BFAM - Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.
Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. , established in 1986 and headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts, offers a comprehensive suite of early education, child care, and workplace solutions designed for employers and their employees' families. The company, known as Bright Horizons Solutions Corp.
As of Jun 30, 2026: spot at $71.19, ATM IV 165.2%, max pain $60.00, net GEX -$245.1K.
- Sector
- Consumer Cyclical
- Industry
- Personal Products & Services
- Market Cap
- $3.69B
- P/E Ratio
- 20.15
- Beta
- 1.18
- 52-Week Range
- 57.63-130.76
- CEO
- Stephen Howard Kramer
- Employees
- 32,050
- IPO Date
- Jan 25, 2013
- Exchange
- NYSE
What BFAM Looks Like to Options Traders Today
IV rank of 33.7% sits near the 1-year median, where strategy choice depends on directional conviction and the event calendar rather than vol regime alone; negative net gamma exposure (-$245.1K) means dealers hedge with trend, amplifying realized volatility and accelerating directional moves; the 25-delta skew (0.147) prices calls richer than puts, often reflecting upside speculation or squeeze risk.
What This Page Covers
The BFAM overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure. Corporate data is on fundamentals, earnings, analyst ratings, and insider trading.
Frequently asked BFAM overview questions
- What is BFAM?
- BFAM is the ticker symbol for Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc., a listed security. Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. , established in 1986 and headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts, offers a comprehensive suite of early education, child care, and workplace solutions designed for employers and their employees' families. Listed on NYSE. BFAM is the equity ticker shown on this page; equity options traders use the security for directional, volatility, and income strategies via the listed options chain.
- What does the BFAM options snapshot look like today?
- As of Jun 30, 2026, the BFAM options snapshot shows spot at $71.19, ATM IV 165.2%, IV rank 33.7%, max pain $60.00, net GEX -$245.1K, expected move 47.36%. The full options chain, Greeks by strike and expiration, per-strike open-interest distribution, dealer gamma and delta exposure, and the volatility skew surface are linked from this overview page. Each per-metric route refreshes once per trading session and reflects the most recent close-of-business listed-options state.
- What are BFAM's key statistics?
- Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. (BFAM) carries a market capitalization of $3.69B, trailing P/E ratio of 20.15, beta of 1.18 relative to the broader market, 52-week range of 57.63-130.76. Full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and TTM ratio history is on the per-ticker fundamentals page; daily price history and 52-week levels are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the options market prices implied volatility around earnings windows and capital events.
- What sector or industry does BFAM belong to?
- Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. operates in the Consumer Cyclical sector, in the Personal Products & Services industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare BFAM's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the BFAM data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated Jun 30, 2026 and refreshes once per session, with all per-strike Greeks and exposure aggregates recomputed at the daily close. Company-profile fields (sector, industry, market cap, P/E, IPO date) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. Financials and earnings refresh as 10-K and 10-Q filings are parsed (typically within several business days of the actual report). FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence (daily for short volume, bi-monthly for short interest, weekly for the OTC volume file, twice-monthly for SEC FTD).