KLC
Strong SellBargain BinKinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. · Consumer Defensive · United States · $210M cap · $1.4M/day traded
$1.95 +2.6% · close 28 Oct · scored 29 Oct
Bargain Bin: Looks like a bargain; the quality and the trend say why it is in the bin.
Report expected 12 Nov: the next-year EPS estimate has fallen 34.8% over the last 14 weeks.
As of 29 Oct 2026, MoatMap's StockRank for KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KLC) is 12/100, ranked against 24,000+ stocks in 35 markets (Quality 14, Value 58, Momentum 15, each scored against its sector).
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ABOUT KINDERCARE LEARNING COMPANIES, INC.
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KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. is the largest private provider of early childhood education and care in the United States. The company operates community-based centers and employer-sponsored on-site programs, serving families across the nation. Its competitive moat is built on its massive scale, highly regulated operational compliance, and long-term corporate partnership contracts.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY (USD)
| Year | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | CAGR | TTM | 2027E | 2028E | Fwd CAGR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 2.2B | 2.5B | 2.7B | 2.7B | 8.1% | 2.7B | 2.7B | 2.7B | -0.1% |
| EPS | 2.43 | 1.13 | -0.96 | -0.95 | -53.2% | -3.97 | — | — | — |
| Shares | 114.4M | 114.4M | 118.0M | 118.3M | +3.5% | 118.5M | — | — | — |
| Debt | 2.9B | 2.7B | 2.4B | 2.5B | -4.0% | 2.5B | — | — | — |
| Equity | 407.7M | 506.9M | 864.5M | 755.3M | 22.8% | — | — | — | — |
| Op CF | 341.6M | 303.5M | 115.9M | 238.5M | -11.3% | 209.5M | — | — | — |
| Inv CF | -299.7M | -117.7M | -147.2M | -154.4M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fin CF | -117.7M | -134.9M | -62.6M | -13.3M | — | — | — | — | — |
Made a new 52-week low 7 trading days ago, 68% below its 52-week high. The fall has not stopped yet.
Swung more than 93% of stocks we rank over the past year (93% a year).
How this is worked out
StockRank judges the business. The price check reads only the chart: it is the price side of the Momentum score, in words.
The rules: Still falling is a new 52-week low in the last two weeks, at least 25% below the high. Finding a floor is no new low since. Turning up is 20 or more trading days without a new low, at least 10% off it, and back above a rising 50-day average. In an uptrend is above the 200-day average and within 15% of the high.
In 2,112 US drawdowns since 2001, buying while the price was still falling was followed by a further 20% drop 42% of the time. Waiting for a turn like this one cut that to 33%, at about 7% higher prices and with no better returns. Part of that cut is simply not buying: 13% of falls never turned, and waiting kept those out. Among turns that were bought, 38% still fell another 20%, and 33% of turns were followed by a new low within six months. The benefit was largest in crashes such as 2008 and 2020.
What it measures: day-to-day price moves over the past year, as a yearly figure, ranked against every stock we cover. Very calm under 20% a year, Calm 20 to 30%, Average 30 to 40%, Bumpy 40 to 55%, Very bumpy above that.
What we found: across about 13,500 stocks in 34 markets (2002 to 2025), past swings were a good guide to the next year's, and bumpier stocks fell further. How much further changed too much between eras to put a number on it.
Calm is not safe: a calm stock can still slide steadily.
Rules fixed before any data was fetched. Describes the chart, not a recommendation.
SCORE BREAKDOWN
FUNDAMENTALS
SECTOR PEERS
Closest peers in Consumer Defensive, ranked by industry match, size, and score similarity. Cross-listings of KLC are excluded.
| Ticker | Company | Mkt Cap | StockRank | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KLC | KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc.(you) | $210M | 12 | Strong Sell |
| FC | Franklin Covey Co. | $233M | 31 | Sell |
| LINC | Lincoln Educational Services Corporation | $688M | 21 | Sell |
| UTI | Universal Technical Institute, Inc. | $1.2B | 15 | Strong Sell |
| SKIL | Skillsoft Corp. | $54M | 30 | Sell |
| COUR | Coursera, Inc. | $1.5B | 25 | Sell |
| LGCY | Legacy Education Inc. | $131M | 55 | Hold |
| CHGG | Chegg, Inc. | $78M | 46 | Hold |
| XXI | Twenty One Capital, Inc. | $3.6B | 8 | Strong Sell |
| APEI | American Public Education, Inc. | $893M | 63 | Hold |
Peer medians: ROE 10.0% · P/E 21.8x · Gross margin 35.0%
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