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Bright Horizons Family Solutions

BFAM

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has retired 21.1% of its shares since 2014, from 61,651,158 to 48,635,306.

21.1%retired since 2014
19.4%last 5 years
14.0%last 12 months
49Mshares today
Shares outstanding, 2014 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
62M shares, 201449M201520202025
2014, 61,651,1582026-07-27, 48,635,306
A share bought in 2014
1.3× more of Bright Horizons Family Solutions today, without buying another share. It was one of 61,651,158 shares then. It is one of 48,635,306 now.
Every filing we read12 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
20142015-02-1161,651,15810-K
20152016-02-1959,759,61110-K
20162017-02-1059,511,77310-K
20172018-02-1658,566,02410-K
20182019-02-1557,948,64410-K
20192020-02-1358,199,81310-K
20202021-02-1960,782,83210-K
20212022-02-1459,281,30210-K
20222023-02-1557,810,24910-K
20232024-02-1457,963,80510-K
20242025-02-1457,354,22310-K
20252026-02-1355,113,64510-K

Source: all 10-K filings of Bright Horizons Family Solutions on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.

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Bright Horizons Family Solutions buybacks, answered

Is Bright Horizons Family Solutions buying back its stock?

Yes. Bright Horizons Family Solutions has 14.0% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 48,635,306 as of July 27, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 19.4%.

How many shares has Bright Horizons Family Solutions bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Bright Horizons Family Solutions has 13.0 million fewer shares than at its 2014 peak. That is 21.1% of the company.

How many shares does Bright Horizons Family Solutions have outstanding?

48,635,306 shares, as of July 27, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2014 peak it had 61,651,158.

What do Bright Horizons Family Solutions' buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Bright Horizons Family Solutions stock in 2014 owns 1.3 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.

How does Bright Horizons Family Solutions compare with other cannibal stocks?

Bright Horizons Family Solutions ranks No. 211 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Upbound Group (21.8%), Ipg Photonics (21.3%), Rave Restaurant Group (21.1%), IQVIA (21.0%).

Every answer is computed from Bright Horizons Family Solutions' own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.

Superinvestors who own it

Francois RochonGiverny Capital1,080,793 shares, $76.6M, Q2 2026

From the latest 13F filings. All superinvestors.

Insider buying, last 12 months

No open-market purchases reported in the last 12 months.

The story

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