Analyzing KinderCare Learning Companies (KLC) & Its Rivals

KinderCare Learning Companies (NYSE:KLC) is one of 36 public companies in the “SCHOOLS” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare KinderCare Learning Companies to similar companies based on the strength of its profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares KinderCare Learning Companies and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
KinderCare Learning Companies	$2.73 billion	-$112.88 million	-4.03
KinderCare Learning Companies Competitors	$1.34 billion	$77.32 million	14.29

KinderCare Learning Companies has higher revenue, but lower earnings than its competitors. KinderCare Learning Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for KinderCare Learning Companies and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
KinderCare Learning Companies	3	5	1	0	1.78
KinderCare Learning Companies Competitors	384	773	1418	79	2.45

KinderCare Learning Companies presently has a consensus target price of $4.63, suggesting a potential upside of 21.01%. As a group, “SCHOOLS” companies have a potential upside of 24.13%. Given KinderCare Learning Companies’ competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe KinderCare Learning Companies has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

46.8% of shares of all “SCHOOLS” companies are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of KinderCare Learning Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 28.7% of shares of all “SCHOOLS” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares KinderCare Learning Companies and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
KinderCare Learning Companies	-4.13%	9.85%	2.28%
KinderCare Learning Companies Competitors	7.34%	5.26%	5.34%

Risk & Volatility

KinderCare Learning Companies has a beta of 2.33, suggesting that its stock price is 133% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KinderCare Learning Companies’ competitors have a beta of 0.19, suggesting that their average stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

KinderCare Learning Companies competitors beat KinderCare Learning Companies on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

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.