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Bright Horizons Family Solutions BFAM

US equityMarket cap rank #2451
$64.21 −$0.05 (-0.08%)
Pre-market · Oct 6, 8:30 am ET · After hours $64.21 0.00%
Open$64.10
Prev close$64.26
Day range$63.83 – $65.04
Volume679.7K
Market cap$3.12B
P/E (TTM)20.4
Dividend yield–

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership115.4%+1.66 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding457-3 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)29 buys / 20 sellsNet buying
Short interest6.14% of floatDays to cover 3.3 · as of 15 Sep 2026
Short-sale volume share19.4%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

14%19%24%29%Sep '26Sep '26Oct '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$3.47M (11 inflow days, 9 outflow days).

The five largest holders on file together own 36.5% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • BlackRock13.12%
  • AQR Capital Management6.31%
  • Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC5.92%
  • Abrams Bison Investments, L.L.C.5.61%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC5.59%
  • Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC5.49%
  • State Street Global Advisors3.67%
  • Dimensional Fund Advisors3.46%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund84.86%
  • Hedge Fund21.05%
  • Public Company4.82%
  • Government Pension Fund1.91%
  • Sovereign Wealth Fund0.99%
  • Private Company0.98%
  • Individual/Insider0.97%
  • Insurance Company0.40%

Reported short interest has risen from 5.51% to 6.14% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Short interest, by report

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Sep 2026 2,986,485 6.1% 3.3
31 Aug 2026 2,590,343 5.3% 4.1
14 Aug 2026 2,244,232 4.6% 3.3
31 Jul 2026 2,455,799 4.7% 2.8
15 Jul 2026 2,973,588 5.7% 3.4
30 Jun 2026 2,900,782 5.5% 2.4

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