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Fair value pending

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Data quality and model convergence

Market cap

464.2M

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Market data

Live price

Current market quote for this ticker.

Current price

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Upcoming earnings date and setup when available.

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/E26.6

P25 11.3P50 15.2P75 20.1

Trailing P/En/a

P25 12.9P50 17.8P75 28.8

ROE-13.9

P25 -17.2P50 6.8P75 17.2

ROIC4.9

P25 -6.6P50 6.3P75 13.6

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Indicator catalog

All KLC market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

228

Groups with data

Currency

USD

Showing 228 of 228 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0001873529
Company name	KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	49456W105
Employees	43,700
Employees Change	10%
Employees Change Percent	0.02
Enterprise value	$2.9B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Education & Training Services
IPO Date	2024-10-09
Isin	US49456W1053
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$464.2M
Market cap category	Small-Cap
Price	$3.92
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	62,547.44x
Sector	Consumer Staples
Sic	8351
Symbol	KLC
Website	https://www.kc-learning.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	-24.32%
EV Sales Forward	1.05x
EV/EBIT	18.21x
EV/EBITDA	10.18x
EV/FCF	25.96x
EV/Sales	1.05x
FCF yield	23.75%
Forward P/E	26.56x
P/B ratio	0.61x
P/S ratio	0.17x
PS Forward	0.17x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	5.75%
EBITDA Margin	10.29%
FCF margin	4.03%
Gross margin	21.89%
Gross Profit	$598.3M
Gross Profit Growth	5%
Gross Profit Growth Q	7.15%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	-0.42%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	10.66%
Net Income	$-112.9M
Net Income Growth Years	0%
Pretax Margin	-3.41%
Profit Margin	-4.13%
Profit Per Employee	$-2,583
ROA	2.66
Roa5y	1.87
ROCE	4.82
ROE	-13.94
Roe5y	21.23
ROIC	4.89
Roic5y	3.12

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr1y	-70.17%
EPS Growth Years	1
FCF Growth3 Y	-22.79%
FCF Growth5 Y	108.42%
OCF Growth	105.83%
OCF Growth3 Y	-11.08%
OCF Growth5 Y	21.27%
Revenue Growth	2.64x
Revenue Growth Q	6.37x
Revenue Growth Quarters	6x
Revenue Growth Years	5x
Revenue Growth3 Y	9.78x
Revenue Growth5 Y	10.29x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$0.74
Assets	$3.7B
Cash	$133.2M
Current Assets	$358M
Current Liabilities	$484.9M
Debt	$2.5B
Debt EBITDA	$3.77
Debt Equity	$3.35
Debt FCF	$22.96
Equity	$755.3M
Interest Coverage	1.87
Liabilities	$3B
Long Term Assets	$3.4B
Long Term Liabilities	$2.5B
Net Cash	$-2.4B
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-517
Net Debt EBITDA	$8.53
Net Debt Equity	$3.18
Net Debt FCF	$21.75
Tangible Book Value	$-630.5M
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$-5.33

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	0.74
Net Working Capital	$-99.2M
Quick ratio	0.62
Working Capital	$-126.8M
Working Capital Turnover	$-16.83

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	-22.86%
Dividend Yield	0%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
1Y total return	-70.14%
200-day SMA	5.12
50-day SMA	3.05
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
All Time High	29.89
All Time High Change	-86.89%
All Time High Date	2024-10-31
All Time Low	1.75
All Time Low Change	124%
All Time Low Date	2026-03-16
ATR	0.29
Beta1y	2.06
Beta2y	1.56
Ch YTD	-9.26
High	3.98
High52	13.88
High52 Date	2025-05-12
High52ch	-71.75%
Low	3.65
Low52	1.75
Low52 Date	2026-03-16
Low52ch	124%
Ma50ch	28.57%
Premarket Change Percent	2
Premarket Price	$4
Premarket Volume	4,330
Price vs 200-day SMA	-23.36%
RSI	62.27
RSI Monthly	18.43
RSI Weekly	44.91
Sharpe ratio	-1.13x
Sortino ratio	-1.3
Total Return	-22.86%
Tr YTD	-9.26
Tr1m	53.73%
Tr1w	-5.77%
Tr3m	-18.84%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	7
Analyst Count Top	2
Analyst Price Target Top	$6
Analyst Ratings	Hold
Analyst Ratings Top	Sell
Earnings EPS Estimate	$-0.01
Earnings Revenue Estimate	669,480,776x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	0.19x
Operating Income	$157.2M
Operating Income Growth	17.97
Operating Income Growth Q	134.2
Operating Income Growth3 Y	-14.49
Operating Income Growth5 Y	20.34
Operating margin	5.75
Price target	$3.7
Price Target Change	$-5.61
Price Target Change Top	$53.06

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	34,184,268%
Float Percent	28.86%
Net Borrowing	-11,196,000
Shares Insiders	2.39%
Shares Institutions	23.22%
Shares Out	118,428,299
Shares Qo Q	-0%
Shares Yo Y	22.86%
Short Float	11.46%
Short Ratio	2.31
Short Shares	3.31

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$98.4M
Average Volume	909,579x
Bv Per Share	6.38
CAPEX	$-128.3M
Ch1m	53.73
Ch1w	-5.77
Ch1y	-70.14
Ch3m	-18.84
Ch6m	-28.73
Change	0%
Change From Open	0.77
Close	3.92
Days Gap	-0.77
Depreciation Amortization	123,967,000
Dollar Volume	3,379,502.6
Earnings Date	2026-05-14
Earnings Time	amc
EBIT	$157.2M
EBITDA	$281.2M
EPS	$-0.95
F Score	6
FCF	$110.3M
FCF EV Yield	3.85x
FCF Per Share	$0.93
Financing CF	-13,250,000
Fiscal Year End	January
Founded	1,969
Goodwill	964,829,000
Income Tax	$19.5M
Investing CF	-154,416,000
Ipr	-83.67
Iprfo	-85.48
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-03-12
Last Report Date	2026-01-03
Last Split Type	Never
Last10k Filing Date	2026-03-13
Ma150	4.19
Ma150ch	-6.47%
Ma20	3.56
Ma20ch	9.99%
Net CF	70,869,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-05-14
Open	3.89
Optionable	Yes
P FCF Ratio	4.21
P OCF Ratio	1.95
Position In Range	83.08
Post Close	3.92
Postmarket Change Percent	-1.81
Postmarket Price	$3.85
Ppne	1,921,969,000
Pre Close	3.92
Price Date	2026-05-08
Price EBITDA	$1.65
Relative Volume	0.95x
Revenue	2,733,323,000x
SBC By Revenue	0.43x
Share Based Comp	11,849,000
Tax By Revenue	0.71x
Tr6m	-28.73%
Us State	Oregon
Volume	862,118
Z Score	1.05

Fast facts

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Moat score

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Business quality stays separate from stock attractiveness.

Forward P/E

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Valuation uses the full report model stack, not a single multiple.

Next action

Research pending

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Income

Does KLC pay a dividend?

Capital-return profile for this ticker.

Performance

KLC stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns KLC?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+23.2%

Float: +28.9% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+2.4%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

KLC momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

62.3

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

-23.4%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

n/a

Sensitivity to the broader market

Sharpe ratio

-1.13

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Peers

KLC vs. sector cohort

Currency-neutral comparison: P/E, P/S, ROIC, 5Y revenue CAGR, and 1Y total return. Market-cap column appears only when every peer reports in the same currency.

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
COST	Costco Wholesale Corporation	447.6B	52.5x	1.6x	37.8%	+9.9%	+0.7%	बेचें
KO	The Coca-Cola Company	337.4B	24.7x	6.8x	19.6%	+8.1%	+11.5%	मज़बूत ख़रीद
MO	Altria Group Inc.	113.8B	14.2x	5.6x	66.4%	-0.3%	+19.7%	होल्ड

Questions

About KLC

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What is the current KLC stock rating?

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Where can I read the full KLC analysis?

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What fair-value range is used for KLC?

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