Head-To-Head Contrast: Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAM) & UMC (OTCMKTS:UMCN)

Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAM) and UMC (OTCMKTS:UMCN) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bright Horizons Family Solutions	6.58%	17.41%	6.16%
UMC	-1,022.22%	N/A	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Bright Horizons Family Solutions and UMC”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	1.44	$193.12 million	$3.36	22.19
UMC	N/A	N/A	-$180,000.00	N/A	N/A

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than UMC.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Bright Horizons Family Solutions and UMC, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bright Horizons Family Solutions	1	5	4	0	2.30
UMC	0	0	0	0	0.00

Bright Horizons Family Solutions currently has a consensus price target of $107.11, suggesting a potential upside of 43.64%. Given Bright Horizons Family Solutions’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bright Horizons Family Solutions is more favorable than UMC.

Volatility & Risk

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UMC has a beta of 33.63, meaning that its stock price is 3,263% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Bright Horizons Family Solutions beats UMC on 8 of the 9 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 UMC

UMC, Inc. provides medical insurance claims coding and processing, electronic medical records storage, chargemaster review, pricing comparison, and accounts receivable management services to healthcare providers. Its customers primarily include hospitals, medical clinics, and physician practitioners in the United States. The company was formerly known as United Medicorp, Inc. and changed its name to UMC, Inc. in May 2007. UMC, Inc. was incorporated in 1989 and is based in Pampa, Texas.