Consumer Defensive
KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc.(KLC)
Live Price
Offline$4.16
+5.58% today
1Y Change
-58.44%
Window
Jun 26, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
- Market Cap
- $480.00M
- Revenue Growth
- +2.6%
- EPS Growth
- +1.5%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.0%
Coverage: 246 bars ยท Jun 26, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KLC) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $480.00M and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $4.16 and down 58.4% across the available one-year price window (Jun 26, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +2.6%, EPS growth of +1.5%, a dividend yield of 0.0%. What stands out right now is revenue +2.6%, EPS +1.5%, free cash flow +770.9% with operating margin 6.5% and ROIC 5.2%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at price/sales 0.2. Stock Foundry combines KLC price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Defensive peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Near sector median
+2.6% vs +1.7% peer median
Operating Margin
Near sector median
+6.5% vs +6.6% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 12, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating story is still moving forward
Revenue is running at +2.6% and EPS at +1.5%, with operating margin around 6.5%.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -23.5% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 0 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 12, 2026 | โ | -1.9% | -13.6% | -7.2% |
2026 Mar 12, 2026 | +50.0% | -42.6% | -30.6% | -15.0% |
2025 Nov 12, 2025 | +8.3% | -19.2% | -26.4% | -7.6% |
Benchmark Edge
KLC vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
KLC
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
KLC Max Drawdown
-82.51%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for KLC and SPY.
Company Overview
KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc.
New York Stock Exchange
KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. provides early childhood education and care services in the United States. The company offers infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, and before- and after-school programs in various categories comprising community-based and employer-sponsored early childhood education and care, and before- and after-school educational services. As of October 2, 2021, it served children ranging from 6 weeks to 12 years of age through 1,490 early childhood education centers with a licensed capacity of 195,000 and contracts for approximately 650 before-and after-school sites in 40 states and the District of Columbia. The company was founded in 1969 and is based in Portland, Oregon.
- Leadership
- John Thomson Wyatt
- IPO Date
- Nov 18, 2021
- Employees
- 43.7k
- Street Address
- 650 NE Holladay
- Mailing
- Portland, OR, 97232
- Region
- Portland, OR, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 503-872-1300
- Last Updated
- May 1, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- โ
- EV/EBITDA
- 9.3
- Price/Sales
- 0.2
- Price/Book
- 0.6
Growth
- Revenue
- +2.6%
- EPS
- +1.5%
- Free Cash Flow
- +770.9%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 17.6%
- Operating Margin
- 6.5%
- Net Margin
- -4.1%
- ROE
- -12.9%
- ROIC
- 5.2%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 3.34
- Current Ratio
- 0.74
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
Keep the research moving
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