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Bright Horizons Family Solutions (Bright Horizons Family Solutions) Interest Coverage : 2.92 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Bright Horizons Family Solutions Interest Coverage?

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income by its Interest Expense. Bright Horizons Family Solutions's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $40 Mil. Bright Horizons Family Solutions's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-14 Mil. Bright Horizons Family Solutions's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 2.92. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Bright Horizons Family Solutions's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

BFAM' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.42   Med: 4.31   Max: 5.93
Current: 3.45


BFAM's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
80% of 80 companies
in the Personal Services industry
Industry Median: 9.96 vs BFAM: 3.45

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Bright Horizons Family Solutions Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Bright Horizons Family Solutions's Interest Coverage can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Bright Horizons Family Solutions Interest Coverage Chart

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.93 1.42 3.57 3.99 3.32

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Interest Coverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.37 3.73 5.47 1.98 2.92

Competitive Comparison of Bright Horizons Family Solutions's Interest Coverage

For the Personal Services subindustry, Bright Horizons Family Solutions's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Bright Horizons Family Solutions's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Personal Services Industry

For the Personal Services industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Bright Horizons Family Solutions's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Bright Horizons Family Solutions's Interest Coverage falls into.



Bright Horizons Family Solutions Interest Coverage Calculation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Bright Horizons Family Solutions's Interest Expense was $-52 Mil. Its Operating Income was $171 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,741 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*171.241/-51.609
=3.32

Bright Horizons Family Solutions's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Bright Horizons Family Solutions's Interest Expense was $-14 Mil. Its Operating Income was $40 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,727 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*39.937/-13.681
=2.92

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


Bright Horizons Family Solutions  (NYSE:BFAM) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


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Bright Horizons Family Solutions (Bright Horizons Family Solutions) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2 Wells Avenue, Newton, MA, USA, 02459
Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc provides education and care solutions designed to help employers support their employees in managing their work/life balance. The company has three business segments: full-service center-based child care, backup care, and educational advisory services. The vast majority of the company's revenue is generated by full-service center-based child care, which includes traditional center-based child care and early education services. Other services provided by the company include in-home child and elder care, tuition assistance, and education consulting. The company earns more than half of its revenue in North America.
Executives
Mary Ann Tocio director, officer: President and COO C/O BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS, 2 WELLS AVENUE, NEWTON MA 02459
Lightfoot Sara Lawrence director
Mary Lou Burke officer: COO North America Center Ops C/O BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS, 2 WELLS AVENUE, NEWTON MA 02048
Lawrence M Alleva director 1000 WINTER STREET, SUITE 3300, WALTHAM MA 02451
Stephen Howard Kramer officer: Chief Development Officer C/O BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS, 2 WELLS AVENUE, NEWTON MA 02459
Rosamund Marshall officer: Managing Director - Intl. 2 WELLS AVENUE, NEWTON MA 02459
Elizabeth J Boland officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS, 2 WELLS AVENUE, NEWTON MA 02459
John Guy Casagrande officer: General Counsel and Secretary C/O BRIGHT HORIZONS, 2 WELLS AVENUE, NEWTON MA 02459
Jason Janoff officer: Chief Accounting Officer 2 WELLS AVENUE, NEWTON MA 02459
Maribeth Nash Bearfield officer: Chief Human Resources Officer 2 WELLS AVENUE, NEWTON MA 02459
David H Lissy director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS, 2 WELLS AVENUE, NEWTON MA 02459
Marguerite Sallee director C/O BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC, 200 TALCOTT AVENUE SOUTH, WATERTOWN MA 02472
Julie Atkinson director C/O BRIGHT HORIZONS, 2 WELLS AVENUE, NEWTON MA 02459
Stephen I Dreier officer: See Remarks C/O BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS, 200 TALCOTT AVENUE SOUTH, WATERTOWN MA 02472
Linda A Mason director BRIGHT HORIZONS INC, ONE KENDALL SQ BLDG 200, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139