dataset.

Sources — the receipts
  1. 10-K · period ending 2021-12-31 · accession 0001437578-24-000007 (RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax)
  2. 10-K · period ending 2022-12-31 · accession 0001437578-25-000007 (RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax)
  3. 10-K · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0001437578-26-000006 (RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax)
  4. 10-K · period ending 2021-12-31 · accession 0001437578-24-000007 (NetIncomeLoss)
  5. 10-K · period ending 2022-12-31 · accession 0001437578-25-000007 (NetIncomeLoss)
  6. 10-K · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0001437578-26-000006 (NetIncomeLoss)
  7. 10-K · period ending 2021-12-31 · accession 0001437578-24-000007 (NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities)
  8. 10-K · period ending 2022-12-31 · accession 0001437578-25-000007 (NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities)
  9. 10-K · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0001437578-26-000006 (NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities)
  10. 10-K · period ending 2021-12-31 · accession 0001437578-24-000007 (PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment)
  11. 10-K · period ending 2022-12-31 · accession 0001437578-25-000007 (PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment)
  12. 10-K · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0001437578-26-000006 (PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment)
  13. 10-K · period ending 2021-12-31 · accession 0001437578-23-000005 (LongTermDebtNoncurrent)
  14. 10-K · period ending 2022-12-31 · accession 0001437578-24-000007 (LongTermDebtNoncurrent)
  15. 10-K · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0001437578-25-000007 (LongTermDebtNoncurrent)
  16. 10-K · period ending 2024-12-31 · accession 0001437578-26-000006 (LongTermDebtNoncurrent)
  17. 10-K · period ending 2021-12-31 · accession 0001437578-24-000007 (CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue)
  18. 10-K · period ending 2022-12-31 · accession 0001437578-25-000007 (CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue)
  19. 10-K · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0001437578-26-000006 (CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue)