KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (NYSE:KLC) Receives Consensus Rating of “Reduce” from Brokerages

KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (NYSE:KLC) has received a consensus recommendation of “Reduce” from the ten ratings firms that are presently covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. Three analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, six have issued a hold recommendation and one has assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average twelve-month target price among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $4.80.

A number of brokerages have issued reports on KLC. Barclays lifted their price objective on KinderCare Learning Companies from $2.00 to $3.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a report on Monday, May 18th. Weiss Ratings cut KinderCare Learning Companies from a “sell (d)” rating to a “sell (e+)” rating in a report on Friday, May 15th. Robert W. Baird lifted their price objective on KinderCare Learning Companies from $1.50 to $4.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, May 15th. The Goldman Sachs Group cut their price objective on KinderCare Learning Companies from $5.20 to $2.90 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Monday, March 16th. Finally, Morgan Stanley cut KinderCare Learning Companies from an “equal weight” rating to an “underweight” rating and cut their price objective for the company from $6.00 to $2.50 in a report on Friday, March 13th.

KinderCare Learning Companies Stock Up 1.5%

Shares of KLC stock opened at $3.84 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $454.18 million, a P/E ratio of -1.07 and a beta of 4.61. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $3.16 and a 200 day moving average price of $3.85. KinderCare Learning Companies has a one year low of $1.75 and a one year high of $12.78. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.95, a current ratio of 0.74 and a quick ratio of 0.73.

KinderCare Learning Companies (NYSE:KLC) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 14th. The company reported $0.04 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.01) by $0.05. The company had revenue of $672.52 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $669.13 million. KinderCare Learning Companies had a positive return on equity of 8.22% and a negative net margin of 15.48%.The business’s revenue was up .6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.23 earnings per share. KinderCare Learning Companies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 0.150-0.250 EPS. Analysts predict that KinderCare Learning Companies will post 0.2 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Transactions at KinderCare Learning Companies

In other KinderCare Learning Companies news, CEO John T. Wyatt purchased 275,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 18th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $2.07 per share, with a total value of $569,250.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the chief executive officer directly owned 1,037,834 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,148,316.38. This represents a 36.05% increase in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Michael Nuzzo purchased 25,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, March 19th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $2.22 per share, with a total value of $55,500.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director directly owned 46,905 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $104,129.10. The trade was a 114.13% increase in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this purchase provides additional information. Insiders purchased 519,118 shares of company stock valued at $1,054,221 over the last ninety days. 5.31% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in KLC. Bank of Montreal Can bought a new position in shares of KinderCare Learning Companies in the fourth quarter valued at about $19,994,000. Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. increased its position in KinderCare Learning Companies by 47.5% in the third quarter. Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. now owns 3,919,470 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,181,000 after purchasing an additional 1,261,311 shares during the period. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. increased its position in KinderCare Learning Companies by 737.3% in the third quarter. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. now owns 1,084,240 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,199,000 after purchasing an additional 954,743 shares during the period. American Century Companies Inc. increased its position in KinderCare Learning Companies by 15.4% in the third quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 4,421,704 shares of the company’s stock worth $29,360,000 after purchasing an additional 588,987 shares during the period. Finally, Ararat Capital Management LP acquired a new stake in KinderCare Learning Companies in the third quarter worth about $3,656,000.

KinderCare Learning Companies Company Profile

KinderCare Learning Companies Inc is a provider of high-quality early childhood education by center capacity. KinderCare Learning Companies Inc is based in PORTLAND, Ore.