Reviewing Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAM) and Atlantic International (NASDAQ:ATLN)

Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAM) and Atlantic International (NASDAQ:ATLN) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Bright Horizons Family Solutions and Atlantic International”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bright Horizons Family Solutions	$2.93 billion	1.10	$193.12 million	$3.32	18.56
Atlantic International	$435.88 million	0.15	-$59.43 million	($1.09)	-0.79

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Atlantic International. Atlantic International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bright Horizons Family Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk and Volatility

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atlantic International has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Bright Horizons Family Solutions and Atlantic International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bright Horizons Family Solutions	6.35%	18.01%	6.18%
Atlantic International	-13.64%	N/A	-54.43%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Bright Horizons Family Solutions and Atlantic International, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bright Horizons Family Solutions	2	4	4	0	2.20
Atlantic International	1	1	0	1	2.33

Bright Horizons Family Solutions presently has a consensus target price of $100.44, suggesting a potential upside of 63.05%. Given Bright Horizons Family Solutions’ higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Bright Horizons Family Solutions is more favorable than Atlantic International.

Summary

Bright Horizons Family Solutions beats Atlantic International on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Bright Horizons Family Solutions

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. provides early education and childcare, back-up care, educational advisory, and other workplace solutions services for employers and families in the United States, Puerto Rico, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Australia, and India. The company operates in 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, school-age camps, virtual tutoring, and self-sourced reimbursed care services through child care centers, school-age campuses, and in-home caregivers, as well as the back-up care network. 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 and college financial advisory services. 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.

About Atlantic International

Atlantic International Corp. engages in the design, development, and manufacture of genetic analysis technologies. Its services include RNA sequencing and DNA sequencing. The company was founded by William C. St. Laurent and Daniel R. Jones in 2013 and is headquartered in Billercia, MA.