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KinderCare Learning Companies Inc (NYSE: KLC) closed the day trading at $5.11 down -1.92% from the previous closing price of $5.21. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.92 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.15 million shares were traded. KLC stock price reached its highest trading level at $5.27 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $5.085.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of KLC, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 5.07 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 14.39. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.66 and its Current Ratio is at 0.66. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 2.67 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 2.50.
On August 13, 2025, JP Morgan Downgraded its rating to Neutral which previously was Overweight but kept the price unchanged to $10.
Barclays Downgraded its Overweight to Equal Weight on August 13, 2025, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $9.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, KLC now has a Market Capitalization of 603609024 and an Enterprise Value of 2962127104. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.22 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.65. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.102 whereas that against EBITDA is 19.311.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for KLC is 1.78, which has changed by -0.7967226 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.14151978 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, KLC has reached a high of $27.92, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $5.20. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -20.36%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -54.27%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, KLC traded about 955.41K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, KLC traded about 841380 shares per day. A total of 118.12M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 30.95M. Insiders hold about 73.80% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 26.38% stake in the company. Shares short for KLC as of 1761868800 were 2233955 with a Short Ratio of 2.71, compared to 1759190400 on 2313411. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2233955 and a Short% of Float of 7.12.
Earnings Estimates
As of right now, 8.0 analysts gave their recommendation on the stock of the company. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.2, with high estimates of $0.23 and low estimates of $0.17.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $0.79 and $0.75 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $0.77. EPS for the following year is $0.86, with 8.0 analysts recommending between $0.94 and $0.78.
Revenue Estimates
6 analysts predict $682.61M in revenue for. The current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $696.57M to a low estimate of $672.3M. As of. The current estimate, KinderCare Learning Companies Inc’s year-ago sales were $671.48MFor the next quarter, 6 analysts are estimating revenue of $707.25M. There is a high estimate of $721.87M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $686.25M.
A total of 7 analysts have provided revenue estimates for KLC’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $2.78B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $2.74B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $2.76B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $2.66BBased on 7 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $2.83B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $2.87B and the low estimate is $2.79B.
