KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. KLC R2K

Consumer Defensive · Education & Training Services · United States

https://www.investors.kindercare.com

KinderCare 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.

Market & Price

Market Cap

$454.76M

Current Price

$3.84

High / Low (52W)

$12.27 / $1.84

Beta

Valuation

Stock P/E

Industry PE

18.88

Forward P/E

11.66

PEG Ratio

Book Value

$3.98

Price to Book

0.97

P/S

0.17

EV/EBITDA

11.33

Dividend Yield

Profitability & Returns

ROCE

-0.29%

ROE

-62.52%

ROA

2.21%

Profit Margin

-15.48%

Op Margin

2.88%

EPS (Latest Qtr)

$-2.45

EPS (TTM)

$-3.58

Balance Sheet & Liquidity

Debt/Equity

5.38

Quick Ratio

0.62

Current Ratio

0.73

Debt

$2.53B

Total Assets

$3.75B

Current Assets

$358.02M

Working Capital

$-126.85M

Ownership

Promoter Holding

5.79%

Chg in Prom Hold

FII / Inst Holding

91.37%

Chg in FII Hold

Financial Snapshot

Enterprise Value

$2.86B

Total Revenue (TTM)

$2.74B

EBITDA

$251.96M

Free Cash Flow

$-27.48M

Operating Cash Flow

$171.15M

Shares Outstanding

118.43M

Gross Margin

20.77%

Payout Ratio

0.00%

Growth (CAGR)

Revenue 5Y

8.07%

Profit 5Y

-50.50%

Revenue (YoY)

0.60%

Earnings (YoY)

PROS

No notable strengths flagged.

CONS

Earnings shrank at -50.5% CAGR over 5 years.
Trading 68.7% below its 52-week high.
In a downtrend (50-DMA below 200-DMA).

* The pros and cons are auto-generated from financial metrics.

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Fundamental Growth

Period: Metric:

Figures from the latest reported periods. CAGR is computed across the displayed window (quarterly CAGR is annualised assuming 4 quarters per year).

Peer comparison

Peer companies in the same sector (Consumer Defensive).

#	Name	CMP $	P/E	Mkt Cap	Div Yld %	ROCE %	ROE %	Rev CAGR 5Y %	Profit CAGR 5Y %
1	KLC KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. R2K	3.84	-	$454.76M	-	-0.29%	-62.52%	8.07%	-50.50%
2	WMT Walmart Inc. SPX	115.75	40.76	$922.64B	0.86%	18.21%	24.13%	5.27%	23.30%
3	COST Costco Wholesale Corporation NDXSPX	956.32	49.76	$424.27B	0.61%	27.44%	29.65%	6.64%	11.49%
4	KO The Coca-Cola Company SPX	79.01	24.85	$339.94B	2.68%	21.13%	43.37%	3.69%	11.16%
5	PG The Procter & Gamble Company SPX	143.56	21.02	$334.29B	2.97%	23.63%	31.11%	1.67%	2.71%
6	PM Philip Morris International Inc. SPX	177.38	24.98	$276.46B	3.31%	35.35%	-	8.57%	7.84%
7	PEP PepsiCo, Inc. NDXSPX	144.19	22.64	$197.10B	4.11%	15.23%	43.88%	2.83%	-2.57%
8	MO Altria Group, Inc. SPX	69.58	14.53	$116.19B	6.09%	40.85%	-	-0.89%	6.42%
9	MNST Monster Beverage Corporation NDXSPX	88.08	42.55	$86.14B	-	28.33%	26.65%	9.54%	16.94%

Quarterly Results

Figures in USD.

Metric	Apr 2023	Jul 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026	Apr 2026
Revenue	612.62M	655.10M	624.47M	618.00M	654.67M	689.93M	-	-	668.24M	700.11M	676.83M	688.14M	672.52M	672.52M
Cost of Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	516.19M	519.48M	543.14M	549.33M	550.92M	-
Gross Profit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	152.06M	180.63M	133.69M	138.81M	121.60M	-
Operating Expenses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	101.70M	109.72M	104.06M	105.71M	102.21M	-
Operating Income	70.65M	97.26M	58.72M	48.66M	33.62M	80.59M	-	-	50.35M	70.91M	29.63M	33.10M	19.39M	-272.08M
EBITDA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	79.08M	104.22M	61.32M	-130.02M	-241.07M	-
Interest Expense	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20.11M	20.07M	24.09M	19.70M	18.22M	-
Pretax Income	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	29.00M	53.08M	6.21M	-181.62M	-290.37M	-
Tax Provision	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7.84M	14.49M	1.66M	-4.44M	-535.00K	-
Net Income	28.52M	43.17M	16.04M	14.83M	-1.75M	28.54M	-	-	21.16M	38.59M	4.55M	-177.18M	-289.83M	-289.83M
Diluted EPS	0.32	0.48	0.18	0.16	-0.02	0.32	-	-	0.18	0.33	0.04	-1.50	-2.45	-2.45

Profit & Loss (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025	Jan 2026
Revenue	-	2.17B	2.51B	2.66B	2.73B	2.73B
Cost of Revenue	-	1.42B	1.82B	2.03B	2.13B	-
Gross Profit	-	741.20M	685.86M	630.52M	605.19M	-
Operating Expenses	-	336.29M	397.01M	540.67M	421.20M	-
Operating Income	-	404.91M	288.85M	89.85M	183.99M	-20.06M
EBITDA	-	477.73M	391.86M	209.91M	114.60M	-
Interest Expense	-	101.47M	152.89M	170.54M	83.97M	-
Pretax Income	-	287.75M	129.93M	-78.23M	-93.34M	-
Tax Provision	-	68.58M	27.37M	14.61M	19.54M	-
Net Income	-	219.17M	102.56M	-92.84M	-112.88M	-112.88M
Diluted EPS	-	2.43	1.13	-0.96	-0.95	-0.95

Compounded Sales Growth

5 Years:	8.07%
1 Year:	0.60%

Compounded Profit Growth

5 Years:	-50.50%
1 Year:	-

Stock Price Performance

1 Year:	-68.70%
6 Months:	-2.54%
3 Months:	+9.71%
1 Month:	+1.05%

Balance Sheet (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric	Dec 2021	Jan 2022	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025	Jan 2026
Total Assets	-	-	3.66B	3.65B	3.65B	3.75B	3.75B
Current Assets	-	-	233.55M	283.43M	214.77M	358.02M	-
Cash & Equivalents	-	-	105.21M	156.15M	62.34M	133.21M	133.21M
Inventory	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Receivables	-	-	70.04M	88.09M	104.33M	118.52M	-
Total Liabilities	-	-	3.26B	3.15B	2.78B	2.99B	2.99B
Current Liabilities	-	-	410.22M	426.55M	412.76M	484.87M	484.87M
Long Term Debt	-	-	1.35B	1.24B	918.72M	917.92M	917.92M
Total Debt	-	-	2.86B	2.69B	2.39B	2.53B	-
Total Equity	-	255.61M	407.69M	506.88M	864.51M	755.26M	755.26M
Shares Outstanding	-	-	114.37M	114.37M	117.98M	118.34M	-

Cash Flows (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025	Jan 2026
Operating Cash Flow	-	341.61M	303.54M	115.89M	238.53M	238.53M
Investing Cash Flow	-	-299.73M	-117.66M	-147.24M	-154.42M	-154.42M
Financing Cash Flow	-	-117.66M	-134.94M	-62.63M	-13.25M	-13.25M
Capital Expenditure	-	-139.43M	-129.04M	-132.32M	-128.27M	-128.27M
Free Cash Flow	-	202.18M	174.50M	-16.43M	110.26M	110.26M
Net Change in Cash	-	-75.78M	50.94M	-93.98M	70.87M	-
Share Buybacks	-	72.67M	-	-	-	-

Ratios (Annual)

Figures in %.

Metric	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025	Jan 2026
Gross Margin %	-	34.2%	27.3%	23.7%	22.1%	-
Operating Margin %	-	18.7%	11.5%	3.4%	6.7%	-0.7%
Net Margin %	-	10.1%	4.1%	-3.5%	-4.1%	-4.1%
ROE %	-	53.8%	20.2%	-10.7%	-14.9%	-14.9%
ROCE %	-	12.4%	9.0%	2.8%	5.6%	-0.6%

Shareholding Pattern

Insiders

5.79%

Institutions

91.37%

Public Float

96.98%

Top Institutional Holders

#	Holder	% Held	Shares	Value
1	Partners Group Holding AG	68.75%	81.42M	$312.65M
2	American Century Companies Inc	4.34%	5.14M	$19.73M
3	Silver Point Capital L.p.	2.35%	2.78M	$10.68M
4	Blackrock Inc.	1.79%	2.12M	$8.14M
5	Millennium Management Llc	1.27%	1.50M	$5.75M
6	Vanguard Capital Management LLC	1.21%	1.43M	$5.48M
7	Redwood Capital Management, LLC	1.06%	1.25M	$4.80M
8	Ameriprise Financial, Inc.	0.94%	1.12M	$4.28M
9	Geode Capital Management, LLC	0.64%	755.16K	$2.90M
10	AQR Capital Management, LLC	0.64%	756.81K	$2.91M

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