BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC. vs SERVICE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL, two Personal Services stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where BFAM and SCI diverge most: on revenue growth, BFAM reads +8.5% and SCI reads +0.6%; on altman z (solvency), BFAM reads 1.83 and SCI reads 6.22. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What BFAM's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What SCI's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | BFAM | SCI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $69.48 | $76.92 |
| Market cap | $3.6B | $10.6B |
| Sector | Personal Services | Personal Services |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 22.0 | 20.1 |
| P/B | 3.81 | 6.92 |
| P/S | 1.19 | 3.26 |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.1 | 12.9 |
| Revenue growth | +8.5% | +0.6% |
| Gross margin | 24.3% | 24.8% |
| Operating margin | 10.2% | 21.0% |
| Net margin | 5.8% | 16.5% |
| Return on equity | 18.6% | 35.0% |
| Return on assets | 4.6% | 2.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 9.5% | 12.7% |
| FCF yield | 6.6% | 6.0% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.7% |
| Debt / equity | 1.15 | 3.45 |
| Current ratio | 0.48 | 0.53 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.83 | 6.22 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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