KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc.
KLCNYSEConsumer DefensiveEducation & Training Services
Previous close
$2.75
−$0.03 · -1.08%
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Valuation
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Momentum
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Sentiment
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Company profile
Company websiteKinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. provides early childhood education and care services in the United States. The company offers community-based early childhood education services for infants, toddlers, preschool, and kindergarten students; and customized family care benefits for organizations, including care for young children on or near the site where their parents work, tuition benefits, and backup care under the KinderCare Learning Centers (KCLC) and Crème School brands. It also provides before-and after-school programs, including summer camp programs for preschool and school-age children under the Champions brand. The company was formerly known as KC Holdco, LLC and changed its name to KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. in January 2022. KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Lake Oswego, Oregon.
- Industry
- Education & Training Services
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- Headquarters
- US
- CEO
- John Thomson Wyatt
- Listed since
- Oct 9, 2024
- Employees
- 39,700
Market position
Day range
Current $2.75
52-week range
Current $2.75
- Open
- $2.79
- Previous close
- $2.78
- Volume
- 854.45K
- 0.92× average
- Average volume
- 927.2K
- Average daily volume
- Market cap
- 325.68M USD
- Beta
- 4.02
- Market reference 1
- 50-day average
- $4.5558
- -39.64% below average
- 200-day average
- $4.049
- -32.08% below average
Financials
Financial snapshot
Latest / TTMValuation & yield
- Enterprise value
- 2.88B USD
- P/E (TTM)
- -0.69×
- P/B (TTM)
- 0.7×
- P/S (TTM)
- 0.12×
- EV / EBITDA
- 25.17×
- Earnings yield
- -22.93%
- Free cash flow yield
- 22.40%
- Dividend yield
- 0.00%
Profitability & efficiency
- Gross margin
- 15.73%
- Operating margin
- 3.09%
- Net margin
- -17.23%
- Return on equity
- -14.95%
- Return on assets
- -3.01%
- Return on invested capital
- 5.38%
Financial health
- Debt / equity
- 5.39×
- Current ratio
- 0.74×
- Altman Z-score
- 0.29
- Piotroski F-score
- 5 of 9
Earnings
- EPS beat rate
- 75%
- 6 beats, 2 misses, 0 met estimates
- Average EPS surprise
- +119.68%
- 8 comparable reports
- Latest EPS result
- 0.08
- Estimate 0.1 · Miss by 19.52%
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Analyst ratings
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Rating distribution
7 ratingsRecent analyst actions
KLC news
KLC peers
ETFs holding KLC
Funds reporting this stock among their holdings, ordered by reported position size.
Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETFVTI5.01M0.00%2.3T USD0.03%$378.24+0.44%
iShares Russell 2000 ETFIWM2.3M0.00%81.62B USD0.19%$299.96+0.77%
Vanguard Extended Market ETFVXF1.97M0.00%93.7B USD0.05%$245.53+0.82%
Vanguard Russell 2000 ETFVTWO928.6K0.01%17.4B USD0.06%$121.25+0.74%
iShares Russell 2000 Value ETFIWN739.52K0.01%14.66B USD0.24%$224.81+0.45%
Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETFVCR605.18K0.01%6.6B USD0.09%$397.13+1.19%
Fidelity Enhanced Small Cap ETFFESM426.35K0.01%6.03B USD0.28%$47.94+0.80%
Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETFSCHA416.97K0.00%23.1B USD0.03%$34.83+0.52%Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETFVTI- Market value
- 5.01M
- Weight
- 0.00%
- AUM
- 2.3T USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.03%
- Price / 1D
- $378.24+0.44%
iShares Russell 2000 ETFIWM- Market value
- 2.3M
- Weight
- 0.00%
- AUM
- 81.62B USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.19%
- Price / 1D
- $299.96+0.77%
Vanguard Extended Market ETFVXF- Market value
- 1.97M
- Weight
- 0.00%
- AUM
- 93.7B USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.05%
- Price / 1D
- $245.53+0.82%
Vanguard Russell 2000 ETFVTWO- Market value
- 928.6K
- Weight
- 0.01%
- AUM
- 17.4B USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.06%
- Price / 1D
- $121.25+0.74%
iShares Russell 2000 Value ETFIWN- Market value
- 739.52K
- Weight
- 0.01%
- AUM
- 14.66B USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.24%
- Price / 1D
- $224.81+0.45%
Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETFVCR- Market value
- 605.18K
- Weight
- 0.01%
- AUM
- 6.6B USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.09%
- Price / 1D
- $397.13+1.19%
Fidelity Enhanced Small Cap ETFFESM- Market value
- 426.35K
- Weight
- 0.01%
- AUM
- 6.03B USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.28%
- Price / 1D
- $47.94+0.80%
Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETFSCHA- Market value
- 416.97K
- Weight
- 0.00%
- AUM
- 23.1B USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.03%
- Price / 1D
- $34.83+0.52%
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