KinderCare Learning Companies (KLC) vs. Its Peers Financial Review

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

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
KinderCare Learning Companies	$2.73 billion	-$112.88 million	-2.87
KinderCare Learning Companies Competitors	$1.31 billion	$63.00 million	15.35

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 summary of current ratings and target prices 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	378	766	1408	76	2.45

KinderCare Learning Companies currently has a consensus target price of $4.63, indicating a potential upside of 69.86%. As a group, “SCHOOLS” companies have a potential upside of 21.63%. Given KinderCare Learning Companies’ higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe KinderCare Learning Companies is more favorable than its competitors.

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	6.98%	4.96%	5.16%

Risk and Volatility

KinderCare Learning Companies has a beta of 2.33, indicating that its share price is 133% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KinderCare Learning Companies’ competitors have a beta of 0.25, indicating that their average share price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider 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, 29.0% of shares of all “SCHOOLS” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

KinderCare Learning Companies competitors beat KinderCare Learning Companies on 9 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.