Rightscorp (OTCMKTS:RIHT) vs. Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAM) Head-To-Head Analysis

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bright Horizons Family Solutions	6.98%	17.07%	5.99%
Rightscorp	N/A	N/A	N/A

Risk & Volatility

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rightscorp has a beta of -0.11, meaning that its stock price is 111% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Bright Horizons Family Solutions and Rightscorp”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bright Horizons Family Solutions	$2.69 billion	2.13	$140.19 million	$3.48	29.13
Rightscorp	$290,000.00	7.66	-$410,000.00	N/A	N/A

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.1% of Rightscorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Bright Horizons Family Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bright Horizons Family Solutions	1	3	3	1	2.50
Rightscorp	0	0	0	0	0.00

Bright Horizons Family Solutions currently has a consensus price target of $128.29, suggesting a potential upside of 26.55%. Given Bright Horizons Family Solutions’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Bright Horizons Family Solutions is more favorable than Rightscorp.

Summary

Bright Horizons Family Solutions beats Rightscorp 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 Rightscorp

Rightscorp, Inc. operates as a technology company that has a patent-pending proprietary method for collecting payments from illegal downloaders of copyrighted content through notifications sent to their Internet service providers (ISP’s). The company’s technology system monitors peer-to-peer file sharing networks and sends through email to ISP’s notifications of copyright infringement by the ISPs’ customers with date, time, copyright title, and other specific technology identifiers worldwide. It primarily serves copyright holders. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.