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

Shares of KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (NYSE:KLC) have received a consensus rating of “Reduce” from the ten ratings firms that are currently covering the firm, Marketbeat reports. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, six have assigned a hold recommendation and one has given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month price target among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $4.80.

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on KLC. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “hold” rating and set a $5.00 price objective on shares of KinderCare Learning Companies in a research report on Friday, May 15th. Barclays boosted their price objective on shares of KinderCare Learning Companies from $2.00 to $3.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research report on Monday, May 18th. UBS Group boosted their price objective on shares of KinderCare Learning Companies from $3.00 to $5.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, May 15th. BMO Capital Markets boosted their price objective on shares of KinderCare Learning Companies from $4.00 to $6.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, May 18th. Finally, Morgan Stanley downgraded shares of KinderCare Learning Companies from an “equal weight” rating to an “underweight” rating and dropped their target price for the stock from $6.00 to $2.50 in a report on Friday, March 13th.

KinderCare Learning Companies Trading Up 0.8%

Shares of KLC stock opened at $4.19 on Monday. KinderCare Learning Companies has a 1 year low of $1.75 and a 1 year high of $10.76. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $3.73 and a 200-day moving average price of $3.82. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.95, a current ratio of 0.74 and a quick ratio of 0.73. The company has a market cap of $496.70 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -1.17 and a beta of 4.46.

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. KinderCare Learning Companies had a negative net margin of 15.48% and a positive return on equity of 8.22%. The firm had revenue of $672.52 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $669.13 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.23 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up .6% compared to the same quarter last year. KinderCare Learning Companies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 0.150-0.250 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that KinderCare Learning Companies will post 0.2 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Bank of Montreal Can bought a new position in KinderCare Learning Companies in the 4th quarter worth $19,994,000. American Century Companies Inc. boosted its holdings in KinderCare Learning Companies by 15.4% in the 3rd quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 4,421,704 shares of the company’s stock worth $29,360,000 after buying an additional 588,987 shares during the period. Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. boosted its holdings in KinderCare Learning Companies by 47.5% in the 3rd quarter. Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. now owns 3,919,470 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,181,000 after buying an additional 1,261,311 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in KinderCare Learning Companies by 3.3% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 3,073,413 shares of the company’s stock worth $20,407,000 after buying an additional 97,361 shares during the period. Finally, Alyeska Investment Group L.P. boosted its holdings in KinderCare Learning Companies by 737.3% in the 3rd quarter. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. now owns 1,084,240 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,199,000 after buying an additional 954,743 shares during the period.

About KinderCare Learning Companies

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.