Brokerages Set KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (NYSE:KLC) Price Target at $4.13

KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (NYSE:KLC) has earned a consensus recommendation of “Reduce” from the ten ratings firms that are covering the firm, Marketbeat.com reports. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, five have given a hold recommendation and one has assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month target price among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $4.1286.

Several research firms recently commented on KLC. UBS Group dropped their target price on KinderCare Learning Companies from $5.00 to $4.50 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, August 14th. Barclays lifted their price target on KinderCare Learning Companies from $2.00 to $3.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a report on Monday, May 18th. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of KinderCare Learning Companies from a “sell” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research note on Monday, September 7th. BMO Capital Markets increased their price objective on shares of KinderCare Learning Companies from $4.00 to $6.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, May 18th. Finally, Weiss Ratings cut shares of KinderCare Learning Companies from a “sell (d-)” rating to a “sell (e+)” rating in a research report on Monday, August 17th.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On KinderCare Learning Companies

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. increased its stake in KinderCare Learning Companies by 6.5% during the first quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 16,811 shares of the company’s stock worth $195,000 after acquiring an additional 1,025 shares during the last quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC raised its holdings in KinderCare Learning Companies by 62.4% in the second quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 5,128 shares of the company’s stock valued at $52,000 after buying an additional 1,971 shares during the period. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd lifted its position in KinderCare Learning Companies by 350.8% during the fourth quarter. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd now owns 6,600 shares of the company’s stock valued at $29,000 after buying an additional 5,136 shares in the last quarter. Legal & General Group Plc raised its stake in shares of KinderCare Learning Companies by 20.2% in the 2nd quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 30,909 shares of the company’s stock valued at $312,000 after acquiring an additional 5,192 shares during the period. Finally, Verition Fund Management LLC raised its stake in shares of KinderCare Learning Companies by 42.4% in the 4th quarter. Verition Fund Management LLC now owns 17,800 shares of the company’s stock valued at $77,000 after acquiring an additional 5,304 shares during the period.

KinderCare Learning Companies Trading Down 5.0%

Shares of KLC stock opened at $2.38 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $282.66 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -0.60 and a beta of 3.78. The company has a current ratio of 0.75, a quick ratio of 0.75 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.97. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $4.06 and a 200 day moving average price of $3.68. KinderCare Learning Companies has a twelve month low of $1.75 and a twelve month high of $7.62.

KinderCare Learning Companies (NYSE:KLC) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 13th. The company reported $0.08 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.10 by ($0.02). The firm had revenue of $697.52 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $697.94 million. KinderCare Learning Companies had a positive return on equity of 6.65% and a negative net margin of 17.23%.KinderCare Learning Companies’s revenue for the quarter was down .4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.22 earnings per share. KinderCare Learning Companies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 0.050-0.150 EPS. Research analysts forecast that KinderCare Learning Companies will post 0.1 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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.