Bright Horizons Family Solutions vs Service Corp Intl
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The short version
- Service Corp Intl is the larger business, with $4.3B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $2.9B for Bright Horizons Family Solutions.
- Bright Horizons Family Solutions grew revenue faster (9.2%, against 2.9%).
- Service Corp Intl kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (22.7% operating margin, against 10.7%).
- Service Corp Intl turned more of its sales into free cash flow (12.9% FCF margin, against 8.8%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Bright Horizons Family Solutions’s earnings: a P/E of 22.5x against 21.8x for Service Corp Intl.
| Latest fiscal year | BFAM · FY25 | SCI · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $3.7B | $11.5B |
| Revenue | $2.9B | $4.3B |
| Free cash flow | $259M | $554M |
| Net income | $193M | $543M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 9.2% | 2.9% |
| 5-year growth | 14.1% | 4.2% |
| Share count change | −1.8% | −2.8% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 23.8% | 26.5% |
| Operating margin | 10.7% | 22.7% |
| Net margin | 6.6% | 12.6% |
| FCF margin | 8.8% | 12.9% |
| Return on capital | 11.2% | 11.3% |
| Return on equity | 14.8% | 32.7% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $592M | $4.9B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.5x | 4.0x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $225M | $645M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 22.5x | 21.8x |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 | 7 |
Revenue
FY16
BFAM $1.6B
SCI $3.0B
FY17
BFAM $1.7B
SCI $3.1B
FY18
BFAM $1.9B
SCI $3.2B
FY19
BFAM $2.1B
SCI $3.2B
FY20
BFAM $1.5B
SCI $3.5B
FY21
BFAM $1.8B
SCI $4.1B
FY22
BFAM $2.0B
SCI $4.1B
FY23
BFAM $2.4B
SCI $4.1B
FY24
BFAM $2.7B
SCI $4.2B
FY25
BFAM $2.9B
SCI $4.3B
BFAM
SCI
Operating margin
FY16
BFAM 12.6%
SCI 16.9%
FY17
BFAM 11.8%
SCI 18.5%
FY18
BFAM 12.6%
SCI 19.8%
FY19
BFAM 13.0%
SCI 20.6%
FY20
BFAM 3.5%
SCI 24.0%
FY21
BFAM 7.4%
SCI 28.7%
FY22
BFAM 7.8%
SCI 22.6%
FY23
BFAM 7.1%
SCI 23.0%
FY24
BFAM 9.2%
SCI 22.2%
FY25
BFAM 10.7%
SCI 22.7%
BFAM
SCI
Free cash flow
FY16
BFAM $138M
SCI $296M
FY17
BFAM $160M
SCI $289M
FY18
BFAM $202M
SCI $380M
FY19
BFAM $219M
SCI $389M
FY20
BFAM $125M
SCI $582M
FY21
BFAM $164M
SCI $617M
FY22
BFAM $118M
SCI $456M
FY23
BFAM $165M
SCI $507M
FY24
BFAM $240M
SCI $571M
FY25
BFAM $259M
SCI $554M
BFAM
SCI
Return on capital
FY16
BFAM 7.8%
SCI 6.6%
FY17
BFAM 11.4%
SCI 12.9%
FY18
BFAM 11.0%
SCI 12.7%
FY19
BFAM 11.5%
SCI 9.9%
FY20
BFAM 2.8%
SCI 12.1%
FY21
BFAM 5.3%
SCI 16.3%
FY22
BFAM 5.8%
SCI 12.0%
FY23
BFAM 5.2%
SCI 12.1%
FY24
BFAM 8.4%
SCI 11.6%
FY25
BFAM 11.2%
SCI 11.3%
BFAM
SCI
Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.