Seasonality
BFAM seasonality — Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.
Over the last 11 years, BFAM's strongest month on average has been June (+3.8%) and its weakest September (-4.3%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +3.62% | +4.07% | 80% | +21.7% | -12.2% | 10 |
| Feb | +1.05% | +2.21% | 60% | +16.9% | -19.6% | 10 |
| Mar | -0.99% | +2.04% | 60% | +10.2% | -35.1% | 10 |
| Apr | -2.65% | -1.26% | 30% | +14.2% | -15.5% | 10 |
| May | -2.08% | +1.07% | 60% | +12.4% | -22.8% | 10 |
| Jun | +3.81% | +4.74% | 80% | +13.2% | -6.7% | 10 |
| Jul | +2.23% | +3.35% | 80% | +10.8% | -8.5% | 10 |
| Aug | +3.39% | +2.77% | 60% | +24.0% | -27.2% | 10 |
| Sep | -4.29% | -5.98% | 20% | +14.3% | -15.5% | 10 |
| Oct | +0.44% | -1.19% | 50% | +19.1% | -13.7% | 10 |
| Nov | +0.49% | +3.07% | 67% | +18.1% | -25.9% | 9 |
| Dec | -0.97% | +0.77% | 50% | +7.8% | -15.0% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — BFAM
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -8.7 | -19.6 | 10.2 | -1.2 | -22.8 | 13.2 | 5.2 | -0.5 | -14.1 | -13.7 | -2.7 | -47.2% | |
| 2025 | 10.6 | 5.8 | -2.0 | -1.3 | 3.0 | -4.3 | -8.5 | 4.4 | -8.0 | 0.6 | -5.9 | -1.3 | -8.5% |
| 2024 | 4.3 | 16.9 | -1.3 | -8.5 | 1.4 | 4.7 | 9.2 | 17.0 | -0.4 | -4.8 | -13.4 | -4.1 | +17.6% |
| 2023 | 21.7 | 2.7 | -2.4 | -1.1 | 12.4 | 8.0 | 5.0 | -2.7 | -13.7 | -9.1 | 18.1 | 7.8 | +49.4% |
| 2022 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.6 | -13.9 | -20.7 | -6.7 | 10.8 | -27.2 | -15.5 | 13.3 | 13.6 | -15.0 | -49.9% |
| 2021 | -12.2 | 5.1 | 7.4 | -15.5 | -4.6 | 6.4 | 1.6 | -2.5 | -4.3 | 19.1 | -25.9 | 2.4 | -27.2% |
| 2020 | 8.9 | -4.0 | -35.1 | 14.2 | -3.9 | 4.8 | -8.5 | 24.0 | 14.3 | 4.0 | 7.6 | 1.7 | +15.1% |
| 2019 | 3.9 | 7.1 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 7.0 | 10.1 | 0.8 | 8.5 | -7.6 | -2.6 | 1.4 | -0.1 | +34.9% |
| 2018 | 4.5 | -2.7 | 4.3 | -4.8 | 6.7 | 1.3 | 4.4 | 11.6 | -1.3 | -2.5 | 5.9 | -8.4 | +18.6% |
| 2017 | 1.2 | -2.5 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 7.9 | 0.1 | 3.1 | 5.7 | +34.2% |
| 2016 | 1.7 |