KinderCare Learning Companies (NYSE:KLC) Cut to Strong Sell at Wall Street Zen

Wall Street Zen lowered shares of KinderCare Learning Companies (NYSE:KLC) from a sell rating to a strong sell rating in a research report released on Saturday.

Several other research firms also recently commented on KLC. Robert W. Baird lifted their price objective on KinderCare Learning Companies from $1.50 to $4.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, May 15th. BMO Capital Markets upped their target price on shares of KinderCare Learning Companies from $4.00 to $6.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, May 18th. UBS Group lowered their target price on shares of KinderCare Learning Companies from $5.00 to $4.50 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, August 14th. Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of KinderCare Learning Companies from a “sell (d-)” rating to a “sell (e+)” rating in a report on Monday, August 17th. Finally, Barclays lifted their price target on shares of KinderCare Learning Companies from $2.00 to $3.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research note on Monday, May 18th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and four have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and an average target price of $4.13.

KinderCare Learning Companies Stock Performance

KLC stock opened at $2.62 on Friday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $4.55 and its 200 day simple moving average is $3.87. The company has a current ratio of 0.75, a quick ratio of 0.75 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.97. KinderCare Learning Companies has a 12-month low of $1.75 and a 12-month high of $7.77. The stock has a market capitalization of $309.93 million, a PE ratio of -0.66 and a beta of 3.99.

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

Institutional Trading of KinderCare Learning Companies

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of KLC. Silver Point Capital L.P. bought a new position in KinderCare Learning Companies in the second quarter valued at about $21,696,250,000. Bank of America Corp DE purchased a new position in KinderCare Learning Companies in the second quarter worth about $251,000. Ieq Capital LLC bought a new stake in shares of KinderCare Learning Companies during the 2nd quarter valued at about $674,000. BlackRock Inc. bought a new stake in shares of KinderCare Learning Companies during the 2nd quarter valued at about $9,413,000. Finally, Pallas Capital Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of KinderCare Learning Companies during the 2nd quarter valued at about $45,000.

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.