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Kindercare Learning Companies

KLC · NYSE

$1.70−$0.01 (−0.58%)TodayMarket closed ·
Prev close $1.71

About KLC

KinderCare Learning Cos., Inc. engages in the provision of community-based early childhood education centers. The company is headquartered in Lake Oswego, Oregon and currently employs 35,700 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2024-10-09. The firm serves children ranging from six weeks to 12 years of age across its footprint of over 1,500 early childhood education centers with capacity for over 200,000 children and approximately 1,000 before- and after-school sites located in 40 states and the District of Columbia. Its services include infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, and before- and after-school programs. The firm provides childhood education and care programs through community-based and employer-sponsored early childhood education and care and before- and after-school educational services categories. The company provides early childhood education and care services, as well as back-up care, primarily marketed under the names KinderCare Learning Centers and Creme School. The company provides before- and after-school educational services for preschool and school-age children under the name Champions.

Employees
35,700
Headquarters
Lake Oswego, Oregon
Listed
Oct 9, 2024
Sector
Consumer Discretionary
Industry
Diversified Consumer Services
Website
kc-learning.com

KLC key statistics

Market cap
201.48M
Price-earnings ratio
0.00
Dividend yield
—
Average volume
717.76K
Volume
950.81K
Open price
$1.70
High today
$1.73
Low today
$1.65
52 Week high
$6.27
52 Week low
$1.63

Kindercare Learning Companies (KLC) at a glance

As of Oct 20, 2026, Kindercare Learning Companies (KLC) shares are priced at $1.70, giving the company a market cap of 201.48M and a price-to-earnings ratio of 0.00.

Today the stock has traded between $1.65 and $1.73. The current price is 3.0% above the day's low and 1.7% below its high.

Volume so far is 950.81K shares, above the average of 717.76K shares a day.

Over the past year Kindercare Learning Companies has ranged from $1.63 to $6.27, and now sits 2% of the way up that range.

Kindercare Learning Companies met or beat analyst EPS estimates in 5 of the last 8 quarters. In Q2 FY26 it reported $0.08 per share against an estimate of $0.1039.

The average analyst price target is $4.21, 147.7% above the current price, from 7 recent ratings.

Analyst ratings

Latest rating from each analyst over the past 12 months

14%of 7 analyst ratings say Buy
  • Buy14.3%
  • Hold57.1%
  • Sell28.6%
Price target · 8 analystsAvg $4.21
Low
$2.02
Now
$1.70
High
$6.30

KLC earnings

Earnings per share, reported against the analyst estimate

Beat the estimate in 5 of the last 8 quarters, by 199.1% on average.

  1. Q3 FY24: reported $0.05 per share against an estimate of -$0.0202
  2. Q4 FY24: reported $0.09 per share against an estimate of $0.053
  3. Q1 FY25: reported $0.23 per share against an estimate of $0.1674
  4. Q2 FY25: reported $0.22 per share against an estimate of $0.2583
  5. Q3 FY25: reported $0.13 per share against an estimate of $0.1314
  6. Q4 FY25: reported $0.12 per share against an estimate of $0.0906
  7. Q1 FY26: reported $0.04 per share against an estimate of -$0.0098
  8. Q2 FY26: reported $0.08 per share against an estimate of $0.1039

KLC news

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    KinderCare Learning Companies to Participate in J.P. Morgan’s 2026 Ultimate Services Investor Conference

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    KinderCare Introduces Spanish Foundations

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    KinderCare Announces Board of Directors Transitions

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    KinderCare Honors 25 Teachers With Educational Excellence Awards

  • Rishabh Mishra

    Is Private Equity to Blame for the Childcare Crisis? New Study Finds PE-Owned Daycares Target Loose Rules

  • Press releaseGlobe Newswire

    KLC INVESTOR ALERT: Investigation of KinderCare Learning Companies Announced by Holzer & Holzer, LLC

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  • Avi Kapoor

    Dow Falls Over 100 Points; US Consumer Sentiment Declines In August

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