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BFAM vs STRA

Side-by-side comparison of Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. (BFAM) and Strategic Education Inc. (STRA): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • BFAM operates in Consumer Discretionary, while STRA operates in Real Estate - the two are in different parts of the market.
  • BFAM is the larger of the two at $7.40B, about 5.0x STRA ($1.48B).
  • Over the past year, BFAM is down 33.2% and STRA is down 8.7% - STRA leads by 24.5 points.
  • STRA has been more active in the news (15 items in the past 4 weeks vs 3 for BFAM).
  • BFAM has more recent analyst coverage (17 ratings vs 6 for STRA).
PerformanceBFAM-33.24%STRA-8.73%
2025-04-28+0.00%2026-04-24
MetricBFAMSTRA
Company
Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.
Strategic Education Inc.
Price
$80.94-0.88%
$73.47+1.79%
Market cap
$7.40B
$1.48B
1M return
+1.49%
-11.97%
1Y return
-33.24%
-8.73%
Industry
Other Consumer Services
Other Consumer Services
Exchange
NYSE
NASDAQ
IPO
2013
1996
News (4w)
3
15
Recent ratings
17
6
BFAM

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. provides child care and early education services, back-up care services, educational advisory services, and other workplace solutions for employers and families. The company operates through three segments: Full Service Center-Based Child Care, Back-Up Care, and Educational Advisory and Other Services. The Full Service Center-Based Child Care segment offers traditional center-based child care and early education, preschool, and elementary education services. The Back-Up Care segment provides center-based back-up child care, in-home child and adult/elder dependent care, and self-sourced reimbursed care services. The Educational Advisory and Other Services segment offers tuition assistance and student loan repayment program administration, workforce education, and related educational consulting services, as well as college admissions advisory services. As of December 31, 2020, it operated 1,014 child care and early education centers in the United States, Puerto Rico, the United Kingdom, Canada, the Netherlands, and India. The company was formerly known as Bright Horizons Solutions Corp. and changed its name to Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. in July 2012. Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts.

STRA

Strategic Education Inc.

Strategic Education, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides post-secondary education and non-degree programs. It operates in three segments: Strayer University, Capella University, and Australia/New Zealand. The company operates Strayer University that provides undergraduate and graduate degree programs in business administration, accounting, information technology, education, health services administration, public administration, and criminal justice for working adult students through its 64 physical campuses located in the eastern United States, as well as through online; and an executive MBA online through its Jack Welch Management Institute. It also operates a software development school that provides Web development, iOS development, quality assurance, and UX design programs in Lehi, Utah and Dallas, Texas through online; and a software engineering school for women, which offers software development programs through online in San Francisco. In addition, the company operates Capella University, an online post-secondary education company that offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs in public service leadership, nursing and health sciences, psychology, business and technology, counseling and human services, and education primarily for working adults; and provides self-paced online general education courses. Further, it operates Torrens University that offers undergraduate and graduate courses in business, design and creative technology, health, hospitality, and education fields through online and on physical campuses located in Australia; Think Education, a vocational training organization that delivers education at various campuses; and Media Design School, which offers industry-endorsed courses in 3D animation and visual effects, game art and programming, graphic and motion design, digital media artificial intelligence, and creative advertising in New Zealand. The company was founded in 1892 and is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia.

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