Reviewing KinderCare Learning Companies (KLC) & Its Peers

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

45.1% of shares of all “SCHOOLS” companies are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of KinderCare Learning Companies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 29.8% of shares of all “SCHOOLS” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for KinderCare Learning Companies and its rivals, as reported 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	389	777	1427	80	2.45

KinderCare Learning Companies presently has a consensus target price of $4.63, suggesting a potential upside of 18.23%. As a group, “SCHOOLS” companies have a potential upside of 25.73%. Given KinderCare Learning Companies’ rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe KinderCare Learning Companies has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Volatility & Risk

KinderCare Learning Companies has a beta of 4.61, indicating that its share price is 361% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KinderCare Learning Companies’ rivals have a beta of 0.12, indicating that their average share price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares KinderCare Learning Companies and its rivals’ 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	7.45%	5.42%	5.60%

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
KinderCare Learning Companies	$2.73 billion	-$112.88 million	-4.12
KinderCare Learning Companies Competitors	$1.02 billion	$77.32 million	14.91

KinderCare Learning Companies has higher revenue, but lower earnings than its rivals. KinderCare Learning Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

KinderCare Learning Companies rivals beat KinderCare Learning Companies on 10 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.