Financial Comparison: KinderCare Learning Companies (KLC) vs. Its Rivals

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

Volatility & Risk

KinderCare Learning Companies has a beta of 2.33, indicating that its stock price is 133% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KinderCare Learning Companies’ competitors have a beta of 0.20, indicating that their average stock price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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	6.94%	4.90%	5.12%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for KinderCare Learning Companies and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
KinderCare Learning Companies	3	5	1	0	1.78
KinderCare Learning Companies Competitors	381	768	1411	79	2.45

KinderCare Learning Companies presently has a consensus target price of $4.63, suggesting a potential upside of 48.54%. As a group, “SCHOOLS” companies have a potential upside of 18.48%. Given KinderCare Learning Companies’ higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe KinderCare Learning Companies is more favorable than its competitors.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

46.8% of shares of all “SCHOOLS” companies are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of KinderCare Learning Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.0% of shares of all “SCHOOLS” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
KinderCare Learning Companies	$2.73 billion	-$112.88 million	-3.28
KinderCare Learning Companies Competitors	$998.27 million	$62.93 million	15.97

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.

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.